2019 FTIC Orientation Schedule Redesign

Outline for Today

I. Why are we here?

II. Approach and research

III. Framework and goals

IV. Finalized schedule

V. Next Steps

Why are we here?

Reimagining University Advising and Coaching (RUAC)

• A review and redesign of the FTIC orientation program for implementation for summer/fall 2019 Orientation season

• RUAC FTIC Orientation Redesign Team • Faculty, staff, and advising representatives

Approach and research

• Prior Orientation assessment results

• Campus-wide feedback surveys

• National Standards

• The Association of Orientation, Transition, and Retention (NODA)

• Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS)

• Research

• Benchmarking

• Realities of UCF and the Orientation program

Approach and research

Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) 2018 Contextual Statement for Orientation Programs highlights:

• Facilitate academic and social integration; create a sense of belonging (Tinto, 1992, 2017; Pascarella & Terenzini, 1983; Pergio& Upcraft, 1989)

• Provide opportunities for new students to learn about their academic opportunities, expectations, and support services; establish positive connection between academic advisors and new students

• Supporting the parents, partners, guardians of the new student

First Year Experience and Orientation is committed to the informing, inspiring, and empowering students and their guests during the Orientation experience.

Informing, Inspiring, Empowering

• Informing requires us to think of Orientation as a process

• Inspiring students to care of about becoming UCF Knights and what it means to start their academic journey

• Empowering students to take action and be responsible for their experience as Knights: academically, socially, and personally

Learning Outcomes

Student

• Know UCF’s academic expectations and their responsibility for their own experience.

• Be aware of UCF’s social expectations and community standards.

• Be aware of UCF’s opportunities for engagement.

• Know they have a responsibility for their decisions and actions.

Guest

• Know they play a supportive role in their student’s transition process.

• Know UCF’s academic expectations and their student’s responsibility for their own experience.

• Know it is their student’s responsibility to make decisions and take actions.

• Know there are resources to support students.

Goals

1. Orientation as a process

2. Intentional content

3. Holistic, themed sessions

Goals

1. Orientation as a process

Pre-Orientation Communication

(E-mail, Webcourse, Website, etc.)

Orientation Event(Just-in-time Information)

Post-Orientation Communication

(Webcourse, E-mail, Website, etc.)

Goals

2. Intentional content

Goals

3. Holistic, themed sessions

Questions?

Finalized Schedule

• Consultations

• Took a closer look at realties

• Considered University priorities • Student success technologies

• Retention metrics

• 4-year Graduation metrics

• Students are responsible for their experience

Finalized Schedule

• Two-day Program • Day 1: acclimation to UCF expectations; introduction to

academic information• Day 2: exploration of student support resources;

focuses taking action through advising and course registration

• “Personalized” feel: by giving attendees the ability to choose the information they want to hear in-person at Orientation

• Students will have access to all information after Orientation via a Webcourse

Review 2019 FTIC Orientation Schedule

Questions?

Next Steps

• Collaboration and communication • Campus Partner Updates website • Campus Partner Toolkit

• Review, identify, and simplify – what is your “just-in-time” information?

• March 1, Submit top 5 pieces of “just-in-time,” information and if your have presentation, please provide contact if you have a fluent Spanish-speaking staff member

• Review the core messages to integrate in Orientation; more to come on this!

Next Steps

• More information to come regarding Orientation involvement outside of presentations

• Orientation Presentations• Content Meetings (February 25 – March 29)

• Presentation title, descriptor, and learning outcomes due April 12

• Presentations due May 1, utilizing Orientation template, or by April 26 if you are unable to have it translated to Spanish

Questions?