Amanda Haddock

Students are driven to be successful for a number of reasons. They want to succeed and, in an ideal world, they would. The reality is that in spite of their desire to succeed and the best intentions, events occur that serve to diminish their intrinsic desire for career training. As an instructor, this list can give you a starting point from which you can develop learning opportunities that will help the students get over troublesome situations that might cause a shift in intrinsic priorities leading to program departure.

Empowering assignments should be authentic and challenging so they will encourage students to engage in exploring and reflecting on how well their learning experiences fit their interests, aptitudes and career aspirations. 

Learning leaders need to be student-centered in all aspects of their instructional planning. It is important that they continue their own professional development so they can learn about and use the latest strategies and technology to deliver their content. 

Even if when students are not doing well they need to be shown that they are valued as human beings and that their instructor is there to help them to be successful. Positive body language and facial expression can go a long way in showing support to students especially when they need some encouragement. 

In order for student empowerment to occur there must be meaningful student involvement. Student involvement is built upon student ownership and investment. Learners need to be invested in themselves and their learning success. They need to make connections with their schools, programs and instructors.

In our program extrinsic motivation is what brings people in but we have to find the intrinsic motivation in order to succeed. 

Going to be taking a good look at the way we are motivating our students both intrinsically and extrinsically 

Making sure my students feel secure is going to be my main goal in the new year! 

THis is something our school take very seriously and we constantly see the rewards of it...go the extra mile. It doesn’t have to take much time, effort or cost, but doing something that is timely, a little extra special, and unexpected within the parameters of a request demonstrates that a student and his or her needs are at the top of the list—student-centered customer service.

this really hit home...iven the possible consequences of noncompliance and student complaints, the true loss is the possibility that students will never again regain their trust in the school or muster the commitment needed to change their lives.