Hello Valerie and other listers:
I thought this workshop looked intriguing, especially for the price, but my VPAA wants me to find out more about Innovative Educators - their reputation, whether their workshops are in fact useful to Learning Center and other retention professionals, etc.
Can anyone speak to these issues? Feel free to contact me off list.
Thanks~
Lori DeConinck
Director/The Learning Center
Southern NH University
Manchester, NH 03106
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Subject: Supporting the Engagement, Learning and Success of Students At-Risk
Supporting the Engagement, Learning and Success of Students At-Risk
http://www.innovativeeducators.org/_p/977.htm
Wednesday, March 18th & 25th - 1:00-2:30 EDT
This is a two part series
- Websites and Articles
Advising At-Risk Students
The Importance of Paying Attention: Ten Points to Empower Our Students
- Videos
Changing the Odds for At-Risk Children
Overview
This intensive three hour workshop (two 90 minute sessions) will identify the characteristics, challenges and strengths of students whose backgrounds and experiences often put them at greater risk for not achieving their full potential and/or for leaving college. Participants will also consider how students at-risk often confront multiple challenges due to overlapping issues (e.g., first generation AND first-year; Multicultural, Underprepared, AND LGBT).
At-risk cohorts will be selected from the following:
Adult/re-entry
First generation/Low SES
Students of color/Multicultural students
Students with disabilities
Student-athletes
Undecided/Exploratory students
First-year students
LGBT students
Transfer students
Objectives
· How individual faculty members, academic advisors, counselors and other educators can support students at-risk.
· Effective skills, attitudes, and strategies that can enhance student success.
· Consider what existing campus programs, services, and people need to collaborate to increase the achievement and success of students at-risk
· Consider what new programs, services, or other interventions might be needed on their campus to support student at-risk
Who should attend?
Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs
Faculty
Vice Presidents of Student Affairs
VP for Enrollment Management
Dean/Director of Admissions
Deans of Academic and Student Affairs
Student Success Staff
Retention Specialists
Student Development Retention Coordinators
Academic Advisors
Directors of Enrollment Services
Directors of Student Development Services
Who is the speaker?
Thomas Brown--a lifelong student and academic affairs educator with an impressive record of effectiveness in creating academic and student affairs programs that promote increased learning, achievement, and success. Tom served as Dean of Advising Services/Special Program at Saint Mary’s College of California, was a member of the Board of Directors and Vice President of the National Academic Advising Association, and was chairperson of the Prelaw Advisors National Council.
Tom is currently Managing Principal of a consulting network that assists campuses to increase student success, build inclusive communities, and manage change (www.tbrownassociates.com). He also writes and occasional column, The Advising Dean, for The St. Helena Star newspaper in California’s Napa Valley (http://www.sthelenastar.com/sharedcontent/search/index.php?search=go&o=0&l=20&s=relevance&r=Author&d1=01-06-2006&d2=01-20-2009&q=Tom+Brown)
His work is based on an integration of theories, research findings, and practical experience that makes a real difference for individuals and institutions.
· A consultant to more than 350 colleges and universities in the US and abroad
· Regularly invited to deliver keynote addresses at national conferences, campus colloquia, and professional development workshops for faculty and staff.
· Nationally recognized author and expert in retention, academic advising, promoting the success of at-risk students, international education, and diversity/inclusivity training.
· Recent publications include: “Critical Concepts in Academic Advising” in The Academic Advising Handbook, Jossey Bass, 2008; “Preparing Providers to Foster Student Success”, in Fostering Student Success in the Campus Community, 2008; “Advising Students of Color”, in Academic Advising for Student Success and Retention, 1997, 2004
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