Sunday, February 1, 2009

Interviewing a counselor became my assignment for the week. I feel this process helped understand what the counselors deal with and the stress at times they submit themselves to. Mr Hardy at Morrow High School became my task. I really feel comfortable speaking with him because from the first day at Morrow he helped me gain knowledge on how to recruit students for my program. When I first came to Morrow I actually had to go from class to class recruiting students to make my program of Criminal Justice interesting to the student body and he had a big hand in my success. I feel the program runs better when your administrators and counselors involve themselves. I have heard horror stories from other schools in my county how CRJU has become a dumping ground for students who continue to show bad behavior, but I beleive because of my relationship with the coounselors I receive students who really and truly want to learn about Criminal Justices Information. Couselors can make your studentgs who you receive be the blood line of your program.

2 comments:

  1. I wish I would have done this when I started the CJ program at Ola last year. I ended up being a dumping ground right off the bat because students nor counselors knew anything about it. However, I really didn't know much about what to expect either...it was my first year teaching! I have slowly but surely started turning the program around yet the process hasn't been as easy one. I should have buddied up with a counselor on day one!

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  2. Hi, Vincent - interesting history and thanks for sharing. Now that your program has a great 'rep', I'm sure that enrolling interested students won't be an serious issue moving forward. Keep up the good work!

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