FYE FOUNDATIONS
CURRICULUM
• What is it
• Why is it important
• Goals
• Specifics
• FAQ
WHAT is the
FYE Foundations Curriculum?
A MODEST set of processes (threads)
that all LC’s engage in throughout LC:
• Academic Success Strategies and Practices
• Goal Setting & Task/Time Management
• Involvement in Mentoring Relationships
• Connecting with Faculty & Advisors
• University Engagement
WHY
ROOTED in
NATIONAL RESEARCH
&
PROGRAM EXPERIENCE
Regarding
Common First Year Student
Challenges & Essential Needs
Goals of the FYE Foundations
Curriculum
Provides across-the-board underpinnings
in each Learning Community to help students:
• Enhance awareness and practice of essential deep learning and
college success strategies
• Meaningfully and productively connect with each other, peer
leaders, other students and UC faculty, advisors and staff
• Get off to a great start & grow throughout first year
• Prepare for mid-collegiate and capstone challenges.
• Have a successful and memorable UC experience.
• Thrive in a global economy and society.
SPECIFICS OF FYE
FOUNDATIONS THREADS
See NOW - PL HANDBOOK Pages 36-40
More details, suggestions, exploration throughout training
More detail, resources and tool kits on PL Blackboard & in PL Office
1. Academic Success
HS to College, Deep Learning, Study Skills, Study Groups
2. Goal Setting & Time Management
SMART Goals, Setting Goals,
Time Management, Goals Follow Up
More Foundations Specifics
3. Mentoring
Mentoring Sessions, Casual Mentoring, Follow Up
4. Faculty & Advisor Connections
Bring to LC as Guests, Encourage Student Outreach
5. University Engagement
Exposure to and Involvement activities & organizations
Clarifications and Q&A
HOW do I do this?
•
On the Pl Blackboard there is detailed explanation of each thread , information
sheets and tool kits for each. BUT feel free to use your own methods as long
as they are consistent with objectives .
Do I need to broadcast “the foundations” to LC?
•
No, not necessarily. These are the things that impactful LC’s do. Involve the
students in these activities and (applying leadership practices) try to get as
much buy-in as possible.
How much LC time for this and is this all we do in the LC
meetings?
•
Suggested times are indicated in thread explanations in handbook. The
foundations are a minimum LC backbone. BUT intensify and go beyond by
focusing on specific student interests and needs.
More Clarifications and Q&A
Do all colleges, majors and/or LC’s do the same thing?
•
The general structure of the foundations but specific activities may vary –
types of academic skills highlighted, types of guests, focus in mentoring
sessions, etc.
How will my implementation of the curriculum be
monitored?
•
PLC will provide a planning sheet for each thread - will be distributed at
training and will be on PL Blackboard. We will ask about your progress
periodically at PL meetings and on weekly reports. And we will collect
planning sheets.
Final Caveats and Tips
Do you have tips for getting students into it?
•
Be enthusiastic, champion the cause, be resilient and go with the punches,
plan engaging activities, get feedback and modify continuously, don’t
expect perfection, supportively challenge, encourage persistence and
celebrate achievements – small and large.
What if I am having problems?
•
See PLC and/or Greg ASAP. It’s normal. But a stitch in time saves nine!