Great input Eric.
Modeling common courtesy is important for everyone working at the campus. A kind hello or a warm greeting can really make someone's day!
It's important to greet and welcome all students into the classroom everyday. This can cover all 3 M's in one moment. You are setting a Model for what any industry professional should adopt, a proper greeting. You are flexing your Mentoring skills by showing attention to the students. And lastly, you are Monitoring the students in a way. They should be greeting the instructor and faculty at each class as well. By seeing who is and is not following through on this, the insctructor is Monitoring what they Model and Mentor.
Absolutely Rafael! I especially like that you included how important it is to learn with every experience. Even our mistakes are an opportunity for learning.
There are many traits that are very important to Model, Mentor and Monitor in an academic environment. However, in my opinion, the following should be the foundation: Clear Vision, Positive Attitude,Communication, Team Work, Learning with Every Experience, and EQ.
Hi Andrea,
Thank you for response. You are right, reassurance can be key in helping the students succeed. Letting them know they are capable of success is a gift that can be given by you or anyone else in your school.
I would also agree with you that we play an essential role in our student success. We should be available to meet and greet our students each day in the school and reassure them of the direction they are heading. We certainly do serve as a foundation and support system for many of our students and can make or break their success and happiness with the careers they have chosen. It is a wonderful part of our positions to be able to watch them grow as professionals by directing them in the right areas and reminding them who and what they can be each day. We can show them through our own chalenges and accomplishments that it can be done and they will also have a story to tell...their story. By monitoring, we can not only see how they are doing with professionalism, academics and attendance but use the information to help shape them to be the best they can be. We are very blessed to be in a business that grooms the professionals of the future and today and be able to make a difference in a life.
Hello Mr. Dagger,
Thank you so much for your comments on the traits of Modeling, Mentoring and Monitoring. It is clear that you understand how important it is to practice the 3 M's. I agree that it is very important to have accountability with courtesy, praise, forgiveness and love. You are in an essential role that can have an impact that could last a lifetime with a student. Well done.
The traits of the 3M's are a vital and dynamic function in our school of thought. Our students come from backgrounds with dysfunction and turmoil. I suggest we make our schools safe place to learn, love and grow.
Modeling to students is a way to re-direct and giving them a visual of how to act on a situation rather than re- act. I have seen many facets of peoples' lives and the transformation that takes place when modeling is a way to live. Modeling is also a great waty to change the way a person believes life is.
Mentoring is a way to get others involved with a purpose. I strongly believe that if I did not have the mentors in my life helping me, I would never be in the place I am in now. I remeber all those people who made me who I am and I feel committed to pass those on to others.
Monitoring is one of my main parts of my job as well as everyone in our school. We need to have accountability with courtesy praise and lots of forgiving and love. So many of our students do not know how to survive in an educational setting other than with what skills they have. Working with students on how to have responsibility for the choices they make have a huge effect of retention.
With the growing number of today's students lacking solid character development, it is imperative that schools incorporate ongoing character education. Keep in mind the best character lessons are ones that blend naturally into your existing plans. There are endless ways to use literature, videos, music, quotations, news articles, and historical figures that embody the themes of strong character. Perhaps the simplest way to enhance your students' character development is to accentuate a character trait each month. Doing so optimizes students' chances of developing solid character they'll use not only now but for the rest of their lives. Above all, never forget your own impact on your students' character development. You do make a difference that will not only last for a career, but for a lifetime. Not only will this impact our students, but the lives those students touch. This is a way to break the cycle.What you do today will have a major effect on what happens to you in the future. Believe in what you do and most of all, have faith.
