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How do you think working in collaboration with your students will make a strong impact?
Grace,
Thanks for sharing this model. I'm curious if once someone is in a specific role, do they ever switch?
Dr. Jean Norris
It is significant to work in collaboration with our students. I believe in the value of information-sharing, and this cultivates everyone's skills to provide and accept feedback effectively no matter the roles and responsibilities. Other schools use learning teams so as to foster the collaboration skills--The teams create a team charter, a leader, a secretary, a writer, to name several roles, hence members learn to be complementary to one another skills-wise. The ones appointed to do leadership roles within the team get to practice leadership skills and time management, whereas the others get to hone their skills in terms of collaboration, listening, and completing assignments based on their skillset.
Kelly, Collaborating with your students definitely allows them to learn better. What else does collaborating with the student do for you?
Dr. Jean Norris
Involving them will make a huge impact because they will be an active participant which is the best way to learn. You can use the terms students or even use the term customers for other businesses and it will work the same and benefit both parties in the end. Collaboration is always a great thing to have to get new and fresh ideas to make change happen.
Daniel, It sounds like you really care about your students! It is so important to meet students where they are, and staying flexible is part of that. How flexible is too flexible?
Dr. Jean Norris
I've found that working with each student often requires me to play different roles to effectively collaborate with them. After establishing contact it seems imperative that I stay flexible and help mold my style to match their needs and desires to effectively collaborate.
Excellent point, Lillian. By involving students in your event planning and study body will allow the opportunity to have a strong impact. What are a couple other ways you can collaborate with your students?
Dr. Jean Norris
Working in collaboration with student will impact them tremendously, by involving them in our event planning for our student body
Michael, You are correct, especially when it comes to the decision being the student's. Aiding them to make the best decision for themselves will help you both succeed.
Dr. Jean Norris
This is a great point. If you push, "pressure" individuals into enrolling into your institution, they will not graduate. The decidion must be theirs. You must work with them before enrolling so they see their outcome themself.
Collaborating with students will help on many levels. It will allow for more people's voice to be heard and give different viewpoints as well. We will also be able to understand what people/students are looking for or in need of more with getting their opinion rather than just making decisions for them.
It sounds like you have a collaborative environment at your institution, how lucky for your students! I agree, taking the time to build rapport and operate with integrity is extremely important in creating a trusting and collaborative relationship with your students. Keep up the great work!
Dr. Jean Norris
Having our perspective students understanding that we are collaborative partners with a mission of helping our student exceed their educational and professional goals. This collaboration is developed by building a rapport based on honesty and integrity.
I agree with this action. I also work in conjunction with our instructors, financial aid, and admissions to work towards the common goal of having that student be successful at our school.
Greetings to you Kim. Thank you for your post and your insightful comments, I agree completely!
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Investing in our students by collaborating with them can mean the difference of having quality alumni that share their experiences with others, their workplace, the community and can help enhance the brand of the school. On a personal note, the more confident our students are, the better they may proceed and succeed. Higher education is a partnership and as we move to student centric versus faculty centric, the better we enable them to ownership of their learning experience.
I agree with this. If you are here pressuring a student to enroll in something they are not sure about they are not going to succeed. THey need to be in love with what they do. YOu need to be there for them if they need help with questions and answers.