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Direct Connection to Policy Area 5 of The Illinois Commitment Parent Orientation Program Lake Land College What issue or need is addressed by the effective practice? Parent Orientation is a program offered by Counseling Services to guide parents in fostering their child’s independence and sense of responsibility. The presentation focuses on how parents can establish their new role as parents to adults versus parents to children. The child’s transition from dependence to independence is also discussed. The presentation points out that, just as continually carrying a child who is learning to walk hinders development and growth, continuing to take responsibility for a child’s success in college will hinder his or her development and growth as a student and as an adult communicates to the child that the parents don’t believe he or she is capable. The program highlights services and resources that are available to help their child succeed and stresses that it is the student’s responsibility to seek services. Description of the effective practice: All parents of first-time, traditional age students are sent a letter inviting them to attend a Parent Orientation program. The program includes an informational presentation during which common parental concerns are discussed. These concerns are typically financial and emotional in nature. Financial concerns include topics such as the intricacies of financial aid, loan-repayment, college costs beyond tuition, and credit card debt. Emotional concerns include such topics as parental uncertainty regarding their child’s ability to succeed and/or seek assistance if needed and the availability of helpful and competent faculty and staff to assist their child. The program also includes a question/answer session, and representatives from Disability Services, Public Safety, Counseling, and Financial Aid are present to respond to questions How does this practice achieve sustainability? This two and a half hour program is offered once a year during the first week of the fall semester and a modified program is offered during certain recruitment activities. Lake Land College uses existing staff, facilities and budget money to offer the parent orientation program. What are the results/measurable outcomes? Consistently, attending parents positively evaluate the parent orientation program. Interest in and attendance at parent orientation sessions continues to increase. Parents that live as far as two and a half hours away have attended the program. An equal mix of parents who are sending their first child to college as well as those that have more than one child that has gone to college attend the presentation. Contact Information Name: Emily Hartke Email: ehartke@lakeland.cc.il.us Phone: (217) 234-5259 162
Direct Connection to Policy Area 5 of The Illinois Commitment Partnerships with Universities to Develop Community College Writing Teachers College of DuPage What issue or need is addressed by the effective practice? As an increasing number of students begin their college studies at community colleges with plans to transfer, it is important to work with universities to ensure the quality of our core curriculum courses, especially writing, which is a foundational skill for academic and professional success. In our partnership with universities, students who are completing their graduate work in English and who have training in composition theory and practice teach one class for us with close supervision and mentoring. The benefits are many: our students are taught by interns who are up-to-date on the most current research, theory, and practice in composition studies. The university interns are able to bring back to their institutions real-world experience to share with faculty and fellow-students in preparation for teaching careers. Description of the effective practice: We work with graduate directors to identify students who are completing their Master’s programs, who have had training in composition studies, and who have an interest in community college teaching. These students often have prior teaching experience as well. We then interview prospective interns, review their vita and transcripts, discuss their training, pedagogical approaches, experiences, etc., and our writing program objectives. Prior to the start of the class, we meet with their university mentors as well because we work with them to supervise the interns as they plan and develop their syllabi. We work with interns, discussing the most effective approaches, helping them select texts and design a syllabus. When the term begins, we generally have regular discussions with the interns about their classes, review graded papers, suggest ways of handling challenging situations, etc. There are also classroom observations and follow-up discussions. When the term is over, interns submit an extensive report to their graduate advisors, which we also receive. It discusses not only the effectiveness of the course design, difficulties and successes, etc., but also suggestions about ways that College of DuPage and the universities can work together even more effectively. How does this practice achieve sustainability? We have been working with National-Louis University for the past year and have begun a partnership with DePaul University. Because of the positive benefits of these partnerships, we have plans not only to continue the internships but to explore other ways in which we can work together, such as invited lecture series and writers’ workshops, etc. What are the results/measurable outcomes? These partnerships have the following outcomes: • They initiate conversations about best practices in teaching composition to growing numbers of students who begin their academic careers at community colleges. • They heighten our students’ awareness of university expectations, which helps ensure their success when they transfer. • They facilitate transfers to institutions participating in these partnerships. • They develop a highly-trained pool of potential instructors for both part-time and full-time positions. Contact Information Name: Sheryl Mylan Email: mylans@cod.edu Phone: (630) 942-3262 163
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