Tutoring Matters Webinar Series Advising in Turbulent Times Karen Sullivan-Vance, Ed.D. Welcome! Today’s seminar starts at 11am BST. Please MUTE your microphone. You can introduce yourself and ask questions in the zoom chat window. NACADA Global Advising Week 2020 Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Global Advising Week 2020 A warm welcome to participants from across the globe NACADA, the Global Community for Academic Advising, is 40! Between May 3-9, 2020 NACADA Global Advising Week , co-sponsored by UKAT and LVSA, celebrates advising around the world. All events, including this one, are free and open to all – see more at https://nacada.ksu.edu/Community/NACADA- Global-Advising-Week.aspx Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Webinar Presenters Dr Karen Sullivan- David Lochtie Vance Host Assoc. Vice Provost for Student Success University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
OBJECTIVES Discuss how these Develop an understanding challenges impact a student’s ability to learn and of some of the challenges a college campus’ ability to facing the world. retain those students. Discuss the role of a Outline how Student college campus, specifically Development Theory can related to free speech, safe be used to address spaces, and development during periods social/emotional support. of intense social upheaval. Provide tools advisors can use when working with Advisor self-care. students who face challenging situations. Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
STATE OF THE WORLD POST THE GREAT POLITICAL TURMOIL RISE IN HATRED RECESSION FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY FIRST GENERATION VALUE OF HIGHER TO NOT EXCEED EDUCATION BEING THEIR PARENTS DEBATED Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
GLOBAL HIGHER EDUCATION CHALLENGES • Increasing costs and student debt • Increasing numbers of first-generation, low socio-economic status students • Brexit and impact on Erasmus • Budget cuts and high staff turnover in Australia • Performance based funding • Partnering with communities to impact innovations/economics • Ensuring curriculum is up to date to support the workplace • Developing dynamic approaches, technology to support student learning Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
GLOBAL PANDEMIC-COVID-19 Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
OUR NEW LIVES • Quarantine • Isolation • Social Distancing • Alone Together • Fear/Worry • When Will this End? Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
GLOBAL RECESSION • Unemployment • Pay cuts and furloughs • Increase in usage of food pantries/banks • Housing Insecurity • Businesses Closing • New graduates having job offers rescinded • Major losses in retirement accounts/investments This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
GLOBAL PANDEMIC IMPACT STUDENTS UNIVERSITIES • • Shattered Dreams Move to online • Increased stress/anxiety • Refunds for housing and dining • Technology Issues • Ensuring students, faculty • Family Stress and staff have what they • Money Worries need to work/study remotely • Grief • Furloughs, no new hires • Loss of Motivation • Working long hours, while trying to take care of their • Delay entry into university families Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
LOST MILESTONES A State of Postponement or Cancellation for Students: • Lost Jobs • Residence Halls Closed • Moved home with family • Awards Banquets • Graduation Ceremonies • Internships/Apprenticeships • Jobs and Careers • Long Term Impact of Deferred Dreams Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
NATURAL DISASTERS • Hurricanes • Tornados • Tsunamis • Earthquakes • Floods • Typhoons Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
PERSONAL DISASTERS • Job Loss • No promotion when expected • Injury • Illness • Divorce • Separation from family • Death of a family member or close friend Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
DEMOGRAPHIC CLIFF 2025… • Decades long decreasing birth rates • Migration Patterns • Immigration Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
DROP IN TRADITIONAL AGED COLLEGE STUDENTS 15% in 5 Years Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
CHANGING NEEDS in HIGHER EDUCATION • Educational Equity • Student Loan Forgiveness • Courses in Different Formats-Synchronous, Asynchronous Learning • Instructional Design • Flexible and Innovative Thinking • Utilization of Industry, Alumni and Stakeholders Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
IMPACT ON STUDENTS Dissonance between the goals of higher education learning and the lived experiences of our students Increased mental health issues Rising costs/accruing debt Food insecurity Housing insecurity Cost of technology/supplies Increased student activism Decline in civil discourse Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
SO… …How can we best support our students through turbulent times? Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
TUTORING/ADVISING PRACTICE GROUNDED IN THEORY ➢ Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs ➢ Sandford’s Challenge and Support ➢ Schlossberg’s Transition Theory & Mattering vs. Marginality ➢ Lewin’s B = ƒ(P, E) Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
MASLOW’S HIERARCHY of NEEDS Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
SANFORD’S CHALLENGE and SUPPORT ➢ Readiness ➢ Challenge ➢ Support Students need to have a balance between the challenges they are experiencing, and the support offered to help them. Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
SCHLOSSBERG’S TRANSITION THEORY Transitions ➢ Events or Non-Events resulting in changes ➢ Meaning for the Individual is based on Type: Anticipated, Unanticipated Context: Relationship to Transition and the Setting Impact: Alerterations in Daily Life Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
SCHLOSSBERG Cont. Transition Process: ➢ Reactions Over Time ➢ Moving In ➢ Moving Through ➢ Moving Out Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
SCHLOSSBERG Cont. Coping Through the 4 S’s: ➢ Situation: Trigger, Timing, Control, Role Change, Duration, Previous Experience ➢ Self: Personal Characteristics, Psychological Resources ➢ Support: Types, Functions, Measurement ➢ Strategies: Categories, Coping Methods Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
LEWIN’S PERSON ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS THEORY B=f (P,E) Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
Even Now Student Success is Unchanged • Transition and integration into a community of scholars • Student Persistence • Institutional Retention Efforts • Academic Progress • Involvement in Co-Curricular • Degree Completion • Transition Post-Graduation into Graduate/Professional Program or World of Work Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
NACADA CORE VALUES Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
ADVISING STUDENTS THROUGH CHALLENGING TIMES Acknowledging Ask how they are Listen to students what is happening doing? Ongoing Advisor Develop a strong Campus Forums development and referral network training Show up to events to let students know you care Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
STUDENT SUPPORT Counseling Flex Hours Pop up Advising Textbook Online Food rentals/No cost Advising/Chat Pantries/Food textbook/Open Bot Apps source Microgrants Loaner Laptops Emergency Emergency WiFi Hotspots housing Loans Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
We Know Academic Advising Matters to Students Advisors Create Learning Opportunities Fosters Student Success and Persistence Leads to Retention and Degree Completion Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
TUTOR/ADIVSOR SELF-CARE Allow space for tutors to talk through situations Develop a Fun Allow tutors time to Team process Develop programs Consistent that give tutors a hours/avoiding voice excess hours Standing Wellness programs desks/ergonomic on campus work environments Connecting tutors Rewards and with on and off- Recognition campus referrals Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
ADDITIONAL TUTOR/ADVISOR SELF-CARE • Limit Exposure to News • Develop a Routine • Exercise Daily • Do Not Schedule Online Meetings Back to Back • Take Regular Breaks • Eat Healthy Meals • Use a Meditation/Mindfulness App • Plan Time to Connect with Family and Friends • Practice Gratitude • Use this as an Opportunity to Reset • Give Yourself and Others Grace • Remember This Will Pass Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
FINALLY… There are no insignificant conversations. Dr. Larry Roper Tutoring Matters Webinar Series
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