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Keys to Student Success and Retention

Keys to Student Success and Retention. Darryl L. Johnston & Dr. Marsha Fralick. Dr. Marsha Fralick. Author of CollegeScope TM Student Success Program Outstanding First-Year Advocate Award recipient Published numerous research articles Community College Review

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Keys to Student Success and Retention

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  1. Keys to Student Success and Retention Darryl L. Johnston & Dr. Marsha Fralick

  2. Dr. Marsha Fralick • Author of CollegeScopeTM Student Success Program • Outstanding First-Year Advocate Award recipient • Published numerous research articles • Community College Review • National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition Monograph Series • Received the California Community Colleges Board of Governors Exemplary Program Award • Founding faculty member of Cuyamaca College

  3. Ice Breaker Introduce yourself and tell where you work. What motivated you to attend this presentation?

  4. CollegeScope Overview • Research • Key Features • Quick Tours • Student View • Faculty View

  5. Noteworthy Results • Implementing CollegeScope on college campuses has resulted in a 26% increase in persistence rates! • 87% of students had chosen a major by the end of the course • 62% of students reported more confidence in their academic skills • 88% of students rated the course as good or very good

  6. Results

  7. College Success: A Study of Positive and Negative Attrition

  8. The Successful Student • Had a definite goal or college major Based on this research, choosing a major and career planning was included in our college success course

  9. Job Jar Activity

  10. Keys to Success • The program helps students to make a good choice of a major and career

  11. Personality • Carl Jung and personality type • Online:

  12. Keys to Success • The program helps students to understand their learning style and how to become a lifelong learner

  13. Learning Style • Measures preferences in 20 areas: • Perceptual • Environmental • Emotional • Sociological • Physical

  14. 20 Learning Style Factors • Perceptual • Auditory, visual, kinesthetic, tactual • Environmental • Sound, light, heat, design • Physical • Time of day, food, mobility • Emotional • Motivation, responsibility, persistence, structure • Sociological • Self, peer or adult oriented

  15. Learning Strategies for Your Style

  16. Personalized for Each Student • Based on personality and learning style • Refers to the student by their name • This is not possible in a printed text

  17. Keys to Success • Comprehensive curriculum

  18. Career Success • Personality and Related Majors • Learning Style and Intelligence • Interests and Values • Career and Educational Planning

  19. College Success • Motivation • Time and Money • Memory and Reading • Test Taking • Taking Notes, Writing and Speaking

  20. Lifelong Success • Communication and Relationships • Critical and Creative Thinking • Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle • Appreciating Diversity • Positive Thinking • Life Stages

  21. Strength-Based • Foundation for personal and career development based on: • Personality type • Learning style • Multiple intelligences • Interests • Values

  22. Motivation • Students are motivated to complete their education when they have made a good choice of a major and career based on their personal strengths

  23. Encourages Self-Responsibility • Making a good career choice • Developing an educational plan • Setting goals • Managing time to reach goals

  24. Emphasis • Positive thinking • Hope for the future • Future-mindedness

  25. Keys to Success • Use technology to make education engaging and inescapable

  26. Technology for the New Millennial Generation

  27. New Millennials • Our current college students were born after 1992 • Most were born with a computer in the home and were using them by age 5 • The connected generation • 82% are online daily • Average 12 hours per week online

  28. Connect with Technology • 50% send or receive a text message daily • 29% use instant messages daily • 44% have a profile on Facebook or MySpace and 38% use them daily (from Pew Research)

  29. Using Technology • Online career and learning style assessment • E-text • Online portfolio • Engaging material for the New Millennial generation

  30. Resources and Training • Faculty Resources • Instructor manual • Videos • Internet links • And much more! • www.collegesuccess1.com • Training • In person and on-site • Online through webinars

  31. Quick Tour Sample Student Portfolio

  32. Quick Tour Sample Faculty Portfolio

  33. Next Steps • Sign up for a free demo • Questions • Evaluation forms

  34. Thank you

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