PLEASE NOTE: The message below was sent for the Spring 2015 semester. If you are looking for current information on Progress Reports (formerly known as Early Alerts/Academic Updates), please see the Navigate/Student Success Collaborative page, or the memo sent for the Spring 2019 semester. Navigate/SSC Campus Progress Reports replaced use of the Mapworks tool.
Colleagues,
A new semester means a new Early Warning/Academic Update reporting season. Mapworks will again be utilized for the process. Mapworks allows for an expanded early warning population and a more holistic picture of the student experience with coordinated intervention. During the fall 2014 semester, 657 faculty/staff created 23,059 updates for students. This is up significantly from previous semesters.
All UWM instructors who are teaching courses that enroll first-year students, transfer students, students living in University Housing, Lawton Scholars, Academic Opportunity Center students and Life Impact students are encouraged to complete Early Warnings/Academic Updates between February 9 and March 6. We ask that instructors put in place a means of assessing student performance to provide feedback to the student.
Academic Advisors, Student Success Center staff, Residence Life staff, Panther Academic Support Services staff and other campus stakeholders will work with students to review their update information and personalized MAP-Works report.
Instructor’s comments in Mapworks are critical to the interventions that take place after an Early Warning/Academic Update is issued. Comments will be shared with students so should be written with this in mind. Additionally students should be marked as a failure risk if they are earning a C- or lower and/or have 3+ absences. This designation will ensure campus stakeholders reach out to develop a course of action that will improve student performance.
Need Help?
You can access more information about Mapworks and Early Warning at www.mapworks.uwm.edu and www.earlywarning.uwm.edu, including a set of instructions. You can login to Mapworks at uwm.MAP-Works.com.
Early Warning/Academic Update Spring 2015 Training Dates:
- February 12 from 3 to 4pm in Lubar Hall N126
- March 2 from 9 to 10am in Bolton Hall 294
If you or anyone in your department would like a hands on training to discuss early warnings/academic updates in MAP-Works, virtual trainings can be arranged. Please email mapworks-help@uwm.edu to learn more.
Your feedback and outreach are absolutely critical to the success of first-year, transfer, students living in University Housing, AOC, Life Impact, Lawton Scholar and WiscAmp students. We truly appreciate the effort all UWM faculty and staff make to enhance the student success and retention of our students. If you have questions about Mapworks or the Academic Update program, please contact Ericca Pollack, Executive Director of the Student Success Center, at pollacke@uwm.edu.
Take care,
Johannes
Johannes Britz
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs