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Leading and Motivating

This course provides a synopsis of the essential tasks of leadership setting direction, aligning people, and motivating others. You will learn how to recognize the skills and characteristics of effective leaders, create an inspiring vision, and energize people to support and work toward your goals.

This course is sponsored by Harvard Business Publishing and features material from Harvard ManageMentor(R).

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/ML111.php

New Manager Transitions

In this course, you will learn what it means to be a manager, as well as how to navigate the complex and often stressful transition from individual contributor to a new manager.

This course is sponsored by Harvard Business Publishing and features material from Harvard ManageMentor(R).

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/ML110.php

Developing a Five-year Plan for Your Career School

What will your school look like in five years? School growth takes change and the commitment of the stakeholders in your organization. A five-year plan is essential for any school owner or director no matter how long they have been in the business. It includes various elements such as your enrollment goals for all programs, plans for new programs, new profit center potential, fees and all financial aid opportunities, enhancement of student services, faculty and staff planning, marketing and development strategies, and planning for physical space to support your expansion goals. Also, development plans are often needed to satisfy licensing and accreditation requirements.

This course covers the essential components and techniques involved in developing a comprehensive five-year plan. We will show you an effective step-by-step planning process that involves the participation of representatives from your school including staff, instructors, students, graduates, and the employers who hire your graduates. The process encourages participants to share their knowledge and ideas, and everyone who participates in the process ultimately becomes a stakeholder in making the plan work. The course includes planning worksheets that you could download and use to help you develop your school’s five-year plan.

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/OP105.php

Learning Theory and Practice

This course covers the different ways individuals learn and apply new knowledge. We start by covering the steps the brain goes through as it processes new information, and how knowledge is stored and retrieved. We then discuss how intelligence is measured and how learners process information through the use of multiple intelligences. Moving from theory to practice, the course shows instructors how to use the learning needs of students to increase knowledge acquisition and retention. The course includes a number of easy to implement strategies to help students retain and use new content.

Facilitator: Dr. Gary Meers
Continuing Education Credit: 4 Hours

http://www.mapcstraining.org/ED108.php

Online Teaching Techniques for Career College Instructors

Your degree of success as an online instructor relies heavily on several factors, among which are your level of preparedness before the date on which the course is launched; your ability to make a smooth transition into the roles and responsibilities associated with teaching in an online environment; and the effectiveness and efficiency with which you manage learners, instructional transactions embedded in the course as well as the learning environment. In this course, you will learn how to project your authority and presence into the e-learning environment, build a relationship with each learner, promote and nurture learner participation, provide informative and constructive feedback in a timely manner, minimize attrition, manage communications, manage unacceptable behavior and resolve disagreements.

Facilitator: Dr. Michelle Ernst
Continuing Education Credit: 4 Hours

http://www.mapcstraining.org/EL102.php

Improving Retention through Timely Intervention

How many times have we said "if we'd only known" as a student walks out the door? No one starts classes planning to fail, but unfortunately problems do arise that present barriers to success. Students are good at identifying these problems blocking their path to success, but they frequently don't have adequate problem solving and communication skills needed to overcome these problems. This course looks at the effect of stress on attrition, the use of tools to identify and help students at risk, and how to develop an institutional culture that shares responsibility for student success across the entire organization.

Facilitator: Loren Kroh
Continuing Education Credit: 4 Hours

http://www.mapcstraining.org/RT101.php

The Basics of Career School Admissions

This course provides admissions personnel the keys to successful recruiting, including sales psychology, telephone skills, the interview, and follow-up. The course is designed to optimize the performance of both seasoned and new admission representatives. It covers the basics of the admissions process and provides proven educational sales strategies and techniques to increase enrollment and retention.

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/AD101.php

Inside-Out Admissions - A Paradigm Shift

Are you still using the traditional admissions sales approach at your school? Is it working to your satisfaction or are you looking for innovative ways to increase your conversion rates? We all know that prospective students are often suspicious of an admission representative’s motivation, sometimes even prior to speaking with the representative. The best way to avoid this common reaction to a sales approach is to simply not use a sales approach! In this course, we discuss a paradigm shift in the career college admissions process that creates a reverse sales situation where the admissions representative is the buyer and the prospect is the seller.

Our proven “Inside-Out Admissions” process results in significantly improved conversion rates, including Lead-to-Interview, Interview-to-Enrollment, and Enrollment-to-Start conversions. This course will teach you the principles and strategies of the inside-out process, including the inside-out phone and interview techniques. The course will help admissions directors and representatives to increase enrollment through an effective admissions process that not only increases starts but also improves retention!

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/AD110.php

Designing and Delivering Effective Blended Instruction

This course outlines the main characteristics of "dynamic" course design for blended instruction and highlights effective teaching methods that facilitate the process. Participants in this course will have an opportunity to customize the design principles and methods presented to suit their individual professional context.

