Learning Skills

Assessing performance, meeting individual needs, recognizing personal potential

Why?

Any learning experience is more valuable when the learner is able to personally assume ownership for the learning. Each of you made the decision to participate in this institute for reasons that met some personal need. In this pre-Institute activity, you have the opportunity to do some preparatory reading, thinking, and writing that will enrich your experience at this event. At the start of the Institute we will ask each of you to share your background, your strengths and areas for growth based upon a survey of success educators, and your personal goals for the event. This will help the facilitators customize the agenda to better meet the needs of the audience. 

Plan

1. Browse the following: 

• Fall 2006 Student Success Newsletter (html file)

• 4.2.2   Becoming a Self Grower  (.pdf file)

• 4.2.1   Overview of Mentoring (.pdf file)

• 4.1.1.  Overview of Assessment (.pdf file)

• 3.2.1    Overview of Facilitation (.pdf file)

2. Review the Broad Learning Goals for the Student Success Institute

3. Complete the Student Educator Survey Form (both table and questions) [.pdf file which can be printed]

4. Prepare to share your survey responses with Institute participants. 

Broad Learning Goals for Student Success Institute

1. Prepare facilitators to value and apply mentoring and assessment skills as catalysts for student growth in learning communities.

2. View the classroom as a laboratory for individual growth of students and faculty.

3. Commit to a continuous investigation of best practices and their application.

4. Establish a community of practitioners with a shared vision for facilitating student success

5. Integrate mentoring and self assessment into one’s personal teaching philosophy.

6. Prepare facilitators to effectively mentor student growth in learning communities.

7. Train facilitators to understand and apply best practices for facilitating student growth and success.