Graydon Mitchell, Director of Admissions

Graydon Mitchell

Director of Admissions

Landmark East School

Location
Canada
Education
Bachelor's degree, Education
Experience
27 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :27 years, 7 Months

Director of Admissions at Landmark East School
  • Canada
  • September 1982 to March 2010

In my role as Director of Admissions from 1997 to 2010, I had the opportunity to travel to many countries around the world and meet international students. I would work with their families to have them come to Canada to study and learn the skills they will need so they could pursue their post-secondary endeavors. In this role, my duties included, but were not limited to:

• Attend domestic & international recruiting activities at professional conferences and school fairs
• Develop and implement presentations to domestic and international audiences regarding issues surrounding students with learning difficulties
• Organize recruiting events in international countries (Caribbean and Mexico)
• Develop and build relationships and maintain contact with referral sources to facilitate marketing of the school and to encourage appropriate inquiries
• Attend meetings with representatives from organizations that assist with marketing education
• Develop print and electronic newsletters
• Provide accurate, timely and customer-focused responses to school inquiries
• Interpret the school’s mission to prospective students and parents through visits, tours, etc
• Direct the admissions process from point of inquiry with families through to enrolment
• Coordinate and administer admissions testing
• Assist with organizing and conducting Open Houses and other promotional events
• Participate in the school’s admissions committee meetings
• Plan print and electronic communications to respond to admissions inquiries
• Design promotional materials that interpret the school’s mission to students and parents
• Design, write and manage the school’s website
• Design, write and manage the school’s advertising information
• Maintain information and data on prospective students
• Coordinate re-enrolment activity with monitoring of attrition and retention
• Prepare and maintain statistics regarding enrolment, geographical distribution of students and attrition

Education

Bachelor's degree, Education
  • at Dalhousie University
  • May 1980

Received my Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree

Bachelor's degree, Business Administration
  • at University of New Brunswick
  • May 1975

Received my Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) degree

Specialties & Skills

Parents
Administration
Education
Materials
Newsletters
MS Word

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

International Association of Special Education
  • Member & Board of Director
  • January 2001
Learning Disabilities Association of Nova Scotia
  • Member & Board of Director
  • January 2003