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Building Family Partnerships
- 1. MiamiOH.edu/parents The Miami Family: Partnerships to Support Student Success
- 2. MiamiOH.edu/parents Students, Families, & Miami – Partners in Success Confident. Comfortable. Connected. Curious. Independence versus Interdependence This Student
- 3. MiamiOH.edu/parents Your student’s goals for the year Your hopes for your student Aspects of the transition that will come naturally Aspects of the transition that may be challenging
- 4. MiamiOH.edu/parents Enter Question Text A. Living with others B. Academic transitions C. Involvement and meeting new people D. Feeling at home in a new place Livingw ith others Academ ictransitions Involvem entand m ee... Feeling athom e in a ... 0% 0%0%0% Which of the transition issues will be most relevant to your student?
- 5. MiamiOH.edu/parents Enter Question Text A. “Ok, another one launched!” B. “There aren’t enough tissues in my entire city to absorb the tears that are coming.” C. “Launching? I’m already planning the ways we will talk every day!” D. “Launching! I thought this day would never come!” “Ok,anotherone l... “There aren’tenoug... “Launching? I’m alr... “Launching!Ithough...0% 0%0%0% Which of these do you think will be your principle attitude toward this student’s transition?
- 6. MiamiOH.edu/parents Enter Question Text A. “Ignore your roommate and concentrate on studying and joining student groups.” B. “Keep trying to talk with her.” C. “Have you talked to your RA about this?” D. Nothing. You call the University and demand a room change. “Ignore yourroom m a.. “Keep tryingto talk w ... “Have you talked to y... Nothing.You callthe... 0% 0%0%0% Your student calls right after Move-In and says she needs to switch rooms. She says her roommate does not speak English, and they have not been able to talk since Move-In. What do you say?
- 7. MiamiOH.edu/parents Comfortable: Living With Others Communication Resident Assistants Resident Directors Roommate Agreements Commuter Resources
- 8. MiamiOH.edu/parents Enter Question Text A. “Withdraw from the class so it won’t impact your GPA.” B. “Keep plugging away and eventually you’ll get it.” C. “Talk to the professor about tips for better comprehension.” D. “Find a tutor through the Rinella Learning Center.” “W ithdraw from the c... “Keep plugging aw ay... “Talk to the professo... “Find atutorthrough ... 0% 0%0%0% In October, your student calls and tell you he is failing Calculus. He spends hours on the homework, but fails the tests. He says he has A’s in all of his other classes. What do you tell him?
- 9. MiamiOH.edu/parents Confident & Curious: Academic Life Time Management Rinella Learning Center Howe Writing Center Academic Advisors Faculty Office Hours Undergraduate Research Career Exploration
- 10. MiamiOH.edu/parents Enter Question Text A. “Look for student clubs and events that don’t involve drinking.” B. “Come home more often and see your friends here.” C. “Don’t worry about friends – you should be studying.” D. “Don’t feel like you need to change yourself and start drinking to make friends. It takes time.” “Look forstudentclu.. “Com e hom e m ore oft.. “Don’tw orry aboutfr... “Don’tfeellike you ... 0% 0%0%0% Three weeks into fall semester, your daughter calls and tells you there is nothing to do at Miami except drink. She wants to make friends, but says ‘everyone just drinks every weekend’. What do you suggest?
- 11. MiamiOH.edu/parents The Involvement Myth Student Organizations Working On Campus Welcome Week Connected: Involvement
- 12. MiamiOH.edu/parents Enter Question Text A. You start crying and tell him you miss him too. B. “Stop calling me so much and go make some friends. It’s not hard.” C. “It’s going to take time to get comfortable in a new place and make friends. This is normal.” D. “Why don’t you try to hang out with other people from your high school?” You startcrying and te.. “Stop calling m e so m ... “It’sgoingto take tim ... “W hy don’tyou try to... 0% 0%0%0% Your student calls you three times a day and texts several times in between. He says he doesn’t have friends and doesn’t know if it was the right decision to go this far away for college. Your response?
