Don Fraser
Professor, Durham College
Making Your Mark Seminars
Student Motivation:
The Key to Improving
Retention and Student Success
For further information please contact:
Don or Lisa Fraser
www.makingyourmark.com
Durham
College
Ontario
1974
1,500 students
2011
Durham
and
UOIT
14,000
students
Don Fraser
• 30 years Professor at Durham
College, ON
• 25 years student retention
• Ontario Colleges’ Committee on
Retention
Making Your Mark Seminars
• Student Motivation, Retention, HighPerformance Learning and Teaching
• delivered to 350+ colleges
• 35,000 college staff
There are three things to remember
about education.
The first is motivation.
The second is motivation.
The third is motivation.
- Terrell Bell, former Secretary of Education
1974
and
1985
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt 1974: The President’s Motivator - Fear
Thinking
No more problems or ………
Thunderbolt 1974: The President’s Motivator - Fear
Thinking
No more problems or ………
AND…
Do whatever it takes!
There are no rules!
The proper question is not,
“How can we motivate others?”
but rather,
“How can we create the
conditions within which others
will motivate themselves?”
- Edward Deci, Why We Do What We Do
5 Key
Student
Questions
on Day 1
Durham College
1974
5 Key
Student
Questions
on Day 1
Right Start
to
College/Program
Seminar
Durham College
1974
1. What’s going to happen today? Expectations
Expectations:
2. Who’s sitting beside me? Classmates, cohort
3. Who’s teaching me? Faculty team
5 Key
Student
Questions
on Day 1
Right Start
to College
Seminar
1.
What’s going to happen today? Expectations
Expectations:
2.
Who’s sitting beside me? Classmates, cohort
3.
Who’s teaching me? Faculty team
4.
What’s the educational and career vision?
Do I understand it? Believe it? Want it?
5.
What do I have to do to be successful?
Can I be successful? Support…..?
Alumni Success Stories?
Durham College
1974
6. Other
Student
Motivation:
The Key to
Improving
Retention and
Student Success
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Agenda
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My Background and Your Perspective: Thunderbolt Thinking
Motivation Theory: Drive by Daniel Pink
Moving from motivation to action to behavior
Research and Results
High-Performance Behavior Change:
Change or Die by Alan Deutschman
Top 10 Factors in Student Motivation and Retention:
Partnership, Care, Capable, Career, Confidence, First
Impressions, Follow Up Day 1 to Graduation,
Quality Curriculum, Quality Teaching, Student Services
The Right Start to College: Student Motivation
Best Practices in Student Motivation and Retention
High-Performance Learning and Self-Management Skills
Making Your Mark: College and Career Success Skills
Keep the Box, Poke the Box, Build a New Box
Resources
What’s next?
Drive:
The Surprising
Truth About What
Motivates Us
by
Daniel Pink
Extrinsic
Motivation
vs
Intrinsic
Motivation
Drive:
The Surprising
Truth About What
Motivates Us
by
Daniel Pink
Extrinsic
Motivation
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Carrots and Sticks
They can extinguish intrinsic behavior.
They can diminish performance.
They can crush creativity.
They can crowd out good behavior,
They can encourage, shortcuts and
unethical behavior.
They can become addictive.
They can foster short term thinking.
Drive:
The Surprising
Truth About What
Motivates Us
by
Daniel Pink
Intrinsic
Motivation
The Three Elements
• Autonomy
• Purpose
• Mastery of Skills
Jamaica:
Students’
Big 4
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If you could teach your faculty about
student motivation,
what would you teach them?
Jamaica:
Students’
Big 4
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Don’t be boring
We know who you are. We want you
to know who we are.
We use technology every day, why
can’t you use it more in the classroom.
Why is this important to us today,
tomorrow and in our future careers?
What
Motivates
Students?
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Fear
Pride
Peers/Parents
Opportunity
Deadlines/Penalties
Grades
Knowledge/Skills/Values/Interests
Future/Career Confidence
Experience
Money
Competition
Independence
Perspective is
everything.
Opportunity…..
Drop your baggage
Perspective is
everything.
