The faculty on our campus have the most day-to-day interactions with the student body. However, Student Services and Student Accounts are also very involved with students.
Students do have plenty of opportunities to interact. They have to gather info throughout the campus, there is plenty of staff roaming the allways tto guide them. There is also graduate students at hand.
A random assortment of faculty with different backgrounds attend the orientations and are introduced to the students.
The instructors have the most involvement with the student (which I am) however, student services would be next in line to the level of interaction with students. With student services I try to keep communication with them and improve the relationship. I feel that good relationships with the people in other departments tends to make the communication flow more freely and with more "inside" information that can warn you of things that could effect your students ahead of time and prevent problems before they happen.
Kevin--
You are so correct. The entire campus needs to work together to assist students. Intentionally building relationships with people in other departments is very effective. Great job.
Susan
financial aid,student services,we involve all the services with our students Tutoring and all the student services are pressented to them every phase in a S.O.P. (standard operating procedure) power pointe production at the start of every class.
Faculty definitely have the most interation with students and they've been a constant part of our orientation from greeting them at the door to providing presentations school policies.
Our school uses an all hands approach to orientation. We have representatives from all departments at student orientation including faculty, career services, student service, IT, library and facilities.
each of our departments are involved in the orientation process. We welcome the students and offer them an overview of the departments that will support their learning success. Each department addresses the orientation with an overview of their support services and expectations of the students.
We have our faculty giving tours of the classrooms they teach in and talk about the activities we do in those classes.
Shannon--
This is excellent!
Susan
We have an orientation that involves all the departments of the school and put a face with each department. We also have student success dept to help students feel at home.
Naturally our faculty is most involved with students on a daily basis. As such, our faculty members have a rotating schedule to participate in orientations. Probably the next most involved group is student services and student retention. They are present and make presentations all orientations, in addition to other departments in the school that may not be involved with students on a daily basis, but are definitely important resources.
We have Academics, Student Services, Career Services, Student Accounts and Finance all available for students during orientation. We use the progressive approach during orientation to keep the students involved in the process
student services, financial aid, and graduate employment.I tell my students to seek these people out for help and guidance. We are all part of a team for your success.We stress"one life at a time" it works very well for us. There have been times when I have asked a member of a department to come and speak to my class and that works well also.
During orientation, we have representatives from all major departments present. As discussed in the module, we divide students in to groups after the initial check in. For example, students in the diploma program are grouped and sent to a classroom where they meet the Department Chair and/or instructors (and sometimes students) of that particular program. Interaction with other members of the Academic, Faculty, Career Services, Student Services, Finance, and IT departments is also commonplace during orientation.
The department with the most interaction with students in our school is student services. On first day of class I spend some time explaining how addition services (such as tutoring, job search, and counseling) can be activated at our campus. The same thing is included in my class syllabi with contact information.
One of the biggest differences I have seen is when administrators (campus president, dean of education, department chairs) are in the hallways talking to students.
Stephen--
That is great that you specifically take time to explain those support services. You are also correc tin that having administrators actively in the hallways greeting students is important.
Susan
Our orientation process involves all portions of the school. It is especially important that Faculty are part of the process. Our organization places Admissions, Financial Aid and others in an overall group called Student Services. This organization takes a leadership position in the orientation and the rest of the school engages to support the effort. At times, our presentations miss the mark and start to sound rather contrived or "Corny" but usually the work of the team and the quality of information conveyed is top notch.
Career Services - we introduce the staff of Career Services, show them where it is on campus and have the Director talk to them for a few minutes discussing how they will be working with each student individually to help them find the best possible externship available.
Education Department - we have each Program Dean do a presentation/demonstration for the students in their particular programs and introduce them to their first module teachers.
Student Services - Introductions of the Dean of Students and associates to discuss what they offer and how they can help along with introduction of Academic Specialist.
Financial Aid - Introductions and location of offices
Library and Resource Center introductions, tour and offerings.
