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Engaging fjrst-year students outside

• f the fjrst-year seminar course

David I. Henriques

• Asst. Dean, School of Academic

Programs & Services Shippensburg University dihenr@ship.edu Kendra M. Wo Wolgast Academic Support Center Director & Disability Contact Liaison Penn State Mont Alto kmw24@psu.edu

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Learning Outcomes

• Identjfy retentjon

strategies utjlized by campuses without the resources to implement a fjrst year seminar.

• Brainstorm and share

strategies for locatjng resources to support and implement these actjvitjes.

• Identjfy how technology

is being used to foster community and support typical fjrst year seminar learning objectjves.

• Compile results so

atuendees leave with a list

• f strategies and

resources for implementatjon.

Categories of Retentjon Strategies

• Transitjon ~ prior to start of

classes

• Orientatjon Programs
• Campus Specifjc Initjatjves
• Special Populatjons
• Transitjon ~ during the

academic year

• Campus Climate
• Departmental
• Power of the Individual
• Co-Curricular/Extra

Curricular

• Community/External

Constjtuency

Transition

~prior to start of classes~

• Early placement testing
• Advisor/student contact prior to classes start
• Faculty/student contact prior to classes start
• Welcome Week
• Compass/Accuplacer
• Acceleration – CA/MD (dev math)
• E-mail correspondence
• Required advising (First year advising on fjrst Friday)
• Group and one-on-one advising
• Faculty advising (departmental model)
• Summer orientation (group advising, leading to one-on-one advising)
• Use an advising hold
• Control the advisor ratio
• Bridge programs
• Accepted student day
• Enforce deadlines
• Do not allow students control of fjrst semester schedule
• Have advising during orientation
• Registration right before classes; must meet with advisor fjrst
• Have deadline and late registration fee

– Have to enforce policy

Orientation Programs

• Early Admissions
• New Student Orientation
• Wallops Island
• Early entrance/extended orientation
• Mock classes during early orientation week
• Have orientation and registration throughout summer (with a charge $)
• Physical team building activities
• Timing for fall should start in spring, summer, or immediately prior to start of classes
• Students are required to complete orientation activities before registering for classes

(stamp program)

• Early orientation for international students (2 weeks before classes start)

– Learn western academic culture, testing, outdoor team building, peer mentoring

• Online orientation

– Chat with peer mentors – Virtual tours

Campus Specifjc Initiatives

• Living/Learning Communities
• Faculty and/or Stafg Mentoring

Programs

• Peer Mentoring Programs
• Advising Excellence
• Advising/Scheduling

Special Populations

• Athletes

– Academic Skills Coach

• Honors Students
• Minority Students
• Developmental Students
• Undeclared
• Pre-majors

– Nursing wanna-be’s – T eacher education

• Mentorship programs for special populations
• Academic Coaching

Transition ~during the academic year~

• Early Alert/Academic Alert Programs
• Early Intervention T

eams

• Mandatory Academic Support Programs
• Student Advocacy Specialist/Learning Specialist
• (PAWS) Personal Achievement Workshop Series
• MLK (Martin Luther King Program)
• TMMP (Thurgood Marshall Mentoring Program)
• Grades fjrst.com program; early alert program that links faculty with student

afgairs/student success folks.

• Early alert hotline – trying to get the information to the academic programs (need to

train individuals within each college)

• Starfjsh (early alert program that can be purchased); interacts with Blackboard
• Important the feedback loop is closed (automated e-mails from the advisor)
• Intervention strategies?

– Academic coaches work with referred students – Suspended/Probation students must go to Student Success Center – Success coaches mentor for study (faculty/stafg); voluntary participation – Retention mentors- for targeted populations (women’s center, at-risk students, trained in cold calling – Use the CSI as part of referral

Transition ~during the academic year~

• Cont.
• Residential tutoring program required tutoring services in halls
• Referrals and where do we refer them to. How do we get faculty buy in?
• Mentor students who had alcohol sanctions
• Allow students to select their own mentor
• First year leader program devised by major. Student ofgered two mentors so they can

chose one.

• Peer mentoring directed toward select populations (athletes, etc.)
• Peer mentoring

– Very important to train mentors appropriately – Important to have mentors who connect with students

• Early alert programs that refers to student success center

– Encourage faculty to take roll – Share research with faculty to gain buy-in – T arget at risk students – Need communication and involvement of faculty in development of Early Alert system – Close feedback loop/discuss intervention strategies – Connect faculty to technology (class roster early alert button)

• Generates automatic e-mail

Departmental

• Socials
• Peer & Professional Mentoring
• Clubs and Organizations
• Special sections of classes
• Communal areas (Adirondack chairs)
• Front loaded advising

Campus Climate

• Meeting places
• Starbucks/Cofgee

house

• Residence halls

Power of the individual

• End of Semester/Year Recognition

Events

• Pay it forward….
• Customer Service

Co-Curricular/ Extra-Curricular

• Service Learning

– Built into graduation requirements, FYE requirements – Build partnerships with the community – Where the students live rather than have the students come to campus – Service learning department – Embedded into the FYE – How do we assess it? E-portfolio – Really wanting/needing faculty to coordinate the assessment and the service learning initiative – Linked to learning community in FYE. T utoring and literacy. – Secure individual faculty – Use campus life website to identify myriad service learning activities – Community based learning – CAB: Campus Activity Board ofgers opportunities for students (i.e. greek life) – Passport: Students get points for attending activities – Partner economic/community needs with academics (business plans, etc.) – Campus visits to transfer institutions (either outgoing or incoming) – Student involvement under residential life

• Day of service/Day of Caring/Make A Difgerence Day (United Way); encourage faculty to participate
• 15 hours via identifjed sites with 3-4 page refmective paper
• Embedded in coursework. Need a faculty coordinator
• Seek grants for program
• Portfolio refmection paper required

Co-Curricular/ Extra-Curricular

• Service learning (cont.)
• Require students to attend one major activity (academic or other)
• Link multiple courses into a learning community that has a service learning

component

• Build relationships with community to ofger service learning opportunities where they

students live.

• Students get an opportunity to win a “big ticket” item @ end of semester – more

events you attend, more chances to win

• Use Title 3 grant to create programming

– Require students to have at least 3 service learning components.

• Volunteerism
• Intramurals
• Clubs and organizations

– based on career paths – Based on strength assessment

• Work study
• Student Activities
• Special Student Cohorts (Ambassadors, Admissions tour guides (STARS, PALS)
• Passports for attending events
• Title III grants to create programming
• Linking courses within learning communities
• Drawing for a fabulous prize for attending events
• Identify 3 main areas:

Community/External Constituency

• Churches
• Social Agencies (Big Brothers/Big

Sisters)

• Non-Profjts
• Community groups

Locatjng resources and their implementatjon

• Community
• Campus/System Grants (Social Equity)
• Charitable agencies (Service Learning/Volunteering

Opportunitjes)

• Non-profjts
• Find campus supporters (Be recognized)

Use of Technology

• Email
• Facebook
• Twituer
• Blogs
• Electronic

Competjtjons ( ie

Wii, textjng, Madden, etc.)

• Podcasts
• You Tube
• Textjng
• Adobe Connect

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