Retention
Most of what was covered in RT102 are things we already do with our orientations. It did, however, get me thinking out of the box about how to further involve faculty and how to help students during their first week. As a Business College, we give our students flash drives at orientation, pre loaded with all the school information. Many of the students never take the opportunity to look at them before coming to class. I don't like the idea of going back to paper. Any ideas on how to get them to use this as an opportunity to learn about the college? Maybe an on line scavenger hunt?
@lyndabascom : Yes we do alot of scavenger hunts. Students do want to know the credibility of the college. One way to hold student retention on the schools behalf is to recognize and support the staff that hold retention. Some faculty go with out that support and feel not appreciated.
@lyndabascom : We do a scavenger hunt prior to the students coming for orientation. In fact, we have 10 weeks worth of activities for students to take part in prior to their first day of class. These activities include the scavenger hunt, learning about Student Resources, meeting one-on-one with their Program Director, and learning how to use the Learning Resource Center. The scavenger hunt is by far the most popular and we also reward the students who come to the events with a small prize which they really like.
Yes, We have used the Scavenger Hunt on the day of Orientation. The students love it. It was also a way for the students to make new friends before the first day of class. I like the idea of a thumb drive, however, use the themb drive to teach How to Study, How to Take a Test, How to form a Study Group. See my Blog: http://retentionspecialisttoday.info/blog/
