5 Easy College Classroom Strategies to Help Students Succeed

The other day I was sifting through some old ideas in my ‘Notes’ app, and I stumbled on some helpful student success strategies that never quite saw the light of day, so I thought I’d share them here.

These are my top 5 super easy and fun ways to engage students in a way that will create a positive classroom, inspire your students to do their best, and ultimately lead to their success:

1. Know how to say and spell every student’s name

2. Have workshop class periods once a month to engage with each student in one significant way, and discuss their work/progress

3. Know your audience when you work on lectures (or teach in a way that’s not quite a lecture); be sure it’s appealing, informative, and memorable for your students

4. Be approachable and friendly so students are more likely to let you know when they have questions or are struggling (even online)

5. Give them a chance to talk to each other so there’s a support system in the face-to-face or online classroom

As I said before, these are so easy to implement in the classroom, and each one make the teaching experience even more satisfying as the instructor.

Happy teaching!