- 13. MiamiOH.edu/parents Finding Community Residence Hall Staff Student Counseling Service Family Communication Plan Comfortable & Connected: Feeling ‘at home’
- 14. MiamiOH.edu/parents What resources, support services, and opportunities might be most useful to your student?
- 15. MiamiOH.edu/parents Three things to discuss this summer Family Communication Plan Areas of Challenge and Resources Academic and Co-curricular Goals 1 2 3
- 16. MiamiOH.edu/parents Where do we go from here? Family Orientation Ongoing communication
Hinweis der Redaktion
- Speaker Intros Something to the effect of: Miami approaches our relationship with you as a partnership; you are important to students’ lives, and combining forces to support students will go a long way toward their success. Going to talk with you about very common issues or experiences related to the transition of a first –year student to college. Our goals and hope for the session are that you walk away remembering at least two of these transition issues and can identify at least two services, offices, or strategies for supporting a student when encountering one of these issues.
- Mark At orientation, the 4Cs provide a structure by which new students can conceptualize this growth and change as they transition to Miami. We hope you’ll encourage your student to think about how the 4Cs apply to them, and consider how you can support your student in growing in these ways. Sometimes we might think that college students’ growth, development, and increasing maturity should lead them to be independent. But it isn’t realistic – or ideal – to imagine that students will be independent from parents and families in a way that separates them. We believe that the idea of being INTERdependent is a much more accurate goal – to aim that students stay connected to those who are important to them while continuing to develop their own goals, values, and understanding of themselves and others. I know this was already asked earlier this afternoon, but how many of you are sending your 1st(ask for show of hands)? And for how many of you is this NOT your first? So we know that we have people who are both new at this and also some veterans in the room. But no matter how many students you have sent to college, each student is different, and each student’s transition to college is different – both for the family and the student. For the purposes of this presentation, we want to acknowledge those differences, and ask you to consider this student.
- Mark As we prepare to jump in, please take a moment to answer these questions – they are in your printed Family Orientation schedules, with some space for you to jot your thoughts. (Give them about a minute)
- Yvania/Ana/Chasity/John Thinking about your student who will start at Miami this fall, please pick the choice that will be most relevant in their transition. (give time) We will talk about all of these as we go through the presentation.
- Yvania/Ana/Chasity/John But before we do that, we wanted to make sure you are thinking about your own transition, as well. You’ve probably thought a lot about how your student will experience the transition to college, but we also want you to consider how your relationship with your student will change over time and your experience through this transition, in general. We know that the relationship that parents have with each of our children is unique in some ways and that the "launching" of each that this transition symbolizes tends to be characterized by certain challenges--which vary from parent to parent and child to child. In that spirit, what are some of the characteristics of your specific reaction to launching THIS student that you think may predominate for you?
- Mark Onto our first question – again, please use the clickers to select the answer you think is best. (give about 20 seconds) There is no right answer, but we definitely do NOT want choice D. So lets talk about roommates Also - and we will circle back to this on the next slide – every student speaks English, though for some, it isn’t their first language. If you student ever says that, it’s probably a bit of an exaggeration. – (change slide)
- Mark How many of your students will be sharing space with someone other than family for the first time? One of the most meaningful experiences many students have during college is related to encountering difference. That could be in the living situation, it could be in the classroom, and it could be in the student organization. When students have extended interactions with people that are somehow different from them, we want them to think about, be respectful of, and learn from those differences. Often the first time this happens is with a student’s roommate. There are many steps that can help minimize common issues that arise between roommates. One important practice that gets roommates off to a bad start is when students, prior to meeting or seeing a picture of their roommate, imagine that the roommate is going to look exactly like them, and when that image is “shattered”, uncertainty exists. Many students (and sometimes their parents) will jump on social media the moment they find out who their roommate is to check them out and try to see if it is a good match. Well we know how accurate and thorough our understanding of a person is if we rely purely on social media. We highly encourage you and your student to hold off as much as possible from making these judgments based on something as artificial as Instagram or Twitter. Students will be expected to fill out a roommate agreement when they get to Miami. This agreement forces roommates to put some thought into several aspects of living in close proximity to others: communication, time for studying v time for other activities, cleanliness of the room, using each others belongings, etc. This will help lay out the