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Management Forum. Professor Jane Everett Dean of Students 9 April 2008. The Principal’s Task Force on Student Life and Learning. Creation of the position of Deputy Provost, Student Life & Learning Reporting to the DP-SLL... Dean of Students Executive Director, Services for Students
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Management Forum Professor Jane Everett Dean of Students 9 April 2008
The Principal’s Task Force on Student Life and Learning • Creation of the position of Deputy Provost, Student Life & Learning • Reporting to the DP-SLL... • Dean of Students • Executive Director, Services for Students • University Registrar & Executive Director, Enrolment Services • Executive Director of Residences • Director, Athletics & Recreation • Director, Teaching & Learning Services
Office of the Dean of Students: Who? • Professor Jane Everett, Dean of Students • -4990/ jane.everett@mcgill.ca • Dr. Linda Jacobs Starkey, Associate Dean of Students • -4990/ linda.starkey@mcgill.ca [from Mac Campus!!] • Ms. Shannon Sullivan, Administrative Coordinator • -4990/ shannon.sullivan@mcgill.ca • Ms. Meghan McCulloch, External Awards Coordinator • -3825/ meghan.mcculloch@mcgill.ca • Ms. Irene Rapaport, Communications Administrator • -2538/ irene.rapaport@mcgill.ca
Office of the Dean of Students: Where? • Brown Student Services Building 3600 McTavish, suite 4100 Montréal, QC H3A 1Y2 • www.mcgill.ca/deanofstudents • deanofstudents@mcgill.ca
I know what I do – more on that later – but what do you do? Do your official duties include... • academic advising? • coordinating student awards? • sitting on committees with student representation? • assisting or advising students in non-academic matters? • communicating with students’ families? • some of the above? • none of the above?
The Dean of Students... • is involved in promoting best practices in academic advising • coordinates the University’s Rhodes Scholarships and other external award selection processes • is a member of the University Senate • oversees the student discipline process • is an advocate for academic integrity • is on call 24/7 • is involved in outreach to the Montréal community • all of the above
Academic advising initiatives • Results of internal and external surveys about student satisfaction with advising at McGill • Recommendations of the Task Force • Mission statement • Training opportunities for advisors • Sharing of best practices • Improving communication of advising information to students • Role of the Office of the Dean of Students • Subcommittee on Undergraduate Student Advising • Collaboration with University partners (student groups, advisors, Associate Deans, CIO, TLS, Student Services...)
External awards & internal funding opportunities • External awards • Rhodes Scholarships • Forces AVENIR competition • Goldman Sachs Global Leaders program • Canadian Millennium Scholarships • Québec Entrepreneurship competition • Internal funding opportunities • Principal’s Fund (student initiatives) • Mary H. Brown Fund (student and staff initiatives)
Representation • Deans’ Working Group • Member of Senate and Chair of Senate Committee on Student Affairs (Calendar of Dates, students affairs policies, academic integrity matters, etc.) • Member of APC Subcommittee on Teaching & Learning; University Admissions Committee; Joint Advisory Health & Safety Committee • Member of national and international associations (CACUSS, CAI, NACADA)
Student Rights and Responsibilities • The Charter of Students’ Rights • The Code of Student Grievance Procedures • The Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures • Academic integrity and academic offences • Non-academic offences • incidents/ incident reports • The disciplinary process • Interview, Summary Hearing, Committee on Student Discipline • Range of outcomes • Avenues of appeal
Communications/ Helping Students • On call 24/7 • Legal guardian for all international minors in residence • Coordination with University Safety and Security Services • Dealing with student emergencies • The Office of the Dean of Students is the contact point • Balancing Acts: Protecting the confidentiality of student information and students’ right to privacy, and communicating with concerned others
Community outreach • Within McGill • partnerships with student associations • partnerships with Social Equity and Diversity Education Office (SEDE), Teaching & Learning Services (TLS), Student Services, etc. • Within the larger Montréal community • partnership with the above, doing outreach to the surrounding neighbourhoods • short-term and long-term opportunities for involvement and collaboration
Would you like to know more about... • the student discipline process? • academic advising initiatives? • helping students in difficulty? • what the Office of the Dean of Students is doing in the way of community outreach?
That’s it, that’s all Merci et Thank You!!