best practices for pre-departure programming
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Best Practices for Pre-Departure Programming. Semester & Academic Year Abroad Short-Term Abroad. Jenny Kawata [email protected] Allegheny College Jessica (Jay) Halchak [email protected] Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania Kathleen Ellwood [email protected] - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Best Practices for Pre-Departure Programming
Semester & Academic Year AbroadShort-Term Abroad
Best Practices for Pre-Departure Programming
Jenny [email protected]
Allegheny College
Jessica (Jay) Halchak [email protected] Univ. of Pennsylvania
Kathleen Ellwood
[email protected] Experiences
Abroad
Mandy [email protected]
Penn State Altoona
Tina Johnson [email protected]
duRandolph College
Jon Stauff
[email protected] The College of New Jersey
Session Disclaimer
• We are facilitators--not experts! • This is a resource session
• Discussion and information sharing is encouraged
• Testing of techniques and materials is recommended
Semester & Year Abroad
MaterialsStudent Engagement / Student
ReflectionFeedback Techniques
Best Practices
MaterialsSemester & Year Abroad• Invitations: Evite, paper invites, email, etc.• Forms• Host Program Information • Passport and Visa Guidance Sheet• Pre-Reflection Forms for Experiential Learning• Resource Websites and Handouts
Timetable: Inquiry Application Accepted Pre-Departure Arrival (On-Site) Meeting(s)
Country Guide Forms Packet, Readings, Local Info Handbook, Travel stuff, Maps, bag, Visa, Passport Last Minute Papers Course info
Student EngagementSemester & Year Abroad
• Pre-Reflection Discussions• Returnee Student Match Ups with Newly Accepted Students• Blogging• Culture Shock Activities: Pinata - oh, Hello! • Games: Jeopardy!, Family Feud, Communication
Challenge• Content Sessions with (On Campus) Professionals:
o Safety, Security, & Life as an American Abroado Don't get Arrested, if you do--don't call meo Hey, Man, what's the 3-1-1?
• Phone counseling one to one connections, answer specific needs for each applicant
Pre-Departure Feedback TechniquesSemester & Year AbroadOnline Surveys• Survey monkey• Abroad101.com• Re-entry Programming• One-on-one • Alumni ambassador programs• Study Abroad Café
Short-Term Abroad
MaterialsStudent Engagement / Student
ReflectionFeedback Techniques
Best Practices
Materials-Short-Term Abroad
• Ice Breaker Activity/Cultural Simulation • Pre-departure handbook
o Covers University Policies and tips• Reference Materials
o ATM/Cellphone guide, Map/Subway navigating skills
• Emergency Plano Given to Faculty o Emergency Cards to students
• Country Specific Informationo Currency exchange rate and customary greetings
Note: Not all items will work at your institution. Much of a successful Pre-departure session is about trial and error.
Principles of Personal LeadershipMindfulness invites us to "wake-up" to our habitual behaviors, to bring self-awareness forward as both instrument and teacher, and to look at each situation with fresh eyes. Creativity invites us to bring forth something new. Instead of acting or speaking from habit, we discern the action or words appropriate to each situation we’re in. Creativity also invites us to pay attention to what feels personally generative and life-enhancing, what brings forth joy and builds upon our unique capabilities.
Practices of Personal Leadership
Attending to Judgment
Attending to Physical Sensation
Attending to Emotion
Cultivating Stillness
EngagingAmbiguity
Aligning with Vision
Student EngagementShort-Term Abroad
Personal Leadership: Critical Moment Dialogues• Teach students principles/practices in pre-departure
setting o Require two to four reflection worksheets during
sojourn abroad• Examples from Randolph College Ecuador short-term
international study seminar Create an environment where students want to learn the information - ex. Randolph case studyCreate opportunities for reflection • Ex. Blogs, hands on exercises, cultural assignments,
cultural simulations
Pre-Departure Feedback TechniquesShort-Term Abroad• Post Session Feedback
o Surveys - On-line or papero Focus Groups
• Post Trip Feedback on Pre-Departureo Surveys - On-line
Ex. homegrown surveys or Abroad101.como Re-entry Program
Ex. Ice Cream/Pizza Party Debriefings
Did pre-departure prepare them for trip? Ambassador programs
at fairs, info. sessions, etc.
Best PracticesShort-Term Abroad
• Define your outcomeso What do you hope to achieve
• Engage the studentso Allow them to be involved in learning
• Prepare them for what they will potential experienceo Make them aware of cultural shock
• Solicit feedback after pre-departure and after the tripo On-line feedback tends to work best
• Use feedbacko Ex. Altoona
Pre-Departure Programming Example:Radford: The Three-Hour Pre-Departure
Marathon
• Using a passport, students visit stations and collect stamps o Health/Safetyo Academic Rigoro Culture Shocko Packingo Student Conduct (incl. Alcohol/Drugs)o Communication
• Lobby is set up as a port-of-entry, each station has "passport control"
• Students receive a visa stamp upon completion for the country where they are headed.
Radford: The Three-Hour Pre-Departure Marathon
• International Education Center - 20-page handbook• Faculty-Staff Committee - designs content of station
presentations and selects materials o Student Affairs, Police Department, Faculty,
Administrators • Returnee Students (Global Highlanders) - port-of-
entry officers and passport control officials, also co-presenting materials with a faculty-staff member
• Game/prizes available to those successfully answering questions based on station content
Radford Model - Pros and Cons
Pros -• One-stop shopping• Faculty-staff
collaboration• Active from a physical
standpoint • Social benefits -
students meet everyone who will be abroad
• Lots of materials distributed
• IEC Branding
Cons - • TMI - Too much
information at one time?
• Danger of superficial treatment of important content
• No guarantee faculty leader will reinforce message
• Overgeneralizations
Resources
• wilderdom.com/games/Icebreakers.html• http://www.unr.edu/oiss/toolbox/index.html • www.abroad101.com• www.pacific.edu/culture• www.plseminars.com• Thiagarajan, S. (2006). Barnga: A Simulation Game
on cultural clashes. Boston: Intercultural Press• Hofstede, G.J., Pedersen, P., and Hofstede, G.
(2002). Exploring Culture: Exercises, Stories and Synthetic Cultures. Boston: Intercultural Press
Small Group Activity
DIVIDEDISCUSS
DISCOVER
DISCUSS
Best Practices: Materials
What works for you? What have you tried?
DISCUSS
Best Practices: Student Engagement
What works for you? What have you tried?
DISCUSS
Best Practices: Feedback Techniques
What works for you? What have you tried?