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About

An overview of Mansfield Hall

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Our Approach

How we work with college students

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Four Core Areas

Defining the Four Core Areas and our Coaching Model

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A Day In The Life

Learn about what life is like at Mansfield Hall

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Living

Adulting 101

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Learning

Academic and Executive Functioning support

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Giving

Our students have something valuable to offer their community

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Engaging

Social community is at the heart of The Mansfield Hall Experience

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Locations

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Admissions

Steps to becoming a part of Mansfield Hall

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Summer At The Hall:

Bridge, Core, & Summer Sessions

There is no finer place to be in the summer than one of our three amazing college towns, and there are multiple reasons students spend time with us in the summer.

Summer at Mansfield Hall is:

  • When our students start their year (Bridge)
  • How our students end their year (Core Term/Internships)
  • How our returning students can spend their summer (Summer Session).
How Our Students Start Their Year:

Bridge to College Summer Orientation

The transition to college is a major one – new places, new people, new community, new expectations, new opportunities. Our newly-arriving students arrive at Mansfield Hall to attend the Bridge To College Summer Orientation, which starts roughly 7 weeks before the start of the Fall Term (start dates vary by location).

The Bridge to College Summer Orientation Program Offers:

  • A generalized introduction to Mansfield Hall, so that students can become familiar with their living space, their room/apartment-mates, peers, staff, and the town in which they live.  A focus is placed on safely navigating the town, community building, skill building, and creating social connections.
  • An introduction to Mansfield Hall’s Four Core Areas (Living, Learning, Giving, and Engaging), including introductions to Service Learning, Social Communication, Independent Living Skills and Culinary Instruction, and an introduction to the Pathways to Independence Model, MAPS, Goal Setting, and Coaching – which is all integral to making the most of the Mansfield Hall experience.
  • Support during enrollment in the “Introduction to College Studies” course.  Created through a partnership with Mansfield Hall and the local Community College, this introductory college course offers:
  • — A supportive introduction to the college experience on a real college campus
  • — A focus on building college study skills
  • — College course social expectations and etiquette
  • —An introduction to writing college-level papers
  • — Developing tools to support Executive Functioning in the college environment
  • — Developing a “Learner Profile” so that students can understand their areas of academic strengths and weaknesses
  • — An introduction to the accommodations and assistive technologies that Mansfield Hall students can expect to use, once their courses begin in the fall semester
  • — An introduction to self-advocacy in the college environment
  • Students will have the opportunity to focus on learning and practicing the skills that will support their transition away from home, as well as have time to work through the predictable struggles of their transition, without the added layer of stress related to content-focused course-work. 
  • A focus on building a cohort-community of incoming students, so that students can have time to build the social connections to both peers and staff which will help buoy them in the upcoming year.
  • Access to the robust social environment of Mansfield Hall, including a regular schedule of both in-house and in-community activities and events, which will help students develop social connections and provide opportunities for pro-social engagement and in vivo (in-the-moment) social support.
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How Our Students End Their Year:

Core Term

Immediately following Spring Term, students enter Core Term, a 7-week term with individualized options based on our Four Core Areas (Living, Learning, Giving, Engaging).

Core Term Options:

Students are expected to participate in one or two program options during Core Term, as recommended by their team and in accordance with their overall goals. Students opting out of Core Term need to clear this decision with their support team and the site’s Executive Director.

Internship Program:

Students who have demonstrated a readiness for a formal internship are given extensive support in applying for an internship with one of our local community partners.  These internships provide students an opportunity to begin to apply and generalize their skills, as well as build their resume, professional, and personal connections.  In addition, students may receive college credit through one of the local schools.

Internship placements are structured and selective, and not all are available every year. Past internships have included partnerships with:

  • A local library (working on a project for The Smithsonian Institution)
  • GE Healthcare
  • Law, Accounting, and Advertising Firms
  • Wood Working Shop
  • Aquarium
  • Screen Printing Shop
  • Web Design

Service Learning Experience:

For many of our students, being actively engaged in “giving back” provides the most realistic and direct way to experience and see the world from a perspective outside of their own – a skill that many of our students find beneficial. For many students, gaining meaningful vocational experience starts with participation at the volunteer level. Our Service Learning Experience offers students the opportunity to participate in both group and individualized service experiences. In addition, students may be able to receive college credit through one of the local schools.

Advanced Academic Skill Class:

In the Advanced Study Skills Program, students will participate in a credit college course, while also meeting regularly in a seminar format, led by a Mansfield Hall Academic Director and supported by Academic Coaches. The combination of curriculum delivery from the college, coupled with support, will assist students in developing advanced study skills.  The added structure of the group seminar and shared content experience will allow for deeper skill development as well as social connection and collaboration for the students who participate.

Connections Readiness Seminar:

This seminar is designed for students moving into Connections over the summer or in the fall. This course focuses on independent life skills involved in living in an apartment or on campus, increasing utilization of campus resources, self care through transition times, strengthening relationships between peers in Connections, and leadership skills for college students.  The Connections Readiness Seminar can be taken in conjunction with any of the other Core Term offerings.

College Classes:

Depending on individualized schedules, students also have the option of taking college courses, either as the primary focus of their Core Term, or in conjunction with other Core Term Options (i.e. a student may choose to take a summer session class as well as participate in the Connections Readiness Seminar). There are a number of class options that align with our Core Term, as well as classes that span Core Term and Summer Session (the 7 weeks immediately preceding the fall term).

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When Our Returning Students Stay:

Summer Session

Incoming students spend an 11.5 month “year” with Mansfield Hall: Bridge + Academic Year + Core Term.

Each year, roughly half of our students choose a second residential year at The Hall. For these students Summer becomes a variety of options, and many students choose to stay through the entire summer, including “Summer Session” in order to complete additional classes, live in our fabulous cities, work a summer job, or to extend an internship. For currently enrolled/returning students, “Summer Sessions” runs contiguous with “Bridge” and returning students often help play a leadership role in welcoming new peers to our community.

We provide ongoing supports, services, and activities across the Summer Session. It is also a time for returning students to build relationships with the incoming cohort and play a leadership role in supporting new students settle into our communities, our cities, and our colleges. Residential availability for Summer Session is prioritized for students who will be continuing with us residentially for the next school year. We also have a limited number of spaces for students entering Connections, or transferring elsewhere, who wish to remain residential through the Summer Session.

Regardless of a student’s enrollment, all other aspects of Mansfield Hall programming continue during both Core Term and Bridge/Summer Session, including all social activities, culinary courses, in-house clubs and seminars, and a variety of special events which are designed to make the summer a fun, enjoyable, and productive time at Mansfield Hall.

If needed, students can also take a break from college, and Mansfield Hall, for the Summer Session and still return in the fall – into either The Hall or Connections.

Currently enrolled students (and families) work closely with the Director of Student Life and Academic Director to create their individualized summer plans.

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