Opportunityisnowhere
Perspective
is
everything
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from loneliness to
self-doubt
career indecision
values conflict
procrastination
boredom
rejection
fear of success
fear of failure
belonging
self-confidence
career vision
commitment
just do it
engaged
acceptance
achievement
confidence
Motivating Students: A Change in Mindset
just another course
high-performance career $
the parts
the whole
content driven
career vision driven
course outline
skill profile, job market
narrow focus
big picture
academic content
my future, pride, passion
2.0
high-performance learning
grades
me inc and the 8 cornerstones
external motivation
internal motivation
workload
commitment, 2000 hours
Capture Student Motivation
• Positive, Professional Atmosphere
• Great 1st Impression
• Ease Anxiety and Fears
• Get to Know Classmates and Faculty
• Introduce Learning Community
• Educational and Career Vision
• High-Performance Change
• Professionals-in-Training
• Self-Management Skills
• Student Success Skills
• Making Your Mark
Communication/Feedback
3 Keys to High-Performance Change
1. Relate 2. Reframe 3. Repeat
• Student Motivation- Confidence
The Results
Right Start
to College
Seminar
+19% improvement (8 weeks later) in students believing they
will graduate, NISOD, Innovations Abstracts, Vol.xxvi, No. 16.
• Classroom Atmosphere, motivated and committed students
• Academic Program Culture and Quality
• Word on the Street/Marketing + Facebook
• Enrolment
• KPI (Key Performance Indicators)
• Program Cost/Efficiencies
• Mohawk College, Loyalist College, SAIT
• Florida State College- “First Class”
• The Challenge of Institutional Change
The Three
Factors
1. Relate
2. Reframe
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
3. Repeat
Alan Deutschman
Fear gets attention,
it doesn’t get change
Relate
Reframe
Positive
Context
Professional-inTraining
Partnership
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Who are you?
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Who are we?
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Where are we going?
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How can we get there within a
professional-in-training/ learning
community partnership?
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How will this be valuable in my career
and life?
Repetition
• the number of days to change a habit
• the number of hours to develop the 1st
level of high performance change
Repetition
• 21-45
the number of days to change a habit
• the number of hours to develop the 1st
level of high performance change
Repetition
• 21-45
the number of days to change a habit
• 2,000
the number of hours to develop the 1st
level of high performance change
Top 10 Factors in
Student Motivation and Retention
SM = P [C4 + Fl + FU + QC + QT + SS]
Self-Management Skills
Student Motivation = Retention
Student Motivation #1 Factor in Retention
Career Vision and Relationship
#1 and #2 Factors in Student Motivation
Self-Management #1 Factor in Career Success
Top 10 Factors in
Student Motivation and Retention
SM = P [C4 + Fl + FU
• + QC + QT + SS]
Self-Management Skills
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SM Student Motivation
P Partnership
C1 Care
C2 Capable
C3 Career
C4 Confidence
• FI First Impressions
• FU Follow Up Day 1 to Graduation
• QC Quality Curriculum
• QT Quality Teaching
• SS Student Services
• Self-Management Skills
Partnership
Factor 1
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Students
Faculty
Student Services
Recruiting/Admissions
Support Staff
Management
Student Associations
Residences
Industry/Accreditation
Advisory Committees
Alumni
Family
Financial Resources, Government, …….
Care
Factor 2
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Smile
Body Language, Mirror Neurons
Name, Tags, Tents
Listening
Support, Icebreakers
Do you know me/my story?
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Best Practice: Dr. Griff
BP: Brian Little: ‘The 5.0 Harvard
Professor
How’s it going? Rate out of /10
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Capable
Do you see who I can become?
Factor 3
Focus on strengths, not weaknesses.
Building Competencies.
Career
Factor 4
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Me Inc & The 8 Cornerstones of High
Performance Careers
The 8
Cornerstones
of Me Inc.
Credit: Making Your Mark, 9th edition, Lisa Fraser
Coaching Confidence
Factor 5
There’s only one chance
to make a
first impression.
Factor 6
The Right Start to College Seminar
The Right Start to College Seminar
QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed t o see t his picture.
