IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO TELL THE STUDENT WHAT THE RULES FOR THE SCHOOL AND FOR THE COURSE ARE ON THE FIRST DAY. THIS SETS A STANDARD THE STUDENT CAN NOW FOLLOW IN ORDER TO SUCCEED.

WHEN NEW STUDENTS ARRIVE AT A NEW SCHOOL THEY NEED A LOT OF CARE. A GOOD SCHOOL AND STAFF CANGIVE THIS HELP WITH A GOOD TEAM EFFORT TO MAKE SURE A STUDENT NEEDS ARE TAKEN CARE WITH OUT A HASSLE.

STUDENTS HAVE MANY NEW FEARS APOND ARRIVING AT A NEW SCHOOL WITH A DIFFERENT TYPE OF OPERATION. NEW RULES, ECT.......A GOOD SCHOOL ALONG WITH A CARING STAFF CAN RID MOST OF THE FEARS IN A VERY SHORT TIME WITH THE CORRECT PROGRAMS.

What would a school look like with 100% staff buy in on running the school with Intelligent Hearts? How amazing would that be? How profitable would that be? Can you imagine the compliance numbers? Could you imagine the referrals? Could you imagine what it would be like if 100% of the students graduated and went to work? Can this happen and does this school exist? Is their a school to cite?

a school must have a very good retenion program to be successful operation. it , also, must be able to ajust to changing conditions.

I have worked in places were negetive people worked. It tear down moral very fast. It hase got to be addressed as sone as possible.

I will have my student network and call other students to try to track down potential problems.

I will tell my class at the begining of each coarse that I will give them everything I can and more if needed.They are paying a lot of money to come here and they are intitled to all the attention I can give them.

I will send out progress reports to let my students know where they stand. If I have a student in trouble, I will take them to the side and tell them the importance of class and passing the class

it take along time to be good enough to work with students to find out what is causing their problem(s),and come with a solution. always seek help if cannot solve the problem, others may have a solution.

it take along time to be good enough to work with students to find out what is causing their problem(s),and come with a solution. always seek help if cannot solve the problem, others may have a solution.

a schools commitment must be a complete package. no, one person has complete control of this need. all employees no matter what their job is must be fully committed to making the students succede to be a successful operation.

RETENION HAS BEEN A CONTINUING PROBLEM FOR THE 30+ YEARS I HAVE BEEN IN THIS BUSS. SOME STUDENTS CAN BE SAVED BECAUSE THEY IDENTIFY THAT THEY OUR HAVING A PROBLEM. WE CAN THAN WORK TO SAVE THAT STUDENT. UNTIL WE CAN TALK TO THE STUDENT WHO DROPS WE DO NOT KNOW WHY.

One thing that I have become more aware of in the past few months is the prospective student's expectations of his learning experience. We should base the orientation on anything more than what will actually take place during his or her training. By focusing their goals on the training, we are preparing them for the training experience more accurately.

I think one of the most important things the unit stresses is that retention needs to be and institution-wide issue. I wish our school held admissions reps accountable for retention in some way, instead of just meeting admissions goals. How many of the studetns you enroll actually graduate? Although this wouldn't magically "solve" the problem, I think our instructors would be far more willing to take on retention as something they can control if they didn't feel like they are the only ones being held accoutnable. When a student drops out of school because thier command of the English language is severely lacking or thier basic skills are nearly non-existant, and the instructor is then held accoutnable for that drop, it's difficult not to pass the buck, so to speak. And as those type of situations multiply, it becomes easier to just throw your hands up in the air and decide there is nothing you can do about the retention issue.

In some classes it is hard to fill the first class period because students are not always prepared with books or have read material in advance. However, it was very interesting to read how students will feel about the class if it does end early. In the future, I will make it a point to keep all of my classes longer on the first day.

I believe that it is important for faculty to know the policies and expectations of a school. Students are looking for faculty mentors that they can rely on to give them good advice and guide them in the right direction. If a faculty member or mentor does not understand the institution's procedures correctly for themselves, they will have a hard time relaying these messages to students.

After reading through the second lesson, comments about non-classroom personnel playing a role in retention struck me. I believe that the whole experience of attending school should be positive. If there are negative experiences with non-classroom personnel students may become unhappy with the institution as a whole regardless of the education they are receiving. Having poor customer service in a sense could negatively affect a person's experience.

retention in in everyone ones hands from start to finish.

Perhaps I may be a little on the hardcore conservative side of education, but it seems to me that a large part of this is sales and has very little to do with academics. I understand that we cannot educate an absent student; however, are we not necessarily acting in the best interest of students' or the institution by having blind faith in retention as greater good. I agree with this module in it's connotation (as it does not come out and say it) that retention is best served by providing a quality, valuable, and rigorous education. While we should try to retain as many students as is possible, we should understand that retention is just one side of the dice. As for taking a class picture, I find this to be an insulting and sophomoric attempt at armchair pychology.