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Getting In and Staying In: How Community Colleges Support Their
Students
Chris PfautzDean of Students
John Tyler Community College
Open Access
Comprehensive Programming
Core Values
Academic
Career
Crisis
Counseling
Counselors
Faculty Advisors
Academic Advising
The furthest reaching system of student support.
Designed to help students with the transition from wherever they are now to the college environment.
SDV 100
How to Navigate JTCC
How to Comprehend a Program of Study
(College Major)
College Terminology
SDV 100 Content
School Policy
Student Code of Conduct
Academic Dishonesty
Grievance Policy
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Differences Between High School and
College
Student Responsibilities
FERPA
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How to Transfer to a 4-Year Institution
Guaranteed Admissions Agreement
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Time Management
Money Management
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Learning Styles
Preferences
Personal Style Inventory
SDV 100 Content
How to Choose a College Major and/or
Career
The Virginia Education Wizard
SDV 100 Content
Thinking Critically
Listening, Note Taking, Participating
Test Taking
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Diversity
How to Navigate the Library
Out of Class Activities
SDV 100 Content
Finishing Your Degree and Graduating Resume Writing, Interviewing Skills, How to Negotiate a
Salary Transfer Student Forum Stress & Sleep & How They Affect School Employability Skills Testing 1, 2, 3: Test Taking Preparation How to Study Math Reading to Remember Applying For and Keeping Your Financial Aid Workshop Understanding Your VA Benefits Workshop
Student Workshops
Math Biology Chemistry English Accounting Philosophy
Tutoring
Helps foster youth gain access to a community college education.
Foster youth between the ages of 17 and 24 who are or were affiliated with the Virginia Foster Care System, and youth adopted after the age of 13 or special needs adoptions.
The program provides assistance with the financial aid process, monitoring of academic progress and assistance with accessing college support services, and an assigned mentor who will provide one-on-one academic and career-focused support.
Great Expectations
Referred by a social worker, high school counselor, group home staff, Independent Living coordinators, John Tyler Community College staff and faculty especially our counselors, or some contact coordinator directly.
Some students will tell other students about the program.
Great Expectations
Orientation Program
First Year Website
Revised/Expanded Welcome Letter (Packet)
Faculty Advisor Communication
First Year Experience
