Description
Collaborate, Integrate & Align to Achieve Goals for Student Success
Student learning, student success and degree completion remain goals for both student affairs departments and academic programs. Sometimes, the achievement of these goals is hindered by a lack of collaboration, integration and alignment. Embracing the whole student experience requires a partnership and input.
Explore strategies for prioritizing faculty and student affairs partnerships so your students can maximize success. Engage in shared work while respecting the expertise of all participants.
Overcome a history of institutional silos and separation within departments and physical campus infrastructure so you can effectively partner and make progress in ensuring student success.
Topics Covered
Gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will help you:
- Review program development and collaborative initiatives between Academic and Student Affairs leaders and the outcomes from effective programs at both 2 and 4 year institutions.
- Create prioritization of a collaborative environment for faculty and student affairs at an institutional level.
- Engage in transparent communication regarding student retention and completion data, institutional goals, and data-driven decision making.
- Seek out opportunities to create shared learning experiences where students engage in campus experiences tied to learning outcomes that meet both course level and student affairs intended outcomes.
- Review common challenges that hinder effective academic-student affairs collaboration and learn about effective strategies to overcome the issues.
- Engage in course specific connections to outside issues or career preparation to support student well-being and mental health.
- Initiate a practical plan to create the connections that lead to faculty and student affairs partnerships.
Presenter
Dr. Cathy Briggs currently serves as the Dean of Student Success at Rowan College at Burlington County (RCBC).
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Included When You Purchase
- 90-minute online session with carefully selected expert(s)
- Unlimited access to view session recording for two years
- Materials for your team (handouts, discussion questions, etc.)
- Certificate of completion for each participant
Instructions for access are available immediately upon checkout. You may share this On-Demand Training with any staff members from your campus community. For information about licensing this training for unlimited distribution on your institution’s internal network/server, email info@paper-clip.com.
