1. Welcome 1 Jessica Thompson & Mark Windschitl Shared commitment to: All children’s futures The importance of professional preparation for educational careers Intellectual leadership and activism IW UW

2. Your support network here—the people and the offices Academics, coursework, progress toward graduation Connection to Teacher Education Programs Registration, status as student Grad School processes and degree completion questions that your advisor can’t answer or e-mail edinfo@uw.edu Financial aid You Mark Jessica Paula Wetterhaun (OSS) Norah Fischer (OSS) OSFA@uw.edu 206-543-6101 Michael Neilsen (OSS)

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4. 3 ways to finish… Another way to think about your distribution of effort while you’re here: At Islandwood you accumulated 21 UW credits. You need 24 while you are on this side of the water to graduate. 4 1. Take full 45 credits of coursework + exam 2. Project 3. Thesis 50% of IW students graduate at end of Winter quarter; mostly via option 1 50% of IW students graduate at end of Spring quarter; mixed between option 1 and 2

5. Contact us at least twice per quarter via e-mail Have face to face meeting once or twice per quarter Bring your course of study and something to write with Islandwood students develop an “information network” that is useful, but don’t depend upon it as the official word Mark and Jessica each have many advisees, so every meeting you should get us up to speed on what you’ve been doing In the quarter you intend to graduate, we’ll tell you exactly what you need to do to complete all requirements for finishing Norms for working with your advisor