Directors Sharing Group meetings are held quarterly and are open to anyone who works as a director or program leader, regardless of title or role. In each meeting, we address a different topic that is relevant to your work at the moment and what’s happening in your program. Please bring your burning questions, your hot topics, and your shining successes to share with the group!

Beginning this year, all Directors Sharing Groups will be held statewide. Each meeting will include time for general discussion and updates, followed by breakout discussions organized by region or topic. 

The topic of this meeting is Fostering Student Retention and Persistence: Strategies, Policies and Best Practices. Student Retention and Persistence are the backbone of program and student success. When we retain our students, there is less work to do in recruitment, onboarding, and assessment. When students persist, they are more likely to show learning gains and make greater strides toward their goals. Join us in this session to share your challenges and your successes with retention and persistence. Our goal is for you to leave the session feeling supported, with many ideas for working for positive change in your programs. 

We will also save time to discuss the effects of the new federal administration on student retention, persistence, and safety in our programs.

Group Format: Sharing Group meetings are online facilitated: meetings are held live over Zoom. You will also be enrolled in a companion course in Canvas, where you will have access to resources and notes from each meeting and discussion boards to continue the conversation. 

Course Requirements: To complete this course, you must attend the 1.5-hour session.

Course Access & Support: You will receive a registration confirmation and Zoom link from Jane Brandt. You will also receive an invitation to the Canvas course page. To ensure that you receive information about your training, please save jane_brandt@worlded.org to your email address book.

If you need technical assistance or have questions about accessing the course, please contact Jane Brandt at jane_brandt@worlded.org. If you have questions about the requirements, format, or content of the Sharing Group, please contact Alexandra Papagno at alexandra_papagno@worlded.org.

Can’t join us for this session? 

Additional Directors Sharing Group Meetings will be held on: 

• Thursday, February 27, 2025 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

• Thursday, March 27, 2025 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

• Thursday, May 1, 2025 from 1 to 2:30 p.m.

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