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Faculty

How important it is for students that the faculty have experience in their professional field?

Do non-clasroom personel play a role model in retention?

Do non-clasroom personel play a role model in retention?

First week

The first week goes in many directions for every student. some feel at home and have been waiting for this day for a long time. Some are intimidated by the fact theuy may have to learn how to learn again, this may be overwhelming and scary. the job of the instructor and support staff is to get these students to warm up to the fact that they are doing this for themselves and the material will light that spark that needs to create the fire that they will carry into there carreer of choice.

Student Expectations.

upon ariving at the school for the first time for orientation the students are scared and nervous. the job of the campus is to make them feel comfortable and part of the campus. be relaing the resources to the students from the start, this should give them a confidence base that will relax them.

Increase Student Retention

What do you think are important step to effectively increase student retention?

Student Success

Do you think the Admissions Process affects the Student Success. How?

Qualification Tools

When we use a Qualification Tools with a prospect do you think someone with a scores very high need the same attention of a very low scores on the self check?

Student Retention

Create a Applicant Qualification Checklists and Self Checks is really important in the Orientation process for a student's retention?

retention

Where is the fine line between doing things for a student and showing teacher preference in the classroom?

Retention Progrms

I would like to know how many times per month do most campus's hold meetings with staff for best practices and attrition tracking per program. To discuss and evaluate issue?

Intervention

I would like to know all resources available to students on my campus (Miramar, FL) and which department is resonpsiable for each aspect?

Student Stress

Understanding "Stress Dynamics" may help school personnel to more effectively identifie student on coming stress.

Student Retention

I belive we are all resonsiable for student retention, not just the Academics department. Admissions, Financing, all departments should be involved at any level.

admissions

How can we add the checks and balances to put effective students into programs of thier interest and there skill set out side of testing?

Positive self-talk

I like to ask my students to compose a "morning mantra" they'd like to say to themselves every morning to spur themselves on to have a great day. I share mine which goes something like this: "Lookout, world! Here comes a strong intelligent woman who can do anything she puts her mind to." They have to share their own mantra with the class the next day, and every day after that I ask a student to begin class by giving us his/her positive self-talk mantra for the day.

retention

How is a instructor able to keep students retained in a course that they findout later in the course that they aren't physically or mentally capible of doing?

importance of students

How do we as instructors place an important feeling in our students that is reciprocated.

students

Is it better for students to relate to their classmates or the instructor to relate to the students?

why students enroll

in my practices i've found students enroll to get an edge over the competitor's in the job market. is nthat the wa others see enrolling students

first day

is the real orientation to me you acn see the personalities mesh