ICT Role in 21st Century Education & its Challenges.pptx
Help Growing Trees Grow Stronger After a Storm
1. Dr. Emmanuel Garcia and Rebekah Chojnacki,
University of Texas at Arlington
February 16, 2016
2. You’ve Been Uprooted!
Find a seat next to someone you don’t know—just like
your students have to do on the first day of class.
3. Beyond Retention, Helping Build
Resilience
A focus on retention leads to a focus on students in
academic peril
Students who are “in good standing” may need
support, but don’t get it because it’s not a high need
4. Perfectionism
Help students find balance—there’s a fine line
between burnout and engagement
Seen in the US and in other countries—all high
achievers deal with this worldwide
Sources of pressure
External (family, peers, etc.)
Internal (wanting to compete)
5. High Achievers and the Storms
They Face
Not having to study much/at all before college
Little experience with failure/academic obstacles
Different standards—if a student has never had a “B”
or “C” before, it can be traumatizing
6. How Can the Advisor Help?
Literature is really lacking for advisor role—mostly
student based.
Help us start the conversation and generate ideas!
All students need our help—some just need us to
listen more than anything else.
7. Scenario 1
Your family has a background of being successful in
college and careers.
They are helpful—and help support you financially.
Major exploration—want to do something that your
parents don’t approve of/say they won’t help fund.
8. Scenario 1 Ideas
Family Pressure
Planning to confront parents
Give major some more effort/mentors/research/tutoring
Let parents know that you’ve tried—show them
Don’t jump ship right away
Send student to career center (strengths quest & career
planning)
Knowing what they are good at vs. passion
Hobbies vs. career
9. Scenario 1 Ideas
Quantify student aptitude with parents
Have parent interact in the process
Does the parent want the student to be happy?
Direct the questions back to the student
Creative solutions/compromise
Have parental pressure become a positive
wh
10. Scenario 2
First generation college student.
Family are proud of you, but don’t understand college
Pressure to finish quickly to help earn money.
Want to change major, but worried to disappoint family.
Superman complex
11. Scenario 2
Familial expectations of financial support
Student can’t handle supporting everyone else—they
need to focus on building their own life/career
Building student confidence/support
Help student find community resources for support
Who is going to take care of you when you fall?
Differentiation of student from family unit
Encouragement/resources
Cultural differences
12. Help student think about future/goals
Academic bridge programs
Give students opportunities to work/volunteer/meet
students who are also first generation (get students
into things like SSS/Trio)
Terry Scholars
Need to create mentoring program (match students to
upperclassmen)
13. Scenario 3
Always been a top student
Receives first low grade ever
Feelings of impostor syndrome
Devastation/loss of identity (as a good student)
14. Scenario 3 Ideas
Reassure of what they have done well
Plan for the future—how can they recover
Show what it will take to reach future goals
GPA calculations
Let them know that they are doing well
Let them know that they can recover and get back up
You are not alone in this experience
Look at the overall picture—one bad grade will not bar
you from all future opportunities
15. Scenario 3 Ideas
Be supportive and listen
What makes it important to the student
Let the student talk it through to help guide them to a
solution
Help the student see the bigger picture
Let them have support to have venting time
Know when to send them to counseling
Help students build strategies for success
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