from hand-holding to auto-pilot mode
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From Hand-Holding to Auto-Pilot ModeJourney Toward Student Self-Efficacy
Loredana Hurjui, MD, Ph.D.
Andreea Bordeianu, Ph.D.
NACADA Belgium, University Hasselt, 2019
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▪ Presentation Title: From Hand-Holding to Auto-Pilot Mode - Journey Toward Student Self-Efficacy
▪ Presenters:Loredana Hurjui, M.D., Ph.D.Andreea Bordeianu, Ph.D. (remotely via Skype)
▪ Session #10.6(P)
▪ Date of Presentation: July 11, 2019
▪ Time of Presentation: 10.15 AM - 11.15 AM
▪ Room: B
From Hand-Holding to Auto-Pilot Mode - Journey Toward Student Self-Efficacy
The first steps in college are challenging, requiring more or less support from advisors, professors, and staff.
As students transition from freshman to senior status, a transformational change is expected to occur, during which the students learn to navigate on their own.
This journey toward self-efficacy takes a lot of patience, guidance, checking the controls, "what-if" scenarios, planning and practice.
The students, at the right time, when weather conditions are good, all commands under control, they slowly and surely shift to auto-pilot.
From the beginning to the end, this journey has challenges and successes, which make the stories of advising profession exciting and rewarding.
The students' stories in becoming autonomous, gaining career self-efficacy are presented and advisors' stories in connection to programs.
Abstract
From Hand-Holding to Auto-Pilot Mode - Journey Toward Students' Self-Efficacy The first steps in college are wobbly and challenging, requiring more or less hand-holding from advisors, professors, and support staff. As students transition through college years, from freshman to senior status, there is a transformational change expected to occur, during which the students learn how to navigate on their own. The voyage starts with Admissions College Days Exploration, First Year Advising Center, Second Year Experience, continuing onto upper college year as Junior and Senior, Focus on the Finish Line, programs are presented as pit stops for students' autonomous journey beyond college. This journey toward self-efficacy takes a lot of patience, guidance, checking the controls, "what-if" scenarios, planning and practice. The students, at the right time, when weather conditions are good, all commands under control, they slowly and surely shift to auto-pilot. From the beginning (dependency) to the end (self-efficacy), this journey has lots of bumps as well as successes, which make the stories of advising profession exciting and rewarding. Nelson & Cooper (2014) considered the academic self-efficacy to be "the cornerstone of success" especially for freshman students. That continues throughout the journey toward senior year, with focus more or less on the academic side and shifting toward the practical skills. As Bandura (1994) would describe, the transformational experiences have a great impact on self-efficacy, not only during adolescence, but during one's lifetime. College years, whether the students are out of high school or a non-traditional students, present challenges and obstacles that without support could turn students' away. This presentation focuses on students' journey throughout college at a Midwestern university in the United States with the goal to inform the audience about the different programs available to students and how they support students in becoming autonomous learners. By using new technology, to enhance accuracy of reporting in advising, new programmatic advising structure, the conversations in the advising office and beyond became more meaningful, career driven, connecting students with resources to be able to explore and discover on their own, what the next step might be. The students and advisors stories, in the form of a metaphoric flight, from hand-holding to auto-pilot are presented with connection to students' change in becoming autonomous and gaining academic and career self-efficacy. In addition to those, the feedback and programs directors' views are presented as well as the impact of their programs on students' journeys and retention, according to institutional research reviews. The presentation will cover background theories of self-efficacy, terminology and literature review, programmatic structure and impact at an institutional level of advisor's points of contact throughout the students' college experience. The presentation will conclude with future recommendations for research, questions and answers for audience. The presenters shall use PowerPoint slides.
Proposal
Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan USA“Grigore T. Popa” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania
Our NACADA Global Collaboration
Our NACADA Global Collaboration
Session goals and outcomes
Session Goals:
• To present student success programs at a Midwestern university in the US • To create scenarios of students’ possible journeys through college• To present impact of programs on students’ self-efficacy• To present connections to students’ success in becoming autonomous
Session Outcome:
• The participants will have an understanding of how programs offered from first year until graduation, support students in their journey through college from being dependend to having self-efficacy
We are going together on a journey
Exercise
Just imagine...
You embark on the journey of your life and you are your own pilot to your own airplane, but you do not know how to fly an airplane. You never had to do that before!
You want to succeed but you do not know how. You have no idea where to start, where to go, what resources you have available, how to read the map and use the compass (vaguely remember something from previous learning experiences).
You feel overwhelmed and lost like you have an impossible task...but you have from one semester to four years to figure it out.
You need some HELP!
Exercise (continued)
Just imagine...
That airplane is your college life and your journey through college is in your own hands, you are the pilot. You are responsible for any mistakes, sidetracks, slow downs and any other turbulences.
You are starting college! This is your first year and you have no idea what to expect, you have never been to college. Everybody tells you it is the best time of your life, but you are scared and have no idea what to do.
You need guidance, support hand-holding? You don’t even know how much do you need and what exactly you need.
You need some HELP!
Runway
Brussels Airport, https://www.brusselsairport.be/pressroom/maintenance-works-on-runway-07l25r-spread-over-8-consecutive-weekends/
Runway as in launching and starting a journey and landing safely.
It is complicated, intricate, a lot of bad things could happen for the few minutes you are on the runway.
Imagine that is your first start in college and the ending of the journey.
Scenario 1
Just imagine...
You are starting college!
You are 17 years old and nobody in your family went to college. You are the First Generation in College.
What kind of “hand-holding” would you need?
Scenario 2
Just imagine...
You are starting college!
You are 27 years old and you are a single parent. You really need to make more money and that high school degree would not be enough to secure a job with benefits and better pay.
