Facilitating Student Success
Background
The Facilitating Student Success Certificate is a series of workshops that will be offered to all employees of Confederation College. These courses aim to enhance the capacity of Confederation College employees to effectively assist students in a variety of situations, and to help create a supportive environment that builds students’ life skills and ability to cope with a range of issues.
Each workshop is approximately 1.5 hours in length and will be taught by employees from various areas of the College. All sessions must be attended in order to receive the Facilitating Student Success Certificate.
Workshop Schedule & Course Descriptions
1. Understanding Mental Health Issues
When: TBD
Where:
**Open to the Region
Workshop Description: This session will explore the following questions: What does it mean to be 'mentally healthy'? How do our students stack up to this definition? What resources are available to support students and staff in dealing with mental health issues? How can we do a better job promoting mental health and wellbeing across the college community?
Presenter: Jillian Gribben
2. safeTALK - Suicide Alertness for Everyone
**safeTALK is presented through Student Success and is a requirement to completing the Facilitating Student Success certificate
When: November 14, 2019 at 9 am
Where: Shuniah Room C205
Description: Why come to safeTALK? Most people with thoughts of suicide invite help. Often these opportunities are missed, dismissed or avoided—leaving people more alone and at greater risk. safeTALK training prepares you to help by using TALK (Tell, Ask, Listen and KeepSafe) to identify and engage people with thoughts of suicide and to connect them with further help and care.
Presenters: Jillian Gribben
3. Financial Advising: Financial Assistance A-Z
When: Spring 2020
Where:
**Open to the Region
Workshop Description:
Have you ever wondered what financial options are available to students, in order to support their success at Confederation College?
In this workshop you will learn where to refer students looking to fund their education, what options are available for funding, what the OSAP program has to offer, and what institutional aid the College has to offer students (campus work, bursaries etc.).
Presenter: Linda Bannon
4. Responding to Challenging Behaviours
When: January 8th for Thunder Bay Employees and January 14th for Regional Employees
Where: TBA
Workshop Description: When dealing with challenging behaviours, psychological research tells us that it’s wise to start first by looking into the mirror. One way for us to do this is to look at what triggers us and find strategies to identify and manage these.
The session is open to all staff and faculty. It will address situations throughout the college that you might come across and how best to respond.
Presenter: Kim Morgan
5. Understanding Academic Accommodations – Student Accessibility Services
When: January 2020
Where: TBA
**Open to the Region
Workshop Description: This workshop will help you better understand academic accommodations for students with disabilities attending Confederation College. The workshop will review the responsibilities of Student Accessibility Services, Faculty, Students and the College in the accommodation process. The workshop will also touch on the concept of Universal Design for Learning and how we can make our classrooms more accessible for all students.
Presenter: Vilma Johnson
6. Referrals and Resources
When: TBD
Where:
Note: Regional participants will be offered a separate workshop. Stay tuned for details!
Workshop Description: Let's put a stop to the campus run around! Part of making an appropriate referral is being aware of the services and resources available. This workshop reviews the resources and services at Confederation College that are here to help you when working with students. Participants will interact with various departments and services to learn what each department is responsible for. We will also briefly outline what FIPPA means to those working in a post-secondary institution.
Presenters: TBA
7. Student Panel
When: TBD
Where:
**Open to the Region
Workshop Description: In this session you will hear from a panel of students who will share their Confederation College experiences to date. The session will be interactive and will cover a broad range of topics - from their first few weeks at the College, the challenges they've faced, the resources they've accessed, their favourite experiences and their suggestions for improvement.
Presenters: Confederation College Students
8. Valuing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
When: TBD
Where:
**Open to the Region
Workshop Description: This session will focus on the concept of diversity and discuss the value our College places on diversity and the ways in which we do and can support it. We will also look at related concepts such as equality and equity and discuss associated issues e.g. direct and indirect discrimination, racism and new racism, marginalization, bias, stereotyping, and privilege and power.
Presenter: TBA
Upon completion of all workshops, employees will be awarded a certificate of completion.
How Will This Certificate Program Benefit Employees?
- Provide employees with more tools to effectively assist students (increase awareness about supports in place for students)
- Facilitate communication between departments/employees and create a greater sense of understanding between departments
- A PD opportunity for all employees