FCS FLASH
ISSUE 115: January 26, 2010
Link to Complete FCS Calendar (Color-coded by discipline for
easy reference)
February 2: Fresno:
USDA Career Pathways Fair at Fresno State.
Students and faculty welcome.
February 24: San Francisco: The Institute on
Aging 1st in a 3 Part Series,
Mind, Body, and Spirit: Pathways to Improving Health
March 5: Downey: FCS Student Design Event, “Your
Design Career: Color it Green”
March 19: Costa Mesa: FCS Professional
Development Event: Fashion,
Info and Registration!
April 16: Downey: Student Culinary/Hospitality
Symposium & Competition:
Save the Date!
January 2011: It’s never too early to start
planning for Paris! Here are the
details of Orange Coast College’s Culinary
Arts Trip.
FCS 2010 News!:
Carol McClelland,
Green Career Central’s
founder, is one of the
featured speakers at the upcoming FCS Student Design Event, March 5th
in Downey. Encourage your Fashion and Interior Design students to
attend this free event. Here’s a
link to the required online registration.
Anna Gorman’s
editorial in the Los Angeles Times
highlights a recent Pew Center Study, “Between
Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America,” it’s one
component of the ongoing study, “The
Millennials: A Portrait of Generation Next.” Check out what our
regular contributors have to say. Maria Claver, Gerontology, writes about
the growing
need for gerontologists. Jean Tepperman,
Child Development,
reviews two books that explore the minds of
children. Melanie Horn Mallers, Family Studies,
reflects on the difficulties families face
when Postpartum Depression seeps in. Roger Gerard, Hospitality, uncovers the
hidden benefits of the “Staycation.”
Dana Wu Wassmer, Nutrition, clearly not a fan of diets, provides great
strategies to control your weight in the
New Year.
FCS
FLASH Activity: Get Set for Your Best Year Ever!
While
California’s Community Colleges are experiencing record enrollments, many
students are dropping out of courses or failing to earn passing grades. In
fact,
only 24 percent of community college students who intend to earn an
associate degree or transfer to a four-year school are successful in doing
so within six years. FCS instructors are serious about helping more
students succeed. To help meet this goal, this semester the FCS FLASH will
bring you ideas, resources, and easy activities to engage students and give
them some of the tools they need to become more successful.
Since the single most important factor in student retention, as reported in a national survey, was the concerned, caring attitude of faculty and staff, creating a warm and welcoming classroom environment is the best place to begin. In addition, when students have personal and meaningful contact with their instructors, the greater the chances that students will persist in their classes. Student retention is enhanced when teachers learn their students’ names, are available before and after class, and stop and talk to students around campus.
One thing we know about student success is that students who set goals, commit them to writing, and refer back to them, are much more likely to reach their goals than those students who do not set goals. To get your students on the road to success in your course, encourage them to set a goal and make it SMART. The activity outlined here will get them going.Do
this:
Ask some
questions about what students expect to get from your class.
Why are you
taking this class?
What do you expect to get from this class?
How are you going to succeed in this class?
Explain
that when students set goals for a course they do better in the class.
Distribute "Get
Set for Your Best Semester"
activity, review the directions, and have students complete the
exercise.
Share your goals and ask volunteers to share theirs.
Encourage students to save
this activity in their notebook and review it each week.
FYI:
…When
students succeed by completing a career certificate or a college degree,
they are far more likely to go on to lead productive lives.
Chancellor
Jack Scott
This newsletter was brought to you by the California Community College Chancellor's Office Family and Consumer Sciences Collaborative Grant (#09-0160). Please contact Joann Driggers (jdriggers@mtsac.edu) or 909/594-5611 x5203 with any questions.
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