Legal professions

A profession is an organization of professionals that functions at an expert level. The field of medicine is an example of a profession, because people that seek out doctors expect to receive top notch treatment performed by a specialist in that field with years of training and experience. You can’t just fall into a profession and become a subject matter expert. It entails years of training, understanding, and practice, because people’s lives depend on it. The Army is a profession, because of…

Profession of Arms: Role of the Human Resources Sergeant To be a professional is to understand, embrace, and competently practice the expertise of the profession (The Profession of Arms, 2010). The Army White Paper, The Profession of Arms, further explains the definition of the profession of arms as a vocation comprised of experts certified in the ethical application of land combat power. “I am an expert, I am a professional” often recited by American Soldiers, in the Soldier’s Creed, are…

PROFESSIONALISM IN NURSING Tyler W. Kliegl Iowa Western Community College PROFESSIONALISM IN NURSING Choosing the nursing profession as a career path is not only an honor, but a commitment in exhibiting compassion and respect to others. Factors such as personal traits, economic rankings and nature of the ailment are therefore inconsequential in the practice. A nurse might not be personally comfortable with caring for an alcoholic. However, as a nurse, you must be ethically obliged to provide…

The Foundations of Professionalism The world as we know it has changed and is still changing, some for good and some for worse. One point that cannot be altered is professionalism. So where does professionalism start and how do you create a professional out of a student? The foundation of professionalism in a university setting starts at the core roots with of course the staff members of the university which should be spread across the branches to the students. In addition, there’s also a…

Professionalism means something different to different people. It is unique to our personalities because we all hold ourselves to different standards. I understand professionalism to mean different things in the workplace compared to the classroom. Throughout this essay I will discuss different interpretations of professionalism. In my own words, professionalism is the degree to which one aims to conduct ones self in a setting where they aim to act mature, to gain a higher respect or to impress…

Hence the teaching profession plays an extremely vital role in the development of a nation. As it is the teacher who prepares the citizens of tomorrow, hence their training depict how they will be in a position to educate pupil placed in their charge. The quality of a nation…

Needs Assessment Results Professional Development Needed Tally Total Content Knowledge and Skills 8, 10, 5, 10, 10, 8.6 Classroom Management 4, 1, 1, 10, 5 4.2 Relations with Parents 3, 8, 5, 10, 5 6.2 Student Motivation 3, 8, 3, 10, 9 6.6 Student Engagement 5, 10, 3, 10, 4 6.4 Needs of Diverse Learners 3, 10, 5, 5, 6 5.8 Student Assessments 7, 8, 5, 10, 6 7.2 Organizational Skills 6, 9, 10, 5, 10 8 Communication with Colleagues 10, 10, 10, 5, 7 8.4 Other: None I surveyed 5 new teachers…

In business “any goal worth achieving involves an element of risk” (Karnazes n.d.) and without risks comes no reward. Previously, several solutions to Precision Chem-Dry’s management problem have been identified, such as implementing professional development for all staff, hiring a small business accountant and investing in growing social capital. All of these solutions have been identified as being beneficial to the organization, but before Precision Chem-Dry can make a choice of whether or…

About 39% of teachers want a different job and 45% are dissatisfied with their current job. With these numbers in mind, we should be worried about who is going to be teaching your child. Teachers are entering the workforce only to leave a short time after. New teachers should have the focus and passion to stay in the field they studied for. In order to insure future candidates for education remain in education, they should go into a mentorship before they get to college. This epidemic has…

in teaching, with contesting theories, with some authors even suggesting that teaching itself, is not a profession (7) . A dictionary definition of professionalism indicates the following; “engaging in an activity for gain or as a means of livelihood” (2) this is a basic definition as it is a broad term which would include every job as a profession. It is not to say every job is not a profession, for the particular individual,…