The faculty are ionvolved in greeting and ushering the students around the campus to meet in groups the people that they will spend there time here at school with and finding the instructors that they are scheduled to start with.
The support staff helps the students find there way around campus to get uniforms and pictures also any final documents that are outstanding.
Academics of course......each program has an instructor present themself and their acievements over the yrs to the new students
Education and Career Services play an important role in our orientation program. Program directors talk about the specific programs and the activities and content of the course. Our career services will discuss externship and job placement.
Currently we are bringing them to the orientation rooms and department heads come in and speak with them. They fill out paperwork, and if necessary then meet individually with their program director. Seems to me, we have some changes to make.
Mary,
These two areas are so important. While everyone plays a role and assists the student in getting started and staying, the above topics keep them focused on the end-result, a career!
Susan Backofen
Career Services is very involved with our students and is part of our student's orientation.
Once again I must beg ignorance of our orientation program but, from what I have observed while on-campus and assuming that it bears some relationship to the orientation, the involvement of current students with the new students is well-established here and has proven to be a great asset. I assume these same student ambassadors may participate in the orientation. Beyond the orientation, the student ambassadors make it a point to make an appearance in a class during the first week to introduce themselves, explain their roll, inform the new students of a couple of the non-school related activities going on, such as our food-bank and toy-drive as well as how they can most easily make contact.
Besides the admissions representatives, the student services and career service administration are all part of orientation. They reflect on the successes of past students, and discuss how they too can be a success story. All new students will have a tour of the campus, get their ID’s, books, materials and introductions to staff (library, computer lab, etc) as they tour the school. At the end the credibility of the instructors is discussed and the instructors are introduced and they take over.
The more the students feel a part of the college the better. I want to make the students feel valued, respected and worthy. Their college should feel like a 'home'.
Student services. It seems like evertime one of our students has a question, whether or not it should be addressed by student services, the first place they go for help is the student services department. These staff are usually asked to mingle with the students during orientation.
Student services are very involved with all aspects of a student's school experience. They help students with all sorts of issues that might interfere with their overall performance in their studies.
We use all departments at the school. The director of financial aid does a short presentation, as does the registrar. The director of career services starts off the orientation and then leads a few exercises with the students, the librarian and externship coordinator also conduct sessions. Of course, the Campus President and Director of Education also conduct key sessions.
Our career services team gets invovled so students see who there dealing with on the front end of your program AND on the back
I am a strong believer to have our graduate employment office at the initial orientations. After all, they are here to get jobs in their career choice fields. The educational program is only a means that is necessary to the ends.
The academic department is involved because each of the PD speak to the new student, and we also have lamplighter which are top students that are also available to answer question from incoming students.
Having industry personnel come in during orientation is a really innovative idea.
Troy,
This is another great idea! Having employers participate reinforces so much of what we do in our programs. Having an 'outside expert' tell them is excellent.
Susan Backofen
In our school, during orientation, aside from Admission Dept, the Campus President, Academic Dean, Instructors, Student Services and Graduate Services are present. Each gives a spill on what their respective department does. Each also provides a glimpse of current students experience in the school.
Ferdinand
All the departments in the institution are involved in orientation. Administration, student services, faculty etc. They all are there to provide students with everything they need before they start
A representative from each of our departments plays a role in orientation. Admissions greets students, and we have speakers/reps visit the orientation room where they discuss different elements of the campus, relative to their departments. The close of orientation hosts student reception of books, schedules, calendars, and uniform vouchers.
