Bruce McCain

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Thank you. I do believe we have a great school system and many highly dedicated staff members and instructors. Although I would love to share all, I don't want to cross any proprietary information lines. having said that, there are several principles we try to deal with from orientation through "day 1" and beyond. Students drop out in much higher percentages very early. Fear of success and/or failure, family history, poor fundamental academic training, never before finishing any project, lack of support from family and peers and the whole Gen Y thing make it imperative that we engage them from… >>>

Bruce McCain

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Generating new student leads and tuition reimbursement partners

This module has reignited a desire to explore offsite training by partnering with local companies. An easy start would be training in computer necessities like Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. Many companies don't have their own trainers and should be looking for in-house training. Such relationships could lead to tuition discount/reimbursement and provide a profitable method of getting exposure and generating interest in other school provided programs.

Bruce McCain

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Building student confidence

Our entire school system has taken on the task of building student self-confidence and self-worth through a series of workshops. In addition to the direct benefit, there is the added benefit of the inclusion of otherwise missed skills and accomplishments in student resumes. Workshop attendees don't need the level of "extraction" by CS staff to find marketable skills and accomplishments. We find this a definite plus.