*Parental differences

between high school & college

*What was your role when your student was in high school?

*How will it be different at GW?

*How can you support your

student’s academic success?

*Show interest & excitement in what your student is doing – and give positive encouragement

*Understand that sometimes your student is busy with studying/schoolwork and can’t talk as much

*Be supportive of your student’s ambitions but encourage him to ease into his schedule

*Encourage your student to research and use university academic resources

*What will be different for your

student?

*Academic environment

*Schedule

*Assignments and timing

*Grading

*Other obligations on time (organizations, jobs, sports, sleep, mental/physical wellness, etc.)

*Skills to encourage

academic success

*2 key areas that will help with academic success:

*1. Time management

*2. Organization and planning

*To which university resources should you connect your student?

*Connecting with academic advisors

*Academic Advisors develop a four-year relationship with your student

*This relationship is different from a high school guidance counselor

*Why might you contact an academic advisor?

*Connecting with faculty (in class)

*Encourage your student to attend office hours

*What are office hours?

*What can be talked about?

*What are the advantages of developing a professional relationship with a faculty member?

*How should your student communicate with his/her professor?

*Connecting with faculty (outside the classroom)

*Faculty guides and faculty-in-residence

*10 faculty guides and 7 faculty-in-residence

*Create programming that bridges hall residences with academics

*Program goals:

*Make faculty more approachable

*Show students how to engage with faculty

*Demonstrate the value of extracurricular learning

*The Writing Center

*Tutors help students with writing projects – grammar, style, structure, transition, etc., during pre-arranged appointments

*Will also help with group work

*What won’t The Writing Center do?

*How can you help your student with writing assignments?

*The Tutoring Initiative

*Each student receives 10 free hours of tutoring

*Visit http://gwired.gwu.edu/tutor for a list of classes supported by this initiative

*Student should contact TA, professor, department, or school for additional help

*The Language Center

*Free, walk-in language tutoring in all languages taught at GW

*Language exchange program

*Conversation Club

*Additional university resources

*Library systems – Gelman Library and Eckles Library

* Librarians

*Resource desk

*Updates to the library facilities will continue through 2013

*Disability Support Services: gwired.gwu.edu/dss/

*Office of Academic Integrity: www.gwu.edu/~ntegrity/

*House Staff

*How to help your student

*What happens when your student gets off track?

*The Office of Parent Services can direct you to university resources/departments which can help!

*Every Colonial Counts!

*CARE Network – students.gwu.edu/care

*CARE forms

*Membership

*Contacting your student

*College student development

*College as a time of academic, social, emotional, and psychological development

*Role of student agency: self-advocacy is key!

*Everyone at the university wants your student to have a successful, meaningful, and enjoyable university experience!

*Questions and answers

*For more information, please feel free to contact students@gwu.edu

*Enjoy these moments and we’ll see you again at Move-In in August!

WELCOME TO GW,

PARENTS OF THE CLASS OF 2017!