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A Vision of Student Engagement Living and Learning Communities. Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI ) Cathy Abeita, Director, Title III/Special Programs Phone: 505-922-4092 Email: catherine.abeita@bie.edu. A Vision of Student Engagement Living and Learning Communities.
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A Vision of Student Engagement Living and Learning Communities Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) Cathy Abeita, Director, Title III/Special Programs Phone: 505-922-4092 Email: catherine.abeita@bie.edu
A Vision of Student Engagement Living and Learning Communities • 2011 Title III Project Directors’ Conference • “Ensuring Success, Extending Satisfaction, The Impact of Living and Learning Communities on Retention” – Cabrini College, Radnor, PA • LLC Program Learning Outcomes • Living and Learning Communities Structure and Content • Faculty and Staff Involvement • Assessment Findings and Benefits
A Vision of Student Engagement Living and Learning Communities • SIPI’s 2009-2013 (extended through 2015) Strategic Plan • Goal One: Make learner success the core work of Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute. • Action Strategy1.2 - Identify and analyze the progression of historical, current, and future student cohorts to determine patterns and characteristics of successful and non-successful learners at achieving individual learning goals.
A Vision of Student Engagement Living and Learning Communities • SIPI’s 2009-2013 (extended through 2015) Strategic Planning - Operationalized
A Vision of Student Engagement Living and Learning Communities November 2012 – Living and Learning Community Immersion Workshop onsite at Cabrini College • SIPI staff, faculty, and student leader visit Cabrini College • History of Cabrini LLC Program • Co-Curricular Planning • Action Planning by SIPI Team • Cabrini Student Leaders • Assessment
LLC Introduction • An intentional programmatic initiative designed to impact student learning by organizing and manipulating their environment in order to cause students to live and learn together supported by faculty and staff. • Students engaged in a LLC are grouped or teamed together by linking their courses and/or coursework and are assigned to live together in a designated area of the residential hall. • Integrates residential and academic experiences. • Teams faculty, staff, and students • Collaboration on • Outcomes and means to achieve them
Benefits of LLC • Designed to form stronger social bonds; improve GPA through academic engagement, relations with faculty, staff, and student master learner; and, improve overall student satisfaction. • Helps students make an easier transition to college through immediate establishment of relationships and support networks (other students, staff, faculty, and advisors). • Helps students make friends quickly with others who share common interests and goals. • Increases faculty and staff contact with students outside of classroom.
LLC Program Goals and Outcomes • Students will: • 1. Develop & build self-confidence, pride & community awareness to succeed at SIPI by having deeper relations with faculty & immediate, meaningful interactions with fellow students. • 2. Learn how to take ownership of their higher education experience & demonstrate self-sufficiency through the development of educational & career goals. • 3. Have learning experiences through integrated curriculum and co-curricular activities that expand their educational base. • 4. Develop and enhance appreciation of their culture.
