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Betsy Barefoot, EdD
Vice President & Senior Scholar
Gardner Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education
October 21st, 2010
The First-Year Seminar at Midterm: Time for a Mid-Course Correction?
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The First-Year Seminar• A different kind of teaching
– More personal– More holistic– More ambiguous– May be less driven by the need to cover content than
students’ needs
• It’s not everyone’s “cup of tea.”
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Reaching the Mid-Point: Time to Take Stock
Do you need to make a “mid-course
correction”?
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Is your plan (conceived several months ago) . . . .
meeting the needs of
your students?
your own needs as
an instructor?
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Your Personal Reactions
Are you focused and moving forward?
Are you overwhelmed? (the “homeroom”
effect)
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Your Personal Reactions
Are you enjoying your class?
Or, are you counting
the days until it’s over?
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Your Personal Reactions
• Are you a first-time instructor of a first-year seminar?
• Or an “old hand”?
• Would you do it again?
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What Has Been Most Enjoyable – Most Frustrating?
• The students?
• Course objectives and expectations? Are they reasonable for the amount of credit offered?
• The textbook?
• What else?
.
Course Expectations1. You will cover
many topics.2. You will
transform students into
engaged learners.
3. Students will
know how to study and love it!
4. Students will
persist & graduate.
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How Are the Students Responding to Your Class?
• Have students left your class or left the institution?
– Do you know why?
• Based on YOUR class, does the “first six weeks” notion make sense?
• Is there a problem with class attendance? What is your attendance policy?
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How Are Students Responding to You and to the Course Content?
• Have you asked for feedback on your instructional style and course content?
• What would students like you to . . . –stop? start? continue?
• Are you hearing these comments?–“I know all this stuff – I don’t need this course.”–“This course has too much busywork.”–“This is a crip course.”
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What Can You Do to Address Complaints
• Be receptive to criticism.
• Make sure that both you and your students understand
the purpose of your course and the rationale for each
component.
• Work with other instructors to guarantee consistency of
requirements across sections.
• Work with a peer leader.
• Make your course a “real” course, whatever that means in
your institutional context.
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Evaluating Student Needs at Midterm: A Checklist
• Midterm is time to – Meet with each student one-to-one to get to know them better and to determine their progress in other courses– Refer students to helping services on campus. Remember that “suggesting” may not be enough.
• Tutoring, writing center, math lab, counseling services, etc.
• Are you a participant in your institution’s early warning/early alert system?