June 2013
o Introductions
Research strongly indicates that new students who
participate in student success courses (such as the one
that’s using this text) are more likely to stay in college,
complete their degrees, and achieve higher grades.
These positive effects have been found for:
Cuseo, Joe; Thompson, Aaron;, McLaughlin, Julie; Moono, Steady. Thriving in the Community College and
Beyond. Kendall Hunt, 2011, 2013.
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All types of students (underprepared and well prepared,
minority and majority, residential and commuter, male
and female);
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students at all types of colleges (two- and four-year, public
and private);
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students attending colleges of different sizes (small,
midsized, and large); and
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students attending colleges in different locations (urban,
suburban and rural).
Cuseo, Joe; Thompson, Aaron;, McLaughlin, Julie; Moono, Steady. Thriving in the Community College and
Beyond. Kendall Hunt, 2011, 2013.
FYE SUCCESS
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EF 2010 Retention Rate
EF 2011 Retention Rate
Fall-to-fall retention for students who are successful in FYE is 12.6
points higher than the college overall for the EF 2010 cohort and
11.5 points higher for the EF 2011 cohort.
Successful (ABC)
58.9%
58.1%
Successful? (D)
27.7%
38.9%
Unsuccessful (F/W)
19.4%
17.8%
Did not enroll/Exempt
43.1%
45.2%
College Total
46.3%
46.6%
o Veterans
o Displaced workers
o Single parents
o First generation
o Learning disabilities
o Special populations
CHARACTERISTICS OF MILLENIALS
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Helicopter parents
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Most racially and ethnically diverse generation
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Despise being separated from contact with friends
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Have always been told they are “special”
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Connected 24/7
CHARACTERISTICS OF MILLENIALS
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They watch television everywhere but on
a television
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Encyclopedias? Huh?
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1 in 5 have a parent who is an immigrant
TEACHING MILLENIALS
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Use Technology
Need constant feedback and reinforcement
Explain exact procedure
Use humor
Seek to be challenged
Rely on collaboration with peers
Learning needs to be hands-on, interactive,
collaborative and fun
o Use as equalizer in class
o Diverse student population
o Reach all students and bring them to the same
level
o High level and lower functioning students
work together for success
o Research indicates that active involvement is the most
fundamental and most powerful principle of human
learning and college success (Astin1993; Kuh 2000).
o Active involvement could be considered the first base of
college success because if it is not touched or covered
you cannot advance to another base.
Adapted from: Cuseo, Joe; Thompson, Aaron;, McLaughlin, Julie; Moono, Steady. Thriving in the
Community College and Beyond. Kendall Hunt, 2011, 2013.
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Not defining knowledge but USING
knowledge
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Use what they learn and retain it
Glasser, M.D., William, Choice Theory, New York. Harper Collins, 1998.
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Learning is not a spectator sport!
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Talk
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Write
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Relate to past experiences
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Apply to daily lives
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Must make what they learn part of themselves
Adapted from: Chickering, Arthur, and Zelda Gamson. Seven Principles for Good Practice in
Undergraduate Education. AAHE/March, 1987.
1)
Know your students.
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Let your students know your expectations.
3)
Get to know your students and allow them to get to know you.
4)
Utilize the course textbook.
5)
Start each class out with some type of tradition.
6)
Keep the students engaged!
7)
Get and give feedback as much as possible.
8)
HAVE FUN!
o Thought starters
o Think about its/Journal entries
o Snapshot summary boxes
o Remember cues
o Quotes
o Student perspectives
o Author’s experience
o End of chapter exercises
o End of chapter reflections
1) Getting started with your FYE course
2) Icebreakers
3) Teaching the introduction
4) Ending the course
5) Appendix
o Building class community and course
enthusiasm
o Know their instructor
o Know the purpose and value of the course
o Know their classmates
o Serve to lay the foundational cornerstones
for a successful learning experience in any
course.
From: Instructor’s Manual for Thriving in College & Beyond: Research–Based Strategies for Academic
Success and Personal Development.
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Icebreaker
Review syllabus
1st day reflection
Expectations
o Minute Papers
o You Tube Videos
o First Five Minutes
o Music
o Quote of the Day
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Why this Class and Why College
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Snapshot Summary 1.1 (p. xxiii) Student Diversity in
America’s Community Colleges
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Snapshot Summary 1.2 (pgs. xxv-xxvi) Why College
Is Worth It
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Activity: Analyze and Prioritize the Benefits of
College
o Success
stories
o Benefits
of collaboration
o Syllabi
– in class
o Appropriate/Inappropriate
o Syllabus
Worksheet
Emails
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I like but I don’t like….
