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GradesFirst : Comprehensive Student Support System

GradesFirst : Comprehensive Student Support System. Student-Athlete Academic Services’ Experiences with the Program. Background: Why SAAS?. NCAA Eligibility Rules SAAS monitors academic progress/success of each SA SAAS developed many support programs

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GradesFirst : Comprehensive Student Support System

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  1. GradesFirst: Comprehensive Student Support System Student-Athlete Academic Services’ Experiences with the Program

  2. Background: Why SAAS? • NCAA Eligibility Rules • SAAS monitors academic progress/success of each SA • SAAS developed many support programs • Tutorial, Study Groups, Peer Mentoring, Mandatory Advising, Orientations, Etc. • SAAS begins looking for ways to manage it all • Discussions with colleagues at other institutions • GradesFirst • SAAS using GradesFirst as Pilot Program for UHM

  3. GradesFirst: What is it? • Web-Based • Early Alert system to help identify and support at-risk students • Students, advisors, faculty, and other support staff can monitor the academic progress of students (links them all together) • Provides a good forum for communication and feedback

  4. GradesFirst: How do we use it? • Progress Reports • Coordinating Tutorial Services • Organizing group activities (advising, study groups, seminars, etc.) • Communicating with students • Monitoring student traffic • Time Management (Calendar) • Search Functions/Generating Reports

  5. GradesFirst: Potential benefits for others • Progress Reports • Students can be referred to services across campus • Advising Management • Kiosks • Email/Text Reminders • Facebook Integration

  6. GradesFirst: Challenges • Setting up user roles (Permissions) • Breaking old habits (Growing Pains) • Using GradesFirstto its full capability • Will be tricky to implement across many departments • Many different places to log in • MyUH, Laulima, Gmail, etc.

  7. Questions?

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