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Accommodating Learning Styles

steve, Can you provide an example? Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your admissions processes...

Assess your current admissions processes. Look at how clearly the prospect is helped to learn about your training programs and the job opportunities. Do you feel your admission processes can be improved to increase student retention? How?

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Improving your placement programs...

Lise, Your school sounds like you have a good working relationship across departments and have integrated career development into the student's education throughout their studies. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your school involvement activities...

Susan, What "community" features are available within the online learning platform? There may be some tools available to enhance the activities described in your post. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your school involvement activities...

Lise, All positive activities and ideas. Thank you for your post. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your orientation programs...

Susan, This is a good idea. Whatever you can do to prepare the student and set expectations is helpful. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your admissions processes...

Susan, Setting proper expectations with the students from the beginning sets everyone on the proper path. Glad to read about the results of implementing interviews for all prospective students. I am willing to bet student satisfaction has increased as well. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Student Assessment

Fallon, Is this also reflected in feedback provided by the representatives working at the externship site? Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Competency-Based Instruction

Steve, The questions provided give a good idea of how you are assessing the students. If the students are aware of how they will be assessed it helps them to focus their learning. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Bloom's Taxonomy

Douglas, Having a predefined curriculum should provide you with the opportunity to focus on teaching to different learning styles. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.