I understand that all enrolled students get a catalog/handbook, but do I give a prospective students that only wants information a catalog also?

Is the resource notebook for personal use? Can this information be shared with prospective students?

I read up on our organizations newsletters. ACICS, FAFSA, DOE, SEVIS and several other oraniztions. Right now the federal government are making so many new laws and changes to college with title 4 loans that we are having to do a complete over haul of every area in every department in the College. ACICS is adopting and implement major changes in the way course work is now determined and the number of class hours, study hours it takes to make up the credit hour. We have to look at students standards of progress to see if they are on financial warning or finacial probation. There are appeals and needed documentation for poor performance in the area of finacial probation and standard of progress. Daily reading of the regulations and all the news coming for the federal goverment is a must now to keep up with if you want to be sucessful and not be shut down for not complianing with the new regulations.

I knew the founding official. I am on the board of directors. I have been here for 34 years now and have worked almost in every area there is. I understand the daily, monthly and yearly operations. I have dealt with students as a Dean's Assistant and I am no in admissions assisting prospective students in their choice of program study. I have been assistant to both the corporte and President of the college. I have been the accountant. I have a well rounded knowledge of how this non for profit business works.

1)What are your thoughts and feelings about the Agent's requirements now that you have almost finished this course, compared to when you started? I have to say that comparing my past experience with a postsecondary education institution where I was not presented this amazing course, I can see how valuable all this information can be for us Admissions to understand not only the impact we have on others, but the value the postsecondary I work for cares for their employees. The requirements are crystal clear, however we must never forget to refresh from time to time what it is that we do. I can sincerely say that I have gained excellent bit of information and learn that will allow my growth here and become an excellent admission representative! 2)How does Commission for Independent Education requirements affect how you perform your job as an admissions representative or agent? The Commission for Independent Education requirements is extremely important. I can compare it to the little kids when they need that structure that they crave. I believe that the Commission set the boundaries, set the expectation with clear guidance so the message is clear to every postsecondary institution and we are all in sync! We have to remember that compliance is the important key, and the licensing plays an important role on the compliance factor on each postsecondary education institution. 3)What meetings do you attend to learn more about your job, admissions policies, regulatory requirements, and your institution? So far I have not experienced an outside meeting like other peers that I have read here today. However, I had the experience to attend yearly meetings in my previous postsecondary institution. Also, once the Department of Education and/or regulatory agencies come with updates/changes I am to attend those meetings as well. Outside of the ones mention, I get probably a once per quarter staff meeting to attend and get information on new actions, implementation that the campus need to incorporate either for attrition, policies, procedures, etc. These staff meetings (if necessary) will be as often as necessary.

My overall knowledge about the institution I am currently working on is so far on point. However, coming from a different institution, procedures, verbiage, and actions/behavior is where I see myself learning new things each day! Having said that, I am thankful that the team has been welcoming and forthcoming as to “do’s and don’ts”, and I know I can count with my director. Also, the offering in programs are different than my previous institution, so you can see myself taking home my binder with the programs offered at my campus to learn the classes offered and key terminology not known for me in the past. Why I take “work” home? Well, I want to make sure I have the ease of conversation and knowledge. You want to make sure that when you meet with a potential student, you can be clear, honest when presenting the program. Also, you might find a potential student that has done his/hers research of the program (if they are really passionate about it), and if you do not understand the program offering, curriculum and other information pertaining to that program. You might face the situation that a student has more knowledge of this, and he/she may feel our school is not apt for their inquisitive self. I have a saying, and that is to make sure each day when I leave my work I can circle back around and have a “learn of the day”.

For my admission training I have 2.5 options: The first one I have is a compliance binder (the traditional training manual from the institution). At the end of this binder I start adding different tabs in order to make sure I am following up with the process as is. The “.5” is that I add to that binder loose sheets so I can use them as notebook. The other tool I use which is amazing is a spiral subject notebook. Why spiral? That way I can organize notes in order of dates/months (i.e. January through April will be in that first division). What work for me (my motivation) is Hello Kitty and the color pink. So all my notebooks and binder are in combination with that. It makes it synchronized in color and organization. Now, once a month I go personally to the state website to just check if there are any new changes/updates and normally will discuss that with my Director. Now, in the past, I used to work for another institution that had 1 key point person to put us up to speed, however this lead to delayed information. With that learned, I just took it upon myself to verify it each month.

I'm very happy to see the efforts being put forth in training admissions by strict guidelines. I really hope that the different accreditors and state/federal governments help to hold school accountable to for the integrity of their school and programs. This section was very informative. I live the idea of the resource notebook & am looking forward to the following sections

Just a little FYI....I've seen many students recently, that think there credits are good for a certain period of time but they've came back from the acrediting institution different from there original expectations...this obviously can create an unhappy situation and sometimes is difficultto overcome.....all my best to everyone!!!!

I think that going over all that the school offers, even if that potential student is not interested in that program is beneficial not only to the student but to the admission personal as well....it keeps you on your toes and always updated on what your particular institution offers.....cheers!!!

Just as we all know paperwork is a thing that must be done, however doing the right thing first is always the best route to having all documents prepared and filed in the most expidential fashion.....

Hello, all!....I've seen alot happen in the past few years over litigation...It's always a good policy just to have all your ducks in a row as we all know we should..Sometimes just a reminder of the best policies, seem to bring back all the right and wrongs....Best to you all!!!!

In the new position I am in, I found that I needed to have some baseline data on the lead and the lead sources the first week. That one report will helped me with a starting off position.

Can anyone tell me what tools they have used for motivating students?

How much can student services help each individual student. When an institution does not offer dorming is their certain community connections the school should have in that area to guide students for housing?

What type of documentation could be collected for institutional - specific training requirements?

Seeing is believing-- selling not necessarily so. If you truly believe in your product, selling it to prospective students is much easier than just trying to sell something to make a buck. As a practicing dentist, I believe in the value of what I do. In administering our school, I truly believe that our students will be superbly prepared to enter the working world as a well trained dental assiswtant.

Like most all aspects of civilized society, rules and regulations make for a smoother running society. The rules we must adhere to in running our school ensures the greatest possible chance for the success of both the school and the student. We wouldn't want it any other way.

After many discussions with the founder of the prototype of our dental assisting school, I realize that a great website is the best tool we have to promote our school and recruit new students. Utilizing a website search engine optimizer is critical in giving prospective students a chance to see what we have to offer via the website. The complicated and mysterious algorithims with which the search engines rank a site is beyond the paygrade of most individuals, and remains not totally readable even to the professionals who earn their living doing just that, but they sure can make the likelihood of finding your site on page one of Google a lot higher.

I have practiced general dentistry for over forty years, as has my partner. Having worked with many assistants during that thime, I feel uniquely qualified to know what qualities and information a good dental assistant needs to be a success in the field. I have seen good ones, bad ones, and a lot in between. My perspective will allow me and my partner, who shares many similar experiences, to educate and shape our students into the type of assistant who will be an asset to any dental office.