By maintaining a professional image, leading by example and being a role model will help to gain the respect from the students and prevent favoritism and morale issues.
To keep your job & be respected.
image well good luck with that also a image is self portrail of them selfs from the inside out so as we look is the way we act.
They need to know that being a professional is very important, that when they come to you with something that you are going to respect them and deal with their problem professionally
When you become friends,they look at you in na different standard.
I do feel we need to be approachable and likeable to create a good rapport and an open relationship. Students are more likely to learn from someone they like and respect.
Hi Wajeedah,
Absolutely! Students are really not in need of another friend; they are in great need of a professional role model.
Patricia
Professionalism is number 1. Our students are on campus to be educated, grow and advance in their chosen profession. We have an obligation to them to show them the best of our Profession at all times. It does take great discipline at times.
In every action we take we must be Instructor/Motivator/Mentor/Role Model and stay balanced.
For the same reasons that it is important in the work place: it's hard to maintain the same level of respect if a student has adjusted their view of you to "peer." You are there for guidance, expertise and experience. Your credibility depends on you keeping that separation. Likewise, if a student thinks you are "buddies," they will expect special treatment and may take advantage of the situation, further lessening your ability to instruct them, and others.
This is how you gain and maintain their respect.
Since students look to thier faculty instructors as "professional guideance directors" it is crucially important to set a standard, and "live by example"
When students start to think that you are their friend instead of their instructor, they will treat you like a friend. They will no longer respect you as their instructor. We as instructors should maintain our professionalism for our students look to us for guidance.
Hi Ginette,
Super response! Students need positive role models to emulate! Let's lead by example so that our students will have positive influences in life.
Patricia
Hi Lynn,
Awesome response! We are not in the teaching business to win a popularity contest. It is nice to be liked, but if you are not oh well, as long as you are changing lives for the better. Teach students do not worry about befriending them.
Patricia
In high education, professional values and professional identity are very important. In order, to create this image, instructors are to be modeling that role. We should not forget that students duplicate what they see. Professional boundaries and civility are expected to be consistently demonstrated by the faculty. This is a part of the affective behaviors expected of a professional.
Students pay for an education. Let’s teach them by example. This way, students will see you as the expert and will respect you more for that.
It is important to be friendly to all of your students, but not a friend to any. Crossing the line of professional distance encourages inappropriate behavior from both the instructor and the students. Not every student will like you, and you will not like every student. By being friends with students, you are singling out the students that you may not really "like" and end up playing favorites or giving the appearance that you are doing so. A good instructor can be concerned without being a friend to the student.
Hi Martin,
Super response! When a student/teacher relationship becomes personal, problems begin to generate.
Patricia
Hi David,
I like your attitude! We need to give our students everything we have so that they can become as quality and as successful as possible.
Patricia
Hi William,
Age is only a number! Act as a professional in every area and this will not present a problem for you. I was 23 when I started teaching at this level, and I never had a problem with students thinking I was one of them.
Patricia
Hi Scot,
I was 23 when I started teaching at the career college level and never had a problem as being regarded as the instructor. My advice to you is to carry yourself as a professional at all times so that they regard you as their instructor. Never go to the student's level.
Patricia