expectations before the first issue arises. Cannot stress enough that communication between roommates is the key, preferably face-to-face. Most roommates get along IF both parties are willing to communicate and compromise and don’t come into the roommate relationship believing they are going to wind up as best friends for life. If that happens, great, but we don’t want students expecting that. We hope you will help your student view an international roommate as a great opportunity. It's a chance for your student to learn about another culture. It's a chance for your student to see things from another point of view. And, it's a chance for your student to help with an international student's transition to an American university. You’ll hear more about living on campus tomorrow morning from our colleagues in the Office of Residence Life. Those of you with a student who will live at home this fall also need to consider how the living arrangements will shift. Though your student will likely be sleeping in the same place on August 25 as they are on August 29 when classes start, there will be a difference of their presence at home and the dynamic in the house. Schedules will change and more. Tomorrow morning, you’ll have a chance to meet someone from our Office of Off Campus Outreach, which provides direct support to commuters as well as junior/seniors who move off campus. There’s also a Commuter Lounge space in the Armstrong Student Center and a Commuter Council that focuses specifically on the needs of commuter students. The person from Off-Campus Outreach will talk about changes you can expect when your student starts college, but is living at home, as well as challenges your student may face when commuting to school.
- Yvania/Ana/Chasity/John This one might be a bit tougher for you to answer. (give time) There are times when all four answers are applicable, though some are much more rare than others. This is one of those situations that is an example of how your relationship with your student will shift as they go to college. When your student was in high school, this type of situation would’ve prompted many of you to get directly involved to help fix the situation. But this is a perfect opportunity for your student to sort of figure this out for themselves, with your support to find resources, etc. We talk a lot of about college as a safer place to learn many of these lessons and to fail than after college. For pretty much everything but their own health and safety, the consequences of these lessons will be much more severe after they are in a job or graduate school.
- Yvania/Ana/Chasity/John Academic transitions are important, because the first semester is where many students struggle to maintain the grades they were accustomed to during high school. Students are often reluctant to ask for help or assistance when they need it or before they experience difficulty. One aside - Many of your students will be enrolled in UNV 101 courses that serve as a continuation of what they learn at Orientation. The courses also serves as a deeper introduction to resources and opportunities, the meaning of a liberal education, and academic life at the University. The academic transition will be covered heavily in this course. Time Management is a huge adjustment for most new college students. The structure is basically flipped from high school – where they spent many hours in a block in classes every day, to now where they have significant blocks of free time between classes, and sometimes even a whole morning or afternoon without classes. But there’s still at least as much to do and students must now manage their own time! Staying on top of assignments & daily schedules at the start of the semester is crucial to getting a good start. Also, getting involved on campus (in student organizations, a campus job, etc.) can often help students transition, because it adds structure to their days. Rinella Learning Center offers more than tutoring – from academic coaching and advice to workshops on time management, test-taking and study strategies. Rinella can be an important key to academic success at Miami. The Howe Writing Center – in King Library -- also provides free support. Like tutoring services, students make appointments online. The Writing Center staff aren’t proofreaders – they assist students in working on any stage of a writing assignment, from brainstorming to finishing touches. And it’s not just for English class – the writing center can provide feedback on everything from lab reports to personal writing to graduate school applications. Students are assigned Academic Advisors, housed with the five Academic Divisions. Students should meet with their advisor not just when it is required to get ready to schedule for Spring 2017, but to build a relationship so the advisor begins to know the student’s goals, interests etc. Advisors are often very knowledgeable about upcoming opportunities within the department, such as new classes and faculty who need students to assist with research. Faculty Office Hours are an important resource for students to clarify expectations, ask questions about an assignment, or simply connect with faculty regarding academic questions, opportunities for undergraduate research, or questions about their field or career direction. Undergraduate Research is a great opportunity for students – even first-year students – to make connections with faculty members and pursue learning through discovery. Students can contact faculty members to inquire about opportunities for undergraduate research, or visit the Office of Research for Undergraduates in King Library to learn more. Career services can help students to identify majors and career goals, and can help students determine how their major will fit into their overall plan for attaining/being marketable for their career goals.