More First
• First Expectation
Things First • First Connection, Relationship
• First Motivation
• First Behavior Pattern, Habits
• First Tradition, Assignment
• First Result, Feedback, KPI
9 am
Comfort
Level:
4/10
• “Ready to make a fresh start”
• “Wondering if I made a big mistake”
• “Overwhelmed”
• “Excited”
• “About to cry”
• “Having second thoughts”
• “Anxious”
4 pm
Comfort
Level:
9/10
• “Excited about the possibilities”
• “Comfortable, positive”
• “More confident”
• “Well informed”
• “The day met my expectations”
• “It’s not going to be easy, but it’s
achievable, with the right approach”
The Right Start Seminar Kit
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9th edition, Lisa Fraser
Agenda
Name Tent/tag
Program Handbook
College Day Timer
Making Your Mark
Student Association/Orientation
Information
• Student Services Information
Career
Vision
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Industry Overview
Job Sectors
Skill Profile
Work Experience (Co-op, Volunteer)
Program of Studies
Accreditation
Alumni Success Stories
Program
Handbook
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Welcome from Faculty
Faculty Bios
Industry Overview /Job Market
Career Vision/Skill Profile
Program of Studies
Experimental Learning
Key Dates
Accreditation
Professional Resources
Advisory Resources
Advisory Committee
Alumni Success Stories
• Student Motivation- Confidence
The Results
Right Start
to College
Seminar
+19% improvement (8 weeks later) in students believing they will
graduate, NISOD, Innovations Abstracts, Vol.xxvi, No. 16.
• Classroom Atmosphere, motivated and committed students
• Academic Program Culture and Quality
• Word on the Street/Marketing + Facebook
• Enrolment
• KPI (Key Performance Indicators)
• Program Cost/Efficiencies
• Mohawk College, Loyalist College, SAIT
• Florida State College- “First Class”
• The Challenge of Institutional Change
Best
Practices
Day 2 to
Graduation
Factor 7
Leadership
Camp
Maximizing
Motivation
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Academic program Twitter
Grad success stories
Program Web page: Video Alumni
Feedback 1st day, 1st month, 1st
semester
Core advisor: pre- semester in-home
student visit
Local alumni/first year students
summer reception (Queens University)
Great books/library and web
resources
Alumni-Student Sport Management
Program Conference
Maximizing
Motivation
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Social activities by program
Periodic check ins: ‘how’s it going’ pg.19
Linking students to support systems
Relevant, current curriculum + skill
profile
Quick grading turnaround and
feedback
Back-on-track program
Pre-exam Study Guide Seminar
Conferences, field trips,
program bulletin boards
Service Learning, Internship
Program
Academic
Handbook
Curriculum
Factor 8
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Welcome from Faculty
Faculty Bios
Industry Overview /Job Market
Career Vision/Skill Profile/Learning Outcomes
Program of Studies/Curriculum
Experimental Learning
Key Dates
Accreditation
Professional Resources
Advisory Resources
Advisory Committee
Alumni Success Stories
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The 8
Cornerstones •
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High
Performance •
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Teaching
Factor 9
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First Impression
The Power of the Faculty Team, Program Culture
The Power of Who, Relationship
The Power of Why
The Power of Belief, Expectation, Confidence
The Power of What, Content, Curriculum
The Power of How, Engagement, Tools,Technology
The Power of And, Teaching Strengths
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Brian Little, The 5.0 Harvard Professor
Your story of great teacher
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Roueche, J.E., Milliron, M.D. & Roueche, S.D. (2003). Practical magic:
On the front lines of teaching excellence. Washington D.C.: Community
College Press.
Student
Services
Factor 10
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Peer Tutoring
Supplemental Instruction
Learning Resource Center
Disability Service
Career Services
Alumni Network
Student Association
Clubs and Organizations
Recreation Service
College Sports
Making
Your
Mark:
20
Interactive
Exercises
9th edition, Lisa Fraser
High-Performance Learning not study skills
Self-Management Skills
#1 Factor in College and Career Success
1. Getting to Know You! Icebreaker - 3 Options
2. Vision/Signature Exercise
3. Characteristics of High-Performance:
Me Inc. & 8 Cornerstones
4. Pyramid of Success, John Wooden, Coach Emeritus, UCLA
5. The 100 Test
7 Stages of 1. Review past academic performance
High
2. Explore limiting beliefs
Performance 3. Identify positive and negative
Learning
motivators
4. Identify high-performance techniques
and systems
5. Create new patterns and systems
6. Evaluate short-term results
7. Adapt a lifelong approach to academic
and career success
Don Fraser
Making Your Mark
Seminars
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Resources
www.makingyourmark.com
info@makingyourmark.com
Making Your Mark, 9th edition
Instructor manual and teaching resources
Retention documents, retention research,
podcast, Starlink video
Youtube/makingyourmark9 videos
1-877 492-6845: please contact
Don or Lisa Fraser
Thank you for your participation!
Don Fraser
info@makingyourmark.com
www.makingyourmark.com
877 492-6845