Carla Page Campbell

By having Career Services available to the students, it provides an additional layer of support for career readiness which increases their knowledge and skills they need to be successful in their chosen field.  

School involvement promotes and engages students.  They will feel more connected to the school, students and the teachers.  With this might come increased enrollments as well as positive publicity for the school.

Orientation is a very exciting and yet, stressful time for new students.  So, with all of the benefits and services that students can take advantage of, mentoring is one of the best.  Mentoring serves as a means of attaining a student's goals and it also increases retention.  This happens by fostering academic and social support for the student and particularly for vulnerable, at risk students.

The more involvement - i.e., showing the prospective student the school, its staff, faculty, etc. along with activities and general environment, the more likely the student will have a better start along with feelings of comfortability and confidence.

One of the things I learned in this lesson was the importance of "belief" in your leader.  That is, the level of inspiration and following is definitely something that works (for the follower) from the leaders' personality trait, personal achievements and competence.  

I've been teaching for a while; however, I like this method because it allows the student more interaction with each other and learn together as well as more time to apply what they've learned singularly and collectively as a whole.