This document outlines strategies for improving college readiness curriculum through appreciative advising, proactive advising, one-on-one meetings, and incorporating various learning styles and study skills. It provides examples of topics to cover (e.g. time management, note taking), teaching methods (e.g. concept maps, Cornell method), and data from piloting the curriculum that showed improved student confidence and feedback praising the clear teaching and approachability. Limitations discussed are the lack of a control group and small data set. The goal is to enhance student motivation and success through strengthening the student-advisor relationship and equipping students with effective learning techniques.
Informal Formative Assessment that Works!
Alyn Wharmby, Julie Hunter & Melissa Anderson
Alexander Graham Middle School - Charlotte, NC
Wondering how to use your formative assessments more effectively? Looking for new ways to assure that your students are learning and mastering content? Focusing on student self-assessment, conferencing, an effective observation and questioning, this session will reflect on the ways to assess students in a way that truly influences instruction.
Informal Formative Assessment that Works!
Alyn Wharmby, Julie Hunter & Melissa Anderson
Alexander Graham Middle School - Charlotte, NC
Wondering how to use your formative assessments more effectively? Looking for new ways to assure that your students are learning and mastering content? Focusing on student self-assessment, conferencing, an effective observation and questioning, this session will reflect on the ways to assess students in a way that truly influences instruction.
Students talk back: Opportunities for growth lie in student perceptionsLearning Forward
Some states and districts are finding new ways to ask, what do students know about their teachers? Research shows that students’ perceptions of teachers are highly correlated to student performance on standardized tests. Discover several tips that help teachers capture and use student input to improve practice.
Teaching with the Socratic Method - American Honors Faculty Conference 2016American Honors
By Paul Berman - American Honors Staff
William S. Cox Professor of Law at the George Washington University and Academic Advisor to Quad Learning/American Honors
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Why should English language teachers add something new to their instructional strategies and classroom routines? In this webinar, teachers learn the difference between summative and formative assessments, discover how they are already using formative instruction, and learn new formative assessments strategies. Teachers learn how to choose a formative assessment strategy to inform their instructional practices and to increase student learning, engagement, and involvement in their learning.
This webinar for English language teachers was hosted by the Regional English Language Office at the US Embassy in Peru.
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The Power of Positive Relationships: Effective Behavior Management for Paras, by Paras by Betsy Povtak and Ruth Musicante
From the 2009 National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals Conference.
Continuing the conversation of working with class and school profiles/reviews to better support inclusion. Includes a focus on what makes a difference in teaching, 'no plan, no point' and co-teaching.
Students talk back: Opportunities for growth lie in student perceptionsLearning Forward
Some states and districts are finding new ways to ask, what do students know about their teachers? Research shows that students’ perceptions of teachers are highly correlated to student performance on standardized tests. Discover several tips that help teachers capture and use student input to improve practice.
Teaching with the Socratic Method - American Honors Faculty Conference 2016American Honors
By Paul Berman - American Honors Staff
William S. Cox Professor of Law at the George Washington University and Academic Advisor to Quad Learning/American Honors
Visit facultyconference.americanhonors.org
Why should English language teachers add something new to their instructional strategies and classroom routines? In this webinar, teachers learn the difference between summative and formative assessments, discover how they are already using formative instruction, and learn new formative assessments strategies. Teachers learn how to choose a formative assessment strategy to inform their instructional practices and to increase student learning, engagement, and involvement in their learning.
This webinar for English language teachers was hosted by the Regional English Language Office at the US Embassy in Peru.
► About the speaker:
▪▪ Lisa Pye is the English Language Fellow in Quito, Ecuador. She brings over 20 years experience in education as a teacher, teacher trainer, professional workshop creator and facilitator, and project manager, in both the U.S. and international environments like the Czech Republic, Madagascar and Costa Rica. Lisa holds a Master’s degree in Art History from CUNY Hunter College, a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Syracuse University, and is currently completing her dissertation in the Cultural Foundations of Education department also at Syracuse University. Lisa supports multicultural, multilingual, and experiential education and learning, Girls Education endeavors, STEAM, and the connections between arts, photography, literacy, and identity.
