Instructors can offer alternative procedures to accommodate circumstances that are out of students hands. Because adults have competing demands on their time from work and family, they rarely know that these alternative procedures are available. You will want to take the initiative in creating and suggesting alternative procedures for coping with emergencies. To do so requires familiarity with university-wide policies and procedures. Referral to Student Services.
Adult students have a host of needs that often are met by existing offices of student services.
These needs include meeting other adult students, reducing test anxiety, managing stress, feeling at home on campus, finding child care and a quiet place to study. Instructors need to know what support systems already exist on campus and how to refer students to them. For this information, call the Division of Student Affairs at 777-4172. When adults bring their life experiences into class discussions, they assist instructors make practical applications of theoretical concepts. Effective teachers will use the experiences of adult students to enhance the learning of everyone in the class.