Alabama Administrative Code › Title 780 - ALABAMA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 780-X-16 - FORMS › Section 780-X-16-.06 - The Instructor Role And Challenge

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
As an instructor, you are faced with a heavy responsibility.
				You should make every effort to help the students who are qualified and have
				the desire to obtain licenses and certifications. In doing so you must set
				exemplary standards of conduct, knowledge, professional competence, and
				teaching ability. You are viewed by the students as representing the Alabama
				Real Estate Appraisers Board as well as the college, junior college,
				vocational-technical, proprietary school or organization for which you teach.
				As such, you should understand that the Board's educational program is highly
				dependent upon your conduct as an instructor.
The reason for the Alabama Real Estate Appraisers Board is to
				protect the public, not to prevent qualified people from entering the business.
				Through a better educated cadre of real estate appraisal personnel, the public
				will be better protected from unknowledgable, incompetent real estate appraisal
				practitioners. Instructors should emphasize that the Board has not
				predetermined a passing ration. Out goal, rather, is to make certain that
				everyone who passes has learned the important concepts and facts in the
				course.
As an instructor, you may wish to analyze your role and image
				in the classroom. Please keep in mind that your students are adults who want to
				be treated with courtesy, respect, and consideration. They have been successful
				in life and business, and in some areas may know more than you, the instructor.
				Consequently, such students can often contribute to the class their knowledge
				and experience, if the instructor is aware of their interests and
				backgrounds.
The important educational concept to keep in mind is that
				students learn--they are not taught--what they know. Usually the best role of
				the teacher of adults is that of Director of Learning. Such a role precludes
				"lecturing down" to students, demoralizing, haranguing, or assuming a
				dictatorial role. The role of an instructor should be to develop and channel
				the students' interest in and enthusiasm for the field of real estate
				appraisal. You can direct the learning process to the most difficult and most
				important concepts. Your judgment in these matters is crucial and cannot be
				assumed by any text or instructor's manual.
Student's questions that pertain to the subject matter should
				be encouraged. Questions that involved personal or business matters should be
				discouraged or framed in a general way so as to be applicable to all students.
				Often you, the instructor, can provide motivation and stimulate student's
				questions by bringing examples to class, citing personal experiences, or
				demonstrating procedures and concepts in class. Care must always be exercised
				in the use of any teaching aid or technique, however, that it is relevant to
				the point or concept at hand.
No instructor's guide will diminish the amount of work and
				preparation that must be done in order for good teaching to take place. An
				instructor's guide may indicate some behavioral objectives for each session,
				the most important and most difficult concepts, and an overview (in outline
				form) of the subject matter. Instructors should be familiar with the method of
				presentation, the amount of time to devote to each subject area, the teaching
				aids you wish to employ, and the techniques for stimulating and enlivening the
				class.
The best procedure for ensuring that a good teaching job occurs
				is to prepare a lesson plan for each session. It should be tailored to your
				personality and teaching style and should contain notes on what you intend to
				teach, how you intend to teach each section, the time devoted to each session,
				and the teaching aids you expect to use. By making a lesson plan for each
				session, you will add confidence and authority to your teaching because your
				time will be planned in advance. Planning and practice as in any endeavor, are
				keys to success in teaching.
A word of caution: Class sessions should begin and end on time.
				Adults have tight schedules and have a right to have the course proceed as
				scheduled. Furthermore, each class session should extend its full length for
				the time allocated. The student invariably needs and deserves your help.
				Dismissing class early results in the student's failing to receive what they
				paid for and to which they are entitled and required by law.
The close of each session should be punctual and present a
				challenge to the students. Classes that drag on and on leave the student
				unstimulated and discouraged. A definite and strong closing should be planned
				by the instructor. The class should then end, and any further discussion or
				questions should take place on an individual basis only.
You will find that by knowing the subject matter thoroughly, by
				cultivating a positive and exciting attitude toward the subject matter and the
				course, and by careful planning and practice, the teaching of any course will
				be one of the most stimulating and rewarding activities of your professional
				career. The future of the appraisal business in Alabama is truly in your
				hands.
A special thanks to the State of Florida Real Estate Appraisers
				Board for this section.
Author:
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
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