School Involvement Affects Retention | Origin: RT103
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Implementing Successful Student Retention Strategies --> School Involvement Affects Retention
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Hyping up the students for graduation is a great motivating factor.
Engagement in activities can be imperative to student retention.
encourage more students to be engaged in school wide activities
Providing access for students to network with peers can help them be more successful. Networking with peers allows them to find someone else that is either going through the same challenges or someone that can help them work through any particular challenge.
Student involvement is essential for retention because it builds stronger connections to the school community. I will apply this by supporting activities and opportunities that keep students socially and academically engaged.
I learned that student involvement in school activities and academic integration strongly increases retention. I intend to apply this by encouraging opportunities for students to connect socially and academically, helping them feel supported and engaged in the school community.
The importance of academic and social integration as a strategy for retention. That this strategies must be intensive, continue and early.
The importance of the training that a teacher must have, not only at an academic level, but also at a social level and in terms of empathy for students.
It is important to consider the effect of the graduation ceremony on student retention
Administrators can focus on student academic involvement by offering everything possible to ensure student success. This includes study halls, student services to meet student needs, and videos of classes so students can review difficult parts of the course or "attend" classes they may have missed. These are some things we can do to ensure we provide the best experience to our students.
Social and academic integration is important. I found as an advisor, the more students were willing to find things, activities, organizations, "their tribe" on a campus-the better their experience was, and we were significantly more likely to retain that student because of the social connections they made, that helped they beyond the classroom.
When students engage in a variety of activities both on and off campus, they develop a stronger sense of belonging, which significantly increases their likelihood of staying enrolled through the completion of their program.
Academic integration is important for student retention.
Having a more heartfelt graduation can help the students that are in school look forward to their day of graduation. This helps with retention and a goal for the students. Seeing that other students have made the coursework and hardships and have made it, will help them realize that they can do it.
Handholding can often lead to learned helplessness which is why there needs to be a right balance between what the institution can and cannot do for students. When you pamper customers, they begin to feel that all aspects of your business will be the same and will get angry when prices or services change. It is the same with colleges. Students need to be given agency so that they are held accountable when it comes to issues that they are responsible for.
I like a lot of the ideas like the professional photographer, the section of graduate highlights, the personalization of growth for each student.
I have learned that social and academic integration improves student retention. When students bond with other peers in class helps them feels connected. Academic involvement includes offering students all they need to be successful throughout the program.
I learned that students must be involved with other students and faculty it helps with retention and student satisfaction.
students that feel comfortable and connected to their school will have a better retention rate
