Vicky Fulop-Berlin

Our school facilities are sufficient at the moment but in two year we will be accredited and we predict an increment of our alumni by 50%. How can we stay in our same location and include more students? Thanks!

We do end of the year meetings to review our Yearly Plan but never have done it on a five-year Plan basis. Why is so important a 5 year-plan, besides giving a sense of being here for the long run, are there other benefits? Isn't a yearly plan more up to date? Which one is better? Thanks!

Staff members are trainned to be "all ears" with our students. Since our first commitment is their success, we continually ask them about how are they doing in class in a relax and friendly way. Sometimes we discover that this approach, outside the classroom, give us a great feedback about how are we doing and how are the students feeling about their program. Also we pass a questionaire where we ask about each event or period and the students answers help us to unsderstand their needs and what we can do to help them better.

When a student is closed to mid-term exams or final exams they could feel anxious about sucessfully completing the course. A few things we do to help them deal with this school related stress factor: 1) Creating a friendly atmosphere out side the classrooms from day one.Ex: we give breaks between classes. During these breaks students meet, talk and relax. 2) Check on what the student is "getting" outside the classroom by asking questions ( surveying ) 3) Talking about a funny anecdote or topic just before a test or preformance could help to relax. :-D