* what was your role when your student was in high school? * how will it be different at gw?
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*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!
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