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/EL103.php

Managing Workplace Challenges

As your organization grows, further develops and changes, challenges among your workers will naturally surface. Addressing these challenges constructively will yield positive benefits to employee morale , workplace climate and productivity. This course focuses upon four key areas of workplace challenges: difficult interactions, change, crisis situations and stress. Tips are provided on how to recognize the identifiers of these four areas and techniques are presented to systematically plan for, manage and resolve the challenges associated with them.

This course is sponsored by Harvard Business Publishing and features material from Harvard ManageMentor(R).

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/ML105.php

Communicating with Influence

Communication is at the heart of our roles and responsibilities as managers and leaders. This course takes you deep into the communication process and addresses four key areas of influence: coaching our employees; planning and delivering effective presentations; using our power of persuasion; and even negotiating a deal. Though you may not be involved in each of these areas every day, the techniques presented will help strengthen your skills, across the board, as an influential leader.

This course is sponsored by Harvard Business Publishing and features material from Harvard ManageMentor(R).

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/ML103.php

Empowering Your Team

Teambuilding is so much more than encouraging team members to work together toward a common goal. Empowering your team requires effective leadership on your part. This course addresses crucial aspects of team dynamics and provides useful suggestions for leading a productive and diverse team. Special emphasis is placed on measures for improving team performance, managing conflict, promoting interdependence and collaboration among team members, coaching virtual teams, and fostering an inclusive team environment that leverages the advantages diversity has to offer. Useful for all career school managers, this course will help you build your team leadership skills and create a strong foundation for team success.

This course is sponsored by Harvard Business Publishing and features material from Harvard ManageMentor(R).

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/ML102.php

Time & Stress Management for Career College Instructors

Outstanding teachers serve their students by guiding them through their coursework and motivating them to complete program requirements. Career college instructors are often faced with high stress resulting from heavy teaching loads and limited time. When teachers cannot manage their
own time and stress, they cannot fully serve the needs of their students. This course will show career college instructors how to manage time and stress in their lives and teach some of these skills to their
students.

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/ED110.php

Managing the Admissions Department

This course provides a solid and clear approach for managing the admissions department in a career college setting. Topics include proven strategies for generating and converting leads, and effective techniques for supervising admissions personnel. The course provides a basic understanding of advertising for student recruitment and discusses motivational techniques and goal setting to optimize the performance of your admissions team. Also covered are issues related to probation and termination. Whether you are a seasoned or new Director of Admissions, this course will help you to enhance the success of your department.

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing -education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/AD103.php

How To Delegate Effectively

Delegation is about empowering employees to act and make decisions. When you delegate, you are assigning authority, responsibility, and
accountability. Managers and supervisors who delegate effectively will always accomplish more than those who try to do all-important activities themselves. This tutorial discusses the important steps required for effective delegation.

This is a FREE online tutorial sponsored by MAPCS. Please feel free to
forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/SU106.php

Developing a Five-year Plan for Your Career School

What will your school look like in five years? School growth takes change and the commitment of the stakeholders in your organization. A five-year plan is essential for any school owner or director no matter how long they have been in the business. It includes various elements such as your enrollment goals for all programs, plans for new programs, new profit center potential, fees and all financial aid opportunities, enhancement of student services, faculty and staff planning, marketing and development strategies, and planning for physical space to support your expansion goals. Also, development plans are often needed to satisfy licensing and accreditation requirements.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/OP105.php

Creating Publicity for your Career School

If you are a career school owner/executive you want to get the most value out of your marketing dollars. For this reason, publicity should be a part of your daily marketing strategy. In this course, you will learn over 100 strategies to build a great image for your school, reach the people most likely to enroll, and open new markets. We'll show you how easy and inexpensive it is to get your school information placed in local newspapers, in the homes of your best leads, and on the desks of your future employers. This course is a must if you want to reduce your high-priced advertising costs and increase enrollments.

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staff and colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/MT101.php

Developing an Efficient Financial Aid Office

This course provides a blueprint for running an effective financial aid office in the career college setting. You will learn to optimize the performance of your financial aid office with a minimum of waste, expense, and unnecessary effort. The course covers the cornerstones of an efficient financial aid office: timeliness, accuracy and customer service. You will also be advised of pitfalls to avoid in the realm of Title IV compliance. You will learn the key points to building an effective business office processing procedure. Reports and notifications required by the Department of Education are also explained. In addition, you will be given pointers on preparation for the annual Student Financial Aid audit and alerted to the most common triggers for Department of Education Program Reviews.

This is a facilitated online course providing 4 hours of continuing education credit. Please feel free to forward this message to your staffand colleagues.

http://www.mapcstraining.org/FA110.php