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On Course – Human Resources

HUMAN RESOURCES

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1. Strategy: 32-Day Commitment

Application: Human Resources or Any Course

Educator: Mary Schils, Department Chair, Human Resources, Fox Valley Technical College, WI

Implementation: Most of my students are adult learners and have a great deal on their plates. I suspect they have little time to consider their own personal wellbeing, often to their detriment. I ask each student to make a 32-Day Commitment specific to their own health/wellbeing; no work related commitments allowed! This commitment meets both a short and long term goal. Short term: the students take better care of themselves and enhance their chances for success in college. Long term: As future HR professionals, they will deal with employee issues surrounding work/life balance (or imbalance as is often the case). The 32-day commitments will be a tool they can use with future employees, and one that they have personally tested!

Institutional Studies

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These studies demonstrate increases in retention, success and persistence rates as high as 27%.

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Academic Advisor
Landmark College, VT
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Debbie Alford,
Director, Title III and Success Center
Southwestern Illinois College, IL
I arrived as a skeptic, but by the end of the first day I was converted. These strategies are practical and timely. I am looking forward to implementing them in my courses.
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Faculty, Accounting
Glendale Community College, AZ
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Mary Lou Ng
Faculty, Mathematics
N. Alberta Institute of Tech., Alberta, CN
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Faculty, English
Cape Fear Community College, NC
Since first attending one of the summer retreats in 1997, I’ve held nine On Course workshops for our college, and I plan to offer more.
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Director, Student Affairs
Cerritos College, CA
This workshop transformed my professional and personal life.
Susan Pitcher
Director, TRIO
Bay College, MI
On a scale of 1-10, I rate the overall value I received from the workshop as a 15.
Deborah Rayner
Faculty, Computer Science
Harford Community College, MD
In my 31 years of teaching this was the best and most critically needed of any workshop I have ever attended.
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Faculty, Humanities
El Camino College, CA
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Faculty, Foundational Studies
Harrisburg Area Community College, PA

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