How Flexible Should I Be with Non-Traditional Students?
Program includes a CD with the video presentation, plus supplemental materials, PowerPoint slides, and complete transcript • $99
“I want to be in class for the next test, but I need to be at my child’s parent-teacher conference. Can I take the test on Tuesday instead?”
“I thought I emailed the paper to you! I must have done it wrong…Can I just send it through the regular mail instead?”
“My mother is in the hospital, and I wasn’t able to finish my paper.”
If you have had non-traditional students, you have probably faced these types of situations and more. Non-traditional students are different. How do you strike the right balance between inflexible and being a pushover?
During this 20 minute program, you will learn:
- The nature of the stress that non-traditional students face day to day.
- How to distinguish between helping non-traditional students and enabling them.
- How to set standards with non-traditional students that require hard work but that are also flexible.
- The importance of making a personal connection with your non-traditional students.
The program also includes supplemental materials that feature suggestions, case studies and recommended resources.
Learning outcomes
At the conclusion of this program, you will:
- Understand various approaches you can use to help non-traditional students meet and overcome the academic challenges they face.
- Better understand how to assist non-traditional students in a way that supports their growth as students and individuals.
- Know how to intervene in responding to “red flags” to ensure that your non-traditional students stay on track with their coursework.
- Have an improved awareness of the various campus resources that you can refer non-traditional students to for assistance.
How Flexible Should I Be With Non-Traditional Students? • CD • $99
This Magna 20 Minute Mentor includes a CD with the video presentation, supplemental materials, a copy of the PowerPoint slides and the program transcript.
Want to make this program available for your entire campus?
Contact us about a Campus Access License to load the CD onto your institution’s internal web site for unlimited, convenient on-demand access to members of the campus community. The Campus Access License is ideal for ongoing group or individual training or to build a library of professional development material.
If you have any questions contact Customer Service at 800-433-0499 or (608) 246-3590 or email us at support@facultyfocus.com.
Dr. Brian Van Brunt is the president-elect of the American College Counseling Association, who currently serves as Director of Counseling and Testing at Western Kentucky University. His counseling style draws from a variety of approaches, though primarily from the humanistic/person-centered style of treatment with its emphasis on warmth, compassion, empathy, unconditional positive regard, individual choice and personal responsibility.