building family partnerships
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The Miami Family: Partnerships to Support Student Success
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Students, Families, & Miami – Partners in Success
Confident.
Comfortable.
Connected.
Curious.
Independence versus
Interdependence
This
Student
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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
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A. Living with othersB. Academic transitionsC. Involvement and meeting
new peopleD. Feeling at home in a new
place
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Which of the transition issues will be most relevant to your student?
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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!”
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Which of these do you think will be your principle attitude toward this student’s transition?
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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.
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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?
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Comfortable: Living With Others
Communication
Resident Assistants
Resident Directors
Roommate Agreements
Commuter Resources
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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.”
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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?
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Confident & Curious: Academic Life
Time Management
Rinella Learning Center
Howe Writing Center
Academic Advisors
Faculty Office Hours
Undergraduate Research
Career Exploration
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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.”
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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?
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The Involvement Myth
Student Organizations
Working On Campus
Welcome Week
Connected: Involvement
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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?”
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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?
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Finding Community
Residence Hall Staff
Student Counseling Service
Family Communication Plan
Comfortable & Connected: Feeling ‘at home’
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What resources, support services, and opportunities
might be most useful to your student?
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Three things to discuss this summer
Family Communication
Plan
Areas of Challenge and
Resources
Academic and Co-curricular
Goals
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Where do we go from here?
Family Orientation
Ongoing communication
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