Here Today – Gone Tomorrow:

Strategies for Motivating and Retaining Adult Learners

 

Presented by Kathi Polis, President

Strategic Training and Resources, Inc.

 

July 28, 2005

 

10:45 – 11:00     Why do they leave?

                        Training Objectives

                        Why is learner persistence so important?

 

11:00 – 11:20     What does the research tell us?

v      NCSALL’s Learner Persistence Study

o        Activity 1:  Characteristics of Persistent Learners

o        Persistence supports

o        Stop outs, not drop outs

o        Definition of persistence

v      B. Allan Quigley:  The Critical First Three Weeks

o        Situational

o        Institutional

o        Dispositional

v      Hal Beder:  Classroom Dynamics

v      Tom Sticht: Turbulence and Focus

 

11:20 – 11:50    Sample Strategies for Promoting Learning Persistence

v      Management of Positive and Negative Forces

o        Student needs assessments

o        Sponsorships

o        Building a sense of community

o        Accessibility

v      Building Self Efficacy

o        Student leadership

o        Assessment

o        Recognitions and incentives

o        Learner-generated materials

o        Addressing learning styles and special learning needs

o        Activity 2:  What are you doing now?

v      Clear Goals

o        Intake process

o        Bridget to next steps

o        Goals in envelopes

v      Progress

o        Assessment strategies

o        Conferencing

o        Dialogue journals

v      Activity 3:  Rate Yourself!

 

11:50 – Noon      Next Steps

                        Wrap Up and Evaluation