Enhancing Student Retention

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Ask a question from your peers to help you in your professional work. Seek different points of view on a topic that interests you. Start a thought-provoking conversation about a hot, current topic. Encourage your peers to join you in the discussion, and feel free to facilitate the discussion. As a community of educators, all members of the Career Ed Lounge are empowered to act as a discussion facilitator to help us all learn from each other.

Angela Monley

Developing Student Rapportly

The key point is trust and understanding of other's concerns.

Aaron Hubbard CHEP

Learning from Mistakes

I find that students are motivated to push their comfort zone in production (culinary) when it's made clear that the group will benifit by learning opportunities from not only the items that get it "right", but also the ones that provide contrast to the persctibed defenition of "right". That we all benefit from the experience of observing "mistakes" and how to better plan for avoiding those pitfals.

Angela Monley

Valuing students opinions

You are training students to operate at skill levels required in the business.

Michael Anderson

The Mutant Class

I recently had a class the other instructors referred to as the Mutant Class. They had a reputation for being disruptive and disrespectful. I found that as soon as ground rules were set, they understood my expectations and realized I was not basing my opinion on what others had said, and that I was treating them all fairly they responded. the so called Mutant Class quickly developed into one of the best cohorts in the school.

Angela Monley

Educating Cultural Diversity Students

You must consider building a learning community with educating cultural diversity students.

Linda Rodriguez

$51.00 an hr

I teach a rather large group of adults in a medical career college, after looking at how much they pay for their program and breaking it down into an hourly rate that the student is technically paying. It has made me lecture and engage the students just a little differently. I asked myself if I was in a class that has lecture and lab and im paying $51.00 an hour did I just get what I payed for? It has made me find some creative activities, especially as im teaching medical terminology to keep the students engaged.

Linda Rodriguez

Encouragement

As i stand in front of the class I am always so excited to discuss anatomy, but, I tend to have one student that is in my class for the wrong reasons. After council, there has been no change, how do I get this student excited when they are only there because they have to be?

Joseph Olivares CHEP

Older students

I have seen many times in the classroom that when the older a student is, the more likely it is that they doubt their abilities at first. However, it is also this student (who has usually been out of the academic environment the longest) that becomes the most independant and passion filled learners. It is a pleasure to work with these "non-traditional" students because of their ownership of their education and progress

Pamela Wright

The Motivating Instructor

Motivation is a vital factor in the educators's management of learning and behaviour in the classroom. The motivating role of educators incorporates efforts to generate conditions in the classroom setting that will invigorate, direct, and sustain students' performance. This promotes morale, enthusiasm and positive attitudes towards learning.

Pamela Wright

Building Rapport with Students

Rapport seems to facilitate both student motivation for learning and their enjoyment of the course, and enhances student receptivity to what is being taught. To create effective rapport with our students educators should learn to call your students by name, learn students interest, hobbies, personal and professional goal and use personal relevant examples in classroom setting.

Pamela Wright

Setting the stage for learning

To set the stage for learning clear structure gives students a framework understanding what they are expected to learn. Effective educators introduce the topic and outline the lesson's direction. Instruction should begin by connecting prior learning to current objectives.

Pamela Wright

Educating Culturally diverse students

Educators that embrace culturally diverse students acknowledge both individual and cultural differences and identify these differences in a positive manner. Thus, create a basis for the development of effective communication and instructional strategies.

John Deflieze CHEP

Intrinsic Motivation

What do you feel the best way you can bring out someones intrinsic motivation?

terry fruit

student body language

as instructors we need to be aware of student body language and how to find students that are not "getting the material" and maybe lost.

Alina Gonzalez

Motivation

Always tell the good students how well they are doing and tell the ones struggling how well they can in act do.

Alina Gonzalez

Motivating Adult Learners

Adult learners can be motivated when their instructor shares not only knowledge, but life experience about their field. By doing this, students can more concretely see themselves doing the job and it becomes more "real".

Alina Gonzalez

Student Motivation

It is beneficial to show students how much they are learning in their chosen field by conversing with them about the subject matter in informal settings throughot the course. This positive feedback can reenergize their experience.

KEVIN DU

Intrinsic Extrinsic

It is easy see the connection between the two styles by initially getting students involved with rewards certificates and praise until they reach that point where the students actually turn the corner and become Extrinsic learners and start to enjoy the lessons and activities without the need for 'prizes' this section was well laid out and easy to follow

Linda Rodriguez

Student Embassadors

We have implemented student embassedors who are the best students with good grades, excellent attendance, and we allow them to come and help peer to peer with tutoring that is guided and student functions to give them something to strive for.

Linda Rodriguez

Disrespect

How do you advise disrespectful students?

Related Learning Opportunities

ED102 - Student Retention Methods

ED112 - Influencing Student Motivation

ED144 - Student Empowerment for Learning Success

ED209 - Students as Customers

ED406 - Motivating Others

ED409 - Gamification in the Classroom

ED410 - Increasing Student Retention by Flipping the Classroom