Orientation and first-week activities are crucial for fostering student retention by building connections, locating resources, and setting a welcoming tone. I think the best practices include creating opportunities for personal connections such as ice breakers, small group sessions, and faculty introductions, as well as offering sessions on academic support, counseling, financial aid, and career services to avoid overwhelming students.

Follow-ups, such as advisor check-ins and peer mentorship, help maintain engagement beyond the initial orientation. Engagement activities like campus tours, off-campus recreational activities and events, and other social gatherings can familiarize students with the campus and build camaraderie, while extended office… >>>

School culture plays a vital role in student retention, changing a checked-out student's mind is difficult. The student might change their mind to stay at that moment but will always think of options to drop. Student appreciation and giving student support is a big help in student retention.

Just like in any relationship, every party wants to be heard and seen. Same goes for the student faculty relationship, student should feel that the school is their safe space and here they are seen and heard, not judged.

When a student add's education to their schedule, it can become overwhelming and expensive. The student will try to drop out of school, to save that student and making sure that the student finishes what they started becomes the whole school's responsibility. Admissions, play a huge part because they were the first face that the student got to know and became comfortable with. It becomes, the educations responsibility to know the student and what can help the student succeed and also what huddles the student can potentially cross that can prevent the student from reaching the finishing line. Knowing your… >>>

I have learned over the years to treat students with respect and not to make them feel as just another number. It is always best to be have a open line of communication and to make them feel comfortable. Celebrate with them each milestone accomplished even if it is just passing a quiz as well as being empathic in their struggles with words of encouragement and motivation. Be a resource for them where they are not afraid to reach out or feel alone. Education is a life-long process and takes commitment and dedication from the students and as staff/faculty, the… >>>

Overall the training has implemented how important retention is for the potential student and school.  Training was useful and I learned a lot . 

Mentoring new students has showed to be successful. They are able to have a one on one person they are matched with, discuss how to study, answer their questions, and encourage them throughout the program. Someone without this support may not seek the help out and fail. 

Most of the students are adults learners by greetings them with respect and let them know they are important always motivates them to do well.

Some students are dealing with family/personal issues while trying to attend school and succeed. Always be kind, put yourself in the students shoes to try to assist them the best way you can.

I believe that is very important to keep maintaining the balance between retention and quality because we will end up losing quality if we make things quite easy for them or we will lose a big number of students if we don't scale the difficulty 

This course was inspiring.   Some of my takeaways were:

1. Retention is the by-product of doing the right things the right way, of having the right people in the right place at the right time.
2. It is important that school personnel nurture positive, constructive, hopeful paradigms among students.
3. Schools with the best retention rates are successful in engaging everyone within the organization to improve retention and are committed to establishing retention, through better customer service, as a basic institutional objective.
4. Everyone in the institution must understand that student success is the primary measure of institutional success. Everyone must understand that long-term

… >>>

Its a very power ful topic "Making a positif impact"

It is important to go daily over our stratgy and goal. What is success for us ? And how we can help people to be successful in their journey. Ilike that definition about" Success.

Success do not happen by accident ,Success comes from thinkink and picturing what you want and then executing effective plan to get there"

Every one has the power to create the kind of result they want .But you know some time they need to be motivated and make confident,by saying yes you can do it,… >>>

When working with the next generation it is significant to meet each student where they are and take time to get to know them on a personal level. You never know what a student is dealing with outside of school that can impact their academic learning style.

As a teacher you should be fair, caring, thoughtful, knowledgeable, and teach to the audiences learning style. I am teaching for 14 years in the culinary field. There are many challenges for a teacher because every student is different. Every student has his or her problem, family, health, money etc. learn a little bit about them, get to know them a little bit, talk to them if they have challenges with homework, transportation is very important as well. I gave them tutoring lessons, I have office hours etc.  

Action plan for me would be:

Students be on time

Hold… >>>

The students need to know that you really care them and their success.

All instructors and departments are different, however, if we have the same goal, we can assist the students in that one aspect.

    I think at the beginning of any clinical or class teachers should tell a clinical story inwhich the nurse is the hero. I have many stories and love seeing the students excitment and laughter that starts the day. I also like to speak to each student individually to see how the classes are going. Little things sometimes can help in a big way in student retention.

Idendify potential behaviors early that may not set student up for success (self-isolation, attendance issues, lack of engagement, low performance, low participation). Based on observations and interviews of faculty, staff, and student, identify and deploy an individualized success plan. Co-develop with student and include other students (if appropriate) to increase peer interaction, support, and collaboration. If an individualized intervention is most approriate, (study schedule, personal obstacles, health related etc.), then co-develop with the individual student. Follow through and up at regular intervals and adjust plan as needed.

A smile goes a long way! Always greet your customers with a smile :)

Institutions are accustomed to investing in student enrollment. However, improving student success and increasing student retention rates yields a higher financial benefit. It is more cost-effective to keep students who are already enrolled than to invest in recruitment efforts to drive up enrollment numbers. In order to determine just how much money can be saved by improving student retention. Student retention efforts not only improve the financial health of an institution but also allow for more flexibility to reinvest in student success programming that yields an even higher return on investment.