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Overview
First-year seminars can increase student retention and improve academic performance-but only if the seminar is designed and implemented well. Considerations include course outcomes, curriculum design, credit versus non-credit, and seminar funding.
Join us for this two-part webcast to learn how to design and implement successful first-year seminars that contribute to student performance and persistence. Both institutions that are creating a first-year seminar from scratch and those that are trying to improve an existing program will benefit from this two-part webcast.
What You Will Learn
In the first session, institutional researchers, business affairs administrators, registrars, academic affairs administrators, student affairs administrators, and first-year seminar coordinators/directors will learn:
- Different program structures that might work for your campus
- Implementation considerations
- Funding considerations
In the second session, faculty/staff and first-year seminar coordinators who create and teach the first-year seminar/student success courses will learn:
- Course outcomes and goals
- Key components to include in your seminar
- Appropriate learning activities for different parts of the course
Program Agenda
Session 1: Monday, April 12, 2010
| 1:00-2:30 p.m. EDT |
| Logistical Considerations for Designing and Improving First-Year Seminars or Student Success Courses |
- Goals of the first-year seminar and some research highlights
- Identifying the needs of your students and building support for student success
- Implementation considerations: your campus, models, challenges, and solutions
- Cost barriers: models, challenges, and solutions
- Frequently asked questions
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Session 2: Monday, April 19, 2010
| 1:00-2:30 p.m. EDT |
| Designing and Delivering a First-Year Seminar |
- Goals and intended learning outcomes
- Key skills for first-year students to learn
- What components to include in the seminar
- Appropriate learning activities for different parts of the course
- Combining skill acquisition with content coverage
- Frequently asked questions
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Instructors
Joni Petschauer, Director, Western North Carolina Network for Access and Success
As the director, Joni works to support educational partnerships among Appalachian State University, University of North Carolina-Asheville, Western Carolina University, and area high schools seeking to increase the college readiness and enrollment into post-secondary education institutions.
She has served as director of freshman learning communities in general studies at Appalachian State University and as a co-coordinator of the McGraw-Hill Institute for Student Success and Academic Change (ISSAC). She has taught Freshman Seminar since 1991 and co-facilitated the annual week-long training program for new course instructors.
Joe Cuseo, Professor, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Marymount College
Joe directed the first-year seminar at the University of Iowa, a course required of all new students, for more than 25 years. He is a columnist for a bimonthly newsletter published by the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, and has received the Resource Center's outstanding first-year advocate award. He is also a 14-time recipient of the faculty member of the year award on his home campus, a student-driven award based on effective teaching and academic advising.
He has delivered over 100 campus workshops and conference presentations, and authored numerous articles and chapters on faculty development, student retention, and the first-year experience.
Registration Information
Questions
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Logging In to the Web Conference
After registration, each registrant will receive a confirmation of payment or an invoice, depending on method of payment. Each registrant will also receive an email with appropriate login information and more information regarding the event a few days prior to the start of the event. The day of the conference, you will receive another email with the same information. To participate, you will need a computer with a high speed internet connection. You will have the option to receive audio via your computer speakers or telephone.
Web Conference Archive
Within 7-10 business days of each web conference session, all registrants will receive an email with instructions on how to watch an online recording of the event. Access to this recording is included in the price of a single site connection. You will have access to this recording for 60 days.
Can't Attend the Live Session(s)?
If you can't attend the live session, but you'd still like to view the web conference, you still have options:
- Order a CD Recording of the event, which will be delivered to you along with a bound copy of the presentation materials. The CD will be shipped within 5 business days of the session date. For customers in the United States and Canada, shipping is included. Orders placed outside of the United States and Canada will be charged an additional $35.
- Choose the On Demand Download option, which will provide you with 90-day access to an online recording of the event. You will receive this archive link via email within a few days of the web conference.
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