Can anyone share how their Student Mentor program works? Does a Student Mentor work with an individual student or a group of new students?

If you engage each of the students and make your rounds daily, you will see a major difference in retention. I have seen outstanding numbers since I have used this tool. Always give 110%, never give up.

Our school has a very good admissions department, and they do a great fabulous job. There is fairly good follow up during the year, but I feel that there should be more. Reinforcement is the key to retention, and you can never have too much retention D Hayes

Can anyone share how their Student Ambassadors program works? I'm interested in the process of selecting student ambassadors as well as their role in orientation and beyond. Thanks

A simple "who are you" form is used in my class that gives me some idea of who I have and gives me opportunities to find common ground with my students. I try to pick out the ones who seem to keep to themselves or are having problems and re read their form. Just making simple conversation about something personal to them can change their attitude for the whole class.

We recently changed our books that are used in class and as a result experienced high stress from the sutdents who wanted the books they were origianlly using. They felt unimportant and that we should have asked them before changing books. I believe we lost some trust from not preparing the students in advance for the change. We experienced a high drop number which could have been elimlinated by handling the situation from a student centered approach vs a what's good for the school approach.

I always have a possitive attitude and if someone around me is negitive, I try to point out the possitive in what they say. Or I just tell them " Don't be so negitve". Or "Why are you so negitive" and then they will open up to me and I give them a possitive out look. How would you handle something like this?

Being a teacher requires the ability to react and nurture as a caring individual, while at the same time keeping in mind that school is a business. It is important to approach the students with an educator's stance by being fair, firm, friendly and fun and to complete all administrative requirements within required dealines so the business side of the job is completed efficiently.

the instructor has to be the a model for other students to be in time and to respect other and to show positive smile

the instructor has to break down the topic of today for smaller topics esay to understand and to explain to the students ,,they came from different levels

its very importanrt to study the students objectives and futuer ,,, this will increase your ability to control the class room attention and retention

to maintain students at the class ,instructor has to be active and modivate students at all the time

Our administration has taken the time to encourage all of the staff to be a part of the mission statement and the ultimate goal of retention. I have found this to be an asset to the entire organization of our school. I know the were met with some resistance at first but i think the exercise has proven to be a positive one for all, especially the student retention. I'm proud to say it was something I had already been doing with my students. It is just second nature to me. But I did find myself being more involved with students that were not mine when I saw the need. And I realize the importance and impact it had on those students.

This seems to be tough sometimes. I have tried different sytles and some work and some don't. I just need to appy myself more I quest. TEr

Working together is a key factor for success. you can achieve that by having good communication among your staffs and work according to each other needs.

The more prepared the student on expectations of success the better

Improving the EQ should be the goal of any educational system. WE are usually concentrated on IQ. We need to change, and se the whole picture of a human being. We as a human being have a hert and a will power beside our mind, and we should foster all together in our educational system.

Show the student the end result of hard work and dedication. Tell the student a story or give a personal example of how you over came an obstacle.

Let's cheer these students on to VICTORY! We may be the only positive individuals in their lives.

I think that most of us have heard that old saying "Do as I say Not as I do" What's up with that? I feel that if we want a student to behave a certain way, then we must lead by example.