Embed transfer-student success modules in new faculty onboarding

Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation

Mechanism

New faculty go through a structured onboarding, a year long at PGCC, covering who transfer students are and what they are trying to do. Transfer-friendly classroom habits get set before anything else does.

Preconditions

Faculty development staff to build and run the modules.

Owner, by role

Director of Faculty Development / Human Resources Director

Who can act

One institution alone

Effort

Medium, 6 to 12 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

New faculty adopting transfer-affirming practices; referrals made

Failure modes

Onboarding can become a passive, check-the-box compliance exercise if not reinforced by ongoing department-level mentoring.

Contra-indications

None stated

Related practices

LTI-CUL-026 Organize weekly "Student Success Fridays" half-day professional development sessions