Growing Resilient Students

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Growing Resilient Students
RETENTION TOOLS FOR YOUR SCHOOL
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Anne Williams ABMP Education Program Director
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Session Overview

• Retention and business success
• Building resilience in students
• ABMP tools to support student success

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Retention is Your Business

• Investment in enrollment
• Younger students
• School business more competitive
• Retention key to business success

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Retention Win Win

• Good Drop VS. Bad Drop

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First Day of School

• Excited
• Ready to change
• Motivated

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First Day of AP

• This is too hard!
• A quiz next week?!
• I dont know how!
• Get me out of here!

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What You Told Us
What are the common obstacles that students face
while in school?

• Motivation and commitment
• Coping with personal issues
• Finances

• No study skills
• Poor time management
• Poor attendance, get behind, and fail classes

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Suggestions for New Students

• Help students transition
• Teach study skills
• Teach time management
• Bonding is important
• Vision early and often

Research on 1st Year College
Students
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What are Core Study Skills?

• How to
• Plan ahead and manage time
• Read a text book
• Take text lecture notes
• Organize study sessions
• Prepare for an exam
• Build concentration skills
• Stay motivated and positive

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Suggestions for Ongoing Students
Research on 1st Year College
Students

• Teach goal setting
• Celebrate success
• Teach emotional intelligence

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Teach Emotional Intelligence

• Self-awareness
• Self-assessment
• Crisis management
• Problem solving
• Positive thinking
• Tolerance for others

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ABMPs Student Success Goals

• Understand massage school needs
• Support school student success
• Create meaningful resources
• Design resources for use in a variety of programs

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ABMP Student Membership
www.abmp.com
Knead to Know Student Newsletter
Massage Year Planner
Online Resources
Student Success Guide
Massage Bodywork Magazine
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Student Success Guide

• Transitioning
• Goal Setting Affirmations
• Time-Management
• Core Study Skills
• Motivation Concentration
• Exam Preparation
• Classroom Dynamics

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Massage Year Planner

• Monthly goals
• Affirmations
• Daily study plans
• Assignment calendar
• Monthly self-evaluation
• Challenges tips

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Student Online Resources

• Goal-Setting Resources
• Time-Management Resources
• General Study Aids
• AP and Kinesiology Review
• Research Paper Resources
• Sample Resumes/Cover Letters
• Free website e-mail

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Student Success Curriculum

• Learning objectives
• Resources equipment
• Lecture outline
• PowerPoint presentation
• Fun activities
• Assignments
• Tips
• Milestones

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How to Use the Curriculum

• Master-student program
• Student success workshop
• Orientation
• Selected classes
• Study lab tutoring

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Benefits of Student Retention Strategies

• Prepared students
• Less classroom conflict
• Greater self-responsibility
• Improved emotional intelligence
• Skilled graduates
• Thriving massage professionals
• School business success

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Next Steps

• Identify student obstacles
• Evaluate student orientation
• Evaluate the first week of school
• How do you prepare students for the challenges of
  your program?
• Think about ways you motivate ongoing students
• Add study skills, time management and emotional
  intelligence content
• ABMP can help!

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Questions
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CONTACTS

• Melanie Gourley Melanie_at_abmp.com
• California, Delaware, District of Columbia,
  Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.
• Kathy Laskye Kathy_at_abmp.com
• Alabama, Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas,
  Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
  Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North/South Dakota,
  Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin.
• Taffie Lewis Taffie_at_abmp.com
• Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho,
  Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Montana, New
  Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island,
  Texas, Vermont, Wyoming.
• Jennifer Argenbright Jennifer_at_abmp.com
• Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana,
  Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto
  Rico, South Carolina, Virgin Islands, Washington.