1. URI 101: Planning for Academic Success Instructor Training
September 1, 2015

2. TOPICS TO COVER
1) Understanding course goals and syllabus – build as you see fit
2) Course materials (see website)
3) Pre-Scheduled Presentations - Health & Safety, Library
4) Course priorities and expectations
Knowing the major/exploring options
Academic advising
Connecting your major to career options
Knowing Yourself
MAP-Works
Common Read – Mindset: the New Psychology of Success
Making college count
Learning in college
Building your resume through involvement
Community, Inclusion and Diversity
Civic Engagement/ Service
5) Resources
Early Alert Services (website)
Academic Enhancement Center
Mentors – CSV 302
CCEE

3. URI 101 GOALS
Established in 1995 to aid adjustment to college – now includes focus on planning for success in the major
Help students connect with major (learning community classes)
Explore personal interests/skills/personality for major
Get to know faculty and peers
Understand scholarship and culture of major
Define and develop skills for academic success
Encourage enhancement of all academic experiences
Internships, study away, tutoring, service learning, involvement, campus resources
Provide a safe and friendly place to ask questions and find support

4. Use website resources to make the most of class time
Syllabus has assignments for each topic
Website includes activities and information related to each topic
Common assignments across all sections:
Common reading: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Diversity Week
MAP-Works
Civic Engagement Project
Campus Involvement
Establish a confident learning environment
Be familiar with course content (mapworks, major website)

5. Let’s look at course resources

6. CUSTOMIZE YOUR SYLLABUS
ed Template- incomplete!
Important personalized information and dates need to be entered
Names and contact information of instructor and mentor
Assignment due dates
Schedule of class meeting times
One-one meeting time for MAP-Works review
Grading protocol for your specific class needs
Presentation dates for health and safety, and library (in your )
Classroom information on your e-campus dashboard – rosters too
Mentors can send s before classes start

7. Understanding Students
MAP-Works Transition Survey - Week 3 (launch Sept 20 and close Oct 18)
Most important is the one-on-one meeting between students and instructors to review MAP-Works results (not appropriate for mentors). Please add this to your syllabus.
(I do mine starting the week of Oct 12th)
The training will focus on how to discuss results with students in your individual meetings

8. Information Collected
Profile Information
Gender and race/ethnicity
Entrance exam scores
# credit hours enrolled
Cumulative GPA
Credit Hours Earned
Academic Integration
Academic Self-Efficacy
Basic Academic Behaviors
Advanced Academic Behaviors
Commitment to Education
Self-Assessment
Communication Skills
Analytical Skills
Self-Discipline
Time Management
Health and Wellness
Financial Issues
Social Integration
Homesickness
Peer Connections
Living Environment (on/off campus)
Roommate Relationships
Campus Involvement

9. MAP-Works Lessons Learned
Homesickness a real issue
Separation vs. Distress
Distress negatively correlated to Fall term GPA
Study hours less than needed (<5hr per week!)
Faculty contact associated with:
Greater Satisfaction with URI
Greater Social Integration
Greater Academic Integration
Data from Wabash and MAP-Works – lack of connection with faculty

10. MapWorks Training Schedule
September 21 Mon 1:00 PM 2:30 PM MEMORIAL UNION RM. 300 September 22 Tue 10:00 AM 11:30 AM MEMORIAL UNION RM. 300 September 23 Wed 10:00 AM 11:30 AM MEMORIAL UNION RM. 300 September 24 Thu 2:30 PM 4:00 PM MEMORIAL UNION RM. 300 Bring a laptop. with more details coming

11. PRE-SCHEDULED PRESENTATIONS
Health and Safety / Violence Prevention and Advocacy
Racine Amos - Women’s Center, Upper College Road
Library- Assignments to prepare students for presentations
Speakers to invite into your class
Director Baker or Pam Jackson – Campus safety & security
Patrick Lennahan – Career resources for freshmen
Tom Hospod - International Study
Tammy Leso – Internships
Vicki T. Sapp – Director for community and organizational development – community, equity, and diversity
Lindsey Anderson – participate in eating disorder research
Contact Linda Lyons for advising assistance

12. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
How to learn to our full potential
More than our abilities and talents: it is about how we approach our goals
Video You Can Learn Anything (2 minutes)
#rhodydriven

