Student Engagement Retreat Third and Fourth Years January 29, 2014

1. Student Engagement RetreatThird and Fourth YearsJanuary 29, 2014

2. Retreat Goals • Review refreshed Student Engagement Model and provide feedback • Review criteria for Key Points of Engagement (KPE) and provide feedback • Develop KPEs for third and fourth years • Create Third and Fourth Year Student Engagement Boards

3. How we got here • Collected and reviewed all notes from retreat and sought to use common verbs throughout model. • Extended outcomes out to third and fourth years and refreshed overall plan to achieve continuity and follow a developmental model. • Consulted with FY and SY Board Chairs and scheduled meetings with full Boards (SY occurred on 1/24, FY is scheduled for early Feb.) to generate feedback.

4. Goal 1: Academic Engagement Objective 1: Students will explore, identify, participate in, and reflect upon opportunities to apply classroom knowledge and skills to real-world settings.   • First-Year Outcome: Students will explore opportunities to apply classroom knowledge and skills to real-world settings. • Second-Year Outcome: Students will identify specific opportunities to apply classroom knowledge and skills to real-world settings. • Third-Year Outcome: Students will participate in opportunities to apply classroom knowledge and skills to real-world settings. • Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will reflect upon opportunities to apply classroom knowledge and skills to real-world settings.

5. Goal 1: Academic Engagement Objective 2: Students will explore, identify, participate in, and reflect upon opportunities to interact with other cultures. • First-Year Outcome: Students will explore opportunities to interact with other cultures. • Second-Year Outcome: Students will identify specific opportunities to interact with other cultures.  • Third-Year Outcome: Students will participate in opportunities to interact with other cultures. • Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will reflect upon their interactions with other cultures.

6. Goal 2: Social Engagement Objective 1:Students will explore, participate, and engage meaningfully in campus life as well as encourage involvement of others. • First-Year Outcome: Students will explore opportunities for involvement in campus life. • Second-Year Outcome: Students will participate in campus life. • Third-Year Outcome: Students will engage meaningfully in campus life. • Fourth-Year Outcome:Students will promote the involvement of others in campus life.

7. Goal 2: Social Engagement Objective 2: Students will establish and strengthen connections with faculty, staff and/or peer mentors. • First-Year Outcome: Students will establish connections with their peers, faculty, and/or staff. • Second-Year Outcome: Students will interact meaningfully with faculty, staff, and/or peers. • Third-Year Outcome: Students will identify at least one mentor. • Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will consult with a mentor on post-graduation plans.

8. Goal 2: Social Engagement Objective 3: Students will develop a strong connection to the college. • First-Year outcome: Students will participate in traditions/events that connect them to the college. • Second-Year outcome: Students will participate in traditions/events that connect them to the college. • Third-Year outcome: Students will participate in traditions/events that connect them to the college. • Fourth-Year outcome: Students will participate in traditions/events that connect them to the college.

9. Goal 3: Personal Engagement Objective 1: Students will explore and utilize campus resources. • First-Year Outcome: Students will explore available campus resources. • Second-Year Outcome: Students will utilize appropriate campus resources. • Third-Year Outcome:Students will utilize appropriate campus resources. • Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will utilize appropriate campus resources.

10. Goal 3: Personal Engagement Objective 2: Students will explore and select a major as well as engage in relevant experiential activities and connect those activities to their future plans. • First-Year Outcome:Students will explore Ramapo’s major and minor offerings. • Second-Year Outcome:Students will select a major. • Third-Year Outcome:Students will engage in experiential activities within their major. • Fourth-Year Outcome:Students will connect experiential activities to their post-graduation plans.

11. Goal 3: Personal Engagement Objective 3: Students will explore career development resources, create a career plan, engage in experiential activities and connect those activities with their future plans. • First-Year Outcome:Students will explore career development resources. • Second-Year Outcome:Students will create a career plan. • Third-Year Outcome:Students will engage in experiential learning activities. • Fourth-Year Outcome:Students will connect experiential activities to their post-graduation plans.

12. Goal 3: Personal Engagement Objective 4: Students will identify, evaluate, integrate their values system and connect that system with their future plans. • First-Year Outcome:Students will identify their values. • Second-Year Outcome:Students will evaluate their values in the context of their experience at Ramapo. • Third-Year Outcome:Students will develop an integrated values system. • Fourth-Year Outcome:Students will reflect on how their values system influences their post-graduation plans.

13. Goal 4:Campus and Civic Engagement Objective 1: Students will understand, engage in, and promote responsible citizenship in the Ramapo community as well as promote positive change. • First-Year Outcome: Students will understand their roles, rights and responsibilities as citizens of the Ramapo campus. • Second-Year Outcome:Students will actively engage as responsible citizens of the Ramapo campus. • Third-Year Outcome:Students will promote active and responsible membership in the Ramapo community by self and others. • Fourth-Year Outcome:Students will promote positive change on campus.

14. Goal 4:Campus and Civic Engagement Objective 2:Students will understand, engage in, reflect upon, and promote theroles, rights and responsibilities of local, national and global citizens. • First-Year Outcome: Students will understand their roles, rights and responsibilities as local, national and global citizens. • Second-Year Outcome: Students will actively engage in local, national, and global democratic activities and issues. • Third-Year Outcome: Students will reflect on the ideals of inclusion, justice and democracy and the individual’s role in promoting these ideals . • Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will promote individual roles, rights, and responsibilities as local, national, and global citizens.

15. Goal 4:Campus and Civic Engagement Objective 3: Students will understand, engage in, reflect upon, and promote service on the local, national, and global level. • First-Year Outcome: Students will understand social issues and the role individual service can play in these issues. • Second-Year Outcome: Students will engage in volunteerism and service learning . • Third-Year Outcome: Students will reflect on the root causes of social issues and the scope of solutions . • Fourth-Year Outcome: Students will promote service on the local, national, and global levels.

16. Criteria for Key Points of Engagement for First Year Students • A Key Point of Engagement, as defined by the Student Engagement Steering Committee, is: • A structured opportunity designed for all first-year students; • A structured opportunity open to all first-year students; and • A high-impact activity or an activity leading to a high-impact activity, meaning that it is: • A substantive interaction, in class and out of class, with peers, faculty, and staff or • A common experience that deepens understanding of self and others or • An opportunity to connect in-class and out-of-class learning.

17. Criteria for Key Points of Engagement for Second Year Students • A high-impact activity or an activity leading to a high-impact activity, meaning that it is: • A substantive interaction, in class and out of class, with peers, faculty, and staff or • A common experience that deepens understanding of self and others or • An opportunity to connect in-class and out-of-class learning. • An opportunity, either designed for or beneficial to sophomore students, that meets their developmental needs. • An opportunity that fosters self-reflection and leads to personal development.

18. Criteria for Key Points of Engagement for Third and Fourth Year Students • A high-impact activity or an activity leading to a high-impact activity, meaning that it is: • A substantive interaction, in class and out of class, with peers, faculty, and staff or • A common experience that deepens understanding of self and others or • An opportunity to connect in-class and out-of-class learning. • An opportunity, either designed for or beneficial to third and fourth year students, that meets their developmental needs. • An opportunity that fosters self-reflection and leads to personal development.

19. Third-Year and Fourth-Year KPEs Activity

20. Student Engagement Boards • Each year will have a board. Currently, FYE and SYE have boards. • Boards are responsible for: • Ensuring alignment between outcomes and KPEs, • Implementing KPEs, • Marketing KPEs, and • Assessing KPEs. • We are looking for volunteers for junior and senior boards.