Hi Sultana:
When a student graduates and enters the work force, they will everything going for them at the outset. Knowledge, skills, attitude, thinking skills, dress, and attendance and punctuality (soft skills). Whenever we can introduce and reinfocre these important attributes, we're helping them become better prepared for the end product of successful job performance.
Regards, Barry
Hi Kevin:
Critical thinking skills is probably the greatest gift we can impart to students. In doing so, we prepare them for school, work, and life.
Regards, Barry
Hi Michael:
Sure - it could even be broken down this way by hour. But the overarching goal, for me is to provide skills and knowledge that prepare for job readiness. Demonstrations are most definitely a good activity as most students will do betyter when they see "the expert" and the the final action is supposed to look like.
Regards, Barry
To have them understand the topic that is being presented to them on that day. Have it demoed to them and then have them recreat it back in production. Ask them question if the understud the demo and what the finished product should and look like yours. Did you explain it fully and did the comprehend the demo.
Hi Chris:
Wonderful! Teaching critical thinking is perhaps the greatest gift a teacher can give their students. With refined thinking skills, they will always be able to know what to do or where to get an answer. Without, they may be doomed to a mediocre life and career.
Regards, Barry
My goal for educating students is to give students the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in the industry and help them learn how to utilize these skills in different settings. My other goal is to teach them to learn on their own because teachers will not always be there in the real world. So if they run into an issue that they do not know the answer to, I always try to point out different resources they can look at in order to find the answer (ie. internet, library, ect..) if a teacher in not there.
Hi Susan:
Yeah, students really need both the technical or specialized training, and the soft skills of communication, professionalism, dress, etc. These are necessary to get and hold a job.
Regards, Barry
Dr. Basant:
Great! All of these meet our overarching goal of job readiness, and may extend byond just the technical aspects of the course or program.
Regards, Barry
Hi William:
Many times, the vocation instructor is the only teacher the student will be exposed to. Sort of like the one room school of yesteryear, we have to wear many hats to get students job ready. Teachnical skills and knowledge related to the profession is one thing, but so is professionalism, dress, speech and communication skills, behavior - all the soft skills that although the student may possess job skills, fail in the category of working in the real world. Prepared or unprepared, we have to take them as we get them.
Regards, Barry
Hi Kay:
Great! Vocational and technical schools are filled with SME's - that's why we were hired in the first place. So getting student's job ready is one primary goal. Also providing profressionalism, communication, and other related soft skills are important since these are applicable in most any job or work setting regardless of the profession.
Regards, Barry
On a career college level its about learnig skills that translates into a job offer in the field of study. My job is to give them hands on knoweledge and experience so that when they have the degree they can land a position and more importantly keep it.
Implanting your knowledge as an SME into the student so that he or she can go forward in their life having the proper tools to handle future challenges/situations in their lives.
Hi Karen:
Yes, these profesional skills can "make or break" a new worker, even if if they have all the technical skills to do the job.
Regards, Barry
Hi Tammy:
Great! If students arn't job ready, we have not done our job.
Regards, Barry
Hi Nolan:
Job ready is an overaching goal for most career or vocational school graduates. We can also provide the important soft skills, professionalism, and communication skills that are useful in most any work setting. Sometimes these are part of a class by design; other times we can supply these as a benefit and implied requirement for success on the job.
Regards, Barry
Hi Henry:
True - book knowlege has it's limitations. Much depends on the course or program, but application of learned material is definitely a requisite outcome for graduates as they enter the workforce.
Regards, Barry
Hi Leonardo:
For technical and career schools, of course the focus is job readiness. Besides course content, that can also require affective (soft skills), professionalism, customer service, and communication - all attributes that needed in any kob setting in most any profession or career choice.
Regards, Barry
Hi Marina:
Creating good workers from scratch is a challenge indeed. That's why good instructors keep the students focus on the job, career, or profession they're training for. Also, helps keep students motivated.
Regards, Barry
Hi Marina:
Creating good workers from scratch is a challenge indeed. That's why good instructors keep the students focus on the job, career, or profession they're training for. Also, helps keep students motivated.
Regards, Barry
Hi Fran:
For, job readiness in all it's aspects is the big, overacrhing goal. We do that a little bit each day we teach.
Regards, Barry
