Welcome to JagAlert
Dear Faculty Member:
Thank you for supporting JagSuccess during spring 2012. As you plan for your fall classes, please remember that all faculty teaching 100 and 200 level courses are required to participate in this program. Last fall, over 5,000 alerts were posted for more than 3,000 students in 100 and 200 level classes. Those students who took action following the alert by completing the study skills survey had higher levels of course success than those who did not complete the survey.
In fall 2012, federal financial aid changes require satisfactory academic progress for the first semester. This means that students who are not successful in at least 75% of their academic coursework will not be eligible for aid in the following semester. Because of these changes, we are working diligently to communicate to students the importance of taking action when they receive a JagAlert, Your involvement in this early alert program will help students address their academic challenges; we appreciate your help.
You will notice another change for fall 2012. Rather than labeling this intervention JagSuccess, we opted to use “JagAlert.” We hope this more appropriately conveys urgency and need for action. Student Academic Success and Retention will retain the label JagSuccess for its academic resource programs, and virtual and physical space.
For JagAlert to be effective, faculty members will need to have graded at least one work product prior to the end of the fifth week of the semester. As you develop syllabi for your 100 and 200 level classes, please include information about JagAlert for your students. The following is an example:
"JagAlert is an academic program intended to help students be successful in 100 and 200 level courses. If you are not doing well, you will receive an email instructing you to see your professor and academic advisor. Watch for the JagAlert email around week 6 of this semester."
This fall, JagAlert will open in week 5 on Monday, September 17, for faculty members to enter alerts in PAWS will close in week 6 on Tuesday, September 25. In late week 6, alerted students will receive an email instructing them to see their instructor and their academic advisor. At that time, you are encouraged to talk to them about their performance and direct them to resources that may help them improve their coursework. Academic advisors, department chairs, and peer academic leaders will also receive information if their students receive alerts. Students receiving 2 or 3 JagAlerts who have already been identified as academically at-risk will also receive a phone call from our office. Those with 4 or more alerts will be strongly encouraged to meet with us to discuss their academic progress.
This early alert shows students that the university community cares about their academic well-being and we are interested in seeing them succeed. For additional information about JagAlert, go to http://www.southalabama.edu/academicsuccess/jagsuccess.shtml.
If you have questions, please contact the Director of Student Academic Success and Retention (Dr. Nicole Carr) at 251-460-6475. Thank you for supporting Student Success at USA!
G. David Johnson, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.
University of South Alabama.
Mobile, AL 36688.
251‑460‑6261 (voice)
251‑460‑6575 (fax)
Thank you for supporting JagSuccess during spring 2012. As you plan for your fall classes, please remember that all faculty teaching 100 and 200 level courses are required to participate in this program. Last fall, over 5,000 alerts were posted for more than 3,000 students in 100 and 200 level classes. Those students who took action following the alert by completing the study skills survey had higher levels of course success than those who did not complete the survey.
In fall 2012, federal financial aid changes require satisfactory academic progress for the first semester. This means that students who are not successful in at least 75% of their academic coursework will not be eligible for aid in the following semester. Because of these changes, we are working diligently to communicate to students the importance of taking action when they receive a JagAlert, Your involvement in this early alert program will help students address their academic challenges; we appreciate your help.
You will notice another change for fall 2012. Rather than labeling this intervention JagSuccess, we opted to use “JagAlert.” We hope this more appropriately conveys urgency and need for action. Student Academic Success and Retention will retain the label JagSuccess for its academic resource programs, and virtual and physical space.
For JagAlert to be effective, faculty members will need to have graded at least one work product prior to the end of the fifth week of the semester. As you develop syllabi for your 100 and 200 level classes, please include information about JagAlert for your students. The following is an example:
"JagAlert is an academic program intended to help students be successful in 100 and 200 level courses. If you are not doing well, you will receive an email instructing you to see your professor and academic advisor. Watch for the JagAlert email around week 6 of this semester."
This fall, JagAlert will open in week 5 on Monday, September 17, for faculty members to enter alerts in PAWS will close in week 6 on Tuesday, September 25. In late week 6, alerted students will receive an email instructing them to see their instructor and their academic advisor. At that time, you are encouraged to talk to them about their performance and direct them to resources that may help them improve their coursework. Academic advisors, department chairs, and peer academic leaders will also receive information if their students receive alerts. Students receiving 2 or 3 JagAlerts who have already been identified as academically at-risk will also receive a phone call from our office. Those with 4 or more alerts will be strongly encouraged to meet with us to discuss their academic progress.
This early alert shows students that the university community cares about their academic well-being and we are interested in seeing them succeed. For additional information about JagAlert, go to http://www.southalabama.edu/academicsuccess/jagsuccess.shtml.
If you have questions, please contact the Director of Student Academic Success and Retention (Dr. Nicole Carr) at 251-460-6475. Thank you for supporting Student Success at USA!
G. David Johnson, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.
University of South Alabama.
Mobile, AL 36688.
251‑460‑6261 (voice)
251‑460‑6575 (fax)