It is so important to build that relationship with your students because they have meet you and they need someone to trust while going through the whole process from 1st meeting to graduation.Alot of my students text me or call me anytime to talk about whats going on in there school life and or personal life because they know i care.
I take a lot of pride in doing more than just enrolling and helping a student through the admissions process. I follow up with all of my students as they progress through their college career. I find that this helps them to feel support from me when school and life present challenges.
I also send out personal notes and birthday cards. You wouldn't believe how much of a difference that makes! The students then feel as if they are a person instead of a number. That also helps build your pipeline with referrals!
I have an open door policy for anyone that has been accepted. I also send birthday cards out to students.
Building a relationship based on trust is imperative to helping that student succeed. Many of our students do not have the ideal support system in their personal lives, and they really need our staff to be accessible and approachable. Our employees are great at living up to this expectation.
All students are important! Let me rephrase
that. All students are important regardless of the baggage they bring to your school. We need to be accesible and understanding. For many students, getting an education is stressful
and demanding. They need to be able to trust us and our school. Building relationships is vital
to many of them graduating.
The school I work for assigns a personal instructor to each student so they can always call and/or email their respective instructor if they have any questions/concerns or if they need assistance with an assignment. We also have a full-time technology instructor, whose contact information is also readily available to students and staff. Providing a seamless transition from the initial point of contact with a potential student to that student's graduation from the school is essential!
