Are we really being a true mentor to our students/

What is the limit on what kind of visions we should share with our students?

Mentoring and social integration begins at Orientation. Our student government members assist with welcoming new students and are introduced during the orientation program. They also plan and implement various events that engage students in fun activities or offer opportunities to purchase "hot lunch". They are also involved at graduation where they assist in wherever needed.

As an instructor, I can usually guess the students who are dealing with stressful situations. The signs often come from repearted absences, voicing frustrations in class discussions, or simply their down and out demeanor in class. Once these students have been identified, I employ strategies to help them cope by discussing their progress with them, asking them about their personal life, and offering encouragment and tools for success. What is so frustrating, though, are the students who come to class everyday, actively participate, are on track to do well in the class, and then disappear. I seem to have one or two students a quarter who do very well, and then go completely off the radar and do not return. What are ways to identify academic stagnation and erosion in students who seem to be doing fine?

How can the office of career development assist students better?

It is like you stated everyone responsibility to help with keeping student in the seats. My question is how do I engage the student that is failing but is unwilling to disclose their needs or problems to you in order for you to help.

The Admissions process is very important because is when the applicant is guided to make the best career choice for their future.

Retention is ongoing and must be addressed daily

The better trained the instructor the sooner the intervention may start. This is critical.

This is my seventh CEE course. I feel that the way it is starting it will be the most relevant. (eg: Myth 2 and Myth 3). Upper management should take them to heart.

As professionals, we need to Provide customer service to customers and partners. Our challenge, that we need to meet daily, is we have multiple customers and partners. The student is our customer. The school is our partner. The support departments within the school are our partners. Like it or not, Accreditation agencies and the DOE are our partners right now. If we work for a private school, the stockholders are our partners as well. We have to meet the needs of partners and customers. However, sometimes the need, wants and demands of those different groups are in conflict with each other. (For example, a student wants an exception to policy…the school wants instructors to maintain policy)

Orientations are meant for providing important information to students but how does the institution make this event fun and interesting so students are satisfied with their choice

I work at a trade school which services traditionally male and female trades (welding, HVAC, Electrician vs. Cosmetology, esthetics)and find that the reasons for withdrawing for school tend to fall into two categories, most the of the necessary withdraws are family related especially in the female dominant trades.

conection in every class of the subjet and vinculation between odject and pratical daylly appication hellp to keep high espectation in the class on the educational procces keping motivation a live

In dealing with organizational culture, I believe everyone has to first understand what it means. To me it means how we do things within our organization and what we are displaying to our students. Also this means living up the culture we have developed, but if something about the organizational culture is not right changes must be made. I also see the importance of working together as teams, unfortunately this doesn't always happen because individual departments may be looking to set goals specific to their departments. Because of this they are seeking out what is good for them but maybe not what's good for the organization as a whole.

It is always my goal to try and make a positive impact on students throughout class discussions. I want them to know that I am knowledgeable about the information but I also want to share real world examples with them so that it makes more sense and applies to them directly. I believe that if you make the goals clear at the beginning, during class and at the end (summarizing the lesson) the students will slowly begin to understand how this impacts their lives and ultimately their grade in the class. Real world examples to me are great because most people (students included) know what is going on in the world around them, but if they don't this helps to see the lessons more clearly.

At the college where I teach we have discussed the importance of customer service a lot. We discuss this because again, we want to be sure our students and anyone else entering our building know how much we care about current students and future students as well. One thing we do in regards to customer service is that when we help someone and have to direct them to another place or person we walk them to the place or person not just point and direct them to it. This allows them to get to who or what they need without additional problems. This also happens on the first day of class for new students and on orientation day.

After reviewing the module and thinking about this topic. I have to say that continually working on attendance with students is important because students do care that you care about them. I have called many students and although they sounded as if my call was not appreciated by the end of the conversation they were glad I did and most attempt to do better. Attention=Retention is key because if we care and show it, I truly believe students will do better and remain in school focused on their goals.

I noticed with my students a lack of commitment goes hand and hand with attitude. If the student starts with a poor attitude it follows him/her throughout their entire class term. What usually ends up happening is the student begin missing class,failing exams, and finally dropping out of my class. My question: How are we, as teachers, suppose to change the attitude of an individual?

This idea I had heard of for people who are on a budget when getting married and I think it would work well for graduations. If the budget for a photographer is not there or in addition to a professional photographer, simply provide a bowl of disposable camera's in a general area and encourage students, staff, guests etc... to take photos throughout the even, at the end have a staff member, or student services or a depository of some type available at all the exits to collect cameras. The developed pictures are great with perspectives and shots that are natural and unscripted and can also serve well for both retention and admissions. Well worth a try.