Get Your Students Hired
This was a great outline for how to plan an oritentation that will engage the students and keep them invested in being excited about attending. By cultivating that excitments studnets would can then go home tell friends and family an build that support system they will need to avoid buyers remorse. I really enjoyed the suggestions on how to structure the orientation and plan creative activities that are almost like a scavengar hunt or Monopoly. It is unique and fun.
Students are always the first priority. We also need to make them feel that they are part of the instituition from the day they walk to the admissions office searching for information about the different programs that the instituition has.
From this section, I have learned that credibility and connection to the institution is extremely important. You want students to feel connected as that they belong immediately and have those feelings continue throughout the program. If students feel connected, knowledgable, and as if they belong, they will be able to reference that through difficult or uncertain times to keep them at the university.
In this section I learned the importance of having an interesting, effective and supportive orientation. Students are nervous on the first day of classes so by having a fun and interactive as well as having readily resources available, allows the students some ease prior to going into their first classes.
I learned the term "progressive orientation." This means that, rather than just listening to individual speakers, students, either as individuals or in groups, travel from department to department to gather the important information. Doing this in teams is a good idea for helping to build interaction with classmates.
Building credibility is very important. Make orientation informative and fun at the same time. You want to have a positive lasting impreesion on students, especially since this will be one of their first interactions with the institution. Make it fun and eventful, but not corny. Making it too lighthearted can also affect the perception of the credibility of the school. You want students to leave orientation feeling like a student, ready to start school, and answering any major questions they have.
Plan topics, speakers and activities during orientation to make students feel comfortable and a part of the school before they start classes.
Using orientation as an opportunity to reassure while setting expectations, make students feel like they are a part of a larger community
What have I learned from this module?
How do I intend to apply it?
Orientation is a time when all departments can contribute to the cohesion of a person's transition from perspective to active student. Creating opportunities for students to engage with staff, other new students, and graduates will help them feel confident in their decision to attend school.
Make the students feel comfortablein the school andfeel good about their decision to attend.
I liked the idea of having students move to various locations on campus to learn about the different offices and how they can help. I also think it is important to have current students be at orientation to start conversations in order to connect the new students to campus.
Taking very specific steps towards oreintation and making activities meaningful and purposeful vs "winging" it
Post-orientation is so important for the students to see exactly what is going on how they leave oreintation will depend whether they stay or not for the rest of the oreintation time.
In order to help ease and calm studentsworries and fears, you should cover them during orientation. Try to relieve their feelings of buyers remorse by reassuring them that their decision to enroll was not a bad decision. We need to build the value of our institution by talking about our how long we've been opperating, size of the company/institution, why our institution is unique, discuss our success/graduation rates, how many students are currently attending the institution, etc. Other ways we can ease their worries is to have them complete group activities/ stations, answer questions/ give a quiz to see what was retained.
Offering beneficial information and clarifying all of the requirements helps the students have a better road map of there success journey.
I never thought about the idea of students experiencing buyer's remorse, but it actually makes a lot of sense. Being aware of it, we can do a better job of reassuring them that they are making a good decision in pursuing a new career. It's also good reinforcement to have the whole team play a part in being the support system for students.
Correct Fit at the Education Institutions is a must. Which falls back to communicating expectations
bulid some structure to the orientation and have some fun will help get the student even more bought in on school. Having some exercises or fun quizes to help break the ice will also help make them feel more like they are home
I like the station idea for Orientation. Our Orientation gets bogged down, when we sell books or start taking photos.