Creating a Practice Schedule

One thing I've found to be helpful as a guitar teacher is to
give my student's a practice schedule.

You can give them schedules on:

1) Note reading & theory
2) Technique
3) Scales, modes, exercises
4) Chords & rhythm
5) Soloing & improvisation
6) Stylistic approaches
7) Songwriting
8) Ear training
9) SONGS!

and so forth.

This helps give the student more structure, and I've seen better results, since
I suggest approximate practice times for different categories.

Of course you should switch things around to keep it fun for them.

Hope these ideas help!

-Eric