{"id":19506,"date":"2023-08-29T12:49:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/?p=19506"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:45:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:45:42","slug":"backtoterm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumenlearning.com\/backtoterm\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Term: Student Success Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Educators are key to ensuring student success. You provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to achieve goals, realize potential, and fulfill dreams. This is a big job! Here are a few tips to support you as you begin this term.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Cultivate a Pedagogy of Welcome<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Classes in all modalities can use simple strategies to welcome and make students feel valued. Simple activities such as introducing yourself as a person, having pairs of students introduce each other, having students complete an introduce yourself survey, or doing a fun activity together go a long way to demonstrate you care about them<\/span>. <\/span>You can utilize Lumen\u2019s <\/span>Introduce Yourself survey <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>with students to help cultivate belonging and welcome. <\/span><\/p>\n

As the pandemic has shifted some of education to online, new pedagogies have emerged to bring the level of engagement students expect and deserve.\u00a0 Niya Bond, Lumen Circles* Facilitator, talks in detail about <\/span>how faculty can create welcoming online classrooms<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> that encourage success for every student. “Pedagogies of Online Welcome” provide an approach for faculty members to welcome students into online learning experiences by focusing on creating friendly, open-minded, and inclusive online environments.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Student<\/span>s thrive in a supportive learning environment where they can connect with their peers and form meaningful relationships with their instructors. Building a sense of\u00a0community promotes an atmosphere where students feel more confident asking questions and seeking assistance.<\/p>\n

Being part of a learning community results in higher rates of attendance, participation, and persistence. Examples of establishing such a learning community can be found in the reflections of Lumen Circles participants. In one reflection, Darsha Katwala explains how she built a class community with ease<\/a>.<\/span> Another reflection, titled “Welcome and AH-HA! I Saw That”<\/a><\/span><\/span> by Dennis O\u2019Reilly, highlights the significance of fostering a community of learners.<\/p>\n

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Encourage Reflection and Self-Assessment\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\n

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Re<\/span>flection and self-assessment are keys to helping students grow throughout their college experience. It\u2019s cri<\/span>tical that students learn reflective practice in order to learn from mistakes, d<\/span>evelop curiosity, and learn how to improve their performance. One way to encourage reflection and self-assessment is by setting small and achievable goals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n