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The Power of Positive Relationships: Effective Behavior Management for Paras, by Paras by Betsy Povtak and Ruth Musicante
From the 2009 National Resource Center for Paraprofessionals Conference.
Continuing the conversation of working with class and school profiles/reviews to better support inclusion. Includes a focus on what makes a difference in teaching, 'no plan, no point' and co-teaching.
A growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts, your strategies, and help from others
Revisiting class reviews as a collaborative, inclusive planning tool with the goal of using the strengths and the stretches of the students to set goals and create a plan. Focus on co-planning.
Looking back and forward at our class review/profile process and refining it to better meet the needs of all students. How do we work together to focus on strengths and stretches for the class or team of students, and use these to set goals and make a plan?
Teaching with Purpose: Creating a Positive Climate for Student Success Dr. Val Margarit
Each semester or school year creates an excellent opportunity for a fresh start for learning and achieving excellence. What happens on the first day of class often sets the tone for the entire semester. Students come to class with different expectations, skills, behaviors, and motivations. Effective teachers use students’ profile to inform their teaching practices and ensure every student achieves success.
The following slide deck highlights specific strategies teachers may utilize to enable students to develop assessment capabilities, a growth mindset, and the knowledge and skills to support others in their learning. This presentation was delivered at ASCD New Orleans 2016
This slide show discusses the major elements of differentiation, with a focus on the different types of student data. Accompanying handouts are not included in this set of slides.
3. Proactive Advising
● Enhance student motivation
● Increase instructor investment
● Strengthen probability of student
success
● Provide students with all options
● Intervene prior to student
disengagement
Varney, 2012
4. Personal Reflection
• How did this person help shape your
academic, personal and/or
professional goals?
• Do you try to integrate any of these
tactics into your own personal
advising style?
• If not, how can you improve the ways
in which you interact with students?
5. One-On-One’s
● Individual instruction opportunity
● Understand and connect to the
student’s personality
● Give the student an opportunity to talk
with a professor/instructor
● In-depth discussion about his/her
learning style(s)
16. Student Anecdotes
-“You did a good job of expanding my knowledge of topics I knew
bits and pieces about. You also did a good job in trying to
incorporate different types of learning style techniques.”
-“I liked the classroom environment. I never felt like I couldn’t
voice my opinion.”
-“I felt the teaching was clear, you both got everyone in the class
engaged/involved in the discussion.”
-“Good at communicating with students and being approachable.
Lectures were not boring either.”
-“One on ones are very helpful.”
17. Limitations
● We do not have any control data.
● Not an entire semester course.
● Small data set.
● Student and instructor bias.
18. References
Dweck, C. (2009). Mindset, The New Psychology of Success. New
York, NY: Ballantine Books.
What is Appreciative Advising? (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.appreciativeadvising.net/what-is-
appreciative-advising.html
Varney, J. (2012). Proactive (Intrusive) Advising! Academic
Advising Today, 35(3). Retrieved from
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Resources/Academic-Advising-
Today/View-Articles/Proactive-%28Intrusive%29-Advising!.aspx
19. Thank You!
Kimberly Harris
Assistant Director, The Learning & Writing Center
kcharris@usfca.edu
John Nettles
Graduate Intern, The Learning & Writing Center
jmnettles@dons.usfca.edu
Editor's Notes
--JOHN—
Evolved from Organization Development theory of Appreciative Inquiry by David Cooperrider as well as positive psychology, reality therapy, and strengths based advising. What we understand appreciative advising to be is:
Disarm: making a positive first impression, really alleviating fears on meeting with an advisor, ensuring that they know we are here to help them in any way we can. 1st 1:1
Discover: Building rapport with the students, learning their strengths, growth areas, interests, professional goals, encouraging narratives through open-ended questions. I always find that talking about where they are from is helpful in learning/understanding who they are or how it’s helped shape them. 1st 1:1
Dream: Talking about the students’ dreams, hopes, learning about what keeps them motivated. Intro to you
Design: Creating a plan to help their dreams come true. Directing them to resources on campus that will help them achieve their short and long-term goals. Intro to You/Goal setting assignments
Deliver: Student go forth with the plan created and use the advisor as a resource when needed. Student Reflections
Don’t Settle: Challenging students to reach their full potential, reminding them of what inspires them, supporting them along their journey. 2nd 1:1
The Appreciative Advising model means that you encourage your students, provide support for them potentially beyond that initial time spent together in your class/caseload, forward workshops/trainings/talks that look interesting their way, play a part in their university experience in a way that they will remember.
