Jacqueline Wells

Motivation is a significant key to student retention and success for them as well as instructors. Confidence in ones abilities and passion for what you do is important. As an instructor, I will be more forthcoming with words of encouragement rather than depending on a student’s personal desire for success. I will also be cognizant of my own personal feelings about what motivates me and why.

I have learned that though students come into the higher education arena with preset goals and ideas, the demands are many times greater than they have prepared for. I’ve also learned that it is important to evaluate each student individually as a 1 size fits all just doesn’t work.