if you show that u care about the student, he/she will want to show up for class. remember , your actions effect other people. if u have the i don't care attitude, then the studnts don't care.

I try to connect with the students that need me most. The guy or girl that stands out, or is in a shell are the ones I target most. I wish I could spend more quality time with each and every student, but the time frame is to short. This leaves me with the question, could I have done more to save the student? I wish I could save the world, but I'm only human

we have an instructor who has worked here for thirty years and "has already tried everything and He knows what works" he is intimidating and everyone we put with him comes away with his ignorant attitude and experienced teachers refuse to be near him or use him as an excuse saying "At least I am not as bad as him ". To make it worse a management person new to our school has put him in charge of giving seminars to our new instructors . He tells them things like "No student can acheive a perfect score because they would have to know more than me ". I find this situation hard to deal with because the new manager has placed him on a pedistal without even asking anyone or interviewing this grumpy old teacher.

In class on a regular basis I ask the students, WHAT ARE YOU HERE FOR, I see what the response is and tell them your here for a reason and not to give up on their dreams.

I am not a recruiter, but I understand the economics of retention. It certainly does affect our school and what goes on here. In our society it has become common place for a product to be sold and yet not fulfill its' promise as described on the "package" than come away feeling as though you got your monies worth. I can only see things like a horse with blinders sometimes and the way I see our educational process is that for the $XX,XXX.XX that a student pays for tuition they should get more knowledge made available to them than they ever dreamed of when they enrolled. If the curriculum is designed with skill and true educational value, then a student won't consider withdrawing, but look forward each day to learning more.

Sometimes we send a student to get help and the help is not there. There can be many reasons for this including the students own demeanor (attitude). The point here is that the student may come back to class and complain quietly to his friends or not say anything at all. We need to follow up with every student that we send for help to make sure they did indeed get the help they asked for. By following up, we show the students that did get help that we give a hoot and the students that did not get help we can escort to the person they need to see and get the ball rolling.

if a student feels ignored they are less likley to push thru hard times, giving just a little attention to each student keeps them engauged and more likley to press on.

I beleive that tthe first step is to ask ourselfs;Are we really doing what is needed to help the students? be honest with yourself and identify where you can improve. second:Put your game plan together so that you can monitor your results.Ask your students to be honest with you and see from there prospective if you did everything you could possibly do to help them succeed and want to stay in school? Third:review your reults and once again identify where you can improve and take the neccessary steps to continue progressing.

Something that I have seen increasing alot is students seem to skip days or even stress about little problems to where it creates problems with their school work. Any advice on how to deal with these problems would be nice.

I have always felt and firmly beleive in the fact that, it is not the student who fails school, however it is the school that failed the student. learning this later in life as i went thru the very thing from elementary scholl thru high school, only to find later that between the home life with parents and the lack of desire for school faculty to help, forced me into a position of doing very poorley. However, it also takes a person of constant and honest self evaluation and motivation to pule thru these types of circumstances. Further as we have come to learn in our lifes, we know understand the true meaning of surrounding ourselfs with people that do care, can also make all the difference in pass or fail!

It takes the organization as a whole to handle all the problems that arise. We as instructors can only handle certain things that come up, the rest of the time we can only interact by guiding the student to the appropriate department.

What are some of the key signs of trouble brewing in a modern student? Could they be withdrawn for a reason? I find that experience counts here, not just in teaching, in people. Pulling from your own experience has always been a good way or drawing from a close friends trails and tribulation. Human first, teacher second is always a good way to teach but never as easy as it sounds. I try to take a step back and view from an outside perception. Look for things like quite, not smiling during good times, excessive phone use, sleepiness or lack of energy. These may be signs of trouble for this young person, but could also be signs of a hard worker. Feel free to ask “small talk” type questions, feel free to get to know your students, you may learn something and even help a few along the way.

Is it all worth it? I tell my students yes it is if you put fourth the time and effort. Every school teachs different subjects, I tell them if you dedicate the time the outcome will be a rewarding one.

When you help the students one on one they know you care by takeing the time with them and do not talk down to them

I normally have 25 to 30 students in a class I think this has a direct relationship in catching them early or at all

Before you can expect a student to become involved, the instructor has to become involved. If you teach straight out of the book, then it becomes boring. You have to teach the course, but it helps if you enjoy what you're doing. I like to tell my class how much I love my job, and I'm concerned with them, and not just the money they're paying to come here.

A powerful point I picked up on in our training here concerning retention is that we need to let the students know that we can help with more things than they may realize. I have started, once a week, to let my class know that if they are having any kind of struggle (financial, personal, transportation, housing etc.) that we have many resources here at the school for them and they can contact me privately before or after class to figure out who to talk to or they can go to student services and let them know what their situation is so they can get the help they need before it becomes too big to fix.

I have found that students strive much harder at any cost to stay enrolled and acheive at a greater level when they see that you as the instructor are confident, caring (both on there education and successes); are concerned with seeing them thru difficult times,(whether it be with school or personal); and simply being a genuine instructor and person; but the most critical factor to me is that you back what you say through experience in the trade. With this they have trust within you and will confide within you for most any situation! Without trust they have nothing more than another wall to confide in!

If you show the students you really do care that they stay it would help immensely. They need to be more than just a number in the system.

Due to the economy it is hard to find certain jobs but on the other side when the economy is booming and the jobless rates were down it was hard to find another type of job. For some people it will always be hard to find jobs, but when you have an education in any field,it gives an edge in any economy.