I will improve listening skills. I will improve my mentoring skills, and I will use my time better to prioritize so that I will be available to my students.
1. Hold a nursing orientation.
2. Make persaonal connections with students.
3. Show appreciation for the hard work students are doing.
Let me start by expressing thanks for the course. I have learned greatly from it, it will really helping to understand and practice the school retention programs.
As an intructor, the first thing that come to mind, it to improve the delivery of content of my classes, putting emphasize or highlithing all relevent part of the course to their proffession. Second, I have always been available for tutoring; I will also do a better job in mentoring and advising.
Third, I will emphasize attendence and particition to class dicussion.
Addressing low testing and assessment scores immediately with advising and plan to improve scores - tutoring, study club, additional handouts.
Behavioral management with attendance.
Observe attitudes and classroom atmosphere.
Have a one on one with my students to see how they are doing, and follow up when i give them their term end grade.
I enjoyed the tutorial and believe I do have a big role to play in retaining students.
I plan to spend more time getting to know possible areas of individual student stressors at the beginning of the term, e.g. work schedule, family responsibilities, financial stressors.
I believe I need to increase the number of positive affirmations I give my students, letting them know more often that I believe they can succeed in passing.
I believe I need to incorporate more group experiences so the students can more closely identify with specific students and trust they can count on them for support during this stressful 15 month period.
emailing student a thinking of yiu memo when absent.
Folow up with a call
Have student service to contact student after two days absent.
1. Watch for signs of students struggeling
2. Offer tutoring to thosse who are struggeling
3. Continue to find ways to engage those that aren't struggeling to keep them enlightened.
I like to give them the real life environment. "How will my space in my job look like" Giving them a staff experience gives them a motivational desire to excel. My intention is to make the classroom more "real" to them and see what happens.
More interpersonal interaction on a daily basis with the students. Let them know I care about their success.
I would also like to communicate more with my Program Director more about my students and their potential to succeed, and what things might stand in their way. She can I can brain storm how to help them achieve their goals.
I just got a group of new students a few days ago. I work really hard to learn their names on the first day. This is my first step in establishing to them that I care about all of them. I also like to ask a lot of refresher questions on things that they know. This makes them realize that they are learning a great deal. The awareness that you are learning a lot is a great motivator. I will be working very hard over the next week to establish a really positive environment in my classroom. I will keep striving to make myself available to them and provide tutoring after class when necessary.
1. At risk student meeting- identifies students with issues and offers suggestions to staff/faculty to help the student.
2. Surveys - our surveys are done at 8 weeks after students start and 8 weeks before they graduate to ensure overall satisfaction.
3. Open door policy- students can ask for assistance from anybody on our campus. We are all aware of who to go to for certain needs, so if they student needs help, we know who to take them to for help.
Spend time working with my instructors to come up with a game plan to help students with their physical and study skills.
Arrange for a speaker from one of the clinical sites to come talk to the classes.
Work with the students on study skills to help with retaining information.
1. Reach out to the quiet students
2. Ask students individually how the course can be improved
3. Complete course redesign to improve scaffolding.
Meet with my peers to discuss techniques that are unique to our organization and follow our policies and procedures.
Work with instructors to guide them to become more attentive to recognize the signs of a student in danger of attriting.
Look at doing more activities to get the students more involved with their education and campus.
Keep the goal of graduation in the plan at all time.
Talk to Instructors about student academic progress.
Become more creative in the classroom, become more active and interact with the students.
Peer Mentoring:
1. Create flyer / send email to advertise peer mentoring on subjects / concerns.
2. Have student (s) respond.
3. Connect mentor with student (s) that are needing assistance.
I will consider and try to implement some of the methods I learned in this course.
I will continue to educate myself on retention techniques.
I will discuss this at my next department meeting.
I think that brainstorming with the program director and other instructors can only improve what we are currently doing as a department.
Connect with the student on a limited personal basis. Let the student know their education is important to us. Allow the student to share their feelings within general boundaries
Three specific steps I will initiate within the next 30 days to improve retention are:
1. Make phone calls directly to absent students
at the end of each day.
2. Set up a suggestion box
3. Be available for tutoring and mentoring
academically at risk students
