I learned that most students go through the same phases. Some have better coping mechanisms than others. It's not just the instructors job to help the student. There is an entire team that can provide assistance.
I've learned that we all go through the general adaptation syndrome but others are able to cope with stress better than others. Providing resources to students could potentially help them cope with stressors better and allow for a less overwhelming adaptation syndrome.
Attrition and retention serve different purposes, but the crux of the relationship is that one makes way for the other. In order to promote retention within an organization, an employer might invest to create a corporate culture where employees grow and excel so that these individuals find little reason to leave. These efforts might begin with an informative and transparent orientation for new hires in an attempt to make employees feel knowledgeable about a corporation from day one. These efforts are all attempts to create retention.
I learn, I am responsable to encourage and reasure my students and to pay attentions for different stress signals from my students. I need to help them acomplish their dream of completing their education, by doing everithyn in class room to asure my students the best education.
It is everybody who is apart of the Institution that is responsible for retaining students is class. Reasure students that they are important and deserve to be in school.
