Who s in the Room? Advisers: Keys to Encouraging International Leadership at Your School

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1 Advisers: Keys to Encouraging International Leadership at Your School Dan Morrissey, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, OH Goals of this presentation: Oz never did give nothing to the Tin Man that he didn't, didn't already have Tin Man, America During this session I will: - Help participants understand the international student perspective - Help participants define what leadership might look like on their campuses - Present data supporting strong advising programs - Suggest some ways in which school leaders can change school culture to make leadership international friendly - Review some exercises and resources schools can use right away! Reminder: - This is a participation based session! Warning: - We will move fast! This PPT and all attachments will be available via Google Drive. Who s in the Room? 1

2 Reflection The International Experience Exercise 1: The Envelope, Please! The International Experience Exercise 2: M & M s and Paper Bags! 2

3 What is advising? This is about advising Every school defines advising differently, but in most schools advisers: Are charged with tracking a group of students academic, social, and emotional progress as they advance through school Usually specialize in helping students develop life skills Are models good behavior Partner with parents and other adults on campus Practice objective parenting Make sausage! What is advising? [T]he key to successful advising is simply having a keen interest in and awareness of each child and his or her environment, needs, and challenges. (*) * Peter Gow The Intentional Teacher, Avocus Publishing What advising is not - Parenting - Interceding with other faculty and administrators on advisee s behalf (or the advisee s parent(s)) - Being friends - Advising food 3

4 (Digression Warning!) Advising is evolving Advising is evolving - Midnight Curriculum - College placement (Much like coaching) What colleges have found good can advising do: Deliberate and intentional advising can: # Retention * # Enhance Learning * Develop civic responsibility + Develop intellectual and academic competence + (and confidence!) Assist students in exploring identity + Ease homesickness and ease anxiety about new experiences * First Year Advising, A Compendium of Best Practices. M Tardy Editor. (resource) + Challenging & Supporting the First-Year Student. Upcraft, etal Current Research on Advising 9-12 Compiled by Steve Barrett Wildwood School, CA McClure, et al (2010): The relationship between advisory programs, personalization and students academic achievement 14 small schools in CA, over 10,000 students, 9-12 Abstract: The more positive feelings that students had about personalization in their school, the higher their academic achievement (as measured by Weighted GPA and the English Language Arts portion of the CST) McClure, Larry, Susan Yonezawa, and Makeba Jones. "Can School Structures Improve Teacher-student Relationships The Relationship between Advisory Programs, Personalization and Students Academic Achievement." Education Policy Analysis Archives (2010). Epaa. Arizona State University, July Web. 20 Apr

5 Current Research on Advising 9-12 Compiled by Steve Barrett Wildwood School, CA Durlak, et al (2011): Impact of Enhancing Students Social and Emotional Learning [SEL] 213 schools, over 270,000 students, K-12 Abstract: SEL participants demonstrated significantly improved social and emotional skills, attitudes, behavior, and academic performance that reflected an 11-percentile-point gain in achievement. Durlak, Joseph, Allison Dymnicki, Rebecca Taylor, Roger Weissberg, and Kriston Schellinger. "The Impact of Enhancing Students Social and Emotional Learning: A Meta-Analysis of School-Based Universal Interventions." Child Development 82.1 (2011): Wiley Online Library. Wiley, 3 Feb Web. 20 Apr Bearings D.C.D s on Early Student Success (and retention) B belonging to something (positive) E emotionally able to manage A academic process is sound R resilience (social, emotional, academic) I involved in something (positive) N not on screen G good at something S self-reliant What is leadership? This is about leadership Every school defines leadership differently, but in most schools leadership is or includes: - Elected or named positions - Limited number of students - Limited number of positions/student - Often reserved for upper classes - Across the curriculum, extra curriculum and residential curriculum - Training - Other privileges ****Opportunities to fail!**** 5

6 What is leadership? This is about leadership D.C.D s of Leadership: - More than the individual - Group dynamic - Inspire - Support - Delegate - Leverage strengths of group - Responsiveness to the group - Perceptive Changing the Culture so that International Students both Seek and Are Sought for Leadership Positions (Echoes from Dr. Reimers talk??) Axiom 1) Changing culture can take 5 years Axiom 2)There will always be resisters look for the embers - Change the adult language ( mindset ) - Individualize - Use stats! - Break down cultural barriers Adding structure to something gets it into the culture. Boarding Advisor Checklist From Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN 6

7 Examples of helpful exercises: (Shameless plug warning!) From: Teaching Clarity, Purpose and Motivation (making kids comfortable) THREE POSITIVE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE ARRIVING AT SCHOOL: SOURCE(S) OF FRUSTRATION SINCE ARRIVING: HOW COMFORTABLE DO YOU FEEL LIVING IN YOUR DORM? IN CLASSES? THE STUDENT(S) THAT KNOW(S) ME BEST IS/ARE -- AND WHY? Examples of helpful exercises: (making sure kids recognize their support systems) Excelling inspired by Baylor School prefect/proctor Handbook What do you need to excel this year? What do you need to excel this week? Who will you ask for help? How will you ask for help? Who/What are your support systems? How do you create support systems? How do you know if you are doing the right thing? How do you know if you are doing a good job? Examples of helpful exercises: What do You Bring to The Team? (helping kids define their strengths) 7

8 Examples of helpful exercises: Leadership 101 (demystifying leadership) Examples of helpful exercises: Relationships and You: What s YOUR Role? (demystifying personal interaction) Examples of helpful exercises: Goal Setting (adding leadership to things you probably already do) 8

9 Resources: Bibliography/Works Cited/Suggested Resources: Teaching Clarity, Purpose, and Motivation. Morrissey, Avocus Publishing 2012 The Advisory Toolkit. Barrett, Wildwood School 2006 The Intentional Teacher. Gow. Avocus Publishing 2009 Quests and Quandaries A human Development Workbook. Hotchkiss. Avocus Publishing 2001 Being Adolescent, Conflict and Growth in the Teenage Years. - M. Csikszentmihaly, R. Larson. Basic Books 1984 (pages , 75, 28, 189, 263) Group Exercises for Enhancing Social Skills and Self-Esteem S.. Khalsa Professional Resource Exchange; (December 1996) Ready-to-Use Social Skills Lessons & Activities for Grades R. Beg Jossey-Bass Coaching and Character Building Virtue in Athletic Programs. Yeager, etal Dude Publishing 2001 Educating for Character Lickona. Bantam Books The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries about the Teenage Brain Tell Us about Our Kids Strauch Bantam Doubleday Punished by Rewards Kohn Houghton Mifflin Understanding by Design Wiggins and McTighe Merrill/Prentice Hall The Pressured Child Thompson Ballantine Books Achieving and Sustaining Institutional Excellence Barefoot, etal Jossey-Bass Promoting Social and Emotional Learning Elias, etal ASCD

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