What kind of “hand-holding” would you need?
Scenario 3
Just imagine...
You are starting college!
You are 37 years old and you finished your service in the military, you want out and you do not have any other college education other than the training received in the army, which you know could give you a few college credits, but you know you still have a lot to do.
What kind of “hand-holding” would you need?
Scenario 4
Just imagine...
You are starting college!
You are 47 years old and this was your lifetime goal to have a college degree. Plus at work you cannot advance without it. You have the experience, but not the “piece of paper”.
What kind of “hand-holding” would you need?
Scenario “x”
Just imagine… (remember your own start in college and think about it)
You are starting college!
You are ___________
You have been ___________
You know ______________
You don’t know ____________
You need ____________
You are going to be successful because ______________
What kind of “hand-holding” you wish you had. What would you offer to assure auto-pilot and self-efficacy will be on the horizon? Now think of the different generations of students and their needs.
Safety First!
Be prepared to experience difficulties! What safety features are in place?Student success and student support services offer safety, but you need to build your own safety rules and find your strength gear.
Hand-holding __________________________ Auto-Pilot
Define “hand-holding”, as it varies a lot depending on your students’ needs. There is a transition time between the two, time to train, to learn to be able to handle the flight solo in the near future.
Autopilot
What is an Autopilot ?
“An autopilot is a system which is used to control the path/trajectory of the
vehicle without constant “hands-on” control by a human operator being
required. Autopilot is sometimes informally called as “George” by pilots & the
crew members !”
Autopilots | How do they work ?
http://mechstuff.com/autopilots-how-do-they-work/
Dependency ____________________ Self-Efficacy
Total dependency on course planning, schedule, mapping, ways to navigate college, support and guidance needed
Ability to navigate independently, solo flight, autonomous, to be able to handle what is to come in the future.
GOAL: Self-efficacy
Self-efficacy in college student =
“ What people THINK, BELIEVE, and FEEL affect how they behave.” (Albert Bandura, 1986)
The student’s belief and confidence that they have the ability to perform a task and be successful
Self-efficacy = Success
Programs Available for Voyage By Milestone
Pre-College Programs
Admissions College Days Exploration
First Year Advising Center
Second Year Experience
Transfer Student Experience
Junior Audits
Senior Graduation
Focus on the Finish Line
These programs are presented as pit stops from first to the last year in college, for students' autonomous journey beyond college.
College Milestones and Offices - University Level
Pre College Programs
High School or other population with no college experience
FreshmanFYAC First Year Advising Center, NACADA Award Winning Program
SophomoreSecond Year Experience lead by the Office for Student Success
JuniorService Learning, Internships, Co-ops
SeniorGraduation, Career Services
Pre
College
First
Year
2nd
Year
3rd
Year
4th
Year
Alumni
Graduate
Graduate Programs
Pre-College Programs
Academic and Career Explorations: Academic presentations provided by academic departments at Oakland University.
Informational Programs: Informational sessions in admissions and financial aid.
Campus Tours: Program mentors and student leaders offer tours of OU campus.
Lunch in our OU Dining Centers: Lunch with OU programs advisors and coordinators.
Recreational Activities: Activities offered in our Recreation and Wellness Center (50-meter pool, racquetball/squash courts, gymnasium, table tennis and strength/cardiovascular training equipment).
Transition to High School Residential Program: The Residential Program provides students with an introduction to higher education and living on campus. Students reside overnight in our residence halls to learn about college (summer only when students are out on vacation).
Summer Camps: each college, school, Medical School offers exploratory academic summer camps
Programs Available By College/Department
Career Services: Focus on the Finish Line
Office for Student Success: Second Year Experience, Transfer Students Experience
Diversity and Inclusion Office: Multicultural Initiatives, Gender and Sexuality programs, Student Leadership
School of Business Administration ACHIEVE “The ACHIEVE (SBC) courses aim to prepare students for their future by giving them tools for success while undergraduates. It provides opportunities for students to practice their skills with individual coaching and professional feedback, and gives students the opportunity to perform in a realistic setting backed by guidance and support.”
College of Health Sciences “Explorations in Collaborative Leadership and Interprofessional Education (ECLIPSE) is a leadership program founded on the ideas of Collaborative Leadership and Interprofessional Education within the field of health.”
Honors College: “The Honors College is home of the Global Imaginarium, taking your learning, research and service experiences from the local and national to the international, and linking to our additional scholarship support for global StudyAbroad through the wonderful Walt and Donna Young Study Abroad Scholarship, available to you as a student of the Honors College.”
College of Arts and Sciences: FLAGs Program (Fundamental Learning outcomes, Achievements and Goals), Raise Your FLAGs!, OU Advantage “The Grizzly FLAG program allows you to capture the progression of your transferable skills and keep a live record of your experiences and knowledge base during your undergraduate experience.”
Exercise
What programs are existent at your institution to support students in building self-efficacy?
What programs would you like to see to address specific needs of students at your university?
Questions, Comments
THANK YOU!
Collaborators
Loredana Hurjui, M.D., Ph.D.
Andreea Bordeianu, Ph.D.
Ion Hurjui, Ph.D.
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Loredana Hurjui
Andreea Bordeianu
▪ Presentation Title: From Hand-Holding to Auto-Pilot Mode - Journey Toward Student Self-Efficacy
▪ Session #10.6(P)
▪ Presenters:Loredana Hurjui, M.D., Ph.D.Andreea Bordeianu, Ph.D. (remotely via Skype)
▪ Date of Presentation: July 11, 2019
▪ Time of Presentation: 10.15 AM - 11.15 AM
▪ Room: B
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