Session 1 Agenda, Monday, June 17

Pre-Workshop Reading:  The First Generation College Experience: Implications for Campus Practice, and Strategies for Improving Persistence and Success, Chapter 2, by Jeff Davis

  • Activity :What do our incoming students need to know?
  • Welcome and overview of program (by Lauri Aguirre, Director of First Year Programs)
  • Icebreaker activity
  • Observations on City Tech first-year students (by Sarah Paruolo, Director of the Student Success Center)
  • Duties and Responsibilities of the CT101 Instructor
  • Activity: Connecting to Resources at City Tech
  • Intro to CT101 Session 1

Before Session Two: complete reflection on OpenLab: If I could make one improvement to the City Tech student’s experience, what would it be, and why?”