have some things in place that I can share related to:
"Successfully executed preemptive strategies to reduce student =
attrition"
See full request for info below. It was originally based on the recent =
NAIS article.
Renee
P.S. If Peter does get responses in the forum, I will forward them to =
both of you. As even if we do have "successful preemptive strategies" =
it couldn't hurt to evaluate and implement new ones.
-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Peter Gow
Sent: Fri 11/6/2009 2:10 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: QUERY: Attrition-prevention strategies for students
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Please pardon the cross-posting of this message.
Fellow list members:
For an online article for the National Association of Independent =
Schools I
am seeking to make contact with a few exemplary schools that have been
demonstrably successful in devising and executing pre-emptive strategies =
to
reduce student attrition.
The scope of the piece would include programs or policies aimed at =
specific
"problem areas," such as attrition at division jumps (e.g., from lower =
to
middle school), attrition among students who share specific
interests/talents or characteristics (e.g., athletes or musicians to
programs perceived as more "high powered;" students from historically
underrepresented groups to different, perhaps more congenial =
environments),
or attrition among families for whom the financial burden of independent
school tuition is felt to be bearable but not perhaps essential for =
their
children.
What have schools done to address these issues before they become =
matters of
individual counseling or persuasion? How have schools identified =
students or
families who need to be attended to, and what sorts of programs have =
been
successful in helping the school make the case for continued enrollment?
What strategies have been successful in responding to family
concerns--especially in a tight economy when public schools are seen by =
many
families as offering an attractive alternative that will allow families =
to
hold onto resources that may be used later to pay for university?
There may be a related issue: schools that encourage students to =
consider
leaving at a certain point in their career (division jumps, possibly). I
would be interested in gaining insight into this phenomenon, as well.
I will happily take responses off-list, but I am betting many schools on
this list would be interested in hearing examples of what has
worked--keeping the kids you have can be a whole lot easier than finding =
new
ones. I would plan on following up by phone with a few schools as
information surfaces.
Many thanks, as always, for the support and help of people on these
listservs. And thanks in advance for any responses.
Cheers--Peter Gow
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Peter Gow
Director of College Counseling and Special Programs
Beaver Country Day School
791 Hammond Street
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467
www.bcdschool.org
617-738-2755 (O)
617-738-2747 (F)
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