Conference for Learning and Academic Student Success (CLASS)

TitleConference for Learning and Academic Student Success (CLASS)
Faculty/College/UnitVP Students
StatusCompleted
Duration3 Years
Initiation04/01/2008
Completion03/31/2011
Funding Details
Year 1: Project Title“Get Learn’d” The Learning Conference
Year 1: Project YearYear 1
Year 1: Funding Year2008/2009
Year 1: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 1: Principal InvestigatorJanet Sinclair
Year 1: Funded Amount16,600
Year 1: Team Members

Janet Sinclair, Student Development Officer, Faculty of Science
June Lam, Faculty of Science
Jaspreet Mangat, Faculty of Science
Jay Chan, Faculty of Science
Jovi Wong, Faculty of Science
Indy Batth, Faculty of Science
Glenn Pangilinan, Faculty of Science
Jimmy Yan, Faculty of Science
Paul Harrison, Associate Dean, Faculty of Science

Year 2: Project TitleGet Learn’d Conference
Year 2: Project YearYear 2
Year 2: Funding Year2009/2010
Year 2: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 2: Principal InvestigatorJanet Sinclair
Year 2: Funded Amount30,860
Year 2: Team Members

Janet Sinclair, Student Development Officer, Faculty of Science
Erin Biddlecombe, Student Development Officer, Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
Tracy Rollins, Student Development Officer, Faculty of Arts
Caroline Rueckert, International Student Advisor, Global Resource Systems, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Jimmy Yan, SUS VP Internal and Academics
Paul Harrison, Associate Dean, Faculty of Science

Year 3: Project YearYear 3
Year 3: Funding Year2010/2011
Year 3: Project TypeSmall TLEF
Year 3: Principal InvestigatorJanet Sinclair
Year 3: Funded Amount30,860
Year 3: Team Members

Janet Sinclair, Student Development Officer, Faculty of Science
Erin Biddlecombe, Student Development Officer, Engineering / E-Team Advisor
Tracey Rollins, Student Development Advisor, Faculty of Arts
Craig Wallace, Coordinator, International Peer Academic Coaches

SCI Team Members and Science Peer Academic Coaches:

Ruth Kwok, Student Development Officer, Sauder / Director of Programs, CLASS
Jay Chan, Alumni, Faculty of Science
Paul Harrison, Associate Dean, Faculty of Science
Margot Bell, Associate Director, Student Development

Year 3: Summary

The Third Annual first year student Learning Conference will be held in late October 2010. The CLASS
Conference is an integral part of the academic orientation and transition process of first-year students, integrating with faculty based transition programs and campus wide orientation programs. This conference connects orientation and transition programs, as an extension of Imagine with MUG Leaders reconnecting with their first-year students. This is combined with a series of academic learning skills workshops and support provided thru Peer Academic Coaches, AMS Tutoring and LEAP and other faculty resources. More specifically, it will educate and engage students on the essential academic skills and how to take responsibility to enhance their learning experience. In addition, the conference will be coordinated by a number of peer programs on campus, allowing them to present a diversity of ways of providing support for students, increasing an awareness of the importance of getting involved, balance and wellness. This will further foster an academic learning community at UBC where students a) feel supported by their professors and peers, b) are empowered to gain the confidence to control their academic fUture, and c) where students are provided meaningful peer leadership opportunities.