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Improving Customer Service: Student Services Advisor Model Houston Campus November 5-7, 2014 Leslie Singleton, MBA Manager, Student Services – Houston Campus Chamberlain College of Nursing Yalixsa Custodio Student Services Advisor II – Houston Campus Chamberlain College of Nursing CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Chamberlain College of Nursing History • Chamberlain College of Nursing has a 125-year history of preparing extraordinary nursing graduates • Our roots go back to the Deaconess tradition of 19th-century Europe. Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, studied at a Deaconess facility in Germany and later applied the concepts she learned to her nursing practice. In 1889, an evangelical pastor in St. Louis, Missouri, proposed establishing healthcare services based on the Deaconess model to address the needs of the local community. Those services evolved into the Deaconess School of Nursing and, later, the Deaconess College of Nursing. 2 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Chamberlain College of Nursing History • In March 2005, DeVry Education Group acquired Deaconess. A term of the acquisition agreement required DeVry Education Group to change the name of the school. The chosen name, Chamberlain, is derived from the Middle English word "chaumberlein," which means "chief steward" – in recognition of the critical role of the nurse as the central steward and coordinator of patient care. 3 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn About Our Department • Student Services is comprised of three departments: Career Services, Registrar & Student Service Advisors (SSA) • The SSA position oversees all academic and financial planning for each student 4 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn About Our Department Manager, Student Services Student Services Coordinator Registrar Career Services Advisor Student Services Supervisor Student Services Advisors 5 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn About Our Department Centralization of processes allows the team to focus on students and not outside duties • VA Certifications • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) • Financial Aid processing: awarding, disbursements, credit balances • Transcript evaluations 6 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn About Our Program Accelerated courses Online & On-site options • Eight-week courses • Conveniently provides flexibility for our student population • Two sessions per semester • Three semesters per year • Liberal Arts & Sciences offered in both formats • Certain nursing courses are available online 7 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Student Lifecycle Admission Alumni Graduation Enrollment Current Student 8 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Admission • Meet with prospective student to answer financial aid questions • Provide academic and financial aid advisement to newly accepted students including FAFSA, curriculum plan, portal navigation and college email setup • Follow-up with each new student weekly until registered and bi-weekly until classes start • Once financial aid process has been completed, register student for courses discussed in pre-enrollment meeting • Ensure students are aware of academic policies • Participate in Open Houses and New Student Orientation 9 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Enrollment • Review each individual student account to ensure accounts are complete • Meet individually with students unable to register due to holds such as clinical, missing documents and financial aid • Meet with students to go over curriculum changes due to course incompletion, failure or withdrawal • Contact all unregistered students to ensure course registration before the beginning of the term 10 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Enrollment • Responsible for checking grade reports to verify each student has met prerequisite requirements • Outreach to students whom did not meet prerequisite requirements • Use Registrar dismissal report to reach out to all students to notify them of their status • Collect appeal paperwork and submit for approval 11 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Current Student • Review all accounts throughout the term to ensure they are not missing documents and that they have sufficient funding to cover their balances • Meet with students regarding the issues on a daily basis • Review academic histories to verify that students are taking the appropriate classes and meet with students accordingly 12 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Current Student • Monitor the Salesforce system as it is the preferred method of communication with students • Meet with distraught students referred from online or onsite faculty • Contact students when they are underperforming to discuss options • Responsible for staying current on all state and federal changes to be able to effectively advise a student 13 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Graduation • Verify that each graduate has met all academic requirements for graduation • Monitor balance to ensure each graduate is paid-in-full by the ceremony • Ensure students are aware of Direct Stafford Loan balances, answer Stafford Loan repayment questions, make students aware of mandatory exit counseling – We do this at GradTrack. An event each session for upcoming completers that gives each student a synopsis of their loans to date. 14 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Student Caseload • Each campus tries to keep a caseload of no more than 130 students per advisor • Currently with our campus approximately 400 students, each advisor has about 130 students • The students are assigned to the advisors by cohort 15 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Benefits to SSA Model Combined Academic & Financial Advising “One-Stop Shop” • If a student wants to drop a course, the same person will be able to explain the academic and financial implications at one time instead of having to locate multiple departments • All attempts are made to keep the student with the same advisor for the duration he/she is in our program, which leads to a solid foundation for the student-advisor relationship 16 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Benefits to SSA Model Streamlined Communications • Customer Relationship Management system used by every department within Chamberlain • Financial planning and academic advising • Career Care system 17 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn Questions? 18 CONFIDENTIAL ©2014 Chamberlain College of Nursing, LLC. All rights reserved. 1014ccn