Professional Development on Families and Higher Education

Professional Development on Families and Higher Education
Developing positive relationships with parents and families helps students with a smooth transition to the higher education institution. Parents and families are invested stakeholders who can significantly affect students success.
Create an 8-10 slide digital presentation for a professional development that outlines the types of services and programming that are effective in increasing family engagement and communication with new student affairs staff members.
Address the following:
Evaluate the services and programming available to families of higher education students as well as the strategic value of these services.
Outline the challenges in communicating with parents as their child transitions into a higher education institution, taking into account legal and ethical boundaries which need to be considered.
Identify the opportunities for engagement and communication with parents and guardians to improve the overall experience of students.
Describe appropriate ethical and legal boundaries that must be in place to protect students rights.
Explain how you will continue to monitor the progress of the new student affairs staff members.
Title slide, reference slide, and presenters notes.
Additionally, include graphics that are relevant to the content, visually appealing, and use space appropriately.
Support your presentation with 3-5 scholarly resources.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide,
Rubric: Professional Development on Families and Higher Education
Evaluation of Services and Programming Available
20.0
Not addressed.
Erroneously evaluates the services and programming available to families of higher education students as well as the strategic value of these services.
Ambiguously evaluates the services and programming available to families of higher education students as well as the strategic value of these services.
Logically evaluates the services and programming available to families of higher education students as well as the strategic value of these services.
Insightfully evaluates the services and programming available to families of higher education students as well as the strategic value of these services.
Communication Challenges
20.0
Not addressed.
Unrealistically outlines the challenges in communicating with parents as their child transitions into a higher education institution, taking into account legal and ethical boundaries which need to be considered.
Vaguely outlines the challenges in communicating with parents as their child transitions into a higher education institution, taking into account legal and ethical boundaries which need to be considered.
Properly outlines the challenges in communicating with parents as their child transitions into a higher education institution, taking into account legal and ethical boundaries which need to be considered.
Realistically outlines the challenges in communicating with parents as their child transitions into a higher education institution, taking into account legal and ethical boundaries which need to be considered.
Opportunities for Engagement and Communication
20.0
Not addressed.
Incomprehensibly identifies the opportunities for engagement and communication with parents and guardians to improve the overall experience of students.
Marginally identifies the opportunities for engagement and communication with parents and guardians to improve the overall experience of students.
Concisely identifies the opportunities for engagement and communication with parents and guardians to improve the overall experience of students.
Comprehensively identifies the opportunities for engagement and communication with parents and guardians to improve the overall experience of students.
Protecting Students Rights
10.0
Not addressed.
Incorrectly describes ethical and legal boundaries that must be in place to protect students rights.
Partially describes appropriate ethical and legal boundaries that must be in place to protect students rights.
Correctly describes appropriate ethical and legal boundaries that must be in place to protect students rights.
Thoughtfully describes appropriate ethical and legal boundaries that must be in place to protect students rights.
Progress Monitoring
10.0
Not addressed.
Insufficiently explains how to continue to monitor the progress of the new student affairs staff members.
Unclearly explains how to continue to monitor the progress of the new student affairs staff members.
Clearly explains how to continue to monitor the progress of the new student affairs staff members.
Thoroughly explains how to continue to monitor the progress of the new student affairs staff members.
Visual Appeal
10.0
Not addressed.
There are few or no graphic elements. No variation in layout or typography is evident.
Minimal use of graphic elements is evident. Elements do not consistently contribute to the understanding of concepts, ideas, and relationships. There is some variation in type size, color, and layout.
Thematic graphic elements are used, but not always in context. Visual connections mostly contribute to the understanding of concepts, ideas, and relationships. Differences in type size or color are used well and consistently.
The slide digital presentation is visually pleasing for the audience. There is a good variety and use of graphics, colors, and fonts. The arrangement of material is logically organized for presentation.
Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use)
5.0
Not addressed.
Surface errors are pervasive enough that they impede communication of meaning. Inappropriate word choice or sentence construction is used.
Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice (register) or word choice are present. Sentence structure is correct but not varied.
Submission includes some mechanical errors, but they do not hinder comprehension. A variety of effective sentence structures are used, as well as some practice and content-related language.
Submission is virtually free of mechanical errors. Word choice reflects well-developed use of practice and content-related language. Sentence structures are varied and engaging.
Documentation of Sources (citations, footnotes, references, bibliography, etc., as appropriate to assignment and style)
5.0
Not addressed.
Documentation of sources is inconsistent or incorrect, as appropriate to assignment and style, with numerous formatting errors.
Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, although several minor formatting errors are present.
Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct.
Sources are completely and correctly documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is free of error.
Total Percentage 100

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