- Mark We hear this phrase pretty often from students
- Mark Often, students feel like they have to drink to fit in, especially because that is a very visible population and activity. Over 50% of students identify as non-drinkers when they enter Miami. There are large pockets of students on our campus that don’t drink every weekend and find other ways to connect with peers and enjoy campus and Oxford. We want your student to understand that there are many many options that can easily fill their time. First, to address the “MYTH of Involvement vs studying” (which XX% of you chose): The common perception is that involvement has a negative impact on students’ academic success, so students shouldn’t get involved in their first semester. However, research shows that student involvement has a positive impact on GPA and retention. Students who get involved on campus learn time management, make friends, and discover/pursue their interests. Of course, each student has a different threshold of balance, so each student’s level involvement may differ. We don’t want students to sign up for every student club and activity out there, but don’t want them to just go to class either. Miami University has 500+ student organizations. Whether or not your student was involved in high school, he or she can find interesting involvement opportunities on campus, or can create a new organization. Among our 500 student organizations are groups that focus on academic, career, cultural, service organizations, fraternities & sororities, religious groups, sports teams and recreation, and publications. Working on campus: Cut out the commute time needed to work off campus. On-campus employment can link students with useful mentors and campus resources. It also has the benefit of the employer understanding the need to schedule work around a class schedule. Involvement is also key for developing skills that will aid students in their job search and their careers. Employers value communication skills, teamwork, ability to work with diverse others, and other skills that are often developed through student involvement – these can make the difference when candidates with similar GPAs are applying for jobs. Welcome Week begins on Move-In Day and continues through the first week of classes. The schedule is jam packed with all types and sizes of events to continue a student’s introduction the community. We want to keep them busy during this time! One big event during Welcome Week is Mega Fair, where many of our student organizations will have a table and are looking to tell students more about the group. New last year was the first year for Late Night Miami, which aims to offer on campus events between 8pm and midnight every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights during the entire semester. These include Thursday night coffee houses with acoustic musicians, movies, an end of semester stress relief game night, and a dueling pianos show, among others. This is also the plan for this year and your students will get the schedule many many times.
- Yvania/Ana/Chasity/John
- Yvania/Ana/Chasity/John Miami students often build such strong connections to the university and this community that they comment it “feels like home”. But of course, that feeling of “home” doesn’t happen instantly – particularly for new students who are new to campus and missing family, friends, and their pre-Miami life. This is just like moving to a new neighborhood. You don’t automatically find the same level of friends and connections that you left in your old neighborhood. Feeling “at home” means building a community here and finding their “neighborhood” within the larger “city” of Miami. Talking with their roommates, RA or Resident Director are all good places to start when they are struggling to feel connected. RAs and Resident Directors are a great source of information about different activities and clubs on campus and ways students can find that connection. it is important to note that homesickness is not always an indicator that something is wrong. it is normal for students to feel upset/stressed about a transition like going to college where they are trying to establish a new “normal” for themselves (i.e. making friends, finding a new routine, adjusting to a new environment and expectations). And you will also be establishing a new normal. How many of you who have sent another student to college experienced a sense of loss at some point during that first year? students often feel that they are the only one who is homesick. this is because people don’t want to be seen as “weak”, so they hide their homesick feelings from one another. your student is not likely to know other students feel just like them because of this, and may feel even more alone. it is important to point this out and normalize homesickness. encourage them to open up to others they feel might be trustworthy, they’ll be surprised how many people empathize with them. just because your student isn’t homesick from the beginning of the fall doesn’t mean they won’t become homesick later. it is not uncommon for students to do fine at the beginning of the year and then to become homesick after a break, especially if the student is at home during our three week Winter Term in January, which then becomes a 5-6 week Winter Break. Some students feel such relief in making it to a break that it doesn’t sink in that they have to “come back” until the break is over, then they get homesick! Just be aware of this and keep communicating with your student. So when is homesickness something to be worried about? Homesickness becomes an issue when it interferes with daily functioning (i.e. can’t go to class, doesn’t leave residence hall room). These types of reactions to homesickness are less typical, but should raise concerns. That is when you can begin to suggest taking advantage of resources such as the Student Counseling Service, which offers a range of services with the specific goal of developing and maintaining healthy personal, emotional, and psychological functioning as they set and achieve academic goals. Services include individual and group counseling, workshops on topics such as stress management, psychiatric services and medication management, and referrals to community resources for longer term treatment options. One additional step that can assist in overcoming homesickness is for your family to explicitly discuss a communication plan. We’ll talk more in-depth about this in a couple of slides.
