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Academic Progress Program

The Academic Progress Program is designed to provide assistance and support to help improve academic skills, performance, and standing for the students on academic warning and academic probation (including continued academic probation). Students with the Academic Standing Status of academic alert are also encouraged to participate in the Academic Progress Program.

The Academic Progress Program offers:

• An important and detailed letter from the assistant vice president for academic affairs explaining the student's academic standing and its consequences.
• An academic progress orientation session at the start of the semester.
• Individualized student support. Students on academic warning and those on academic probation have slightly different programs of support.

Academic Progress Orientation

The Academic Progress Program will offer two orientation sessions at the beginning of the semester. These sessions are designed to give students an overview of the program and opportunities to ask questions, become familiar with various academic resources, and set appointments concerning academic standing with College administrators and staff. Students will be provided:

• An overview of the wide-ranging services and programs offered by the Academic Success Center.
• An explanation of the academic coaching process and a chance to submit preferred days and times for weekly coaching sessions.
• An opportunity to set an initial meeting with the director of Learning Support Services.
• A summary from the Academic Advising Center of the course repeat policy and the need to design an appropriate course schedule for the semester before the add/drop period ends.
• A chance to establish an appointment with staff from the Academic Advising Center to review student course schedules.

All students who are on academic warning or academic probation are required to attend these sessions. If, for matters of privacy, students do not wish to attend the academic progress orientation sessions, they must contact Andrew Wilcox, director of Academic Success Center at x3720 or awilcox@spfldcol.edu. Students are asked to indicate which academic progress orientation session they plan to attend by filling out the Academic Progress Orientation Sessions RSVP. For the spring 2010 semester, the academic progress orientation sessions will be held on:

• Wednesday, January 20, 2010, from 4-5 p.m. in Hickory Hall room 110
• Thursday, January 21, 2010, from noon-1 p.m. in Hickory Hall room 110

Students on Academic Warning

Students receive support through weekly Academic Success Team meetings. These teams consist of small groups of students who have been placed on academic warning. They will meet with an academic coach once a week for about an hour. The meetings will have two primary goals: one, to provide individual academic coaching to students; and two, to model and teach students how to set up their own support and structure. The meetings will provide:

• a regular opportunity to “check in” and discuss academic successes and struggles, reflection being a key component to academic success.
• access to a skilled and knowledgeable resource person who is solely there to assist students in their progress, and who is a regular point of accountability.
• valuable peer support from other students.
• information, organizational tools, and advice.
• individual assistance, support, and trouble-shooting.

These academic coaching sessions will be led by the coordinator of First Year Success, Meeghan Ziolkowski, who is a faculty member and an administrator for the Academic Success Center and the Academic Advising Center. She can be contacted within the first week of classes via e-mail: mziolkowski@spfldcol.edu

Students on Academic Probation

Students receive support through a variety means:

• An Initial Academic Progress Checklist for the student to fill out in the first week of classes these students. Students on academic probation will be required to complete initial academic progress checklist and make appointments connected to their plan. Students can complete the majority of the checklist during the academic progress orientation sessions, or they can complete the checklist independently. Students must submit their initial academic progress checklist to the Academic Success Center within the first week of the semester.
• An initial academic assessment appointment with the director of Learning Support Services.
• Academic coaching every week to assist with time management and study skills, and to monitor academic progress.
• Progress meetings each month with the director of Learning Support Services to discuss academic progress, to assess academic coaching work, and to ensure the student is taking advantage of available support services.

Consequences of Academic Probation

• Students on academic probation will be allowed to continue to take courses at Springfield College for one semester, giving them an opportunity to raise their cumulative GPA to the minimum acceptable standard. Failure to achieve that standard at the conclusion of that semester, or to make significant improvement, will result in academic dismissal.
• Students on academic probation are required to participate in the Academic Progress Program.
• Students who are on academic probation are officially ineligible to receive financial aid.
• Students who are on academic probation are ineligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics.

Resources

• Initial Academic Progress Checklist
• Academic Progress Orientation Sessions RSVP