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Engaging the First Year Student
WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITYQuality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
Freshman Convocation 2005
VisionQEP exhibits the following characteristics:
Model of Excellence
Students, faculty, and staff partnerships
Application of theory to practice
Integrated view of knowledge
Interdisciplinary courses and projects
Classrooms extended beyond the “walls”
Students, faculty & staff involved in community
Purpose
“Engaged pedagogy is really the only type of teaching that truly generates excitement in the classroom that enables students and professors to feel the joy of learning.”
bell hooks
QEP Focus
Engagement is a process of connecting first year students more fully, personally and holistically, to their education, to their preparation for careers and to their contributing lives as citizens.
Definition
Building on our Strengths
WTAMU: A Great University
•Small class sizes
•Affordable
•Friendly
•Strong academic programs
(CIRP, 2005)
Who Are Our Students?
A Focused Topic
Of the 1,221 Fall 2005 freshman, 790 were beginning their first collegiate experience.
The university has more than 50% first-generation college students.
WTAMU lost 421 freshmen in 2004.
WTAMU lost 454 freshmen in 2005.
Student Expectations of WT
A Focused Topic
Only 28.9% chose WTAMU because it had a good academic reputation.
Only 35% of our first year students expected to be satisfied with WTAMU.
Only 9% expected to develop relationships with professors. (According to CIRP Data)
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Academic Challenge
Level of Student Engagement
Significantly Below National Average:
Number of books read
Preparation for class
Synthesis and application
Emphasis on study time
Active and Collaborative Learning
Level of Student Engagement
Below National Average:
Contribute to class discussion
Made class presentation
Class community-based projects
Tutored or taught other students
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Student-Faculty Interaction
Level of Student Engagement
First year students do not get the same access to faculty:
Collaborate with faculty/staff
Discuss career plans
Prompt feedback from faculty
Discuss reading & class with faculty outside of class time
Enriching Educational Experiences
Level of Student Engagement
Significantly Below National Average:
Participate in co-curricular activities
Field experiences, internships
Community service
Racially and religiously diverse relationships
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Support Campus Environment
Level of Student Engagement
Below National Average:
Campus helps with non- academic responsibilities (work, family, etc.)
Support to ensure social success
Quality of relationships with students, faculty, staff, administration
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Where are our students experiencing failure and frustration?
Level of Student Engagement
Our students do not easily connect to faculty, staff, or each other.
Our students, faculty, and staff do not effectively communicate value of the Core Curriculum.
Our students are not well prepared for the collegiate experience.
Our faculty and staff do not have systemic support for implementing engaging teaching strategies.
Goal I. Enhance Active & Collaborative Learning
OBJECTIVES:
Goals
Facilitate faculty development & improving classroom instruction in core courses.
Infuse service-learning and project based learning into the core curriculum.
Goal II. Enrich Educational Experiences
OBJECTIVES:
Goals
Create unique field experiences to develop first year student civic responsibility.
Augment cultural awareness on a global level for civic responsibility.
Goal III. Develop College Success Skills
OBJECTIVES:
Goals
Build successful learning skills.
Link problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Goal IV. Cultivate Supportive Campus Relationships
OBJECTIVES:
Goals
Connect first year students to peers in the campus community.
Link faculty and staff to peers in the campus community.
Foster relationships between first year students, faculty, and staff.
Five-Year Plan 2006-2011
Core Curriculum Reform
Core Curriculum Fellows (Pilot ’05)
Readership WT (Pilot ’05)
Service-Learning Project “Citizen U.”
Smart Classrooms across Curriculum
Initiatives
Five-Year Plan 2006-2011 Faculty Mentoring Program
WT TV Campus Channel
Student Learning Communities
Engaging Orientation Programs
Thematic Freshman Year Experience Course
Initiatives
Measuring our SuccessEvaluation focus
Are QEP activities having a significant impact on student learning?
Data Sources & Methods Focus groups CIRP (Cooperative Institutional Research Program) HERI (Higher Education Research Institute) NSSE (National Survey on Student Engagement) CIEQ (Course/Instructor Evaluation Question) CEA (Course Embedded Assessment) Institutional Research data YFCY (Your First College Year)
Assessment
Institutional Support
Office of Quality Enhancement and First Year Experience
Center for Student Learning and Teaching Excellence (SLATE)
First Year Experience Coordinator
Systemic Change
QEP Resource Allocation Plan 2006-2011
Program Improvement Plan
Total New Initiatives
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Initiative Request
166,454 95,000167,200
145,000 92,000 80,500
SACS Accreditation Team Visit
Accreditation Visit
April 10-12, 2006
Focus will be on QEP
Visit with all campus partners
Inquire about knowledge of QEP focus and initiatives
Exit interview Wednesday, April 12, 2006
“All of us in the academy . . . are called to renew our minds if we are to transform educational institutions – and society – so that the way we live, teach, and work can reflect our joy in cultural diversity, our passion for justice, and our love of freedom.”
(bell hooks, 1994)
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