Student Success in Hospitality at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
Status
Completed: 6 November 2014
Project Details
A project completed in 2014, undertaken by Bay of Plenty Polytechnic, to produce a video outlining a number of strategies which marry high quality teaching delivery with real-world learning experiences in Hospitality education programmes.
Aims:
The main aims of the project were to:
- improve student outcomes and success
- improve student employability
- develop core strategies which contribute to the practical and hands-on ethos created in the programme delivery
- build relationships with students, and flexibility within the programme, to keep learners engaged, challenged and motivated.
Methodology:
The project's methodology involved collecting and analysing data on student success, retention and completion.
Team
Lee Pearce
Project Leader
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
Cath Fraser
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
Oliver Abbott
Bay of Plenty PolytechnicStatus
Funding
$5,000.00 (excl GST)
Key Findings
The key findings from the project included:
- Student outcomes have always been high, but in 2013, for the first time, the Level 4 qualification achieved 100% success and completion. While 2014 results weren’t quite as good, the overall trend for student outcomes over the past five years shows a steady improvement.
- The video describes how building relationships with students, and flexibility within the programme keeps learners engaged, challenged and motivated through a number of external production opportunities in retail, catering and competition work above and beyond core curriculum content, and classroom and kitchen learning.
- Tutors in the team are passionate about their field, and have inspired students with the stories and learnings that they bring back from their own, regular industry engagement and professional development.
Key Recommendations
The project identified a number of key strategies for success:
Key strategies for success | Key strategies which contributed to the practical and hands-on ethos created in the hospitality programme delivery were: a focus on employability; the Cheers homeroom; teaching rotations; industry exposure (work experience and competition work); and staff professional development.
A guide and video prepared by Lee Pearce, Cath Fraser and Oliver Abbott.
(PDF, 391KB, 2-pages).
- 6 November 2014
A video produced by Lee Pearce, Cath Fraser and Oliver Abbott.
(YouTube, 720p, 10.47-mins).
- 6 November 2014