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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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I have attended a lot of workshops and conferences–On Course is by far the best!
Debbie Alford,
Director, Title III and Success Center
Southwestern Illinois College, IL
I am going back to campus more empowered and energized.
Tyrone Davidson
Director, Undergraduate Advising
Missouri U of Science & Technology, MO
You have created a workshop that, in my 25 years of professional development, is by far the best experience I’ve ever had.
Jennifer Meehl
Academic Advisor
Landmark College, VT
This was an awesome experience for an educator who was burning out!
Shay Jones
Faculty, Foundational Studies
Harrisburg Area Community College, PA
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
The On Course Workshop was the most productive learning experience I have had in years.
Kelli Rush
Faculty, Business
Campbellsville University, KY
Ways I think the workshop could be improved? You can’t improve on perfect!
Dan VillaireFaculty, EnglishSaginaw Valley State UniversityMI
I have never before felt a workshop I attended helped me to teach. This one will!
Lynn Ezzell
Faculty, English
Cape Fear Community College, NC
Thank you for making me a better teacher.
Gregory Walker
Faculty, Anatomy and Physiology
El Camino College Compton Center, CA
I am so impressed with how well thought out and integrated every aspect of the workshop is!
Kendal Friedman
Director, Student Success
Rider University, NJ

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