Meeting the Students Where they Are

When we begin any class, we meet students where they are. Many times we do a pre-assessment to see what relevant learning has already taken place. We determine, formally or informally, what backfilling needs to be done before we can begin moving forward together.

Meeting our students where they are means more than just academic content. Increasingly our students are older, employed, balancing multiple responsibilities and commuting to campus. Recent increases in fuel costs have meant that some students are paying more to commute TO the campus than they are paying in tuition!