It a very important parts. Instructors can set clear expectations, for not only the course but life as it pertains to school, career futures, solutions to challenges as they come up.
Instructors can also keep lines of communication open with the students, so that students may be willing to share any challenges as they come up, then help the students by equipping them with the proper support tools.
As an instructor, I feel it is my part to deliver the material in a manner that excites and challenges the student. This includes making them want more. This goes back to understanding learning styles. I also feel it is necessary to engage the student with the lecture and activity. The student should leave at the end of the day with the feeling they received what they paid for.
Is this very time consuming, Charles? How often do students stop for a tour of the shop? Could this be done for a group before they start your class?
Talk to the student that come by to talk about CTG and UTI. Show the student around the shop and talk to them about the classes.
A positive attitude from the instructor goes a long way to improving academic performance. The literature has many studies of the power of expectations.
As instructors we need to give the student self-confidence. If the student is convinced that he or she can’t do this. Then they will stop trying. If we are to retain all our students we need to be flexible, and accommodate all students, even the ones that we don’t think will make it. If you put in a little extra effort, you will be surprised what a student are able to accomplice with some encouragement.
It is important to look for subtle clues from the students that there may be something wrong either in the class or out of school. Listen to what is said during breaks or lunch and be open and willing to answer questions or offer advice.
As an instructor it is your part to keep the students interested in the class, know your subject taught, and always keep a positive attitude towards the class. Never allow the students to feel intimidated in class causing them to not want to return.
Over the 20 years that I have been an instructor I have created relationships with 100s of students. I have learned that just listening to what they have to say is probably the biggest factor in retention. Just listening to their problems and concerns can make a world of difference. Most of the students are miles from home and feel lost a lot of the time.
Instructors might play the most important role in the students retention. Instructors see the students every day and should be aware of there classroom surroudings and the envirnment they play in the students lives. As instructors we need to be aware of the students attitudes and maybe the students reactions to there environment.Sometimes we need to have a sense there may be some kind of need in the students life that may just have happened, in ther life and try to be a mentor to help and guide them everyday.As instructors we have the first line of defense to maybe direct them in a positive direction or help them in the direction or person they may get the help. I as an instructor have never had any problems trying to find someone to help me guide a student or encourage them on the right path here at our facility. everyone is here to help the students to succeed as far as I have been involved.
As instructors, we all have a large part in retention. Everything from morning meet and greet,making sure sop's are followed, understanding their expectations and keeping them engaged, just to name a few.
Is this level of communication with students typical? If not, do you have better student participation in these events than other sections?
I try to make sure all my students aware of all student services that our school provides. I read all communications from student services to the class. I think this shows the students our school cares and will try to help if at all possible.
As instructors we play a big role in student retention at our campus, by being professional and role models for our students. I do this by making sure the information I'm teaching is acurate and interesting. Also, I start on the first day, by letting the students know that I am available to meet with them on and off campus, and I make my personal phone number available to them. This allows me additional communication time with my students so I am able to help them with any issues that may arise.
Enthusiasm is a powerful tool, but how do you maintain it at a high level day in and day out?
My part as a instructor is to entergize them with enthusiam,then explain what were going to learn and the benifits were going to recieve from what we have learned.
we have the most contact with the student and the hold our example in high regard we must on top of our game every day. the student needs to be involved and engaged in the subject and a clear set of goals to obtain and daily progress tword these goals
We need to keep the student coming back for more
And be organised so that we can be able to see problems as they come up and be available to our student when they need us.
We are in a position where students look up to us. So we must set the standard .And
Role model to that standard. In that position I take it as the front lines where the war on retention is waged. My aim is to make it fun and enjoyable to learn because that is the environment where the most learning takes place but that does not mean that there are not controls. And I must also be accountable to them.
It's everybodies role to help in retention. But the first person that they meet as a role model is the instructor. We are the first impression in their minds as a role model whether it be good or bad. When a student has trouble, we are the first person he sometimes looks at for guidance. If we don't know the answer, then we should be able to point them in the right direction, to obtain the right answer.
