I establish a professional relationship with my students in orientation and they will know that I am there for them and I will be coming to classrooms for observations from instructors as well as them and be a positive role model by expressing to them they came to school for a reason so succeed to reach the goal of accomplishments.
I see students in the hallway - students who once had misbehavior issues and instructors had to bring them to my office for my feedback. They have to see me at the end of every week to complete paperwork on what they did for the week - like absences and the reasons; grades for tests and quizzies and what he/her has done to improve.
I will implement a suggestion box outside my office for the students who do have concerns, questions but do not want to talk to me directly. I will inform each student(s) to be honest about complaint or concerns. It will work because I had one in my class when I was an instructor for the students.
1. Welcome students the first week of class with a warm email and phone call.
2. Encourage students to introduce themselves to one another and provide 5 interesting facts about them.
3. Monitor student participation and performance to make timely intervention if necessary.
Each of those are very ambitious. How does the institution hope to achieve these goals? What's your role?
Loren Kroh
The 3 specific steps to improve retention in our institution are as follows, to provide a positive environment, to provide open communication and to avoid stress.
1. welcome message to students coming to class
2. office hours for students in need.
3. open door policy
Jeff, I like your poster idea. Although the students probably were introduced to important staff personnel at their orientation, they probably didn't retain much of the information.
Loren Kroh
James, good luck with the suggestion box.
Loren Kroh
As a member of the retention committee at our school, I can utilize several of the strategies outlined. While we currently utilize most of the ideas outlined, I would like to add the following (3):
1. Create posters with pictures and job descriptions of the persons responsible for financial aid, registration, student services, director of education, etc.(point of service)
2. Place a suggestion box in the student lounge.
3. Create newsletter with key dates, upcoming events, etc.
I will talk to each student and ask probing life questions. I will schedule a field trip to a local courthose to generate interest in court oriented careers. I will make myself more available to students before and after each class.
I will implement a suggestion box outside my office for those students too shy to talk to me directly, and I will make a greater effort to learn all of my students names the first or second day.I will also remember to be patient and stay positive.
I was thinking in terms of Most likely to be famous, most likely to become a millionaire, etc. This could be a fun way to engage the students, and give them a better sense of community. especially since it's an online environment, superlatives for the instructors could be very effective.
Ashley, I'm not familiar with "superlatives-type scenario". Could you share more details about what it is and how it works?
Loren Kroh
I plan to implement a new goal process with my individual students who have successfully repeated a class. Having gotten over the hump of "You must pass this class it is so important", the student feels a great deal of relief. that puts them in the perfect position to make goals for themselves, as they have just achieved a large one. Through talking about and keep track of their new goals, it breaks stresses of school into smaller pieces and helps build a rapport based around his personal success.
I'd also like to see a superlatives-type scenario introduced for the students to chose about the teachers. All the students could vote on it, and it would bind them through their ideas, and it would bind them to the school via fun and interesting vested interest.
Awards are a great way to build up students and make them see that you care. Small "way to go's" are good, but sometimes something more official is worth it.
1) I send an e-mail to all student before the class start
2) I come an hour before class to help eny student who needs extra help.
3) I remember every student by name and that is the best way to increase attendance every class and reduce students being late.
I will call them if they are absent. I will have someone from the library come in and go over/review how to do research for those students that are coming back to school after being away. I make sure they know that I am in the classroom early if they need to speak to me for any reason.
# Steps to improve stusent retention.
1. Timely Stitch meetins
2. Set up student appreciation day
3. Acknowledge student success's
be positive
make classes interesting and fun ( include some personal experiences, positive and negative)
be involved with each student
I will start sending an email once a week to my students to recap what we did the past week and let them know they can email me with any questions or concerns. I am also going to make them breakfast on the last day of class as an "appreciation" of all their hard work, and then I will go over their grades with them one on one.
