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Brian Lucas
Brian Lucas

Understanding Attrition

Getting someone to open up starts the moment the walk threw the door. Ask them questions like its all about communication and making a person feel welcome.
Brian Lucas
Brian Lucas

Retetion

The instuctors are our front line, ears and eyes. I also think that it part of the instructor job to make sure of the student success
Charles Aiken Jr
Charles Aiken Jr

How student feel about the cources

In some cases it hard to feel sorry for the students when they don't seem to care weather they pass of fail the class that they are taking and even more so it seem that they exspect us to pass them regaurdless. I wonder if our high schools are setting some of these students up for failer or can they even see how much they effect them for thier future.
gustavo fernandez
gustavo fernandez

keep trying

..retention its for all of us..
gustavo fernandez
gustavo fernandez

intervention

It comes with the territory.
gustavo fernandez
gustavo fernandez

stress we all have it.

... and the reality is the more succesfull you are the worst the stress gets.
gustavo fernandez
gustavo fernandez

The good old days

personally I wish we could back to just teaching!
John Fournerat
John Fournerat

Customer satifaction

We as insructors, must work verry hard at meeting and trying to excede our customers expectations.
lloyd mcgill
lloyd mcgill CHEP

Understanding attrition

This is part of our business in today world we have several problems that come up in life: economy, money, family life, etc. I can only help in certian areas if the student tells me what is going on at that time.
lloyd mcgill
lloyd mcgill CHEP

Retention basics

I find as a instructor is a hard job keeping all students interested. When I was a student I wanted to learn from the instructor, some of today's students need a nurse, some want to be the center of attention, some have a reading problems and you also have the good students in a class.
Robert Brown
Robert Brown CHEP

Retention

Sometimes we can help retention on an individual student basis by simply listening to the concerns of the student.
Joseph Olivares
Joseph Olivares CHEP

Identifing

AT first day I have the students tell me what their weakness is . We can all say what we are great at but everyone has trouble saying their weakness. This way, you can identify everything all at once.
Joseph Olivares
Joseph Olivares CHEP

stress

i believe between the instructors and councilors most students have avenues in which to deal with stress I think having an open door policy where a student can come in and discuss most anything is a benefit to the student I also believe that most students are capable of making the right decision once they talk it out
Frank Glass
Frank Glass CHEP

Retintion Blame

Who is at fault when studnts drop a course or drops out all together? Attitude is a key from everyone invovled, no one is to blame it usually is a cluster of factors leading to the decision to stop. Support in all senses of the word financial, physical, morale,curriculume and sometimes even spiritual help is needed to assiste a student in making a wise decision that is right for them.
Joseph Olivares
Joseph Olivares CHEP

Interesting and Motivating

Remind your students of there career goals and keep the course you teach interesting and motivation will followe.
dan scudder
dan scudder

Eagle Techs

We have a few students in each class who are outstanding students in that they have excellent attendance ,like to help others , know and follow the rules .We call them eagle techs and they get to wear special shirts .One of their duties is to speak at orientations. They also talk with newer students in the hallways exchanging stories and offer reasurance
Elizabeth Schuler
Elizabeth Schuler

retention rate

How does your school maintain a high retention rate for evening students? And do you enroll evening students who are not going to use your placement services upon completion of their program?
Jimmy Jenkins
Jimmy Jenkins

Community Partnerships

Nothing can be more important than having a community partnership with your campus. There are many students how have significant needs that can be provided by community agencies. Here at our campus we have committed to "owning the local market". This includes meeting with our local schools and business to provide our students and future students the best possible learning experience and programs available to them.
Ronald Kapusta
Ronald Kapusta

retention

telling students what is in it for them
Joseph Olivares
Joseph Olivares CHEP

Retention

The concern we have on campus is attendance students must not be ignored. attending the first day is very important. due to certant amount of hours missed is a failing grade.