Start class on time, get everything ready to deliver the information, respectful language,
We have to show them the importance to be respectful, with patients,they have to be familiar with patient's rights, and they have to understand and apply the appropriatte professional behavior in health career.
Instructor always will be a Role Model for their Students, we have a commitment with them, be responsible, starting class on time, making appropiatte lesson plan adaptation before start delivering the knowledge, previous identifications of their needs, which would increase students participation, and then they would achieve higher students standards in Education.
While leading by example is the expected way, instructors are human and often must dig down deep for that extra push of patience and fortitude. Teaching is a field that expects you to be all things to everybody. This is why I continue to find continuing education topics that fill up again.
one way to be a role model is to put what you teach into practice. When i assign an in-class assignment i will do it along with the students. This helps keep the students involved.
I believe while the students are with us, there are things we can do to help. These things will also help in his/her career field. We can give frequent, early, positive feedback that supports students' beliefs that they can do well. We should also ensure opportunities for students' success by assigning tasks that are neither too easy nor too difficult. We need to create an atmosphere that is open and positive and help students feel that they are valued members of a learning community. Most importantly, help students find personal meaning and value in the material.
The basics are the most important. Instructors should be be early for class, greet the students as they enter the classroom, be appropriately dressed and be prepared to get started on time. If I want my students to come to class prepared (pens, paper, etc.) I too must have supplies, books, a plan for the day, etc. Since I teach in healthcare, the mode of dress is a clean and pressed uniform, clean shoes, minimum of jewelry, and short nails.
Hi Kimberly,
So true. We are showing them the future through our dress, language and behavior. We need to always think about what we do and how it will impact our students.
Gary
Hi Gene,
Good point. You set the standard for your students. I am always surprised at how some instructors approach the classroom and then wonder why they have behavior issues with their students. Set the bar high because the closer they come to it the closer they will be to their career goals.
Gary
Instructors are in fact role models for our students. We are their first look at the career that they have chosen. We can be better role models by shoeingthe behaviors that we want them to mimic. We want them to be professional and use professional language and we should do the same thing. We also want them to enjoy their career and we should show them that we enjoy being their teachers.
Another role modeling technique I learned in the Army was that if you are standing in front of a class of soldiers you must look sharp. You must dress and groom according to regulation or you will loose credibility. I think this translates to the real world as well.
I think it is very important to strike a balance between professionalism and humanism. In the field of corrections, empathy is a desired trait. I try to teach my students the difference between feeling sorry for an offender and being empathetic. In turn, I try very hard to be empathetic to the needs of my students. By modeling empathy in the classroom I am hopeful that it will transfer to the studendents in their interactions with offenders.
Hi Nancy,
I support your sharing of your professionalism this way. Students sometimes forget that we are all professionals and we have extensive backgrounds and education in our fields. Reminding them of this and the fact that we are still professionals through our memberships in our professionals organizations is great way to model how they can move through their own careers.
Gary
Hi Adrien,
Good comments about setting the tone for the class. As you say it is so important for class management. Someone will be the class leader and it needs to be the instructor if the class is going to achieve the set goals and operate smoothly.
Gary
I share what I am doing to improve my knowledge, skills and abilities with my students. I let them know that I belong to professional organizations and still take formal classes at an educational instution of higher learning.
I encourage them to make learning a lifelong process.
It is important for instructors to be the "professional" at all times. The more the students see and hear the quicker we can instill the professional behavior. I feel bringing in guest speakers from the outside, working in the career field,will substantiate what is being practiced daily.
Hi Gary,
I agree with your statement that the instructor as a model should also "reflect the standards of the field." Indeed, if the instructor cannot establish early in the course his/her mastery of the field, nothing will work. Students will always have some doubts about anything the instructor will say and do in the class. Sooner or later, some of them will start to challenge him/her, and in some cases, the class may even get out of control.
In order to avoid these problems, the instructor needs to prepare carefully the first classes, so that he/she can establish early his/her mastery of the field.
Adrien
Hi Carla,
Good way to bring life experiences into the classroom. Your experiences as you know help to reinforce the content you are teaching. Students like to hear examples of what goes on in the "real world" that they are preparing to enter.
Gary
One of the things I do in the classroom is reflect on their experiences, as well as my own experiences. For example, I have a diverse background in both the public and private sectors, so using those 'real world' type of experiences help the learners to conjure up their own experiences and demonstrate the applicability of the course objectives.
It is my assumption, particularly with trade schools, that the students have chosen an alternative to classical secondary education. In this case there are several elements at play. One of these elements is the fact they think it is going to be easier than the classical approach, and the other being some other force (ie. parents) is at play. When the student arrives to the trade school, there are certain structure from the moment they arrive. Examples of this are uniforms in which the line is drawn from where you are starting and where you will strive to end up. That is to wear the uniform of the instructor. Our, the instructors, projection is the beginning of the roll model process and should be held as a vital aspect of achieving our goals of student retention and successfully graduating the student.
