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Cal State L.A. Parent Academy Fall 2013

Cal State L.A. Parent Academy Fall 2013. December 7, 2013 Golden Eagle Ballroom 8:30 am – 1:00 pm. HIGH SCHOOL VS. COLLEGE HOW IS COLLEGE DIFFERENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL. HIGH SCHOOL VS. COLLEGE HOW IS COLLEGE DIFFERENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL. CLASSES.

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Cal State L.A. Parent Academy Fall 2013

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  1. Cal State L.A. Parent AcademyFall 2013 December 7, 2013 Golden Eagle Ballroom 8:30 am – 1:00 pm

  2. HIGH SCHOOL VS. COLLEGE HOW IS COLLEGE DIFFERENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL

  3. HIGH SCHOOL VS. COLLEGEHOW IS COLLEGE DIFFERENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES

  4. HIGH SCHOOL VS. COLLEGEHOW IS COLLEGE DIFFERENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES continued…

  5. HIGH SCHOOL VS. COLLEGEHOW IS COLLEGE DIFFERENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDYING

  6. HIGH SCHOOL VS. COLLEGEHOW IS COLLEGE DIFFERENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL TESTING

  7. HIGH SCHOOL VS. COLLEGEHOW IS COLLEGE DIFFERENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL GRADES

  8. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE

  9. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE If You Know What It Takes to Succeed in College… You can support your son or daughter to do what it takes to succeed in college.

  10. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE They Have To Do It But You Can Encourage and Support Them! And Everyone needs support.

  11. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE First, let me emphasize Your Son or Daughter Possesses or is Capable of Doing Everything Needed to be Successful in College and Graduate. A Simple, but Not So Simple Truth: They Need Only to Use the Intellect They Possess and Develop, or Further Develop, the Skills and Discipline Needed for College, in Order to Succeed in College.

  12. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE • First the Basics: Your Son or Daughter Need To: • Know the Graduation Requirements • Read the Catalog • Take 101, Soon and Seriously • See an Advisor Regularly • Read and Keep Everything that is Directed to Them • Monitor Their Own Progress on GET/CAAR • Meet deadlines, Meet Deadlines, Meet Deadlines

  13. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE Prioritize Make School and Everything Related to School a Priority Not merely important, but a priority This means School Gets More Time, Energy and Resources than Most Other Things

  14. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE Learn, or Get Better, at Doing Things Now, Rather than Later. Don’t Procrastinate!!

  15. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE Putting Things Off Until Later (Especially on the Quarter System) can: Lead to Missing Deadlines  Having Things Pile Up (All The Things NOT Done in Other Classes)  Doing Poor Quality Work  Anxiety  Feeling Overwhelmed

  16. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE Use Time Wisely, Manage it Effectively and Efficiently

  17. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE Learn How To Study for College Success:  2-3 Hours of Study for Every Hour in Class  Read What is Assigned: Early and More Than Once  Learn How to Take Notes  Study with Friends  Use the Free Services Provided by the Tutoring Center

  18. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE Use the Free Resources Provided to Learn, or Learn Better, How To Succeed In College Use them early and Before It is a Crisis Tutoring is Not Just To Go From D’s to C’s But also to Go from B’s to A’s!!!!

  19. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE The University Tutorial Center Offers Workshops On: Time Management  Note Taking  Study Skills  Tutoring for 100’s for Specific Classes

  20. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE The University Writing Center Offers One on One Assistance on Improving Writing Skills and Developing College Level Writing Skills I will Graduate from college

  21. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE They Must Seek Advisement From Professional Staff and Faculty, not just their friends

  22. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE Develop Relationships and Get Involved  Make Friends  Study with a Buddy  Develop a Support System  Join Clubs and Organizations  Apply What You Learn in the Classroom in the Community (Community Engagement)

  23. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE Get to Know Faculty. They can Help: Learn About Profession, Job Opportunities, Make Connections, Serve as Mentors, Write Letters of Reference

  24. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE • The Family Should Always Think and Act About Graduating as a FACT • Set a projected Date for Graduation • Have a Plan for Meeting that Date • Remind Them How Quickly 4 or 5 Years Goes By • Stay Motivated • Remind them That There are Always Small Bumps in the Road • That You Support Them • How Proud You are of Them

  25. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE See you at Graduation!!!

  26. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College

  27. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College Maintaining open and effective communication with your child about everything, including school, is the best way to find out how your child is doing in college.

  28. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College • Open and effective communication is the best way to find out how your child is doing in college • Because it is the best way • And • Because the law prohibits you getting information, such as grades, from the University unless it has written consent from your son or daughter.

  29. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (commonly referred to as FERPA), is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. Students have specific, protected rights regarding the release of such records and FERPA requires that institutions adhere strictly to these guidelines.

  30. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College • In general, a student’s prior written consent is required before institutions can legitimately disclose, even to parents, information that includes the following: • Social Security numbers • Student identification number • Race, ethnicity, and/or nationality • Gender • Transcripts • Grade reports

  31. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College • So, once again… • Open and effective communication is the best way to find out how your child is doing in college • Because it is the best way • And • Because the law prohibits you getting information, such as grades, from the University unless it has written consent from your son or daughter

  32. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College It is important to remember that your child is going through a period in their life (adolescence: 12 to 20 or so years old) that is often characterized by significant physical, emotional, and psychological shifts that can at times be dramatic and result in dramatic changes in behavior

  33. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College • Sometimes dramatic changes in behavior (cont.) • During this time they may be more interested in their friends than their family, particularly their parents. • It is a time when children typically act more negative and have more conflicts with their parents. • It is a time when they are trying to exert their independence and challenge authority, which is often represented by you, their parents.

  34. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College • Sometimes dramatic changes in behavior (cont.) • They may want to spend more time alone and with their friends and less time with their families. • They and their friends become the center of the world. • Adolescence is a period during which they may develop, or at least express ideas that may be different from yours.

  35. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College • Adolescence… • This major change in their life can be challenging, for them, and for you, under any circumstances, but added to it is the major transition of going from high school to college. • In college they will have… • More choices they can make on their own • A belief that they have more free time • More independence • Little or no monitoring compared to high school • The potential of less parental involvement

  36. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College • Work on Maintaining Effective Communication • Be aware and sensitive to the fact that your child is going through major social and physical changes • Use conversation as an opportunity to express and keep up with their activities and relationships • Stay interested in all aspects of how they’re doing in school!

  37. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College • Specific to School: Work on Maintaining Effective Communication • Talk and ask, in a way that is consistent with how you interact with your child • How are they adjusting to the new environment, the campus? • Are they making “connections” with other students? • What’s it like in their classroom? • --What’s the professor like, how does the professor conduct the class, is there a lot of reading/papers, are they required to participate in class?

  38. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College • Specific to School: Work on Maintaining Effective Communication (cont.) • How will they be graded? • --Quizzes, mid-terms and finals, attendance, participation • Are you taking advantage of services on campus to help you perform at your best? • When will they get grades? What do they mean?

  39. How to Find Out How Your Child is Doing in College • Specific to School: Work on Maintaining Effective Communication (cont) • Tell them how proud of them you are that they are in college • Tell them that you know that they are making sacrifices by going to college, but what a difference being a college graduate will make in the rest of their lives • Tell them you know they will make it, and you will always support them

  40. THANK YOU

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