nursing instructor

instructor

admission representative

director of education

respiratory therapy technician

Concorde Career Colleges

Want a thankless job?   Work here.  Poor morale, work here.  No, I wasn't fired.   I finally quit.  An incredibly thankless and unrewarding career.  Many students will appreciate you and it is rewarding to see the students who do succeed.  Just be prepared to work your ...off, do a great job, and  never get a raise.  Be prepared to watch your boss take credit for all YOUR hard work.    Watch new staff come in and get paid more than you do, even though you may have more experience and have worked there for years.   Oh, and be expected to train the new employees who make more than you do, and then watch them quit.   Deal with the constant turnover of staff and be expected to pick up the slack.   Be prepared to work at home so you can stay on top of everything.   Be prepared to have your schedule changed at a moments notice.   Perfect job if you don't ever want to hear what a great job you're doing     No management support whatsoever.   If students are unhappy with ANYTHING, it falls back on you as part of your evaluation.   If you fail them, it affects the "numbers" which then affects your chance of getting a raise.  If you pass them and they mess up at clinicals, they blame you for passing them,  Damned if you do, damned if you don't.  No matter what the students complain about on their Student Surveys, it doesn't even have to involve you as a teacher.  They can say great things about you, but if they complain about anyone or anything else, it still comes back on you when it's evaluation time.  You will never get  a great evaluation because they don't want to give you a raise.  Seriously.   Doesn't really matter how great of a job you do, it's never good enough to merit any kind of praise,    It helps to have a psychology background, as the majority of your "teaching" career will be spent dealing with disgruntled students with behavior problems, and bosses who think they know how to manage a classroom without actually ever stepping foot in the classroom.     The one great thing about this company is the teachers, who are committed and hardworking, but get treated incredibly poorly, which contributes to the constant turnover in staff.  Incredibly unrewarding.  Yeah, the money is good, but at the end of the day, it just wasn't worth it.

I thoroughly enjoyed teaching to OTA students but also in the 6 years employed with Concorde frequent changes in curriculum, policies, and procedural changes took place.  The quality of students had declined with many having very low reading and writing skills of below HS level.  Instructors were encouraged to assist these students so they would be able to continue with obtaining their degrees although some were far below the standard to practice in the profession that was chosen.  I had some very good students and I enjoyed working with them due to their desire to have the degree and profession chosen.  I would say the most difficult area of my job was lack of consistency in how to deal with student behaviors, lack of completed work assignments, attendance of students, and lack of consistency to instruct the OTA courses.  Due to their being day time instructors and night time instructors changes may have occurred in the curriculum but was not conveyed to other instructors until the course was to be instructed.  For all of these reasons I observed the enrollment beginning to decline and this changed the number of instructors needed for both day and night time classes.  On several occasions instructors emphasized the need for higher quality of students to improve the state board passing rate.  All instructors increase in wages were primarily based on the success of the programs passing of  students state board exams.  I believe that the OTA program could flourish if changes were made to be more consistent in selecting the students qualified to be accepted in the OTA program, and improved upper management to provide much needed policies and procedures to guide the instructors and all staff towards providing the highest level of service to the students with keeping all values of the Concorde Mission of private education sector.

	Assist Campus President in preparing the campus budget and provide supporting documentation and justification
	Review and forecast financial and business activities for campus
	Perform tasks in regards to budgeting and forecasting and prepares monthly reports and budget analysis
	Prepare for quarterly audits and mediate with auditors and campus staff
	Comply with State, Department of Education, Accreditation  and corporate requirements while adhering to campus policies and procedures
	Audit and reconcile general ledger accounts at month and year end close
	Analyze and interpret monthly financial performances with annual revenues over $10.5 million
	Compare income statement (actual vs. budget) and proposes shortfall results to Campus Director
	Forecast campus financial performance and purposed alternative solutions to financial viability
	Manage collections over $1.2 million yearly in campus cash receivables, review in school payments and aging reports for timeliness of collections to maximize cash flow and minimize bad debt
	Develop and implement Business Office operations to enhance performance
	Audit student financial files to ensure integrity and accuracy of data records and prepare refund calculations and processing of refunds of credit balances
	Process R2T4 calculations for Financial Aid and Business Office
	Setup and manage book inventory within corporate budgeted guidelines
	Foster business to business relationships that increase company growth opportunities with state agencies and local businesses
	Provide analysis of financial trends in order to assist Campus Director in decision making, thus increasing revenue by 69% and 18% in campus EBITDA

A typical day at Concorde is very stressful for the instructors because you are given tasks to do even though you are in the class 7 hours out of the work day.  They do tell the instructors not to work overtime but they expect you to do impossible task within the work day.  They also try to intimidate you into working of the clock when it is beneficial to them.  For example, the administration wants you to come in maybe 20 minutes before class without pay or cut you lunch hour short to be in an afternoon class.  You are suppose to get a 1 hour prep time for class daily; but most of time you don't get it or you will not get the full hour.  This prep time is suppose to be for educating two 4.5 hours of class time with a quantity of 35 to 40 students (My morning class has consisted of 31-32 students and the afternoon class has consisted of 16 students)  So at some point during my tenure at Concorde, I had 40 students to prepare for classwork and homework.  The workplace culture is very political.  If you don't fit in the "group", you become a target by the campus president and all other administrative heads.  The hardest part of the job was to come into an atmosphere where you are continually devalued and expected to maintain a high moral to the students.  The most enjoyable part of the job was the students.  I was blessed to have wonderful students who showed their appreciation and was eager to learn the curriculum.  I always appreciate the opportunity to educate people in obtaining their professional goals.  I prayed for the opportunity and grateful that I received it.

