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Gained knowledge

Learned a lot, this course helped me with my job, I am more capable to assist students in very professional ways. 

Total staff

The total staff has an part in student retention..  If you watch and listen to the students we can address concerns.

Denise Marquette

Help each student overcome all barriers to success

Making sure that every student feels he/she belong to the institute, they are treated respectfully, they have a place where they can achieve their educational goals. 

 

Changing Lives One Student at a Time

Great opportunity to learn new techniques and ideas on how to improve retention by making each student feel special and importent and someone is always there to guide/assist them if they need support.

first day

I learned how important it is to make sure your student knows that you will be there for her/him from the very first day.

Excellent food for thought

Good ideas, lots to talk about in terms of effective implementation.

 

R

Quizlet.com

Quizlet.com is a digital flashcard website with interactive assignments and games. It's particularly good for courses like Medical Terminology and Pharmacology.

Intentions

I feel that this has provided me with additional trategies that I can implement both into my role as a successful leader on the campus as well as for the student experience.  THank you!  

Best practice I've learned!

Always be consistent, poiite and open to new ideas. This will go along way in any business.

Best practices for the classroom

Education can be challenging when you have many different types of learning styles in one classroom. Make sure that all students are encouraged to do thier best and make sure that they are included. Classroom observation is a great way to make sure instructors are up to date in the information that they are giving out. 

Retention from Orientation to Graduation!

Retention of students should be one of the main goals for a school.  Retention will bring these positive outcomes to all involed. The school will be seen as a good school. The school will be an asset to the community it is in. Students will seek out the school due to its success rate. The school will have more students and a be more profitable

The Student will benefit from retention in the following manner. They will graduate and go on to thier new careers. They will be a benefit to thier community with their new profession. They will be… >>>

Organize

This is a great way to organize,

Customer Service Standards

1. Listen to their words

2. Listen to their voice

3. Watch their body language

4. Evaluate how they feel.

Customer Service

 Our students are our customers. We need to providen them good customer service by educating them well,  students are willing to pay more money if they are satisfied with the education they receive from the educators and will recommend the school to others.

Be Nice

You can never go wrong being nice to others!

Use of skills

Will put this into use immediatley when dealing with studnets and found the iseads and suggestion to be very helpful

Orientation

Currently we introduce several members of the team during orientation, however creating amore interactive orientation will be a fun way to change the status quo during that important first day.

Reviewing and Modifying Retention Plan

This course has opened my views to review our current plan and improve upon it.

Touching Base

I have noticed that sending a weekly text to students wishing them a good day has opened up the student's communication with administrators and seeking more assistance when needed.

Be Positive!

If you try to consistantly be as positive as you can with everyone, it will radiate.