Enhancing Student Retention

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Ask a question from your peers to help you in your professional work. Seek different points of view on a topic that interests you. Start a thought-provoking conversation about a hot, current topic. Encourage your peers to join you in the discussion, and feel free to facilitate the discussion. As a community of educators, all members of the Career Ed Lounge are empowered to act as a discussion facilitator to help us all learn from each other.

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being a good teacher, not just a teacher

always try to put yourself in the students seat and make ssure what you are teaching is understandable, interesting, and most of all going to give the student a positive outlook for their future

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keeping you classroom a fun, learning and enyoyable

always keep your classrooms positive and uplifting for the students and the retention and learning will always be high

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student motivation

always make youself approachable to the students so they will gain positive attitudes and results

David Moradian

Learning Must Be Fun

Many might learn better when they have fun. I am saying this based on experience; I have had many students who enjoyed interacting in class and learn when they are interested on a subject and are having fun - to the point they forgot to take their 20 minutes break. David Moradian

David Moradian

Motivation Thru Feedback

I think motivating students and providing them feedback are two of the most important goals for each instructor. Constant feedback and encouraging students and motivating them are essential for each course.

Jerry Hanna

Being a teacher after being a student .

Teaaching at the school whare I was a student I know what the student is going thru so I can help them better.

Mary McGee

Make it about the students

It's so easy as teachers, espcially those of us with logical minds, to approach teaching as an efficient, orgainzed, step by step enterprise. This is ok, if students feel you CARE about them. In other words, we cannot let the efficiency get in the way of really caring about our students. And if we need to be flexible, so be it.

Bradley Huffman

Having fun in class

The idea of having fun, being creative and spontaneous in the class room becomes a very good learning active for the students, besides breaking the "Boring Lecture" you have shown the students that there is another side to their instructor which allows the students to gain a little more respect for the instructor, this process allows both the instructor and the students to create a atmosphere that is open & positive in the classroom/lab.

Orville Miller

Motivating students

Showing the relevancy of the subject matteris important.

Glenn Feiste

Tips for motivating students

1. Remain positive! 2. Provide opportunity for success! 3. Be excited! 4. Teach teamwork. 5. Praise students in public. 6. Teach problem solving skills. 7. provide opportunities for students with various life experiences.

Glenn Feiste

Student retention key-points

Student-faculty interaction has a strong impact on student satisfaction and retention. Research studies correlate successful retention strategies with students who feel the college is truly concerned about his/her academic success and well being.

Glenn Feiste

TIPS FOR KEEPING STUDENTS ENGAGED

Give the students options and have the students make the choice. Ask the students to assess their own needs and come up with solutions on their own. Ask leading questions to get the students to discover the correct answer on their own rather than giving the answer yourself.

Joseph Olivares CHEP

Retention positive enthusiasum

The more paint questions the class answers the more enthused the class gets.in our classes the phisical part of the task is a lab grade when lab an class grades are close together the enthusiasum shows how it can reflect on retenion.

Joseph Olivares CHEP

Listening to students concers

I have learned listening an talking to students makes me aware of there different learning abilities form classwork to labwork.learning your student stuggles gives the instructor a positve starting point on class assignments.

Johnny Goodson

Common ground

For me, finding a common ground with the students seems to help the most.

William Burke

What does the student expect to get out of the class

One thing that I do when my class starts on day one is a brief biography of myself. I then go atround the classroom and ask each student their name, where they are from and why are you here. This has been very helpfull in getting a good flow to the room.

richard rosado