Conversations with Professors Prep Session

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Conversations with Professors Prep Session

• Co-sponsored by the Center for Faculty Innovation
• Aug. 18, 2008

Conversations with Professors Thursday, Aug. 21
945-11 a.m.
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Thank you!!
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Todays session

• Introductions
• Prep session goals
• CWP goals
• What do students need to know
• Strategies and potential topics
• Logistics

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Prep Session Goals

• Prepare folks who are new to this
• Get everyone warmed up, regardless if you have
  presented before
• Have a good conversation
• Clarify the role of the FROG
• Share a few logistics

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Why Conversations with Professors?

• Enhance communication between faculty and
  students by helping students understand what
  faculty are really like
• Clarify expectations of what college level
  learning is like
• Promote successful classroom and out-of-class
  behaviors

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Why Conversations with Professors?

• The FROGS were exceptional and the students were
  engaged!
• The freshmen in my group were very excited about
  being here and had a lot of questions! I
  really do think it makes a difference.

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Why Conversations with Professors?

• The students were engaged and willing to talk
  about lots of issues relating to their time at
  JMU--I love doing this.
• The students were well prepared for active
  participation.

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What is Conversations?

• 75 minute faculty led discussion
• 945-11am Thursday, Aug. 21
• An Opportunity to address
• Professors
• Classes
• Academic Integrity
• Academic Performance
• Individually designed

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How do Conversations work?

• Goals
• Getting things started
• What works?
• What doesnt?
• How do you wrap it up?
• Using your FROG

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What do students need to know?

• Four general areas
• Professors
• Classes
• Academic Integrity
• Academic Performance
• What is keeping students from internalizing this
  information?

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Potential Topics

• Teacher/Student interaction
• Time management
• Civility in the classroom
• Learning does not equal GPA
• Not just high school with more students
• What not to say to your professor
• Why faculty members are passionate
• Dont wait to ask for help
• What it takes to be successful

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Resources

• Your resource packet
• Also available on the CFI web site
• Orientation web site
• Honor Code video
• Presented at Advising session on Thursday, Aug.
  21 _at_ 245pm

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What is Conversations?

• You also have FROGs

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When?

• Conversations with Professors 945-11am Thur,
  Aug. 21, 2008
• Tue Wed, Aug. 19 20 First-year move-in days
• 245 FROGs
• 123 FROG groups (2 FROGs/group)
• Average size of groups 32

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Where

• First required program
• Group met briefly the evening before
• Attendance is required
• Students are in groups with roommates and hall
  mates
• Groups may already be in your classroom

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Where, where, where

• Room location
• Rooms should be unlocked
• Variety of classrooms being used
• Rosters

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Questions!
A guy walks into the bar with a slab of concrete
under one arm. He asked the bartender for two gin
tonics. The bartender asked "Two gin and
tonics? The guy replied "Yeah, one for me" and
pointing to his other hand, "one for the road."
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Thank you!