Dennis Hayes

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Retention Basics | Origin: RT101

It is every employee's responsibility to help retain students

Dennis Hayes

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Teaching

You have to look at the whole package, the course, your own modivation, and the interaction of the class itself, or "D" all of the above

Dennis Hayes

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Meeting Follow Up

It is important to follow up after meetings to make sure we are moving forward with our projects. When we get together again, we can remove completed projects from the list, and assign new ones. This is a good way to make sure things are completed, or in progress.

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Tomorrow's Another Day

Most days everything is fine, but some days everything seems to go wrong. On these kind od days, pick yourself dust yourself off, and put a smile on your face. Tomorrow's another day

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A quick self-assessment

@srmeers1 : Strees is part of daily life, and part of the job, it varies from day to day.

We must keep are stress level as low as possible, yet still feed off the energy it creates.

My job is not always easy, but it's never boring

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You can never have to much retention

Our school has a very good admissions department, and they do a great fabulous job. There is fairly good follow up during the year, but I feel that there should be more. Reinforcement is the key to retention, and you can never have too much retention D Hayes

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First day in class orientation

During the first day to the last day of the class, you need to continue to reinforce the reason they are there, and what they need to do to complete there goal of higher education.

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I'm ony human

I try to connect with the students that need me most. The guy or girl that stands out, or is in a shell are the ones I target most. I wish I could spend more quality time with each and every student, but the time frame is to short. This leaves me with the question, could I have done more to save the student? I wish I could save the world, but I'm only human

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Becomming Involved

Before you can expect a student to become involved, the instructor has to become involved. If you teach straight out of the book, then it becomes boring. You have to teach the course, but it helps if you enjoy what you're doing. I like to tell my class how much I love my job, and I'm concerned with them, and not just the money they're paying to come here.

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Saving students one at a time

Every class, I have at least one student that needs extra attention,and though I allways give my students 110%, some need 120%. I start looking from day one, because it's easier to head off problems at the beginning, versus the end. The help they need can be as simple as a few words, or weeks of tutoring. Problems can sometimes be personal, and if I feel this is the case, I'll ask them if they need help, but tell if they don't want to discuss personal problems, I'll let it go. I can't save them all, but the ones I… >>>