Get Your Students Hired
This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:
Improving Retention through Timely Intervention --> Building Your Retention Program
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
I believe that understanding and utilizing student services can significantly reduce student stress, ultimately making their experience more rewarding. Colleges offer a wide range of resources to support students, and it’s most effective to introduce these services proactively, before a student considers withdrawing. Instructors, who have the most frequent contact with students, are in an ideal position to identify when a student is facing difficulties. By intervening with care and compassion, we can offer the support students need, helping to ensure that their journey through the program is not only successful but also fulfilling and enriching.
Offering a variety of resources and outlets for students to engage in and use is vital to student retention. Now more than ever, students need more to thrive and do well.
Several factors impact students retention and decision to stay in school. It is important that the school provides a culture of understanding of the needs of the students on and off campus, such as carpooling, bus passes counseling etc...It takes a village to create an environment of success.
Understanding student services can assist a student relieve their stress. Colleges offer a verity of services to students and it is best to offer these services before a student decides to drop out of school. Instructors are with the students most and with a caring heart may intervene if a student is having difficulties.
Comment on Susan Wright's post: Any improvement plan must have the commitment of the key managers and staff members
A lot of resources and ideas were presented on this module. First to tackle for us will be developing a system to connect students with each other for carpooling.
How important it is to keep all staff motivated and focused. I think it is essential to start from the point where everyone knows their relevance on the path towards the goal, the success of the students, and to remain consistent on that path. At my university, we have implemented peer mentoring, but we still need strategies to motivate more mentors to participate. Are you implementing any?
I learned that ensuring the student knows who to contact for whatever issue or need they have along with ensuring they know the resources available to them to contribute to their success and ours as an institution.
Student retnetion is a team effort and we need to know our guidlines and how we can assist students when they encounter problems that require our aid. This in turn helps with retention.
Daycare for children of students seems to be an ongoing issue. It is important to know all issues our students are experiencing.
Involving the students in school functions and activities can create a sense of belonging and positivity.
It is so important to have staff that care for the students to succeed and to reach their career goals. Staff needs to be trained to better provide the services the school needs to implement. There are so many resources that can be used to learn on how to better serve students such as surveys, work shops, exit interviews.
Having the right people for each job is the first step in providing exemplary student service. Hire enthusiastic, caring people who have the student's as their main objective. No matter how sophisticated an institution's systems may be, it is the people who make them work.
I think the most important point emphasized in this lesson is that you can attempt to implement whatever kind of improvements/services you want, but if you do not follow through with these initiatives they will not serve the institution in the long run.
I am really proud of our faculty that share the joy of our career on a daily basis.
Creating a strong school culture is vital in a retention program. That culture must include the staff as well as the students. Well trained, attentive, and well-informed staff will make all the difference. If the staff are well trained in the communication tools, evaluation tools, student programs, and student success programs at their school they will be able to better apply them to helping the students they work with.