COACHING FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

October 17, 2009

Agenda

Introductions Characteristics of a UPX student Strategies for helping our students Feedback Alert System Creating Class Participation Critical Thinking Goal Setting Action Plan Help! Reducing Stress Celebrating Success

Objectives

Understand the characteristics of a UPX student.

Develop strategies for each of the challenges a UPX student exhibits.

Develop goals and action plans for each student.

Develop ways to celebrate student success.

Characteristics of a UPX student

Student Challenges

Time constraints

Fatigue after a full workday

General stress in life

Anxiety or ambivalence about returning to college

Anxiety about attending college in an online environment

Anxiety about initiating discussion

Poorly developed written and study skills

Pressure from work, personal, and family commitments

Formed knowledge base and world outlook

No experience with academic writing

Tendency to view faculty members as peers and, as such, challenge or manipulate them

Lack of personal responsibility for their learning

Limited or no experience using Microsoft® Office applications

Strategies for those challenges…

Student Challenges Possible Strategies Time constraints Introduce time management techniques.

Fatigue after a full workdayBegin a discussion about peak learning times (those

times of day that they learn best) and time management.

General stress in life Share stress management techniques and resources.

Anxiety or ambivalence about returning to collegeEncourage students to write down what they are feeling and why. Then suggest methods for overcoming those

feelings.

Anxiety about attending college in an online environment

Create a discussion that demonstrates other students share these same anxieties and provide ideas for how

the student can adapt to the environment.

Anxiety about initiating discussionDemonstrate and encourage effective interaction among

yourself, the student, and classmates.Poorly developed written and study skills Share effective study techniques.

Pressure from work, personal, and family commitmentsShare tips and resources about the subject of achieving

balance in life. Formed knowledge base and world outlook Encourage critical thinking and questioning.

No experience with academic writingProvide a sample paper that students can use as a

model. Refer students to specific resources within the Center for Writing Excellence (CWE).

Tendency to view faculty members as peers and, as such, challenge or manipulate them

Welcome the challenges and the questioning while avoiding automatic reactions to attempted manipulation.

Lack of personal responsibility for their learningMotivate students by encouraging ownership of their

work.

Limited or no experience using Microsoft® Office applications

Refer students to the technology Web site available through the CWE. Encourage students to take part in the

Student Technology Workshop.

Feedback Alert System

See guide for instructions.

Creating Class Participation

What activities do you implement to increase class participation?

Critical Thinking Skills

Consider the purpose or goal of an assignment. Restate a question in numerous ways. Gather information. Look for inferences and assumptions inherent in

a problem or assignment. Clarify the thought process you use to

understand a problem or assignment. Try to understand other points of view. Think through the implications and possibilities

of your solution or idea.

Are you….

Be clear. State what you mean and provide various explanations and examples.

Be accurate. Justify or explain how you know your claims are true. If you are uncertain about the truth of your claims, how could you ascertain their truth?

Be relevant. Explain how your ideas relate to the topic at hand.

Be logical. Explain how ideas fit together and why they make sense. Describe how you came to your conclusions.

Be fair. Consider how your ideas and behaviors will make others feel or think. Treat yourself, your classmates, and your facilitators with respect.

Goal Setting

So important for all classes Necessary for week 1 Have your students create attainable

goals for themselves for the weeks you will have them in class.

Action Plans

See handout.

Center for Writing Excellence Tutorials Guides Tutor Review, Writepoint, Plagiarism

Checker

Applying Our Objectives

Sharon does not know how to apply formatting to a Microsoft® Word document, which has caused her to lose points on an assignment.

Giles has not heard about WritePointSM automated review, and, as a result, his work contains unnecessary grammatical errors.

Because Carla does not know about her student technology discounts, she continues to use outdated software.

Anthony struggles with the concepts in Week One of his algebra course and, because no one has suggested practice problems from the Center for Mathematics Excellence, he remains confused and frustrated.

Jackie is not aware of how to find a scholarly article in the University Library and, as a result, she references an unreliable Web site for her research essay.

Managing Stress

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jAxMNqiTbs

Celebrating Success

What are some easy ways that we can celebrate success?

Questions

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