Hi Michael,
Right you are about professional conduct. As you know 9 out of 10 jobs are lost not because of skills but because of behavior. The students have to know how to conduct themselves on the job.
Gary
These students will soon be moving on and representing a company or organization. It is important for them to learn how to behave professionally before they enter the workforce. Very few organizations tolerate unprofessional behavior.
This also holds true in the automotive teaching/instruction field. If you don't impress on the students the importance of professionalism, the bad habits that are constantly followed in the repair shop enviroment will slow the learning in the class room. This can also adversly effect the students that are actually trying to learn versus the other students that are using the time as break from performing their normal everyday job tasks. The other area of concern with professionalism is the fact that you are trying to give the students something to aspire to become. If you act unprofessional the students will pick up on this and in a customer service industry, they will be dealing with the customers so what you portrait to them is what they will portrait to the customers. This ends up being a direct reflection on you and your instructional style.
Hi Asghar,
What are some of the things that you do with your students to help them develop professionally?
Gary
