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Tricia Seifert, Diliana Peregrina-Kretz, Jeff Burrow, Christine Arnold, & Kathleen Moore Finding Their Way: The Role of Peers as Connectors, Partners, and Role Models in Postsecondary Education

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Tricia Seifert, Diliana Peregrina-Kretz,

Jeff Burrow, Christine Arnold,

& Kathleen Moore

Finding Their Way: The Role of Peers as Connectors, Partners, and Role Models in Postsecondary Education

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Before we beginWe are very excited to share this power point presentation with you online!

A version of this presentation was delivered at: – The American College Personnel Association (ACPA) on April 2, 2014– The American Educational Research Association (AERA) on April 7, 2014– The Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) on May 25, 2014– The University of Toronto, St. George Campus – Student Life Day of Learning 2014

Please cite this presentation in the following format:Seifert, T., Peregrina-Kretz, D., Burrow, J., & Arnold, C. (2014). Finding their way: The role of peers as connectors, partners, and role models in post secondary education. [PowerPoint Slides]. Retrieved from: http://supportingstudentsuccess.wordpress.com/

If you have any questions about this presentation please contact the Principal Investigator, Dr. Tricia Seifert at [email protected]

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To understand how stakeholder groups perceive their institution's organization and approach to supporting student success.

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Methodology• Constructivist methodology – participants play a role in

the data interpretation

• Interviews with senior administrators, faculty collaborators & individual faculty

• Focus groups with faculty, SAS staff, students & student leaders

• Depictions and Drawings of how their institution supports student success and their efforts in supporting student success

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Sample128 students

122 Student Affairs and

Services staff

42 Senior Admin

80 faculty participants

N=372

Two publically-funded education sectors:

Colleges (4) and Universities (9)

Varied geographic location, size, mandate and programming

▪Eastern, Western and Northern Ontario, GTA

▪Research intensive, primarily undergraduate, applied degrees, diploma,

certificate programs

▪Diverse communities

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Data Analysis1. Data were transcribed

2. Overarching domains developed

3. Explicated codes developed

4. Reviewed & coded student data where peers are

discussed

5. Categorized data into multiple roles that peers play in

supporting student success

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Theoretical Framework

Renn and Arnold’s (2003) adaptation of Bronfenbrenner’s (1993) Ecological Model of Development

Administrators

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Administrators

Classes

Staff

Job

Faculty

Connecting Findings to

Theory

Mesosystem

Peers

Student

Individual

Microsystems

Programs &Services

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Research Findings: Roles of Students

• Connectors

• Encouraging Partners

• Role Models & Paying it Forward

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Connectors

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One of the things that I enjoyed most about the Psychology Club is that you

learn so much more from students who are currently going through it and [who

are] willing to chat with you…and tell you things that other people aren’t.

--College Student

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A few weeks ago my mentee who is in her first year, she asked me “how do you get through it?”

….I couldn’t answer her right away because I had to go home and really think about it, ‘cause I went through the last three years of my life and asked myself ‘really how did I get through it?’ ….And then I realized that it is because of the support I got from my classmates as well as my co-workers who are also students.

--University Student

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People [peers] started looking at me as a leader and mentor [in class]. I am ok with that. They [peers] see me differently and ask for help. I was there once too.”

--University Student

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Fostering a Positive Peer Culture to

Support Student Success

Peers

Individual

MicrosystemsPrograms &

Services

Classes

Staff

Administrators

Jobs

Faculty

Mesosystem of a Student

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Phase III – Spring 2014

• 11 colleges & universities (English and French) across 4 provinces

• Survey of Faculty, Staff, Senior Academic Officers, Senior Student Affairs and Services Officers

• Correlate with student year-to-year retention and completion

• Recruiting institutions for Spring 2015 participation

• Interested? Contact [email protected]

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Thank you to all of our partner

institutions, participants and

funders.

We appreciate your support.

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