- Yvania/Ana/Chasity/John
- Mark Family Communication plan: – how often you will connect, by which methods (will it be text, phone, a combination), and who should initiate the contact. We often have parents contact us about not hearing from their student, but also seeing from various social media that the student seems to be doing well. It’s important to have this conversation before the semester starts, not after someone is upset. Of course, it can be revised as the semester and year go on, but we want you to have that conversation earlier, rather than later! If you have younger children at home, make sure they are considered in this conversation. We often see that the relationship between our students and their younger siblings becomes stronger when the student has headed off to Miami. Contact between your Miami student and their younger sibling or siblings is also important. Ask your student about where they see possible areas of challenge and how they plan to navigate the challenge. Then you can see what overlap there is between what they see and what you see as potential areas of challenge, opening up the door for a deeper conversation about what resources are available, etc. One thing that may assist on the resources side, especially during the first week of school, is for them to think about and plan out the activities they will participate in. We talked about Welcome Week earlier – they will be able to use the same mobile app you can use for orientation to see the welcome week schedule and plan out things they want to do or attend. They will set academic and co-curricular goals while they are here at orientation. Talk to them about those goals and what makes them excited for this coming transition!
- Mark: we hope you will go through the remainder of the program learning as much as possible about Miami and what is here for your student. You will have a chance to ask current students about their experiences at Miami tomorrow morning, during the SOUL Panel. And we hope you’ll have some additional strategies and resources in mind when one of these challenges arises for your student. The Miami Family Focus is a newsletter specifically designed around supporting a first-year student at Miami. You should’ve received your first issue in mid-May. You’ll continue to receive this newsletter every couple of weeks throughout the summer, then once a month during the year. Our goal with it is to provide “just-in-time” information shortly before you will need it because your student is asking about it or experiencing it. Eeweemakiki is a Miami Tribe word that loosely translates to “my relatives” or “my community”. This is a monthly newsletter to all parents that includes more general information about campus opportunities, programs and requirements. It also includes the conversation corner feature, which provides a topic and talking points on that topic for you to discuss with your student. You will automatically receive both of these newsletters. Advertised in these newsletters is a brand new effort to centralize and present information, called Family First Year Experience – series of online modules on topics such as safety, involvement, career development, and more. All of the topics will be available all the time, but we will also remind you of specific topics at times when they are typically most relevant. Of course, we want to see you back for Family Weekend in September. It’s one of the busiest weekends on campus and in Oxford and is a great time to get a glimpse of your student’s new home and their favorite places on campus. There are tons of events scheduled across the entire weekend, but also plenty of opportunities for you to spend unstructured time with your student. Thank you for your time today and we hope you are walking away with some understanding of challenges that your student may face during this exciting time, as well as ways you can support them and resources on campus where you can direct them. That’s the end of our evening tonight. Your students will continue through 10pm or so, with many staying up talking with new friends until much later. Breakfast will be available with your meal card either in the Armstrong Student Center where we started today or (to be confirmed) in Garden Commons, which is right next door here. As you can see on your schedules, the first session tomorrow morning starts at 8am either in Armstrong or in the Shriver Center just across the street from Armstrong, depending on where your student is living next year. Your students will eat breakfast with their SOUL small group and then go to advising and course registration. You’ll meet up with them after the closing session at 11:40am. We’ll stick around for a few minutes if anyone has additional questions. Thanks again!