Transcript Baston_Culture, Curriculum and Co-curriculum, and Community that Fosters Student Success

A New Day Dawning
Creating the Culture, Curriculum and Co-curriculum, and
Community that Fosters Student Success
A New Day Dawning:
Creating the Culture, Curriculum and Co-Curriculum,
and Community that Fosters Student Success
▪ How Are Students Supported?
▪ What Matters in Student Life?
▪ Helping Students Make a Personal Investment in Their Success
▪ What We Can Do?
How We Help Students - Sorting, Supporting, Connecting and Transforming
Category
Sorting
Strategies
“Best-Fit” admissions
Entry assessment and placement
Program/course planning
Early warning/academic alert
Supporting
Child care
Financial aid
Health and wellness programs
Security and transportation
Connecting
Student activities, student groups
Peer programs
Orientation
Faculty/student “events”
Attendance policy
Faculty advisors, mentors
Work study
Transforming
Learning assistance, tutoring
Remedial education
Counseling about goals, careers
What Matters in Student Life
 The nature and frequency of interactions with faculty
members
 Involvement with peers from diverse backgrounds
 Use of campus learning resources and opportunities
 Satisfaction with college
 The nature of college learning environments
Personal Investment By Students
To be personally invested is to be involved, motivated, persistent,
engaged in activities, intense and intensive, and have patterns of
behavior that are noticeable to others.
Students are personally invested when they use there time, talents,
gifts and energy to achieve something whether inside or outside of
the classroom.
Students make choices about where to spend their time and what to
become engaged in depending on the meaning these activities have
for them.
Engaging Students to Make a Personal Investment
Sense of Self
Sense of Purpose
Personal Goals
Perceived
Opportunities
Patterns of Behavior
Engagement
Involvement
Productivity
Socio-cultural Environment
Culture
Curriculum
Co-curriculum
Communities
What Can We Do?
Culture, Curriculum and Co-curriculum, Community
▪ Culture - Mission has to be reality not rhetoric
Sense of purpose
College priorities
Value added
▪ Curriculum and Co-Curriculum - Learning and development have to be integrated
Create a curriculum and co-curriculum that jointly highlights both learning and
development. (i.e. Service Learning)
▪ Community - The campus community must foster support and challenge
Mentoring community
Consider Community and Diversity as Complementary