Student Engagement Retreat
Third and Fourth Years
January 29, 2014
Retreat Goals
• Review refreshed Student Engagement Model and
provide feedback
• Review criteria for Key Points of Engagement (KPE) and
provide feedback
• Develop KPEs for third and fourth years
• Create Third and Fourth Year Student Engagement
Boards
How we got here
• Collected and reviewed all notes from retreat and sought
to use common verbs throughout model.
• Extended outcomes out to third and fourth years and
refreshed overall plan to achieve continuity and follow a
developmental model.
• Consulted with FY and SY Board Chairs and scheduled
meetings with full Boards (SY occurred on 1/24, FY is
scheduled for early Feb.) to generate feedback.
Goal 1: Academic Engagement
Objective 1: Students will explore, identify, participate in, and reflect
upon opportunities to apply classroom knowledge and skills to real-world
settings.
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First-Year Outcome: Students will explore opportunities to apply
classroom knowledge and skills to real-world settings.
Second-Year Outcome: Students will identify specific opportunities to
apply classroom knowledge and skills to real-world settings.
Third-Year Outcome: Students will participate in opportunities to
apply classroom knowledge and skills to real-world settings.
Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will reflect upon opportunities to
apply classroom knowledge and skills to real-world settings.
Goal 1: Academic Engagement
Objective 2: Students will explore, identify, participate in, and reflect
upon opportunities to interact with other cultures.
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First-Year Outcome: Students will explore opportunities to interact
with other cultures.
Second-Year Outcome: Students will identify specific opportunities
to interact with other cultures.
Third-Year Outcome: Students will participate in opportunities to
interact with other cultures.
Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will reflect upon their interactions
with other cultures.
Goal 2: Social Engagement
Objective 1: Students will explore, participate, and engage
meaningfully in campus life as well as encourage involvement of others.
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First-Year Outcome: Students will explore opportunities for
involvement in campus life.
Second-Year Outcome: Students will participate in campus life.
Third-Year Outcome: Students will engage meaningfully in campus
life.
Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will promote the involvement of
others in campus life.
Goal 2: Social Engagement
Objective 2: Students will establish and strengthen connections with
faculty, staff and/or peer mentors.
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First-Year Outcome: Students will establish connections with their
peers, faculty, and/or staff.
Second-Year Outcome: Students will interact meaningfully with
faculty, staff, and/or peers.
Third-Year Outcome: Students will identify at least one mentor.
Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will consult with a mentor on postgraduation plans.
Goal 2: Social Engagement
Objective 3: Students will develop a strong connection to the college.
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First-Year outcome: Students will participate in traditions/events
that connect them to the college.
Second-Year outcome: Students will participate in traditions/events
that connect them to the college.
Third-Year outcome: Students will participate in traditions/events
that connect them to the college.
Fourth-Year outcome: Students will participate in traditions/events
that connect them to the college.
Goal 3: Personal Engagement
Objective 1: Students will explore and utilize campus resources.
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First-Year Outcome: Students will explore available campus
resources.
Second-Year Outcome: Students will utilize appropriate campus
resources.
Third-Year Outcome: Students will utilize appropriate campus
resources.
Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will utilize appropriate campus
resources.
Goal 3: Personal Engagement
Objective 2: Students will explore and select a major as well as engage
in relevant experiential activities and connect those activities to their
future plans.
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First-Year Outcome: Students will explore Ramapo’s major and minor
offerings.
Second-Year Outcome: Students will select a major.
Third-Year Outcome: Students will engage in experiential activities
within their major.
Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will connect experiential activities to
their post-graduation plans.
Goal 3: Personal Engagement
Objective 3: Students will explore career development resources,
create a career plan, engage in experiential activities and connect those
activities with their future plans.
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First-Year Outcome: Students will explore career development
resources.
Second-Year Outcome: Students will create a career plan.
Third-Year Outcome: Students will engage in experiential learning
activities.
Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will connect experiential activities to
their post-graduation plans.
Goal 3: Personal Engagement
Objective 4: Students will identify, evaluate, integrate their values
system and connect that system with their future plans.
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First-Year Outcome: Students will identify their values.
Second-Year Outcome: Students will evaluate their values in the
context of their experience at Ramapo.
Third-Year Outcome: Students will develop an integrated values
system.
Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will reflect on how their values
system influences their post-graduation plans.
Goal 4:Campus and Civic
Engagement
Objective 1: Students will understand, engage in, and promote
responsible citizenship in the Ramapo community as well as promote
positive change.
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First-Year Outcome: Students will understand their roles, rights and
responsibilities as citizens of the Ramapo campus.
Second-Year Outcome: Students will actively engage as responsible
citizens of the Ramapo campus.
Third-Year Outcome: Students will promote active and responsible
membership in the Ramapo community by self and others.
Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will promote positive change on
campus.
Goal 4:Campus and Civic
Engagement
Objective 2: Students will understand, engage in, reflect upon, and
promote the roles, rights and responsibilities of local, national and
global citizens.
• First-Year Outcome: Students will understand their roles, rights and
responsibilities as local, national and global citizens.
• Second-Year Outcome: Students will actively engage in local,
national, and global democratic activities and issues.
• Third-Year Outcome: Students will reflect on the ideals of inclusion,
justice and democracy and the individual’s role in promoting these
ideals .
• Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will promote individual roles, rights,
and responsibilities as local, national, and global citizens.
Goal 4:Campus and Civic
Engagement
Objective 3: Students will understand, engage in, reflect upon, and
promote service on the local, national, and global level.
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First-Year Outcome: Students will understand social issues and the
role individual service can play in these issues.
Second-Year Outcome: Students will engage in volunteerism and
service learning .
Third-Year Outcome: Students will reflect on the root causes of social
issues and the scope of solutions .
Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will promote service on the local,
national, and global levels.
Criteria for Key Points of Engagement
for First Year Students
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A Key Point of Engagement, as defined by the Student Engagement
Steering Committee, is:
A structured opportunity designed for all first-year students;
A structured opportunity open to all first-year students; and
A high-impact activity or an activity leading to a high-impact activity,
meaning that it is:
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A substantive interaction, in class and out of class, with peers,
faculty, and staff or
A common experience that deepens understanding of self and
others or
An opportunity to connect in-class and out-of-class learning.
Criteria for Key Points of Engagement
for Second Year Students
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A high-impact activity or an activity leading to a highimpact activity, meaning that it is:
o A substantive interaction, in class and out of class, with peers,
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faculty, and staff or
o A common experience that deepens understanding of self and
others or
o An opportunity to connect in-class and out-of-class learning.
An opportunity, either designed for or beneficial to
sophomore students, that meets their developmental needs.
An opportunity that fosters self-reflection and leads to
personal development.
Criteria for Key Points of Engagement
for Third and Fourth Year Students
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A high-impact activity or an activity leading to a highimpact activity, meaning that it is:
o A substantive interaction, in class and out of class, with peers,
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faculty, and staff or
o A common experience that deepens understanding of self and
others or
o An opportunity to connect in-class and out-of-class learning.
An opportunity, either designed for or beneficial to third
and fourth year students, that meets their developmental
needs.
An opportunity that fosters self-reflection and leads to
personal development.
Third-Year and Fourth-Year
KPEs Activity
Student Engagement Boards
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Each year will have a board. Currently, FYE and SYE have
boards.
Boards are responsible for:
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Ensuring alignment between outcomes and KPEs,
Implementing KPEs,
Marketing KPEs, and
Assessing KPEs.
We are looking for volunteers for junior and senior boards.