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Ideal student
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Hiring employees
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20 things I can do this term
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A Checklist of Success – Promoting Principles
and Practices
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Role Play
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College Catalog
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Campus Resources
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Academic Advising Worksheet
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http://youtu.be/y9ozDgtWTLQ (famous failures)
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http://youtu.be/Y6hz_s2XIAU (famous failures)
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Who are You?
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The Dash Poem (eulogy)
http://www.thedashmovie.com/
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3 life events
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SMART goals
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Setbacks into comebacks
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Locus of control / personal responsibility
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Motivation/long-range goals worksheet ?
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Autobiography
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Self-Defeating Behavior
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Strengths/Weaknesses
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Personal Responsibility Worksheet
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Walk a Mile in My Shoes Worksheet
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Goal Collage
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Chaos toss
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“Acceptable” reasons to miss class
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Time management worksheet
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Time Wasters
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Planners/Calendars
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Missing Class
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In a national survey of 40,000 college professors who taught
freshman through senior-level courses in various fields, 97% of
them reported that the most important goal of a college
education is to develop students’ ability to think critically
(Milton, 1982).
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Similarly, college professors who teach introductory courses to
freshmen and sophomores indicate that the primary
educational purpose of their courses is to develop students’
critical thinking skills (Stark et al., 1990).
From: Thriving in the Community College & Beyond
Strategies for Academic Success and Personal Development
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What song?
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Object (paperclip, dime)
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Puzzles
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Campus issues (how to resolve)
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Objectivity exam (also test taking)
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One red paper clip
http://www.Youtube.Com/watch?V=be8b02edzvw
o TV
Advertising
o Ordinary
Objectives Paper
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Students complete a learning
styles test and receive a report
detailing how they should take
part in class participation,
complete homework assignments,
and prepare for class and exams.
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My Power Learning (www.unlockyourlearning.com)
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My Power Learning Worksheet
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Write name with non-dominant hand
o SQ3R
o Note
Taking
o Appointment
with tutoring center,
writing center, etc.
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Objectivity Exam
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Following Directions
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Creating Retrieval Cues
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Compute GPA
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Can You Follow Directions?
Diversity project
o Oreo cookie exercise
o Diversity bingo
o Exploring stereotypes
o Role play
o Status game
o Circles of my multicultural self
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 Definition
 World
of diversity
village
 Choose
your neighbor
 Artifact
 Group
similarities
o Wants vs. needs
o Ways to save money
o Having fun without spending (much) money
o Finance worksheet
 Incidentals
 Meet
with financial aid
 Monitoring
 What’s
money
on your _____________?
o Health paper or grid
o STD Handshake
o Live to be 100
o Fast Food Frenzy
 Wellness
wheel (and handout)
 Improving
 Wellness
 Self
physical health
self-assessment
improvement
 Sleep
and meal record
ADD LINK
 Strengths
worksheet
 Values
 Accomplishment
exercise
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Ideal job
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Career research
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Career exploration worksheet
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Think About It
Reflect on answers in Chapter 3
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Personal needs
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Human resources representatives
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Ideal career
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Educational plan
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Career article
 Objectives
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 Presentation
 Video
 Final
reflection
 Paper
 Letter
o Pat
on the back
o Roster
o Class
gift
awards
o Chickering, Arthur, and Zelda Gamson. Seven Principles for Good Practice
in Undergraduate Education. AAHE/March, 1987.
o Course Pedagogy for the First-Year Seminar: Research-Based Strategies
for Classroom Instruction, Course Assignments, and Student Grading.
From: Instructor’s Manual for Thriving in College & Beyond.
o Cuseo, Joseph, Aaron Thompson, Julie McLaughlin, and Steady Moono.
Thriving in the Community College & Beyond. Dubuque: Kendall Hunt,
2010. 2013. Print.
o Glasser, M.D., William, Choice Theory, New York. Harper Collins, 1998.
o Howe, N., & Strauss, W. (2003). Millennials go to college. Executive
Summary by Steve Eubanks.
o Monaco, M. & Martin, M. (2007). The millennial student: A new
generation of learners. Athletic Training Education Journal, 42-46.