| Initiative Title | Peer Mentorship Program |
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| Submitted in Previous Year(s) | No |
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| Critical Information, Notes, Justification, Rationale | Pairing experienced students through a peer mentoring program enhances the experience of first-year students. Peer mentors have the ability to ease the transition between high school and college, guide students to resources and opportunities, and promote autonomous decision-making. Evidenced by student feedback both here at SUNY Orange and in national data, students are more likely to succeed with a strong support network that spans outside of academic support. A peer mentorship program would create one more avenue for students to create positive connections, increase college readiness, and ultimately improve retention rates. |
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| Consequences of this initiative not being funded | A peer mentorship program can promote college readiness, ease adjustment to college in general, and supplement a support network often lacking for at-risk students and first generation students. |
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| Department Goals | Engage a holistic approach to student learning and success; expand support services to address the gap of college readiness for First Year students., Partner and collaborate with departments across the college to create cohesion across support services, maximize the use of internal resources, and eliminate redundancies in services., Support the recommendations of the Guided Pathways Initiative. |
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| Programs | |
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| Locations | Newburgh Campus |
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| Estimated Completion Date | |
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| Will this initiative span multiple budget years? | Yes |
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| Importance | Medium |
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| Funding Source | Grant Possibility |
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| Created | 11/27/2018 12:10 pm |
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| Updated | 11/27/2018 12:27 pm |
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Institutional Goals
| Goal |
How will the initiative support this institutional goal? |
- STUDENT SERVICES MASTER PLAN 2013
- Student Success & Access
- Facilitate student success, growth and goal completion
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Students who participate in mentoring programs are more prepared academically and socially for challenges they face during the first year of college. |
- STRATEGIC PLAN 2015-2020
- PRIORITY II: Student Support and Success: We will support our students in achieving their educational and career goals.
- b: Accelerate students’ completion of developmental education and ensure college readiness by refining processes, services, and course sequences.
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By directly enhancing a student's support on campus support network that addresses non-academic success. |
- STRATEGIC PLAN 2015-2020
- PRIORITY II: Student Support and Success: We will support our students in achieving their educational and career goals.
- c: Increase student retention, completion, transfer, and employment readiness.
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By directly enhancing a student's support on campus support network that addresses non-academic success. |
- ACADEMIC MASTER PLAN 2016-2020
- The Student Experience
- Objective #3: Enhance academic support and services by effectively utilizing equipment, facilities, personnel, and technology to meet our students’ needs.
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A peer mentoring program would be a natural extension to our peer tutor staff here on campus. |
Action Steps
| Action Step |
Responsible Party |
Order |
| Partner with Advising and academic departments to identify peer tutor candidates. |
Academic Support, Advising |
1 |
| Expand Learning Center program offerings to include peer mentoring |
Academic Support |
2 |
Expected Outcomes
| Outcome |
Order |
| Ease the transition from high school to college by demonstrating positive student habits and sharing skills. |
1 |
| Guide students to resources and opportunities on campus. |
2 |
| Promote autonomous decision-making among first-year students. |
3 |
Assessment Methods
| Method |
Description |
Other Method |
Responsible Party |
| Tracking |
Usage of programs, services, participation can be tracked; demographic information may also be able to be collected. |
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Academic Support |
| Student Surveys: Satisfaction Need |
Surveys can be developed internally and administered to assess student frequency, importance, need and satisfaction institution’s staff, office and services and programming. |
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Academic Support |
| Institutional Data |
Review both program and student data that is collected at the institutional level. Data can include program enrollment, retention, transfer, student GPA, etc. |
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Academic Support, Assessment |
Resources
| INITIAL YEAR COST: |
$0.00 |
| RECURRING COST: |
$0.00 |
Equipment
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Facility
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Supply
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Staffing
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Training
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Marketing
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Other
| Need |
Cost (Initial/Recurring) |
Supporting Departments |
| N/A |
$0.00
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- Academic Support Newburgh
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| TOTAL: |
$0.00 / $0.00 |
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Prioritization
This is initiative is ready for prioritization.
Assessment
| Date | Department Name | Status | Cost to Date | Funding Source | |
| No results found. |