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Dionne Carpenter
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In dealing with organizational culture, I believe everyone has to first understand what it means. To me it means how we do things within our organization and what we are displaying to our students. Also this means living up the culture we have developed, but if something about the organizational culture is not right changes must be made. I also see the importance of working together as teams, unfortunately this doesn't always happen because individual departments may be looking to set goals specific to their departments. Because of this they are seeking out what is good for them but maybe… >>>
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It is always my goal to try and make a positive impact on students throughout class discussions. I want them to know that I am knowledgeable about the information but I also want to share real world examples with them so that it makes more sense and applies to them directly. I believe that if you make the goals clear at the beginning, during class and at the end (summarizing the lesson) the students will slowly begin to understand how this impacts their lives and ultimately their grade in the class. Real world examples to me are great because most… >>>
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At the college where I teach we have discussed the importance of customer service a lot. We discuss this because again, we want to be sure our students and anyone else entering our building know how much we care about current students and future students as well. One thing we do in regards to customer service is that when we help someone and have to direct them to another place or person we walk them to the place or person not just point and direct them to it. This allows them to get to who or what they need without… >>>
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In class I will convey to the students that we do care about them and their education. Students in class will know I care because they will receive the attention they deserve through class interaction and letting them know the importance of sharing in class for a better understanding of the course material. The students who are present all the time (perfect attendance) need to see that we also care about them and not just those who are not present for class for whatever reason. Being fair to all students is important to me and I want to be sure… >>>
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After reviewing the module and thinking about this topic. I have to say that continually working on attendance with students is important because students do care that you care about them. I have called many students and although they sounded as if my call was not appreciated by the end of the conversation they were glad I did and most attempt to do better. Attention=Retention is key because if we care and show it, I truly believe students will do better and remain in school focused on their goals.
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