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CREATING STUDENT SUCCESSGuided Pathways for First Year Students

Laura Frazier, Associate Director

Student Success & Academic Advising

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floor 513-745-3006Slide2

Today’s Muskie Chat:-Our Jesuit Identity

-

HS vs College

-Riding the“W” Curve

-Your Student’s

Success TeamSlide3

What words come to mind when we think about change?Slide4

What is a Jesuit Identity? How do we bring these ideals to life? Cura Personalis – Care for the individual personMagis – A Latin phrase meaning more or better

Goa-

A state in Western

India

where

St. Francis Xavier traveled to experience new opportunities, new cultures and new customs

. Also known as CORE 101

Manresa -

A town in northeastern Spain where Ignatius Loyola

had

a powerful spiritual experience that led to his founding of

the Society of Jesus or

Jesuits. Also known as our 4 day August orientation.

Guided Pathway through Jesuit idealsSlide5

A little more about Goa/CORE 101:Required non-credit course for all first year students

Instructors are University administrators

Meets 6 times in fall and 6 times in spring semesters

An extension of Manresa

Serves as

touch points

for first year students to ensure they are adjusting to University life and discussing sticky situations

Students will select their CORE 101 course when they register for classesSlide6

High School and College:2013 study by the Higher Education Research Institute revealed that 59% of incoming first year students at a broad range of colleges and universities reported spending fewer than 6 hours per week doing homework during their senior year.

97% of these students graduated with a

3.0 or higher GPA

.

(

Eagen

, Lozano, Hurtado & Case, 2013, p. 35)

(

Eagen

et al., p. 19)Slide7

High SchoolCollege

Attendance required; teachers

required to help students ‘catch up’

Students may feel they don’t need to attend all classes

Teachers provide study guides

Guides and

review sheets rarely provided

Homework may not always require studying or critical

reading

Critical

reading is imperative

Surface Learning

may suffice for good grades

Application level

of learning required; concepts are analyzed

Assignments are structured

with explicit instructions

Assignments may

require interpretation; no rubric

Late work is permitted

Students must follow syllabusSlide8

Surface Learning

Are you prepared to answer quiz questions about this soccer ball?Slide9

Recognizing is not the same as knowing and understanding…1. Compare the black shapes to the white shapes.2. Justify the black and white coloring.3. Write a mathematical formula to find how many seams connect the leather pieces.Slide10

Adopting a Creator MindsetOn Course, by Skip Downing, 8th edition

Mindset = one’s general beliefs or attitudes, a set of one’s perceptions, the ‘lens’ through which one sees a situation

Victim

Creator

Blaming

Seeking Solutions

Complaining

Taking action

Repeating same behaviors

Taking a

new approach

Focus on weaknesses

Focus on how to improve

“I’ll try to do better.”

“To do better next time, I will…”Slide11

High School and College:Looking back, first year students students often wish they would have:

Used supports they had in high school (medications, therapies, classroom accommodations, social supports/clubs)

Email

:

disabilityservices@xavier.edu

Asked for help as soon as they felt they were falling behind

Understood the metrics (GPA and completion rate) related to their financial aid and 4 year graduation (15 credit hours per semester)

Managed their time more efficiently

Guided Pathways through Success Coaching and CORE 101Slide12

Source: Hoffenburger, K., Mosier, R., Stokes, B., 1999Slide13

Helping Students navigate the W Curve

Goa referrals

Student Concern Reports (online form)

Residence Life referrals

Parent referrals*

Self-Referrals

Guided Pathway: Success Coaching through the W CurveSlide14

Your Success TeamTeam explained at first Goa (CORE 101) class

Success Team members are primed to help first year students integrate into this new community

Goa instructor will show all students how and where to find this information online

Success Coach

Academic Advisor

Career Coach

Financial Aid CounselorSlide15

Students should know all this information within the

first week of class!

The first 2-3 weeks are really critical.

Help us make sure Slide16

Success Coach-Templates for Success

-Student Concern Reports

-Time Management/W Curve

-Adjustment Concerns

-Referrals to campus Solution Centers

Academic

Advisor

-Change of major

-Course Selection (Oct. & March)

-Degree Audits

-Drop/Add Classes

-Review Major/Core

requirements

Career Coach

-FOCUS

2/Meyers Briggs assessment and interpretation

-Hire-A-Muskie internship search

-Experiential Learning

-Career Fairs

-Student Employment

Financial Aid

Advisor

-FAFSA

-Scholarship/Loans/Scholarships

-Grants

-Eligibility for work study

-Standards

of academic progress

Guided Pathways through the Success TeamSlide17

http://www.xavier.edu/student-success/documents/SolutionCenters2016.pdf

Please visit the Student Success website to download a

Solution Center Sheet

that lists campus resources and how they can help your student overcome challenges they may encounter.Slide18

For Parents:Parent Road to Xavier (R2X)Manresa Family Sessions

Parent Family Advisory Board (website under construction)

Attend Preview Days and College Fairs

Musketeer Family eNewsletter (5 times a year)

Family Weekend (October)

Proxy Access to student information (see Registrar website)

Call me! Laura Frazier 513-745-3006Slide19

Questions?