What To Expect The First Day If You Are My Student

If you are a student on the first day of school in my art class you can first expect to get to know me as a person outside of teaching.  I would share information about my family, pets, my hobbies, and some of my own art work.  I think it is important for students to feel comfortable with me as an instructor.  After I give a brief introduction about myself, I would go on to sharing my rules and expectations of the students.  This needs to be in detail and make sure that if the students have any misunderstandings of what is to be expected of them.  After rules are established, I would give a brief explanation of what to expect in the course.  At this time I would give the students a survey to give suggestions and to voice what they expect of me.  If time, at the end of the period I would do an icebreaker to get to know the students.