Creating an elevated, personalized experience for their students
Higher education institutions are continuously busy coordinating field placement for students studying health, education, and other practice-based majors. This detailed process of personalized placement entails identifying placement opportunities, matching students to the right experience based on location and their needs, and communicating placement requirements to both the students and teacher education placement supervisors.
By utilizing personalized placement software, such as Sonia or Tevera, educational organizations benefit from increased organization, a streamlined onboarding process for students, and personalized communication between the educational institution, placement organization, and students. Meanwhile, students can receive the right placement to help meet their professional goals, easily share data needed to begin the placement, and receive updates on their progress throughout the entire process.
Read on to learn how personalized placement software platforms provide the highest quality student placement experience for both administrators and students alike.
Benefits of Personalized Placement Software
Academia has always had a complex relationship with emerging technology, as is evidenced by its stance on AI tools being used in the classroom and in research.
But students, teachers, and administrators are demanding more efficiency, personalization, and collaboration across physical boundaries and the benefits to technology are expansive for day-to-day placement tasks and reporting. We’ve outlined the top benefits users of personalized placement software are realizing:
- Efficient Placement Programming: Clearly and efficiently map all stages of your student placement program – from identifying the opportunity to completing evaluations – ensuring a seamless transition of student data. Administrators can track program requirements virtually and streamline the placement process through optimized placement workflows.
- Simplified Time Tracking: Allow students to track hours while faculty and administrators support students as they complete their field experience requirements on time.
- Integrated Communication: By having one software tool – such as Sonia or Tevera – carrying out all the steps in the placement process, communication becomes more accurate and efficient. Students can interact with site managers, professors, and administrators, and vice versa. Communication is also logged for easy reference.
- Supervisor Qualification Tracking: Ensure all supervisors and placement opportunities meet accreditation requirements through qualification tracking. This improves the overall field experience as students are mentored by appropriately qualified individuals.
- Automated Workflows: Intelligent workflows and automated forms and reports ensure centralized data collection, accurate progress updates, and up-to-date status reports on task completion, ultimately giving students a better experience and saving administrators time. Sonia and Tevera also provide automated messages to guide students back on track to meet deadlines and placement requirements.
- Collaborative Field Evaluations: Feedback is timely and efficient with Sonia and Tevera as faculty, students, and placement supervisors can share reflections on the experience in one platform –supporting the overall placement process and students’ development.
- Robust Reporting and Assessments: The program placement process, student performance, and other key metrics can easily be measured in these software tools, identifying areas of strength and weakness. Administrators can export and share data with professors, placement supervisors, and students.
Software that Fits Students’ Needs
Since the onset of COVID-19 in 2020, the educational landscape has changed drastically with virtual, hybrid, and in-person classes being offered at colleges and universities across the country. And students’ needs have changed right alongside this shift.
One student teacher may need experience in an in-person, special education setting, while another may be interested in a remote experience through a virtual/online school
Personalized placement software allows students to experience the placements that fit their needs and preferences without sacrificing for type of opportunity and student development. Students are given the best chance for a match that prepares them for success in their desired field.
About Sonia
Sonia is a student placement management software designed to support key stages of your placement program, all in one place. With Sonia, you can maximize student experience, increase enrollment, verify suitable placements, and rest easy with secure data management. Sonia is available for higher education institutions globally.
About Tevera
Tevera is a student professional growth and program improvement platform that connects all your programs’ stakeholders in one collaborative platform to power field experience and assessment management. As a modern solution supported by SaaS infrastructure and agile development methodology, Tevera is always improving with new and innovative ways to serve higher education programs. Tevera is available for higher education institutions in the U.S.
Are you interested in seeing how Lumivero’s software could improve the field-placement experience for your school and students? Request a free demo of Sonia and Tevera or contact us for more information.