Connections for Connections for CommunitiesCommunities

Linking Courses through Learning Linking Courses through Learning CommunitiesCommunities

Jennifer Beattie & Katy Goforth

Tri-County Technical College

ENG 032 COL 105 MAT 032

ENG 101 COL 105 SOC 101

BIO 100 COL 105 CHM 100

TCTC TCTC Learning CommunitiesLearning Communities

Points of IntersectionPoints of Intersection

Purpose: Students can apply and integrate Purpose: Students can apply and integrate course concepts from the three linked course concepts from the three linked courses and “dive deeper” with their courses and “dive deeper” with their learninglearning

Points of IntersectionPoints of Intersection

Purpose: Faculty can teach course Purpose: Faculty can teach course concepts that will be reinforced in one or concepts that will be reinforced in one or more of the three linked courses through more of the three linked courses through lecture, activities, or team worklecture, activities, or team work

What is Freshman Seminar

Accept Personal Responsibility

Discover Self-motivation

Master Self-management

Employ InterdependencePhoto courtesy of Houghton Mifflin

A course designed to prepare students for success in college and in life.Focuses on 8 behaviors:

8 behaviors (cont’d)

Gain Self-Awareness

Adopt Lifelong Learning

Develop Emotional Intelligence

Believe in Themselves

How?Provide a structured

learning experienceProvide specific and

measurable knowledge, skills, behaviors, and values

Provide deeper, transferable learning

Design Grids

•Active Learning Techniques

•Structures and Strategies

•Learning Styles

Link: Success TeamsLink: Success Teams

Welcome to your success team. What is a Welcome to your success team. What is a success teamsuccess team? Well, a success team is ? Well, a success team is basically a group of people working together for basically a group of people working together for one common goal: success. More specifically, a one common goal: success. More specifically, a success team is a team of people with whom success team is a team of people with whom you have individual agreements to contribute to you have individual agreements to contribute to each other's success. The point is that in order each other's success. The point is that in order for all of us to be successful, we rely on others for all of us to be successful, we rely on others to help us along the way.  And, we can do it in a to help us along the way.  And, we can do it in a way that allows us to help others be more way that allows us to help others be more successful, too!successful, too!

Success Team InstructionsSuccess Team Instructions

Step 1: Name YourselfStep 1: Name YourselfStep 2: Discuss Your GoalsStep 2: Discuss Your Goals

SMARTSMARTStep 3: Make PromisesStep 3: Make Promises

Team contractTeam contract Commitments agreed to by each and every Commitments agreed to by each and every

membermember

Link: Success TeamsLink: Success Teams

COL 105COL 105Discussion: InterdependenceDiscussion: InterdependenceActivity: Create Success TeamsActivity: Create Success Teams

ENG 101ENG 101Activity: Effective Peer ReviewActivity: Effective Peer ReviewSuccess Teams for Peer ReviewSuccess Teams for Peer Review

SOC 101SOC 101Success Teams for study groupsSuccess Teams for study groups

Success? We Think So!

Q & AQ & A

Contact Info.Contact Info.

Jennifer BeattieJennifer Beattie jbeattie@tctc.edujbeattie@tctc.edu

Katy GoforthKaty Goforthkgoforth@tctc.edukgoforth@tctc.edu