Seriously, how is this not common knowledge?
Simple rules for freelance teachers of adult professional education
1) Be a teacher
As a freelance teacher, you get paid to teach. You do not spend entire hours of your worktime telling pointless stories of your life to illustrate how awesome you are. If you have to point that out, it is most probably not the case. This is professional education, not group therapy.
2) Be prepared
Do not prepare today’s lesson during course. You’ll have a hard time explaining the stuff you’re supposed to be teaching right now and someone is bound to notice. If you did not have time to properly prepare, do not cover it up by telling your students to study their books on their own because of the “valuable lesson of teamwork”. It may come across like you’re not really needed.
3) Be competent
Do not out yourself as a complete tool by yelling at someone who just questioned your method of teaching. Furthermore, if you have the luck of some of your students backing you up with arguments, do not repeat them like they were yours all along.
4) Be neutral
Do not add endless diatribe of your own political point of view to aforementioned pointless stories. It has nothing to do with what you are teaching, it is basically propaganda and it feels like getting mentally belched in the face.
5) Behave with integrity
Do not contradict yourself when voicing opinions. Someone will notice the double standards and write you off as the opinionated asshat you are.
6) Be careful
Don’t ever EVER piss off an artist.
1) Be a teacher
As a freelance teacher, you get paid to teach. You do not spend entire hours of your worktime telling pointless stories of your life to illustrate how awesome you are. If you have to point that out, it is most probably not the case. This is professional education, not group therapy.
2) Be prepared
Do not prepare today’s lesson during course. You’ll have a hard time explaining the stuff you’re supposed to be teaching right now and someone is bound to notice. If you did not have time to properly prepare, do not cover it up by telling your students to study their books on their own because of the “valuable lesson of teamwork”. It may come across like you’re not really needed.
3) Be competent
Do not out yourself as a complete tool by yelling at someone who just questioned your method of teaching. Furthermore, if you have the luck of some of your students backing you up with arguments, do not repeat them like they were yours all along.
4) Be neutral
Do not add endless diatribe of your own political point of view to aforementioned pointless stories. It has nothing to do with what you are teaching, it is basically propaganda and it feels like getting mentally belched in the face.
5) Behave with integrity
Do not contradict yourself when voicing opinions. Someone will notice the double standards and write you off as the opinionated asshat you are.
6) Be careful
Don’t ever EVER piss off an artist.