The overall quality of the admissions process is a great start to effectuating retention.

I find it hard sometimes to brag myself up , I am a very modest person , sometimes I feel I didnt give them enought information about myself.

The first step is to enroll people that have PASSION for the field that they will be learning! You can only keep a student engaged if they want to be there.

Even though we have little participation at the orientation at our technical school we provide the student with the needed information during their training for perfomance, attitude, interactions with each other and later after they graduate to network with each other to better help them selves and their customers as they progress through out classes.

what is the best way to teach for the student to easier to understand the lecture.

How do we improve or maintain student retention without having the proper resources to provide students

It is verey important to spend some one one on one time with a student that may have missed the first day.

I have found that a funny "mess-up" story about something I have done helps the students see that I am human and therefore, not scary.

It is very true that actually getting the enrolled students to start the program is difficult and perhaps "iffy" is appropriate. However, once in we always go the extra mile to ensure they are comfortable and confident that their decision has been the correct one. As this is a technical school, getting them into the "core of the program" or "meat and potato's" of the course as quickly as possible helps them see that they can do this! Once that realization happens, they are eager to come to school and learn more.

Our instituition is lock step. Faculty have a great deal of influence over retention. Another group not mention is a student's peers. What about group assignments, with fixed groups (that rotate over time) with students enhancing a peer's attendance (through phone calls if needed) as well as with one's peers' enthusiasm?

why is monitoring is so important?

Many times I have students that didn't finished a class, but already know the material from their previous time, sometimes I find them to be bored and not engaged in the class, What can I do to keep them engage and interested?

I do think this is very important at the beginning of the class, (depending on the school)in our Technical school at the beginning of every class each Instructor gives a 2-3 minute presentation of there experience in the feild and in the subject their teaching. This gives the students a good sense of feeling that there instructor has the back ground for teaching this subject, this also lets the student know that the school is hiring instructors that can teach them about the feilds they our going into.

Our institution has no mechanism to help instructors know when to refer a student to an "expert." How do we know when the situation is beyond our capabilities?

I think all instructors run across students who are simply incapable of learning the material being taught. How do we deal with a student who just cannot learn what we are teaching? How do we keep that student's outlook positive? How do we avoid the stress that is bound to occur?

I take each student one add a time to try and so them how thing will be in real life explain to them all the ups and downs show them how to manage any situation that can come thier way and solve it.

I teach at a technical school and one of my students has uproached me that he is just not sure he wants to learn this as a profession. I advised him that something interested him enough to sign up and start school in the first place.He does seem to be very interested in class but he is just wondering if it is right for him.Do any of you have any suggestions on how else i could try to advise him.If he realy doesn,t want to do this than he probably shouldn,t.

Many first time college students are young and inexperienced in dealing with problems. They don’t have sufficient coping skills to deal with issues that can arise. Many are used to a parent handling these issues and some have had no support whatsoever. With proper support and guidance these students can be guided to the right path.

At my School we meet and great our students at the door every day. I like this because it gives me an opportunity to talk to every student. A lot of times I can get a good read on the student’s mood and demeanor. If the student is not his/her normal self it gives me an opportunity to see if I can help with anything or direct them to the proper person who can help. On the first day of class I will cover the course syllabus and let the students know what they can expect in the class and how I will grade them. I will reinforce these expectations at the beginning and again when the assignment is given.

I often have students added to a class that has been together for a previous class.It can be hard to get these returning students into an already established group.They often feel like they are on the outside looking in.Is it best to asighn them a group or let them network and find their own place ?