Next Steps in Navigation Reflections on Lessons Learned

Hybrid Role Navigators often play the duel role of tutor/navigator Benefits of all tutors going through the training Navigation as an approach Notes to presenter: Description of what you learned in your own words on one side. Include information about the topic Details about the topic will also be helpful here. Tell the story of your learning experience. Just like a story there should always be a beginning, middle and an end. On the other side, you can add a graphic that provides evidence of what you learned. Feel free to use more than one slide to reflect upon your process. It also helps to add some video of your process.

Challenges Connecting students with Navigators Often requests are career or social services oriented Sharing lessons learned Look too much at big goal and don’t see small improvements Are nervous about talking to students about goals

What does student need to discover about themselves? Gateway to Goals How did you use English this week? What is hard for you about not knowing English? How will getting better at English improve your life? If you could speak English perfectly, what would you be able to do that you cant do now? What does student need to discover about themselves?

What do you want to know about students Gateway to Goals Where do you work? What do you do there? If you could have any job in the world, what would it be? What do you like to study? What do you like to do? What is your dream? What are you nervous about? What do you want to know about students

On-going Navigation – Micro Impacts Create “I can” statements Celebrate small victories Connect acomplishments to new areas Build Confidence Measure progress not just in outcomes, but in effort and attitude as well Collect and share success stories Success is not big or flashy, there are no overnight shifts, but instead small changes that manifest themselves on a long-term scale

Navigation Touch Points Orientation Computer Lab Between registration and start of class

Sample Successes GED student with no motivation Women’s book group Applied for Metro transit job Took public transportation Replace stolen cards Preparing for GED class

Other Ideas Help students with test taking strategies Help students with study skills Build confidence Stress reduction techniques Navigation Station Break learning down to “how to” steps