What Not To Wear Rules:
Clothes should show your confidence and your career.
Play up your hour glass shape.
Your clothes are age appropriate. Don't wear kid shoes.
Detail at the narrow part of the waist.
Use pieces with visual interest with more simple pieces.
Make clothes change to fit your needs.
Trousers are very important for a woman's wordrobe.
Find clothes that are flattering to boost your confidence.
Dressing for success in my current position is scrubs. I think making sure they fit well is key.
For my future position as a director of a medical child care center it would be dressing for my career which would be kind of a business-business casual. I am a short person so I always have to change clothes to fit my needs. I have lots of trousers in my closet now that I love. When I am in those clothes I feel confident like I can accomplish anything. So I agree that playing your clothes up to boost your confidence is a big key.
I often see child care workers that look like they just woke up out of bed and came to work. It is not professional in the least little bit. I will require my employees to dress professionally. Since my center will be a center that cares for children with medical needs scrubs will be ok, but they must fit appropriately, not too baggy not too loose. They must also be length appropriate. I cannot stand when scrub pants are too long and dragging the ground and all ripped up it looks very tacky and unprofessional.
What Not To Wear with Stacy London and Clinton Kelly has a message for all people, but for the Communications class, the message is particularly vital. Non-verbal communication makes an impression within the first 10 seconds. The childcare professional needs to project a presence in the classroom to build a positive image with clients and the public.
ReplyDeleteThe childcare professional already has the disadvantage with parents and the public because of the societal stereotype of a child care professional as being “just a babysitter” with no marketable job skills and certainly with no education. In order to become credible in the eyes of society, the child care professional should dress in such a way as to convey professionalism and the quality of being approachable. Then, the child care professional will have the chance to partner effectively with parents with a knowledgeable voice.
In What Not To Wear, many examples of sweat pants, tee shirts, ill -fitting jeans or tacky attire filled the screen. Often the people featured had forgotten the importance of self-care, to the point where they had no positive influence as a role model or were unable to advance in their careers because of the unprofessional way in which they presented themselves. The airlines admonition of taking care of yourself before taking care of others is a thread throughout this show. This rule is one that childcare professionals should take to heart.
The child care professional, unless forced to wear a uniform by a company, should avoid scrubs, the attire for a nurse, not a child care professional. Sweats, and tee shirts with logos should also be avoided. If dresses/skirts are worn, they should be of a modest length, but not so long a person trips over them. High heels would be a hazard in the classroom. Flip flops or shoes that leave toes exposed do not belong in the classroom or even in the center. This represents a safety hazard for children and part of the professionals’ job is to lead by example. Of course, the daily sanitizing poses risks for clothing, so of course, the professional wants to avoid ruining silks and wools. One can buy wisely and frugally, but always with the professional look in mind.
Bottom line, LOOK PROFESSIONAL. Clean, neat, put together, Ready to work, ready to play.
This assignment was not for you to tell what the show was about but what it was about FOR YOU. What do you look like when you are a professional? How do the parents treat you when you are in the classroom? Do you get the kind of respect you think you should? What is the message that you send to the public with the way you dress? Are you a professional or merely the babysitter?