Student Services Performance Group

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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.

david demko

Student Expectations

Student age, maturity, and SES influences how well they perceive their possibility for academic success.

Kathryn Goddard

intelligent heart

Intelligent heart really is caring and noticing other people and their feelings, actions and hearts. Paying attention to their reactions to what is happening to them in their lives.

david demko

Universal Retention Strategies

While there is not a "one size fits all" retention strategy, there indeed are a "core set" of tenets that are fundamental for establishing, then customizing a comprehensive institutional strategy.

david demko

Instructors CAN and SHOULD handle all student concerns

Instructors cannot be all things to all people. When you have the knowledge and expertise to handle a student concern, then by all means do so. However, when the concern is beyond your ability to help, always leave the student with options (hope), by using the referral process. Maybe you cannot personally resolve a student concern, but there is another resource person or agency that can.

david demko

Retention

Retention strategy begins upon admission by group orientation that educates students on proper study habits, test preparation skills, editing term papers, fostering a sense of "learning community" consisting of supporting the academic success of your peers and receiving support from your peers.

Kathryn Goddard

Resting brain

I taught in middle school in Africa for several years and discovered that when the student were getting squirrely that if we got them up and out of their seat and had them sing a nonsense song they could again concentrate for another hour. I tried this with a university group and it work just as well.

Kathryn Goddard

HABEs

I think it is very easy for instructors to forget our student are customers. We tend to think of them as people who should be wanting to learn, forgetting that they may not know 'how' to learn or how to study. I am frequently surprised at how busy and crowded my students homes are and how little time they have to study; let alone know how to organize sufficiently enough to study well.

Kathryn Goddard

The 3 Ms

I know that I myself respond very well to positive feedback from others, praise or 'good job', but was raised with critism and find myself thinking critically. It is something I have found I need to watch with my students.

James Anderson

Motivation of Sucess

How can we continue to motivate students if jobs are not readily available?

James Anderson

Faculty involvement

I believe the establishing a bond with every student is key to retention. Before the start of each class, I like to share stories about my day at my dental office and would ask if anyone has anything they would like to share. This opens the communication door.

James Anderson

Orientation

I feel the orientation process is a great way for the student to gain information about the school their about to attend. I also believe the instructors need to be involved with the orientation so that the students can meet the instructors.

James Anderson

Students admissions process

I like the idea of having an admission check list. However, I feel the check list is sometimes set aside to fill a seat. When this happens you get students that are really not motivated to be there, cause problems, and often interrupts the learning process of other students. Everyone deserves an education, but where is the line drawn to eliminate what we know will be a problem student. I like the idea a an admission check list, but I like the idea of a motivation check list even better!

James Anderson

Team

It is very easy for one negative person to tear the team apart. How can you encourage positivity to someone that is so negative and not interested in anything? Even after surrounding that person with positive people.

James Anderson

Solving student problems

I noticed one of my students (who is normally engaged in my lecture) was having a bad night. I pulled this student aside and asked if she was ok. She explained to me that she was having issues at home. I told her to take five minutes to gather herself and not to worry about the things that are out of her control, and if there was I could do she could come to me. She was very happy that I allowed her to take care of home first so she could focus of her education.

James Anderson