Hilary MacleodFirst Year Experience & Retention Coordinator

Queensland University of Technology

FYE&RCoordinator

Initiatives

Governance

PeopleResources &

Research

FYEWorkshops

StudentSupport Services

Key Divisional Professional

staff

StudentSuccess &Retention

Team

LibrarySupport Services

FacultyFY

Coordinators

FY UnitCoordinators

StudentSuccessProgram

PeerProgramsStrategy

STIMulateProject

FYEGrants

Orientation &TransitionProtocols

Transition PedagogyHandbook

FY CurriculumPrinciples

FYE&RPolicy

FYE&RCommittee

“At QUT, the FYE & successful

transition is everyone’s

responsibility”

“At QUT, Orientation is a

process that occurs over

time”

• Transition• Diversity• Design• Engagement• Assessment• Evaluation &

Monitoring

Working Parties• FY Coordinators• Orientation Strategy• FY Communications

Strategy• Maori/ Pasifika Success

Strategies• Designing & enacting curricula

that engages students in learning• Providing timely access to

support• Fostering a sense of belonging

Advocates & Leverages

BuildsCapacity

InformsPractice

BuildsRelationships

Curriculum Development & Accreditation

Process

Other Committees• Orientation

Organising Cttee• Student Experience

Management Cttee• Support For

Learning Taskforce• START QUT Cttee

Proposed

Pre O WeekAcademic Readiness

KickStart (GP/ KG)Jump in to Uni (CB)

Achievements

• Establishment of strategies to support first year Maori and Pasifika students.

• Tangible mechanisms for enhancing the capacity of the FYE Community of Practice (grants, workshops)

• Clearly defining and setting parameters for the First Year Experience and Retention Coordinator role.

Challenges

• Lack of defined role and responsibilities (and sustainability) of Faculty First Year “Coordinators” and associated distributed leadership potential.

• Size and scope of FYER Coordinator’s role and the associated risk of over-promising and under-achieving!