IUPUI’S SPAN PROGRAM –FROM A
PARENT’S PERSPECTIVE
What will be required in SPAN
-Attendance
The failure rate tends to be highest for incoming freshman. One
reason is because of students’ newly found sense of freedom and
resulting temptation to skip class. We feel that attendance is
critical for the success of SPAN kids, and so apparently does IUPUI.
We’ve noticed that teachers do take attendance in most classes,
with varying affect on student’s grades.
-Work ethic
SPAN kids must maintain a 3.0 grade point average or above to
remain in the program. This requires a good work ethic and should
be a key consideration in evaluating your student for this program.
-Keep up with readings and assignments
College requires students to be highly self-motivated. They’ve got to
want to be there and they’ve got to be willing to do the work.
While parental prodding may have worked in the past, by college it
is often ineffective, if not totally ignored. And the faculty will not
hold your student’s hand and force them to turn in work either.
Be sure that your student clearly understands how to work from a
syllabus and that deadlines are deadlines. Most teachers make no
exceptions to their policies.
-Computer literacy
Computer literacy is required for success at IUPUI. This campus is
unique in the high degree of reliance upon electronic
communication. A high percentage of teachers use the OneStart
website to report grades, assignments, tests, forums, group projects
and group or individual communications. It is imperative that your
student not only has computer access, but also has considerable
amounts of time available to the Internet for their usage.
Caution – if you have parental control settings limiting your
Internet, this may keep your student from being able to access all
necessary information for completing assignments. We recommend
that you analyze your need for these tools, as you evaluate the
maturity and levels of trust you have with your student.
Students on the IUPUI campus are able to purchase many
Microsoft products at greatly reduced rates for their own personal
usage however to be able to purchase software at these reduced
rates they must sign the usage agreement and present their
JagTag. (See Section 19.)
PARENT’S PERSPECTIVE
What will be required in SPAN
-Attendance
The failure rate tends to be highest for incoming freshman. One
reason is because of students’ newly found sense of freedom and
resulting temptation to skip class. We feel that attendance is
critical for the success of SPAN kids, and so apparently does IUPUI.
We’ve noticed that teachers do take attendance in most classes,
with varying affect on student’s grades.
-Work ethic
SPAN kids must maintain a 3.0 grade point average or above to
remain in the program. This requires a good work ethic and should
be a key consideration in evaluating your student for this program.
-Keep up with readings and assignments
College requires students to be highly self-motivated. They’ve got to
want to be there and they’ve got to be willing to do the work.
While parental prodding may have worked in the past, by college it
is often ineffective, if not totally ignored. And the faculty will not
hold your student’s hand and force them to turn in work either.
Be sure that your student clearly understands how to work from a
syllabus and that deadlines are deadlines. Most teachers make no
exceptions to their policies.
-Computer literacy
Computer literacy is required for success at IUPUI. This campus is
unique in the high degree of reliance upon electronic
communication. A high percentage of teachers use the OneStart
website to report grades, assignments, tests, forums, group projects
and group or individual communications. It is imperative that your
student not only has computer access, but also has considerable
amounts of time available to the Internet for their usage.
Caution – if you have parental control settings limiting your
Internet, this may keep your student from being able to access all
necessary information for completing assignments. We recommend
that you analyze your need for these tools, as you evaluate the
maturity and levels of trust you have with your student.
Students on the IUPUI campus are able to purchase many
Microsoft products at greatly reduced rates for their own personal
usage however to be able to purchase software at these reduced
rates they must sign the usage agreement and present their
JagTag. (See Section 19.)
About IUPUI SPAN
Program- What Will Be
Required In SPAN
Program- What Will Be
Required In SPAN
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