ABI 2018 Think College at Portland State University - Sue Bert

Think College at Portland State University Our journey to build an inclusive college experience and things we’ve learned along the way Presenters: Debra Hart, Rachel Esteve, Grace Kowit

Think College at Portland State University

Our journey to build an inclusive college experience

and things we’ve learned along the way

Presenters:

Debra Hart, Rachel Esteve, Grace Kowitch, Dom

Flesey-Assad, Ruth Falco & Sue Bert

❖ Think College: The National Scene

(Debra Hart, Think College National Coordinating Center)

❖ Meet Rachel, Grace and Dom

PSU students share their college experiences

(Rachel Esteve, Grace Kowitch and Dom Flesey-Assad - Think College/Career & Community Studies at PSU)

❖ Building Think College at Portland State University

(Ruth Falco & Sue Bert - Think College/Career & Community Studies at PSU)

❖ Questions

R A C H E L

RACHEL’s slides

Why did I choose to go to college?

I like going to college because it is a good way to experience college campus Fun part is taking classes that you can pick out and to learn

What is it like to be at PSU?

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What is my week like?

My journey taking college courses

Right now I am taking Families and Society

I take academic coaching

I take mentor session

Managing my Life

Life after college

After I want to keep dancing as possible

I want to have a good solid love life with JJHaving an awesome independent life

Live in an apartment

Make my own food

Have a job I love

G R A C E

Who am I?

My strengths as a PSU student.

Always on time, great listener, always pay attention, amazing work ethics, highly motivated, expands my vocabulary words, physically flexible, helpful, super

organized, awesome planner and always check and reply to my emails

How it feels to be in my third term of college?

LOVE IT and it feels busy and fantastic in my 3nd term of college

My NEW lists: What works and What doesn’t work

What works?

● Email

communication

● Break it into chunks

for a big project or

What’s

my

week like at PSU?

My Academic Experiences

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My college course is Work of Art

Course activities:

Museum dialogue conversation project

Legal brief assignments It is hard

We are working on the presentations on the ism topics For examples, racism, sexism and ageism

Creative cooking madness

Doing tasks for the book Artist Way

I learned about math and fractals in the Arcadia play

My Academic Supports

Amelia is my academic coach She is very helpful because we check the ILP and what assignments I need to work on with her or outside of class Sometimes we check the syllabus.

Jack is my professor and he is helpful because he is organized and tells which books I need for this term

We discuss books in class and that’s helpful and really fun.

My College Social Life

Every Monday I workout with my peer navigator Emily in the Rec center

On Tuesdays I meet with my friends at Smith Hall for lunch

D O M

Who am I?

1 I like going swimming and sitting in the jacuzzi at the Rec Center

2 I like hanging out with my peers on campus

3 I`m good at being to class on time everyday

4 I am good at making my advising appointments weekly

5 It feels good to be in my 3rd term of college

What’s my week like at PSU?

My College Course - Portland

Last term, I worked on my

global warming project I did

it on Portland vs Phoenix I

know that in Phoenix they

have warmer winters than

Portland In Portland in the

winter it snows vs Phoenix it

does not snow

What I want to learn in Spring Term

In my Portland class, I hope to learn more on the Vanport flood

Cause it was cool for

me to learn about the Vanport flood during Fall Term.

My Job at PSU

● I worked at football games

at Providence Park in the fall

● I worked PSU basketball games at Lewis & Clark

from December to March

● I’m started at the new PSU Viking-Stott Pavilion last

weekend

● I’m working a total of 12

hours during the weekend

What I learned from my job

I learned at my job at PSU Athletics is how to scan tickets at the PSU

basketball games I enjoyed working with

my co-workers/peers it was fun being part of a work team every weekend I

always looked forward going to my work shifts

I’m excited to work more hours at my

new job at the PSU Viking Pavilion.

Career and Community

Studies (CCS) at Portland State University

Enrolled in 2-3 PSU courses each term

Take college courses with modified requirements for

P/NP

Involvement in campus activities with support of peer navigators Experiences enhance independence and self determination for life after college

Campus housing options available this coming fall!

Key Community Partners

● Northwest Down Syndrome Association/All Born In

● Portland Public Schools

● Oregon Vocational Rehabilitation

● Oregon Developmental Disabilities Services

This is a time for PSU to learn, develop and build capacity.

During this “pilot” process, we plan to build our capacity to 24 students.

6 students admitted each year with 4-5 dually enrolled in school and

PSU

Community-based Supports

County DD Services &

RideWise Transportation supports

Support provided

by families PSU Campus Supports

Disability Resource Center (DRC)

University Housing &

Residential Life

Peer navigators

CCS advisors & supports

Portland Public Schools Community Transition Program supports University Studies

faculty & mentors

Academic coaches

Supported living services

Brokerage & case management supports for daily living Campus employers

Academic Inclusion

● Build relationships with faculty and offer them individualized support

● Students make informed choice to take their coursework for a grade (accommodations only) or Pass/No pass with an Individual Learning Plan (modifications & accommodations)

● Individualized learning plans (ILP) are based on the class syllabus & course objectives

● Students attend courses & access academic supports outside of class

● Weekly academic coaching sessions

● Support from Disability Resource Center for assistive technology and accommodations

When CCS students demonstrate varied ways of learning it helps other students look at learning in new ways

One faculty member described:

“She is using the set up in ways that none of the other students are doing

to meet her needs and express herself If she does her creative dance to fulfill an assignment, the participation of other students goes up

exponentially There is no way to hold themselves back after they see that self exposure She is transforming what people see as acceptable and intelligent.”

Student Employment

● 10 of 12 current students are employed part-time, earning minimum wage or

greater in a field of their choice

● We are developing jobs for 2 students

● Mix of on-campus and off-campus jobs

● Employers: Campus Rec, Campus

Daycare, PSU Bookstore, Campus

Facilities and Maintenance, PSU

Athletics, Millar Library, Northwest Down Syndrome Association, Smith Tea

Families reflect on the college experience

“And it hasn’t just been an experiment, it’s been a genuine college experience In the past we

thought maybe community college or some classes, and it’s kind of a mind-blower that she’s here at PSU It shouldn’t be, but it is It’s been a genuine college experience.”

“…it’s broadening his scope of the world I think it’s improved his thinking, about maybe

experiencing something else going on and questioning it I think he’s relating a lot going on

in the outside world back to the college experience.”

”We talk a lot about his class He has very adult-like interactions.”

“She’s been more independent, advocating for herself…She makes her own appointments

She gets paid by check in the mail She wouldn’t let me check her banweb, so that’s good She finally made a mistake and didn’t submit her hours properly and didn’t get her check But, she wanted to check it herself, so she did, and found out she didn’t submit her hours.”

Families share about the changes they’ve seen

“Independence It’s been so convenient for him just to call us [his

parents] Now he contacts [his CCS/PSU advisor] to find out where the

resources might be and then does things himself.”

“He has taken over his routine scheduling.”

“He’s using transportation all over.”

“I think socially, I’ve just watched him become more confident in dealing

with [people], being willing to reach out to his teachers.”

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