Richard Jensen

Discussion Comment

I have a small faculty about ten instructors that teach hands on culinary classes and I have issues with some on the instructors trying to hold kids with no experience up to their standards. The problem is the same things that they demand of trheir students I would like to see more of in them. They complain more than they have solutions and many of them are quick to jump to judgment when a student needs additional help. any Suggestions?

Richard Jensen

Discussion Comment

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.

Richard Jensen

Discussion Comment

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.

Richard Jensen

Blog Comment

Retention

This course offerd multiple helpful best practices that i will use in my shool. the act of retention in a large campus setting is important to everyone involved. without care for the students we have, we wont get new students without this. we must retain the new as well as attending students to be successful.

Richard Jensen

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Retention

This course helped put the issue of retention in perspective for me. the ideas that have been disscussed have helped me to come to the relization that our retention efforts are good but could definetly be better. the retention issue is important to the institution and to the future students that decide to come to our school.

Richard Jensen

Discussion Comment

Retention efforts

When talking about our retention efforts I like to think that we on my campus take a village approach, everyone from the faculty to admission's and registrar. we all take time to divide up the list of students that are "at-risk" and cater our response to their individual circumstances.

Richard Jensen

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Be flexible

being flexible is very important especially with adult learners. the time it takes to get them comfortable with the fact that they are going to be learning again is first and formost important, besides that being accessible is just as important, flexibility in the way you make yourself available is one way to keep your learners involved and engaged in school as well as confident that they have resources to help if needed

Richard Jensen

Blog

What a great tool!

This course had so much useful information relevant to the day to day class situations I'm exposed to. I will begin implementing these tools immediately.