Warning Intervention Program (WIP) Pilot 2009-2010
Introductory Session
September 24, 2009
Advising:
Janet Spence
Nora Scobie
Erin Parker
Ideas to Action:
Patty Payette
Cathy Bays
Thomas Evans
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Welcome and Introductions
Welcome to the Academic Warning Intervention Program
(WIP)
WIP Advisors:
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Speed Engineering: Susan Best, Leigh Ann Elles, Brenda
Hart, and Vivian Lochner
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Arts and Sciences: Katie Adamchik, Eddie Bobbitt,
Ginger Brown, Kathy Garrity, Meg Rohmann, Lauren
Rust, Ellen Schoening, and Alison Sommers
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Business: Veronica Wooten, and Linda Smith
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Welcome and Introductions
WIP Facilitators
• Patty Payette, Executive Director, i2a
• Cathy Bays, i2a Specialist for Assessment
• Janet Spence, Executive Director,
Undergraduate Advising Practice
• Nora Scobie, Assistant Director,
Undergraduate Advising Practice
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Welcome and Introductions
Coordination and Support
• Thomas Evans, Graduate Assistant, i2a
• Erin Parker, Program Coordinator, Senior,
Undergraduate Advising Practice
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Ideas to Action (i2a)
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UofL’s quality enhancement plan (QEP), a multi-year initiative to guide
our sustained and shared focus on continuous improvement of teaching
and learning across the undergraduate experience
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Twin themes: critical thinking and culminating experiences
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Faculty and staff begin infuse the concepts of critical thinking more
explicitly into their courses, programs and projects
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Students learn to integrate and apply new skills in a culminating
experience prior to graduation
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I2a goes to the heart of our institutional mission to foster educational
excellence and meets the expectations of our accrediting body: SACSCOC.
www.louisville.edu/ideastoaction
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Today’s Goals
• Discuss goals, objectives and expectations for advisors
participating in the Warning Intervention Program (WIP)
pilot for students on academic warning
• Gather information, perspectives and experiences from
participants to launch our conversations, pilot program and
get to know each other better
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Discuss assessment tools and concepts integral to the
program
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Review preparation/ homework for October session
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Structure of WIP
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Learn the Paul-Elder (P-E) framework
Create a student self-assessment
Develop a definition of intrusive advising
Construct questions using the P-E
framework
• Application of WIP with students on
warning
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Structure of WIP (continued)
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Develop policy for implementation
Collect data
Analyze data
Report results to university community
Participate in writing or presenting study
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Key Concept: Reflective Practice
Reflective Practice: the capacity to reflect
on action so as to engage in a process of
continuous learning (Schon 1983).
•is a defining characteristic of professional practice.
•requires using and applying a basic principle of reflecting
on experience to improve action and professional practice
•adult learners engage in some kind of activity which they
can use to reflect on their strengths, weaknesses and
areas for development
Schon, D. A. 1983. How professionals think in action. New York: Basic Books.
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Reflective Practice:
• promotes autonomous learning that aims to
develop students' understanding and critical
thinking skills.
• requires individuals to be receptive to new
ideas and able to be a learner
(aka: move out of your comfort zone!)
• is often done through self and peer
assessment, problem-based learning,
personal development planning and group
work
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“…a reflection in a mirror is an exact replica
of what is in front of it. Reflection in
professional practice, however, gives back
not what it is, but what might be, an
improvement on the original" (Biggs, 1999).
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Your reflection questions:
1. How long have you been and advisor?
2. List 3-4 short words or phrases that describe what you love about advising.
3. List 3-4 short words or phrases that describe what you find most challenging
about advising.
4. In a word, what is your strongest personal strength you bring to advising?
5. In a word, what is your strongest professional strength you bring to advising?
6. If you could describe one trait or quality you strive to instill in students, what
would it be?
7. What is a worry or concern you have about participating in this program?
8. What is something about this program that excites you or that you are most
looking forward to?
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Assessment
• Assessment is the systematic collection, review, and use of
information about educational programs undertaken for the
purpose of improving student learning and development.
Palomba & Banta (1999)
• WIP Goals, Outcomes, Expectations:
– Conduct a study…
– Generate scholarly products…
• WIP Pilot Assessments:
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Advisor Pre & Post Self-Assessment
Professional Advisor Assessment
Protocols and Assessments
Student Persistence Data
Session Reflections & Evaluations
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Institutional Review Board
• AKA:
Independent Ethics Committee (IEC)
Ethical Review Board (ERB)
Human Subjects Protection Program Office (HSPPO)
• Purpose: approve, monitor, and review biomedical and
behavioral research involving humans with the aim to
protect the rights and welfare of the research subjects.
• US: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) in DHHS
• National Research Act of 1974
– Title 45 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part 46
• The Belmont Report of 1979
http://louisville.edu/research/humansubjects
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“Mapping” our practice
How long have you been an
advisor?
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“Mapping” our practice
List 3-4 short words or phrases that
describe what you love about advising.
List 3-4 short words or phrases that
describe what you find most challenging
about advising.
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“Mapping” our practice
In a word, what is your strongest personal
strength you bring to advising?
In a word, what is your strongest professional
strength you bring to advising?
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“Mapping” our practice
If you could describe one trait or quality you
strive to instill in students, what would it be?
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“Mapping” our practice
What is a worry or concern you have about
participating in this program?
What is something about this program that
excites you or that you are most looking
forward to?
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Review and prep for October
• Review of today’s session
• Evaluation: Help us reflect!
• Assigned readings for October
• Reflection questions for October’s readings
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