2. Creating a Comprehensive Post-Orientation Family Engagement Experience
Alyssa Mustard
Graduate Assistant for Family & Transfer Engagement
Graduate December 2015

3. Learning Outcomes
The audience will be able to identify ways to develop and implement parent and family programs.
The audience will be able to recognize program initiatives that can be developed at their home institutions.

4. 5 Thematic Areas of Successful Practice
Communication
Website, newsletters, printed materials, and listserv, electronic alerts, accessible staff, and family referral
Programming
Parent, Family, and Sibling Orientation, Summer Send-Off’s, Welcome Receptions, Family Weekend (Fall & Spring), Siblings Weekend, and Regional Outreach events/programs
Parent Involvement
Family Association, Regional Parent & Family Clubs, and Volunteer Opportunities
Fundraising/Development
Student Emergency Assistance Fund
Technology
Website, Webinars, and Facebook

5. Just In Time Learning Riel (2002)
Supplement to the learning in the classroom or out-of-class experiences
Everything cannot be given to parents and families during orientation
This theory allows us to extend the learning experience beyond orientation

9. Current Practice What FHSU is doing Webinars (Free) Listserv (Free)
Facebook (Free)
Calendars (Funding)
Family Weekends (Action Plans)
Family Track during Tiger STRIPES Pre-Enrollment (Free)
Family Association (Free)
Emergency Assistance Fund (Fundraising)

10. Think-Pair-Share 1 minute reflection
What can you bring back to your institution?
Funding, how much?
I’m one person; how can I do anything more?

11. Summary No money? No problem! No time?
Learn what resources your institution has to help you build programming, FOR FREE!
No time?
Facebook? We’re already on social media!

12. Questions?

13. Graduate Assistant for Family & Transfer Engagement
Alyssa Mustard
Graduate Assistant for Family & Transfer Engagement
Graduate December 2015