This school is good for a couple things, the main thing is the teachers are great but the other staff seems to not know whats going on because they have too much on there plate. But overall I would have liked to of had more one on one with the teachers to understand more and 1 month per class for 9 months is simply not enough time to learn everything, especially with classes that are about 15 plus students. Also I would have liked to of been taught how the dental field is in today world with the technology so invcanced instead of learning the old school way. I understand its better to learn the old way but its also better to learn the new way as well. I think they should have made the program about 2 years so that way we are fully prepaired for the field. I simply went out into the field on my externship and found out that a couple of the girls I worked with went to the same school and was each taught different things even though we went for the same program and different times of the day and so my point is when I first started there it was overwhelming because I didnt know the stuff they wanted me to do because I wasnt taught it but the other people that went to the same school did get taught it. I feel like there should be one criterea for every single class regardless if the teachers are the same or different. Overall I graduated and was proud of myself for doing it along with learning things in the field I didnt learn in school.

If you love helping people better their lives, it is a great career.  The school is also very true to their word and compliant.  The instuctors were so great to work with as well.  On the other hand, the hours are terrible.  I hardly ever was able to see my family.  And corporate was not very understanding on personal matters people truly had to take care of.  There also was no where to grow within the company.  Basically, every day started at a different time plus Saturdays.  You were constantly on the phone and recorded with tablets to ensure that you were compliant with everything you told a potential student.  We would meet with individuals help them decide what program was the best fit for them or if they were going to be a good fit for the school.  We were expected to perform a certain percentage in areas from calls to appointments, appointments to interviews, interviews to enrollment, and enrollment to starts.  I loved working with the people who would walk into my office because you were making a difference in their lives and building a relationship with them.  Yet, at the same time, the general clientle we saw tended to be very flaky and would try and fall through.  Therefore, we truly had to establish that trust, build the value, and be able to overcome all sorts of objections.  My complain about the company was the lack of training, the lack of teamwork, and the lack of care about people having lives outside of work.

A typical day included very busy schedules with difficult patients and situations.  The key was to remain focused and keep a strong mind and positive attitude about the task at hand.  No matter how many patients are waiting, and how young, old, or mean someone is, you must remember that you must obtain the best radiographs possible while still taking care of the patient and protecting them in every possible way.  Teamwork and good management was always helpful, but different people work in different ways.  You must always know your place but still do the best job possible.  The most difficult part of being a rad tech is performing exams on infants, but with proper holding, immobilization techniques, and assistance from parents while giving them clear instructions, it is achievable.  Elderly and injured patients can also be very difficult, but you have to do the best job possible without causing further trauma to the patient.  The most enjoyable part of being a rad tech is being sincerely thanked by a patient or patient's family member for a job well done. Even more satisfying is receiving a thank you note or letter from patients for my service.

I loved my job at ConCorde. I so looked forward to teaching my students everyday. A typical day was first to teach my lecture of the human anatomy and then switch to our clinical's which included injections, blood draws, EKG's, Labs, etc. 

I learned a great deal about my students. I believe you need to know your students if you're going to teach them something as not all learn the same. I helped many of them through the book work which was the most difficult for many, and the scary part of blood draws and injections. 

Management was fantastic. They worked with us to make our classes more adaptable for our students. They were never afraid (although squeamish) to be practiced on for blood draws or injections. Always made sure we had the supplies necessary to teach our classes. 

Co-workers were the easiest to work with and we would always plan together.

The most difficult part of the job was learning budgets and ordering, when I was offered the Program Director's job. It was something that I had never been exposed to especially budgets, but I learn quickly and management was a wonderful teacher.

The best part of this position was everything. I loved my job, so why did I leave you're wondering? My husband fell very ill and I needed more money. They could not match what I needed.

The hardest part of my job...was having to leave.

Typically the day began in the classroom with lecture or a type of presentation, either by the student themselves or by an instructor.        
   Through my time there, I learned many different subjects such as anatomy, pathology, instrumentation, aseptic techniques, OR operations, and in my externship at a clinical site, actual procedures.
   My instructors and fellow students were some of the closest people to me while attending school. Some of us are still quite close and continue to look out for each other. 
   The most difficult part of the experience, from my perspective, was the faster pace of instruction. It was an incredible amount of effort in order to do well and absorb the subject matter, not only due to the distance between home and classes, but the volume of information and study expected in order to become proficient and excel in this field. That being said, that was also one of the more enjoyable aspects as well. Watching both my fellow students as we as myself growing and expanding our knowledge was reward in itself.

During a typical day we would begin with lecture of pharmacology or microbiology dependent on the term we were in. Review any information from their homework or have a class discussion on the lecture. We would then have hands on lab procedures. Teaching the techniques of how to do phlebotomy, injections, Slide smears, any laboratory testing done in an office. Also the preparation of gram staining or acid stain to observe specimen under the microscope.
The management of the work and the classroom was what you made of it, as long as you can lecture to keep the interest of your students and make sure they comprehend it always goes well.
Then the grading, documentation and updating grades.
Loved my co-workers. We worked well as a team.
Hardest part of the job....none
most enjoyable is to see the light bulb go on when a student comprehends what you are trying to teach them as well as seeing them do their techniques properly.

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