Transformative Education

Progressing From Here To There

UC 2019

FYE & LC Mission

Learning Outcomes

Roles of Peer Leaders

Where Is There How Do We Get From Here to There

In This Training

As First Year Students

As Peer Leaders

From Here to There in this Training

Personal and Small Group Check-In

What do I want to accomplish?

How am I going to engage?

How will I manage my engagement?

How can I contribute to

the group’s experience and engagement?

NORMS FOR TRAINING

Show up on time and be prepared to engage

Participate actively and enthusiastically

Share “air space” and LISTEN actively

– Step Up Step Back

Share ideas/experiences; support others – LEAD!

Be respectful and considerate

Provide warm and constructive feedback

REFLECT on all segments and how to apply them

You create it all

Learning Outcomes For This Segment

WBATO’s

PL’s will begin productive interaction at tables

PL’s will be aware of some norms for this training

PL’s WBATO summarize UC 2019 Vision & related Goals

PL’s WBATO generally explain FYE LC Learning Areas

PL’s WBATO explain how a PL can impact RETENTION

PL’s WBATO explain stakes associated with 21st Century

Readiness and how UC promotes 21st Century Readiness

PL’s WBATO explain the rationale for utilizing PL’s

PL’s will be exposed to data on UC PL-LC impacts

PL’s will be exposed to FYE LC Student Learning Outcomes

PL’s WBATO explain the goals of the FYELC Program

21st Century Readiness

Globalization… has gone to a whole new level… this is the single most

important trend in the world today… to get into the middle class now,

you have to study harder, work smarter and adapt quicker than ever

before… technology and globalization are eliminating more and more

“routine” work … employers are finding it easier, cheaper and more

necessary than ever to replace labor with machines, computers, robots

and talented foreign workers. Good jobs do exist, but they require more

education or technical skills. Unemployment today still remains

relatively low for people with college degrees. But to get one of those

degrees and to leverage it for a good job requires everyone to raise their

game. It’s hard.

Thomas Friedman… “A Theory of Everything”…

New York Times… August 13, 2011

UC 2019 VISION

We commit to the University of Cincinnati becoming a first-

choice destination for students, patients, faculty and staff.

Excellence pervades our research, learning, campus,

collaborations, opportunities, athletics, support, health care

and diversity. We stand ready to accomplish a

transformation that achieves prominence.

We will prioritize and target our resources on those

areas in which we excel.

From Here To There

Some FYE&LC Program Goals

Increasing Retention Rates from first to second year

UC 2019 Goal 90%

Increasing Graduation Rates

UC 2019 Goal 75%

Championing Integrated Core Learning

Encouraging Awesome Holistic First Year Foundation

Supporting Leadership Development

Promoting Student 21st Century Readiness

(As people, citizens and professionals)

Supporting Student Persistence

What Impacts Retention (Vincent Tinto)

Intentional and active integration

of students into the fabric of university life

Personal contact between

staff, faculty and students

How Are We Doing

The UC Clifton campus Y1 to Y2 Retention rate is 85%

– UC 2019 Goal is 90%

6 year graduation rate is 56% (class of 2010).

– UC 2019 goal is 75%.

Peer-Led Learning Community Impact

2008-2009: 96% Retention rate*

•96 % of A08 students who

enrolled in PL LC’s all 3

quarters and consistently

attended LC meetings

returned to UC in A09. This

was 11% above the average

university rate.

•LC engagement statistically

correlated with higher GPA &

Credit Hours Earned

The ICL process is built around three touch-points in the

undergraduate experience to provide all students with key

opportunities to develop, review, and act upon a learning plan for

degree completion:

1. Great Beginnings

UC's nationally known First Year Experience (FYE) program where students

begin a firm foundation in courses as well as experiences and reflections

(learning communities, first year seminars, first year expo, lab/applied

experiences, e-portfolios).

2. Mid-Collegiate Launch

Students experience a purposeful curriculum combined with individual

reflections and real world experiences (experiential learning) giving the student

both disciplinary proficiency as well as contextual understanding.

3. Finale: The Senior Capstone Experience

A senior year experience that enables students to transition to a profession or

graduate school and continue to pursue life-long learning and social

responsibility. This learning experience challenges students to draw upon

many disciplines of study and encourages students to think through the myriad

connections and inter-relationships among professions, cultures, and civic life.

FYE Learning Areas

Pillars of the First Year Bearcat Experience

I

Intellectual and Self-Management Skills

Motivation and sense of purpose, Goal Setting/Attainment &

time management, Study skills, Academic collaboration,

Personal and spiritual awareness and well-being

University Engagement

Relationships with faculty/advisors/campus offices,

Involvement in clubs/organizations/activities, Engagement

with diversity

FYE Learning Areas

Pillars of the First Year Bearcat Experience

Professional and Civic Responsibility

Enhancing knowledge of major and career paths.

Civic literacy & Involvement in community service

Integrative Learning

Engaging in experiences that connect academic

knowledge and hands-on practices.

Exploring connections between courses and academic

disciplines.

How is UC promoting

21st Century Readiness?

– By developing ambitious learning

outcomes in all courses

(semester conversion)

– By developing faculty (CETL)

– By challenging students

– By intensively supporting students with

resources and opportunities

– By developing infrastructure to support

Integrated Core Learning

WHY PEER LEADERS

“The student’s peer group is the single most potent

source of influence and growth during the

undergraduate years”

(Astin, 1993:398)

Connecting new students with more experienced peer mentors

and role models who have made the transition successfully

can supply a source of positive peer power that fuels first-

year students to advanced levels of academic performance

and higher rates of retention and graduation

(Cuseo, 2010).

WHY PEER LEADERS

Developing Leadership Skills

You will be engaging in a challenging yet

rewarding leadership experience that can have

lifelong impacts on your self-awareness,

interpersonal skills, friendships, networks,

and leadership capacities as a professional,

neighbor, friend, partner, and citizen.

(Peer Leader Handbook 2011 page 11)

Beyond Retention

What Do Students NEED

Personal Meaning: Finding meaning and purpose in the

college experience; connecting learning experience & future

goals

Active Involvement: Engagement in the process of

learning via devoting time and energy to learning in and out

of classroom.

Social Integration: Interaction & interpersonal connections

& collaboration with fellow students, faculty, advisors, etc.

Personal Validation: Feeling known, recognized and

significant, and that one matters to others on campus

Personal Reflection: Ongoing assessment of well-being,

learning habits and strategies & how learning can be

applied to new situations.

(Cuseo, 2007b).

From Here to There

LC Student Learning Outcomes

See Handbook pp. 21-24

Individually read through the ISM

LO’s on pp. 21-22

Each group takes one set

Briefly summarize it

What is ONE awesome thing you can

do to support the outcomes

GOALS of LC’s

Meaningful and productive relationships among students.

Academic and intellectual growth.

Connections - faculty, advisors, other campus professionals,

other students, clubs and organizations, campus events, etc.

Mentoring relationships - Provide impactful peer to peer

mentoring

Engaging students in experiences across a broad range of

learning areas:

– Intellectual and Self-Management Skills

– University Engagement

– Professional and Civic Responsibility

– Integrative Learning

Peer Leader Leadership Experience & Leadership

Development.

ROLES OF PEER LEADERS

Facilitator

Learning Coach

Mentor

Connector

Co-Worker

Leader

FINAL WORD(S)

Today

Is

ONLY

THE

BEGINNING

Use your resources and supports

KEEP LEARNING

Questions, Reflections,

Thoughts, Comments?