I Have to Do What?: Helping Students Understand the Culture and the Unwritten Rules of College Amy Baldwin, M.A. Commu

1. I Have to Do What?: Helping Students Understand the Culture and the Unwritten Rules of College  Amy Baldwin, M.A. Community College of Rhode Island May 23, 2013

2. What can you do to help students transition smoothly in college? ENGAGING STUDENTS IN THE CULTURE OF THE COLLEGE

3. A Word Game WORD GAME: If “success” is the first word in the game, what is the next word? • BLUE CARD : Student • YELLOW CARD: Professor

4. A Word Game WORD GAME: If “success” is the first word in the game, what is the next word? • BLUE CARD : Student • YELLOW CARD: Professor CORRECT ANSWER: STUDENT

5. A Word Game WORD GAME: If “student” is the second word in the game, what is the next word? • BLUE CARD : Connection • YELLOW CARD: Triceratops

6. A Word Game WORD GAME: If “teacher” is the second word in the game, what is the next word? • BLUE CARD : Connection • YELLOW CARD: Triceratops CORRECT ANSWER: TRICERATOPS

7. A Word Game WORD GAME: Success Student Triceratops

8. College Culture “Students who leave college, especially during the first quarter, semester, or year, never really “arrived” in the first place. They did not complete the journey from culture of origin to culture of institution.” --J.M. Braxton

9. Lost in Translation • Syllabus • Office hours • Study

10. From High School to College Source: http://smu.edu/alec/transition.asp

11. Images of Time

12. BEST: Time Management Strategy • Break down the assignment into parts. • Evaluate how much time each part will take. • Schedule time to complete each part. • Track how well time was managed.

14. No family or friends in college Completely self-supporting What’s His Story?

15. College Culture Think – Pair – Share Turn to a partner and share something you do in the class to help students learn the unwritten rules of culture of college.

16. What can you do to help students build strong relationships and resources? ENGAGING STUDENTS WITH RELATIONSHIPS AND RESOURCES

17. Who Ya Gonna Call?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47rQkTPWW2IFile

18. Relationships and Resources “Relationships between students and adults in schools, and among students themselves, are a critical factor of student engagement. This is especially true among students considered to be at-risk and without other positive adult interaction.” (Pope & McCombs, 1994)

19. Relationships and Resources Help students build “social capital.”—Payne, DeVol, Smith (1999)

20. Who’s in Your Circle? ME

21. Who’s in Your Circle? SIS UF ME ADV AK B M LL

22. Single parent with three kids Few friends and relatives who supported her dreams What’s Her Story?

23. Faculty Interviews • Who will she take next semester? • How will she know who’s the best fit for her?

24. Relationships and Resources Think – Pair – Share Turn to a partner and share something you do in the class to help students learn the unwritten rules of relationships and resources.

25. What can you do to help students strengthen academic skills? ENGAGING STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM

26. Integrity Scenarios(source: http://www.pyrczak.com/antiplagiarism/cartoons.htm)

27. Where Do You Stand? Submitting a paper that you wrote for another class in a previous semester. • Zone 1: PLAGIARISM • Zone 2: NOT PLAGIARISM

28. United We Stand

29. What Students Think We Do

30. Test-Taking Strategies

32. Communication Take LARGE WHITE CARD and write a response to the following: Describe something you do now or will do in the future to help students strengthen their academic skills.

33. Communication Pass LARGE WHITE CARD to your neighbor and do the following: Read your neighbor’s response and comment on how effective you think it will be.

34. Communication

37. Getting All A-twitter file

38. 6-words Sweet Tweets: Summaries 12-words The unwritten rules of college can be revealed with intentional, targeted activities. Unwritten rules should be clearly communicated.

39. Sweet Tweets: Haiku Unwritten rules are Made to be revealed to those Who need extra care.

40. The Ultimate Summarywww.angryalien.com

41. 5 Indicators of Engagement in the Classroom • Academic challenge • Active and collaborative learning • Student-faculty interaction • Enriching educational experiences • A supportive learning environment (Kenny, Kenny, & DuMont, 1995)

42. Former butcher Loves literature and creative writing What’s His Story?

43. Academic Engagement Think – Pair – Share Turn to a partner and share something you do in the class to help students learn the unwritten rules of academic engagement.

44. What can you do to help students make better academic decisions? ENGAGING THEM IN MAKING DECISIONS

45. Charlie Bit My Finger

46. Roadblocks and Pathways Roadblocks (OLD) Pathways Study longer _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ • Fail a test • _________________ • _________________ • _________________ • _________________

47. Roadblocks and Pathways Roadblocks (NEW) Pathways Visit tutoring center _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ • Fail a test • _________________ • _________________ • _________________ • _________________

48. If, Then, Consequences IF THEN I will need to check with financial aid I will be eligible for a scholarship CONSEQUENCES • I fail a class • I make good grades

49. Stop, Keep, Start

50. 7 Universal Principles of Student Success (Cuseo, 2013) • 1. Personal validation • 2. Self-efficacy • 3. Personal meaning • 4. Active involvement • 5. Reflection • 6. Social integration • 7. Self-awareness