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Transition to Kean (T 2 K): A Comprehensive Program to Assist Students in Transition

Transition to Kean (T 2 K): A Comprehensive Program to Assist Students in Transition. Presented by Terry Y. Fung, Ph.D. Director of General Education and Transition to Kean (T 2 K) Kean University Union, New Jersey 07083 908-737-0333 t2k@kean.edu http://www.kean.edu/~t2k.

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Transition to Kean (T 2 K): A Comprehensive Program to Assist Students in Transition

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  1. Transition to Kean (T2K):A Comprehensive Program to Assist Students in Transition Presented by Terry Y. Fung, Ph.D. Director of General Education and Transition to Kean (T2K) Kean University Union, New Jersey 07083 908-737-0333 t2k@kean.edu http://www.kean.edu/~t2k

  2. Kean University • 4-year State university • Headcount 12,958 • Graduate 2,923 • Undergraduate 10,035 • FTE • Graduate 1,402.4 • Undergraduate 8,003.2 http://ir.kean.edu

  3. Time Line of Events • Admission • Placement Testing • Registration and Family Orientation • New Student Orientation • Transition to Kean (T2K) Class • Mid-semester Advisement • End-of-Semester Follow up • Second Semester Follow Up

  4. General Education Program • Foundation Requirements • GE 1000 Transition to Kean (T2K) • English • Math • Comm 1402 Speech Communication • Research and Technology • Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements • Concentration Requirement • Capstone Requirement

  5. GE 1000 Transition to Kean (T2K) • One credit • Meets once a week for one hour and twenty minutes for 15 weeks • Instructor and Academic Instructional Mentor (AIM) • 22 – 25 students • Regular or major based sections • 60+ sections in fall and 10 sections in spring

  6. Instructors/AIM Profile Fall 2005 • 63 sections in total • 30 designated sections • Instructor Profile • Administrator with Faculty rank 3 • Adjunct Professor 3 • Faculty 18 • Professional Staff 35 • AIM Profile • GPA 2.75 Upper Classman

  7. Course Structure • Opening Week Assignment (course embedded) total 05 points 1.3% • Career paper (Course embedded) total 100 points 25% • 5 minute oral presentation (Course embedded) total 50 points 12.5% • 2 Electronic Journal Assignments (5 pts each) total 10 points 2.5% • Meeting 1 with your AIM total 20 points 5.0% • Meeting 2 with your AIM total 20 points 5.0% • Meeting 1 with Instructor total 20 points 5.0% • 3 Out-Of-Class Summary Papers (20 pts ea.) total 60 points 15% • Miscellaneous Assignments total 50 points 12.5% • Class Participation total 65 points 16.3% • Grand Total 400 pts (100.0%) • Divide this total by 4 to get the final grade (in percent)

  8. Course Materials/Requirements • Custom textbook—Gateway to Your Success, 8th Edition • A CD bundled with the textbook • Instructor Manual • Required workshops • Careers Workshop • Higher Learning Video viewing • Safer Sex Workshop • Out-of-Class Activities

  9. Grading Policy Final Grade Scale Letter Grade 93% < A 92 - 89% A- 88 - 85% B+ 84 - 82% B 81 - 79% B- 78 - 76% C+ 75 - 70% C 69 - 50% D < 50% F Complete sample syllabus is posted on www.kean.edu/~t2k

  10. Professional Development • Instructor/AIM Training (May) • One day program • A week long AIM training (August) • During the semester: • Monthly instructor meeting • Bi-weekly AIM meeting • Teaching Tips and Transition to Kean Update • Technological support

  11. Supporting Services • Career Development and Advancement • Tutoring and Learning Support Services • Undecided/Undeclared Major Services • Counseling Services • Referral Services

  12. Assessment Issues and Activities • Family Orientation Evaluation • New Student Orientation Evaluation • Career Workshop Evaluation • Safer Sex Workshop Evaluation • End of Semester Evaluation • AIM • Instructor • Student

  13. GE 1000 Grade and Average GPA Grade Average GPA A 2.92 B 2.40 C 1.92 D 1.66 F 1.04 • Total number of students in this study is 5710 • Data is collected from 01/FA to 05/Summer • GPA is taken at January 2006 • Correlation between GE 1000 grade and GPA is 0.62

  14. Second Semester Follow Up • Send letter to students • GPA 3.3 or higher • GPA between 2.5 to 3.2 • GPA below 2.5

  15. Resources • T2K Course Outline • T2K Course Syllabus Template • T2K Out-of-Class Activities • Instructor/AIM Training Agenda • AIM Training Agenda • Family Newsletter • Teaching Tips and T2K Update • http://www.kean.edu/~t2k

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