Transition to Kean (T2K): A Comprehensive Program to Assist Students in Transition

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Transition to Kean (T2K)A Comprehensive Program
to Assist Students in Transition

• Presented by
• Terry Y. Fung, Ph.D.
• Director of General Education and
• Transition to Kean (T2K)
• Kean University
• Union, New Jersey 07083
• 908-737-0333 t2k_at_kean.edu
• http//www.kean.edu/t2k

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Kean University

• 4-year State university
• Headcount 12,958
• Graduate 2,923
• Undergraduate 10,035
• FTE
• Graduate 1,402.4
• Undergraduate 8,003.2
• http//ir.kean.edu

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Time Line of Events

• Admission
• Placement Testing
• Registration and Family Orientation
• New Student Orientation
• Transition to Kean (T2K) Class
• Mid-semester Advisement
• End-of-Semester Follow up
• Second Semester Follow Up

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General Education Program

• Foundation Requirements
• GE 1000 Transition to Kean (T2K)
• English
• Math
• Comm 1402 Speech Communication
• Research and Technology
• Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Distribution
  Requirements
• Concentration Requirement
• Capstone Requirement

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GE 1000 Transition to Kean (T2K)

• One credit
• Meets once a week for one hour and twenty minutes
  for 15 weeks
• Instructor and Academic Instructional Mentor
  (AIM)
• 22 25 students
• Regular or major based sections
• 60 sections in fall and 10 sections in spring

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Instructors/AIM Profile Fall 2005

• 63 sections in total
• 30 designated sections
• Instructor Profile
• Administrator with Faculty rank 3
• Adjunct Professor 3
• Faculty 18
• Professional Staff 35
• AIM Profile
• GPA 2.75 Upper Classman

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Course Structure

• Opening Week Assignment (course embedded) total
  05 points 1.3
• Career paper (Course embedded) total 100
  points 25
• 5 minute oral presentation (Course embedded)
  total 50 points 12.5
• 2 Electronic Journal Assignments (5 pts each)
  total 10 points 2.5
• Meeting 1 with your AIM total 20 points 5.0
• Meeting 2 with your AIM total 20 points 5.0
• Meeting 1 with Instructor total 20
  points 5.0
• 3 Out-Of-Class Summary Papers (20 pts ea.)
  total 60 points 15
• Miscellaneous Assignments total 50
  points 12.5
• Class Participation total 65 points 16.3
• Grand Total 400 pts (100.0)
• Divide this total by 4 to get the final grade (in
  percent)

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Course Materials/Requirements

• Custom textbookGateway to Your Success, 8th
  Edition
• A CD bundled with the textbook
• Instructor Manual
• Required workshops
• Careers Workshop
• Higher Learning Video viewing
• Safer Sex Workshop
• Out-of-Class Activities

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Grading Policy

• Final Grade Scale Letter Grade
  
• 93 lt A
• 92 - 89 A-
• 88 - 85 B
• 84 - 82 B
• 81 - 79 B-
• 78 - 76 C
• 75 - 70 C
• 69 - 50 D
• lt 50 F
• Complete sample syllabus is posted on
  www.kean.edu/t2k

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Professional Development

• Instructor/AIM Training (May)
• One day program
• A week long AIM training (August)
• During the semester
• Monthly instructor meeting
• Bi-weekly AIM meeting
• Teaching Tips and Transition to Kean Update
• Technological support

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Supporting Services

• Career Development and Advancement
• Tutoring and Learning Support Services
• Undecided/Undeclared Major Services
• Counseling Services
• Referral Services

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Assessment Issues and Activities

• Family Orientation Evaluation
• New Student Orientation Evaluation
• Career Workshop Evaluation
• Safer Sex Workshop Evaluation
• End of Semester Evaluation
• AIM
• Instructor
• Student

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GE 1000 Grade and Average GPA

• Grade Average GPA
• A 2.92
• B 2.40
• C 1.92
• D 1.66
• F 1.04
• Total number of students in this study is 5710
• Data is collected from 01/FA to 05/Summer
• GPA is taken at January 2006
• Correlation between GE 1000 grade and GPA is 0.62

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Second Semester Follow Up

• Send letter to students
• GPA 3.3 or higher
• GPA between 2.5 to 3.2
• GPA below 2.5

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Resources

• T2K Course Outline
• T2K Course Syllabus Template
• T2K Out-of-Class Activities
• Instructor/AIM Training Agenda
• AIM Training Agenda
• Family Newsletter
• Teaching Tips and T2K Update
• http//www.kean.edu/t2k