Skip to content

Parents & Families

School of Cinematic Arts
Parents Coalition for Student Success

Mission Statement

In support of the University of Southern California Parents Program, the School of Cinematic Arts (SCA) Parents Coalition for Student Success provides communication between SCA and parents of our students in order to support student success, generate goodwill for SCA, and promote an appropriate role for parents and families within the SCA community. This program is run through the SCA Office of Student Services and overseen by the Associate Dean for SCA Student Services, Brian Harke.

Desired Outcomes for Family Involvement

The SCA Parents Coalition, in collaboration with offices and departments throughout SCA, works with parents to help them understand the student experience, support student learning, and empower students to take personal responsibility for their social and academic choices.

Parents and families contribute to student success by:

  • Understanding the student experience and knowing about resources available at the School of Cinematic Arts and USC at large.
  • Supporting the School’s goals for student learning and development outcomes:
    • Academic excellence
    • Ability to identify, define, and solve problems independently
    • Goal-setting and responsible decision-making related to academics, career planning, social interactions, and community engagement
    • Further develop integrity, ethical behavior, diversity, and civility
    • Empower student to examine personal values and respect the values and beliefs of others
    • Support students as they encounter uncertainty and challenging situations
    • Accept responsibility for personal errors; urge student to learn from these experiences in order to avoid them in the future
  • Understanding when to step in and when to empower their student to take responsibility:
    • Understand the impact parents have as a mentor for their student
    • Know and understand limitations to accessing student records as indicated by federal requirements outlined in FERPA
    • Help your student become his or her own advocate by allowing him or her to make decisions
    • Be attuned to signs that your student is under significant stress; discuss concerns openly with student and assist student in developing a plan to address the problem(s)
    • If student’s physical or mental health is endangered, contact appropriate campus or community authorities

Methods

The SCA Parents Coalition provides several communication methods:

SCA Parents Coalition E-newsletter, is emailed to parents once a month. The E-newsletter is sent to the email address that you provided to the Office of Student Services. Depending on your host server and email settings, the newsletter may not reach your email inbox or may be viewed as SPAM and deposited in your trash or SPAM filter. You may contact us and ask to be put on the newsletter email list with a new email if this happens. Send your email address to studentservices@cinema.usc.edu, phone 213-740-0108

University Parent Website will provide insight and information about the USC Parents Program.

Question/Answer Service is provided by our Manager of Student Services. E-mail your questions or concerns to Abby Hess at studentservices@cinema.usc.edu or call 213-740-0180.

Parent Events include the New Parent Orientation and Dean’s Breakfast, held while students are moving into the residence halls before the fall semester, and our Parent’s Weekend event.

Contact

Abby Hess
Scholarship Coordinator
ahess@cinema.usc.edu
213.740.8358


Home