13. Studying in college Growth mindset in a “jigsaw” activity
Hacks – tricks, shortcuts, inventions
Brain Hacks – shortcuts to studying and learning
Practice the performance
Retrieval that counts
Hack your curiosity
Asking questions
Interval training
Brain is like a muscle
Coaching is necessary
Help yourself and your friends
See resource website for materials

14. Career exploration: see table (Kim Stack)
Being a successful student in the major and moving toward career preparation success
What can I do with this major
My next move
Learn best practices for connecting majors to careers

15. EARLY ALERT and MapWorks – see table (Kristina Perrelli and John Cruz)
Transition and Retention Advocate for all First Year Students
Confidential Referrals
In-class or out-of-class concerns
John Cruz
Shirley Consuegra
Kristina Perrelli

16. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT see table (Sarah Miller)
Feinstein Experience – 20th Anniversary!
Common Service Experience
Individual online sign-up
uri.edu/volunteer
2014 Snapshot
Completed 6250 hours with 37 agencies
98.5% Enjoyed project
96% Feel they made a difference
98% Plan on staying engaged in the community
Civic Engagement Leaders
Will lead each service project
REGISTRATION OPENS SEPT 1 (TODAY!)
Service project fair – Wednesday September 16, 11:00am-3:00pm

17. Study strategies and the AEC – see table (David Hayes)
AEC services: tutoring, supplemental instruction, academic coaching, writing center
Studying in College and Common Read
Mindset - developing new skills
“Brain hacking”: learning what exams challenge your brain to do
Developing skills for improved academic performance

18. Academic Advising – see table (Linda Lyons)
Advising overview
Review advising handout – pre-registration worksheet
E-campus
Talking with your advisor
Important dates and tips for success
Navigating Advising Technology –
URI advising – to make appointment with advisor early Oct.
Mentors e-campus tutorial in class
Freshmen register mid-Nov
Advising support programs
Walk in, piece of cake, workshops – calendar coming

19. URI 101 MENTORS see table (Sean Thompson)
Creating a Partnership
Syllabus input from mentor
Weekly meetings
Assign mentor responsibilities for class presentations
Lesson plans – mentor website
Mentors do not grade assignments or view MAP-Works results
CSV 302 = 3 credits graded

20. Mentor Training Topics & CSV 302
Mindset
Making use of learning communities
Study strategies
Growing your brain
Preparing for major and academic advising
Utilizing e-campus and the advising website
Build your resume
Involvement on campus
Social media assignment in URI 101
Using RhodyNet to find a job
Connections between major and career
Using mynextmove.org and what can I do with a major in websites- relationships btw majors and careers
Self Assessment
Connecting career related skills to potential courses

21. G2C Community see table (STEM faculty)
URI G2C Institutional Action Items:
Predictive Analytics
Early Intervention/Feedback
Evidence-based instruction
Culture of achievement messages
Reward excellent teaching
Professional development for who teach gateway courses
That community
begins with
me.
G2C +
THINK BIG
= SUCCESS

22. Important Dates & Events
September 16, 11:00-3:00 Study Abroad Fair and Feinstein Experience Project Fair – Memorial Union September 24th, 11-3:00 Student Involvement Fair – Memorial Union September 20 – October 18 MAP-Works available September 27-October 3 Diversity Week October 21st, last day to drop!

23. Graduate (and other new) Instructors
Following morning, join Kristina and Kim for lunch table conversation
Logistical training and guidance
FAQs and concerns of new instructors
For further information and assistance, contact Kristina Perrelli or Jayne Richmond

24. Tables to visit Linda Lyons – Academic Advising
Kristina Perrelli/John Cruz – Mapworks and Early Alert
Kim Stack– Careers and Majors
David Hayes – Study Strategies and Brain Hacks
Sarah Miller – Civic Engagement
Sean Thompson- URI 101 Mentors
Dr. Lindsey Anderson and Kelly Serna –eating disorders
STEM Faculty – G2C Community and Institutional Action Plan

25. Provost’s Welcome and Plenary
Andrew K. Koch, Ph.D.
Executive Vice President &
Chief Academic Leadership & Innovation Officer
John N. Gardner Institute for
Excellence in Undergraduate Education
Why the first year in college matters –
How high impact practices lead to greater student success and purposeful community improvements