IRSC’s QEP team is excited to offer these professional development opportunities for all IRSC employees as part of the College-wide initiative, Helping Students Navigate the River. All employees are encouraged to attend. Fill out the information in the form below and hit submit. If you have questions, please contact Rebecca Shearer at rshearer@irsc.edu
Belonging has consistently been shown to be a significant predictor of academic success. But how do we translate belonging research into intentional designs that foster belonging in the classroom? Dr. LaDonna Young, IRSC’s Achieving the Dream Coach, will share a framework for belonging and practical tools and strategies faculty can leverage to nurture and sustain an authentic sense of belonging in the classroom.
Belonging is a fundamental human need. Research shows that a sense of belonging has particular benefits beyond the classroom. Belonging validates a student’s presence on campus and supports their well-being, engagement, and academic success. Dr. LaDonna Young, IRSC’s Achieving the Dream Coach, will share practical tools and strategies that empower college staff to create opportunity structures that support student belonging outside the classroom.
Have you ever stepped back for a moment and imagined how it feels to be a student walking onto an IRSC campus or into the college classroom for the first time? While we, as employees of the College, generally feel “at home” or secure in our environments, the experience of our students may be very different than our own. In this session, facilitators from one of IRSC’s partner organizations New Common Ground™ will walk us through what it means to take on the “tourist’s mindset” within our campus spaces and employ Optimistic Curiosity™ in order to help our students feel a sense of belonging and know that they are an integral part of the IRSC community.
This engaging panel discussion is an excellent opportunity for all IRSC employees to come together and explore the extensive resources available for our students. Discover innovative strategies to effectively promote these resources, ensuring that every student is aware and can fully benefit from them. Don't miss this chance to enhance your understanding and contribute to our students' success. Your insights and participation are vital in helping our students navigate their educational journey at IRSC.
Students today are very different than when many of us attended college. The world around them has drastically changed as has their awareness of that world thanks in large part to hand-held technology and the omnipresence of social media. These influences, combined with the growing mental health crisis facing this generation of students and other prohibitive factors, have caused significant barriers to student success at IRSC. How can we, as a caring campus community, help students foster healthy practices to overcome these challenges? In this session, facilitators from one of IRSC’s partner organizations New Common Ground™ will share communication strategies that can help empower our students to practice help-seeking behaviors by tapping into their own potential to think through problems, resolve conflicts, and genuinely connect with others.
As you head into the College each day, do you ever stop to think about what you do and why you do it? In this session, we will look at the reasons we do what we do and how those efforts contribute to the overall purpose of IRSC. Come explore your part in ‘the why’ of the College.
Our students come to us from a wide range of cultural and educational backgrounds, and with their own economic opportunities and personal experiences. As a result, it can be daunting to meet these students’ needs in our classrooms and offices, especially when the students subscribe to cultural norms different from our own. This panel discussion, moderated by IRSC’s partner organization New Common Ground™, will present and discuss culturally relevant teaching practices that foster an inclusive environment and create meaningful connections with members of the IRSC community.
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