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Dennis, Recognizing that students learn through a variety of styles and making adjustments as needed helps students to be successful. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Competency-Based Instruction

Drexel, The student masters the competency in the lab, do they not? Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Competency-Based Instruction

Glenn, Do you notice any common areas of concern? Any common problems in relation to learning styles? Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Competency-Based Instruction

Michael, Your post provides a good example of how competency in a skill is developed throughout the academic program. It also supports the importance of repeating a task until the student can perform it with little to no coaching. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Student Assessment

Dana, Do you have rubrics developed for the projects? While students use inspection sheets to determine if they have properly completed the task a rubric can help to provide an overall assessment on how well they performed all tasks. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Student Assessment

Robin, Thank you for your post. Do you review performance with students after the hands on portion of assessment? How frequent are the hands on tests? Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your orientation programs...

Venusa, Thank you for your post. Yes, orientation is more than a single meeting with school leaders. The more people students meet and interact with helps to create a bond that will help them succeed. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your school involvement activities...

Venusa, These are all good programs to improve school improvement. When and how often are students made aware of these programs? What percentage of students partake of these opportunities? Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Improving your placement programs...

Venusa, This is a strong range of strategies and activities to support placement of students. The annual alumni gathering is great way to maintain and grow the school's network of employers. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.

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Student Assessment

Errol, Thank you for your detailed post. You seem to have a thorough and detailed assessment process. Ron Hansen, Ed. D.