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Student retention is a school-wide goal and the practices associated with it should be school-wide, too. The retention outcome is a common goal shared by everyone in the school. Therefore, Training Masters takes the "Total School Effort"® approach to student retention programs. Within this approach, specific services to assist schools with diagnosing attrition causes and trends, monitoring attrition activity, contacting students who have withdrawn, supporting re-entry efforts, focusing on retention practices in the classroom, and building school-wide retention plans are services offered.
Considering the causes and trends, practices that have high impact potential for improving student retention are identified and organized into retention action plans (RAPS). Schools often modify their policies and procedures during this process finding that they are not supporting the retention efforts.
"Retention Rallies" for the school faculty and staff can generate high levels of enthusiasm and total school involvement. These rallies can involve one school or multiple schools. In the single-school model, the entire school staff attends the rally. Employees participate in cross-functional groups to enhance the communication among the various departments and to encourage a deeper understanding of what others do. The groups examine the attrition data together, look at the issues and challenges that might be preventing the school personnel from addressing the attrition activity, explore ways that departments can work more closely together, identify the factors that will improve the school's retention outcome, and establish the goal.
"Retention Quick Calls" that provide for immediate exchange of challenges and best practices among schools, partial or full-day workshops that focus on building a high retention classroom and school, and in-service or keynote speaker engagements are available.