| Apr. 18th, 2005 @ 11:25 am On professionalism |
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| Class discussion on the importance of professionalism struck a chord for me in relation to my student technology corps (Student Technology Consultants, William Paterson University, Wayne NJ). When I started the program ten years ago I created a training program that encompassed technology skills, of course, but also life skills (sobriety, short-term and long-term planning, etc.) and job skills (coming to work on-time, every-time, etc.). Teaching technology skills proved the easiest of the three, and program washouts are invariably victims of lapses in life and job skills. Taken together, all three elements add up to a form of professionalism, and students who excel in the program are those who master the triad of skill-sets. I’m proud to think that my program is graduating students who can enter the workforce prepared to take on not only the technological challenges but the professional as well. |
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