Q: Parkland is designing and creating an online registration system and would like to look at the design and functionality of some of the top online registrations systems used at colleges, universities, park districts, etc. Does LERN have a list of some of the best online..
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Jordan Kivley
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Q: Does LERN have information about setting up pay scales for those who teach classes that are “just for fun” versus those who teach classes where certification or educational endorsement is required?A: LERN uses a financial formula to help determine teacher pay. For enrichment..
Q: Your marketing article "Generational marketing strategies that work" talks about catalog design with one focused image. do you have any further supporting information on front cover design of catalogs?A: LERN has a lot of information on brochure design, and especially..
Q: If we paid an instructor $50 an hour - what is the formula for determining the tuition we should charge. You can use the example of a 8 hour class.A: There are some very good reasons to pay instructors variable rates. The most important reason is that your courses need to be..
Q: we are looking at offering a certification program that will consist of 9 individual courses. The timeline of the program will run from September through December and will consist of a total of 29 Hours.We have offered this certification program in the past but the courses..
Q: Currently I have some teamwork issues in getting staff members to start producing updated programs. We need to get with latest practices to hire, recruit, and train staff.Do you have some resources for me to chec?. Some communities that have a strong process that will enable..
Q: We are trying to develop mission & vision statements for our Continuing Education side of the house. Does LERN have a list of examples from various community colleges around the nation?Also, what are these units calling themselves, i.e. Continuing Education, Lifelong..
Q: I am looking for any information, or leads, LERN can direct me to, which demonstrates the differences between a non-credit seeking student and a credit seeking student. I offer many Noncredit programs and my credit faculty is fearful student interest will be pulled from their..
Q: What percentage of course fees should go to pay the instructor?A: LERN recommends that not more than 35% of fees be used for instructor compensation. It is possible to go up to 40%, but it is best to stay at the 35% level if possible.
Q: We are working on our fall catalog and I wanted to follow up with you on how you go about a second mailing that we talked about in Feb. We would like to try this out and see if it works for us. Can you give me the details?