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Accreditation and Compliance

Continual training and workshops seems to be the key to ensure that faculty and staff adhere to state, federal and local guidelines to disseminate infomation to students and prospective students regarding the accreditation process.

Employers information

Employers are the best source of information about the jobs that the school is training for because technology is constinally changing & the person that would be most aware of this would be the people working within that field. It is also important to talk to more than one employer because with new technology, you may find that one employer will have experience with it & the other may not.

Knowing the Product

I feel that as a salesperson, knowing the product is more important than selling because selling is about building a relationship with the customer & the more you know about the product or service you are selling the better that relationship will be & the customer must feel comfortable with the sell to avoid buyer's remorse.

School Catalogs

Providing all necessary informatin to the students during enrollment is critical & the school catalos offers a good guidline to follow!

Similar regulations

Many of the regualtions that are required are very similar to the requirements for admissions' positions but understandable of the job duties. Very informative module

Competition

It is always better to be positive regarding your competition. Put downs only make you look bad not them. Focus on your school's strengths.

Organization

I am that OCD nut who loves to organize paperwork. File folders and labels can be your best friend. Just make sure you have a clean desk every morning when you start the day, and you'll know exactly where everything is, that's my rule of thumb. Also, I always keep track of ingoing and outgoing paper items. In an Admissions setting, there's several items that can be flying in and out of your office through out the day (from inquiries, to applications, to visit sheets, HS visit reports, the list goes on and on). Just take the time to dedicate your files accordingly.

Policies

It is good to make sure that the school and the personnel envolved understand key policies to ensure the best outcome for the school and the students.

Gaining momentum

Getting on track, most of this information I already knew but it is a nice refresher.

Nice Module

These training modules are very similar to the ones that the Military uses. Very cut and dry, not too much information but also has just enough.

What to do when you tell a person that you don't know how other school

I want to know what others do when a caller wants you to talk about another school and you tell them I can only speak to what we train in and how those skills will benifit you in your chosen market. And they still want you to tell them why you are different.

integerty

we are constantly self policing our selves to make sure that we are acting in the highest standards. We also have Walk the Walk meetings to make sure we do the right thing.

defualt rates

One thing that our school has done is we have 3 team members that work with students coming in and then whey they grad. this reminds them of the importance of repayment and what can be done to releive stress if they get behind.

placement

We have always superseeded the govt placemeent rate. we have over 40 years working with employers and they have a strong trust with our training. I wish more schools could say this

Miscellaneous Regulatory Topics

It's very important that all colleges know the guide lines for Do Not CALL and Can-Spam ACT.

Federal Financial Aid Regulations

I found that learing more about the State Authorization and how some college mispresentation state information.

Face to Face

Social Media is advancing in the way people communicate personal, business, and advertisement for an event or product. I still believe the best way to promote and make people aware of your product is face to face. Word of mouth is number one for marketing your product. People feel a better connection if you interact with them face to face. You can have a business card or brochure and place it in their hand and be genuine. A prospective student would remember you(rep)as being more personalable. Social Media is a good tool to use, but nothing will beat face to face, with a business card in hand.

Resource Book

I really like the Resource Book idea. Its very similar to customer service positions. Its all inclusive and is a quick guide whenever you have questions about a specific issue within your organization. From this first section, I have learned a lot, especially to apply to my specific position. Great teachings so far!

Staying connected

It is so important that we stay connected as a school. Having regulatory meetings is a great way to staying on top of things, to understand that even though their may be many departments in an organization, and may people have the attitude that's not my job, or why do I have to know that. Because if you are not successful in one department as a whole - your business will not be successful in all departments

Competition remarks online

Why can't the state board enforce that nothing negative comments are aloud to be posted on that cites webpage? Since post people use this information, sometimes in order to make a decision. Their website or program should be able to sell itself.