Class Discipline
I think that we have to somewhat pick our battles when thinking along the lines of adult education. At my location the students are required to wear school specific scrubs. When the students go on externship they may also be required to dress according to their policies/procedures. I usually allow those students to take an extra 5 minutes (again..depending on the circumstances) to be dressed appropriately for my setting. A little understanding allows the student to meet the needs of the externship as well as my institutional needs.
Students at our school are graded for professionalism. If a student doesnt comply to the rules they are graded down. If it's more disruptive they're given warnings and eventually they either conform or end up dropping out.
Cynthia, are there any consequences if students fail to follow the rules on multiple occasions? Have you know of any student to ever be dismissed from school or their program due to lack of conformity?
James Jackson
I work at a culinary school, we have a uniform code that we teach by leading by example and going over our expectations on day one. When a student tries to push boundaries I remind them of the importance of professionalism...
Interesting comment. Our students are required to wear their scrubs as well and I am amazed how many push the limits on appropriate dress. The sad part is that these are the ones who will push the limits on a job and I can see the type of worker they will be.
I agree. The adult student that are in my program want to be treated as adults. I believe we are not only teach skills for the workplace, but teaching them how to self monitor and maintain. Thus, they can not be treated as robot, but must be treated as unique individuals.
Michael, well stated. A little understanding can go a long way. Rules need to be followed but not enforced as if we are robots set to a specific set of programming code.
James Jackson
