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Integrating Career Advising in First-Year Experience (FYE) Course

Have you ever felt lost before?

Jenny Buysse

MA, LPC, NCC, GCDF, CCSP, BCC

Senior Career Advisor

Anna Fontaine

Ph.D. Student

FYE Faculty

Who we are? Why us?

Success Data

Took FYE Fall ‘18 and still persisted to Winter ‘19 Took FYE Winter ‘19 and persisted to Fall ‘19 FYE Students 91.82% persistence with a 2.87 GPA average 38.20% persistence with a 3.21 GPA average Non-FYE Students 70.24% persistence with a 2.34 GPA average 24.27% persistence with a 2.29 GPA average

This data references FTIACS who either participated and earned a 2.0 grade in an TRS 104: FYE class or did not participate nor successfully complete a TRS 104:FYE class

TRS 104: First Year Experience (FYE) Growth

2014- 2016: TRS 283 - First pilot sections were offered in Winter 2015

Fall 2015: 7 sections Winter 2016: 3 sections Fall 2016: 6 sections

2017 – 2019 TRS 104 FYE :

Fall 2017: 10 sections Winter 2017: 5 sections Fall 2018: 21 sections Winter 2018: 8 sections Fall 2019: 23 sections Winter 2019: 8 sections

Between 2015 and 2019 we more than tripled our sections and more than quadrupled our enrollment

Who has this opportunity: ALL FTIAC Undecided/exploring Students FYE courses are incorporated into

BUS, CIS, ENG, HRY, LA, SW, PSI, PSY, SOC, MAT2, KVAAP Program

Student with certain reading score levels ANM – 120 also incorporates career advising into their curriculum.

Opportunity to enroll in TRS 104: FYE course

What do you already know about integrating career advising into courses?

Key Points

Goals

Student Population:

Welcome to

Three goals to help incoming students:

Pathways at Valley… …since 2016

Career Development Integration into Curriculum & Career Pathways

Kalamazoo Valley is committed to focusing on combining accessibility with student success through a guided pathways model.

Intentional by Design – Career Advising & TRS 104-FYE

TRS 140: FYE Collaboration between FYE Instructors and Career Advisors.

• Dr. Cheryl Ameda and Jenny Buysse - co-created

Exploring vs. Undecided

How we do this?

⚫2nd week (Early in the semester)

(Note: From the start date of the course)

⚫Length of time:

30 - 60 minute

⚫Purpose:

Introduce services and staff, Check-in with the students, Students complete “FYE Check-in Card”, Hand out “Career and Program Semester Plan”

Welcome Visit (1st Visit)

Career Process

⚫Who am I? ⚫What do I want to do? ⚫Why Do I want to do it? ⚫How am I going to be most

successful?

⚫Learn about their interest,

personality, values, and strengths via Career assessments

Check-in & Four Semester Plan

⚫During first class visit, students make a one-on-one advising appointment. ⚫Students use the self-scheduling system to make appointments with the:

• 1. Career Advisor – FYE Follow-up appointment, or
• 2. Counseling – FYE appointment, or
• 3. Pathway Advisor – FYE appointment

Scheduling Of One-On-One Advising Appointment

⚫4TH week - Middle of the Semester – ⚫Length of time: 1 hour 20 minutes –(ENTIRE CLASS TIME) ⚫Purpose:

• 1. Complete “Strong Interest Inventory” (SII) Group Interpretation Workshop
• 2. RIASEC – Holland’s Party Game
• 3. SII Interpretation
• 4. Begin researching using O*Net and other online resources to focus on career

research.

Assessment Visit (2nd Visit)

⚫What information received today will help you make

progress toward your personal/educational goal?

⚫ “It puts in words what I might be good at it. It helps me be more decisive.” ⚫ “I can better identify the careers I have interest in and ask more questions.” ⚫ “It helped me revise and think about the reason I chose my career.” ⚫ “It helped me realize other careers I could potentially be good at/enjoy.” ⚫ “It showed me how involved education is.” ⚫ “Solidified career path.” ⚫ “Self-exploration and resources.”

Narrative From Students – Strong in-class workshop

Online Resources and Career Project

Occupational Outlook Handbook

⚫ 5TH – 8th week

Length of time: 60 minutes

⚫ Purpose:

• 1. Continue Career Counseling
• 2. Introduce the Career Manual
• 3. Work on action plan and career decision
• 4. Class advising
• 5. Connect to appropriate Pathway Advisor/Counselor if no longer

undecided/exploring

Student will develop a four semester plan with Pathway Advisor/Counselors

Individual Career Advising Appointment

Career Advising Additional Tools

⚫ 8TH week (Ideally happens right before the withdrawal date – so

students understand their options) Length of time: 90 minutes –(ENTIRE CLASS TIME)

⚫ Purpose:

• 1. Student will complete the “Reality Check Self-Assessment”

document for student to assess his/her progress before meeting individually with the career advisor

• 2. Check-in on students’ progress after one-on-one appointment.
• 3. Meet with student individually in a separate area (hallway) to

check-in on students’ progress with Career Action Plan. Depending on the student and his/her progress, s/he might be good to go or need to make another appointment with career advisor.

Reality Check Visit (3rd Visit)

Reality Check and Degree Works

Check-out Visit (4th Visit)

⚫Last 2weeks of the

semester

⚫An opportunity for

the student to finalize commitment to program.

Check-in & Check-out Data

Fall ‘18 Percentage of students who went from undecided to decided 72% Fall ‘18 Increase in students’ confidence levels from their initial Check-in to Check-out report 45.7% *Winter ‘19 Percentage of students who went from undecided to decided 100% *Winter ‘19 Increase in students’ confidence levels from their initial Check-in to Check-out report 53.2%

*Smaller response sample due to fewer sections of FYE

What else would you like to know?

Creating Action Steps!

• What are one or two step you can take to begin to

integrate career development with your students?

Sharing Time!

• What are your takeaways from today’s session?
• What effective strategies do you currently use?
• How would you scale up at your department/school?

Thank you!

Contact Information:

⚫ Jenny Buysse, MA, LPC, NCC, GCDF, CCSP, BCC ⚫ Senior Career Advisor ⚫ 269.488.4649 ⚫ jbuysse@kvcc.edu

⚫ Anna Fontaine, PhD Student ⚫ FYE Faculty ⚫ 269.488.4336 ⚫ afontaine@kvcc.edu Career Manual: https://www.kvcc.edu/services/career/files/CareerManual.pdf