CATE Presents Student Engagement’s Impact on Academic Performance, April 19

Join CATE, the Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence, for an important discussion on student engagement and academic performance. This virtual session will be held Friday, April 19, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. 

Engagement can be a challenge for students for a variety of reasons. In discussions to address these challenges, there isn’t always a focus on the various components of engagement (i.e., behavioral, cognitive, emotional) that might impede students’ abilities to do well academically. Additionally, issues affecting student engagement can be compounded by external factors such as home responsibilities or peer relationships.

These challenges are well understood by our presenter, NOVA’s own Dr. S. L. Young. Dr. Young is a former “at-risk” opportunity student who nearly dropped out of high school in the tenth grade and left NOVA in his early pursuits of higher education after failing multiple classes. During this discussion, Dr. Young will share information about his published doctoral research, Nontraditional Student Engagement Conceptual Framework. Dr. Young’s experiential knowledge will provide beneficial insights that leverage hard-learned lessons from his abilities to overcome his academic challenges, 15 years teaching at NOVA, and more than five years teaching over 500 students who happen to be incarcerated.

CATE is a resource for faculty to connect with each other and with departments across NOVA to support effective teaching practices and learning engagement with NOVA students. CATE seeks to stimulate intellectual curiosity, technical competency, pedagogical inquiry and shared learning, thereby building community and improving teaching, both inside and outside the classroom. 

If you have questions about this session, please contact Barbara Crain at BCrain@nvcc.edu.

Submitted by:
Barbara Crain, CATE Faculty Coordinator, BCrain@nvcc.edu