The Alphabet of Success: NSO to NSE for FYE One on-campus fire-hose - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Alphabet of Success: NSO to NSE for FYE One on-campus fire-hose - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The Alphabet of Success: NSO to NSE for FYE One on-campus fire-hose session of information dissemination No Faculty Involvement One presenter and 2 advisors Advising was not meta-major specific Personal Connection among students not
§ One on-campus fire-hose session of information
dissemination
§ No Faculty Involvement § One presenter and 2 advisors § Advising was not meta-major specific § Personal Connection among students not facilitated § Lecture format; less interaction § Experiences varied from campus to campus
QEP: Quality Enhancement Plan – Defined by Pathways, All students can learn under the right
- conditions. Experience is part of the learning
process.
§ All NSO coordinators and their
Deans (East, Osceola, West, Winter Park)
§ NSO advisors/advisors § Career Program Advisors
(CPA’s)
§ Answer Center staff § Student Leaders § NSE faculty § Transitions § Technology support § Admissions § Atlas § Instructional Design § Marketing § OIT
§ Section 1 – Residency, Meta-Major § Section 2 – AA AS, Math Pathway, Math Review § Section 3 – Valencia Campuses, Freshman Comp, Reading
Review
§ Section 4 – Dev. Ed., Financial Aid, LASSI, NSE, Next Steps § Register for On-Campus Orientation
§ Engages students via Blackboard (platform utilized
by professors at Valencia)
§ Saves time § Avoids frustration § Gives students foundation in the language of higher
education
§ Equips students with more informed questions § Clarifies AA/AS major prior to coming onto campus
§ welcomed with signs
directing them to
- rientation
§ greeted at sign-in § participate in campus
tour
§ referred to individual
departments for
Students are seated in groups according to major or Meta-Major, cohort advising Icebreakers encourage students to interact: People Bingo Speed Networking Kahoot quiz teams Advisors and NSE faculty members participate
§ Students receive handbooks
(required text in NSE)
§ Students receive a customized
worksheet:
§ Degree/Major § Placement scores (if
required)
§ Recommended or required
first term classes
§ Additional Recommendations
and Comments
§ Students review major § Learn about the first 18
credit hours for their degree/major
§ Register for first term
courses
§ SLS1122 New
Student Experience
Primary
- utcome of
- rientation
§ Students will demonstrate
awareness of college support systems.
§ Co-Curricular (Started in NSO
with Student Leaders and NSE Advisors)
§ Learning Support
Presentation
§ Student Development
Presentation
§ Career Center Presentation § Internship Office Presentation
§ Students will demonstrate effective
communication skills with diverse groups and members of the college.
§ Co-Curricular (Started in NSO with
Student Leader Q & A)
§ Culture of College Activities
(Started in NSO with tours and Student Leader Q & A)
§ Peace and Justice Activities § Atlas Email Assignment § Blackboard Email Assignment
Students will design an education plan that includes goals for learning and a financial plan.
§ Career Assessments and
Activities
§ Cost of College Assignment § Career Research § Education Plan (Started in
NSO with advising sheets)
§ Financial Literacy Activities § Personal Budget Assignment
§ Students will apply college success
skills
§ Note Taking Activities (Cornell, Mind-
Mapping, Outlining)
§ Education Plan (Started in NSO
with advising sheets)
§ Culture of College (Started in NSO
with tours and Student Leader Q & A)
§ LASSI Action Plan and Update
(Started in NSO with online LASSI assessment)
§ Students will create a personal
purpose statement that outlines and articulates their values, goals, interests, and strengths in relations to their educational and career aspirations.
§
StrengthsQuest Assessment and Related Activities (Superhero, LinkedIn)
§
Finding Passion & Purpose Assignment
§
Assessment Reflection
§
Purpose Co-Curricular Assignment
§ Students will choose an
academic program aligned with their educational/ career goals, interests, strengths, and values.
§
Career Assessments and Activities
§
Cost of College Research
§
Career Research Education Plan (Started
§ Bill 1720 – Florida High School Diploma = College
Readiness
§ Intentional Change
§ Adjust job descriptions for NSO Coordinators § Hire NSE faculty and advisors § Emphasize community § Introduce intrusive advising § Engage students in interactive learning experiences § Create deliberate leaning outcomes related to college
AREA RATED COMPLETION OF AREA VERY EASY/ EASY FALL 2014 RATED COMPLETION OF AREA VERY EASY/ EASY FALL 2015 PERCENTAGE INCREASE Florida Residency 42% 51% 9% Assessment 53% 58% 5% New Student Orientation 73% 78% 5% Registration for Classes 69% 71% 2%
§ IMPROVED TRANSFER READINESS § Fall 2015 § Pathways cohort: 11 students transferred to UCF § Control Group cohort: 9 students transferred to UCF § 82% (9/11) of Pathways cohort completed all of their business prerequisites
prior to transferring.
§ Average GPA 3.23 § 44% (4/9) of control group completed their business prerequisites prior to
transferring.
§ Average GPA 2.81.