--JOHN—
Formerly known as “Intrusive Advising”, devised from the work of Robert Glennen in 1975.
--KIM--
Now we’re going to take a minute or two and ask you all to think about a person in your undergraduate career who may have practiced either/or both of these techniques with you.
How did it help shape your academic, personal and/or professional goals? Do you try to integrate any of these tactics into your own personal advising style? If not, how can you improve the ways in which you interact with students?
--JOHN--
A chance to do individual instruction.
--KIM--
The goal of combining all three theoretical frameworks (Proactive, Appreciative Advising and the VARK learning styles) is to actively develop self-efficacy within our students.
Examples:
Visual- images, graphs, charts, concept maps, PPTs, Cornell Method
Auditory- lectures, group discussions, study groups
Read/Write- PPTs, reflection writing, SQ3R study system
Kinesthetic- class participation at board, gallery walks, moving around the room answering qs, building models, lab tests, typing out notes
--KIM--
The goal of combining all three theoretical frameworks (Proactive, Appreciative Advising and the VARK learning styles) is to actively develop self-efficacy within our students.
Examples:
Visual- images, graphs, charts, concept maps, PPTs, Cornell Method
Auditory- lectures, group discussions, study groups
Read/Write- PPTs, reflection writing, SQ3R study system
Kinesthetic- class participation at board, gallery walks, moving around the room answering qs, building models, lab tests, typing out notes
Survey: Preview the material before reading
Question: Write out qs that might be answered
Read: Go through the material
Recite: Rewrite concepts in your own words
Review: Go over all notes and material again
--KIM--
The goal of combining all three theoretical frameworks (Proactive, Appreciative Advising and the VARK learning styles) is to actively develop self-efficacy within our students.
Examples:
Visual- images, graphs, charts, concept maps, PPTs, Cornell Method
Auditory- lectures, group discussions, study groups
Read/Write- PPTs, reflection writing, SQ3R study system
Kinesthetic- class participation at board, gallery walks, moving around the room answering qs, building models, lab tests, typing out notes
--JOHN--
--KIM--
In this lecture: we define good/bad metacognition (metacognition: a student’s own ability to assess whether he/she understands the material) motivation, growth mindset vs fixed mindset (Carol Dweck, EXAMPLE: Success of others: you can feel threatened by it or find lessons and inspiration in it), the study cycle (preview info before class, attend class, review material directly after class, study material, assess study strategies) and SQ3R (survey question read recite review), critical thinking & evaluation
-First we ask them to write on the board what they think of when they hear the word: success (Kinesthetic)
-Then we ask the students why they’re at USF (Auditory) – call on certain students based on their intro to YOU assignments & interests
-PPT (Visual, Read-Write)
-Group discussion about their current metacognitive strategies & what study skills are helpful to them (Auditory)
-Throughout the lesson, be sure to call on students who have reported having good study strategies or are able to think critically through a problem and arrive at a reasonable solution after carefully evaluating their options
--KIM—
30 minutes
Gallery walk- On poster paper, put up all topics from our syllabus and have people write in ideas for each topic under the 4 learning styles
Read out some good ideas to group
Email out ideas to everyone
--KIM—
Biggest increase: Test Prep
Smallest increase: Financial Management
Student awareness around their own metacognition what do we mean by this?
F14 – semester of best grade average so far??