MDC3: Transforming Student Success and Completion

1. Connections Conference April 13, 2012 Lenore P. Rodicio Executive Director, MDC3 Student Success & Completion Initiatives

2. The Mission of Miami Dade College is to change lives through the opportunity of education Through the work of MDC3, we will help students make the most out of that opportunity opportunity opportunity

3. MDC3 Goals and Objectives are Aligned with MDC’s Mission and Vision • MDC3 Goal: • To substantially increase student success and completion while maintaining access and quality learning • MDC3 Objectives: • Create an inclusive college-wide process to collect and analyze student data • Focus on factors we can control, • Identify best practices, and • Develop comprehensive solutions that integrate academic and student services programs

4. Inclusive, College-Wide Planning Process Campus Convocations Campus Teams Fall Planning Retreats Steering Committee and Subcommittee Structure Spring Planning Retreats Campus Town Hall Meetings Discipline and Service Area Meetings Implementation Plan

5. MDC3 Targets Three Key Student Entry Points College-level Complete Program of Study Developmental Education Enter Program of Study 22% 39% 13% EAP

6. The Challenge: How do we align our practices, policies and procedures to ensure student success?

7. What We Learned: Students need (and want) structure • Academic programs at all levels aligned with transfer and career requirements • Developmental education and EAP curriculum aligned with college-level program outcomes • Assessment, advisement, curriculum, and pedagogy aligned with learning outcomes • Comprehensive support services integrated with academic programs • Communities of interest to strengthen and reinforce the student experience

8. What We Learned: Engaging the college community in the solution is key to success “Commitment to student success and completion is integral to we do at MDC” • College-wide communication and discussion of completion issues • Consensus about strategies and implementation goals • Collaboration on developing solutions • Consistency and coordination among and across campuses • Real-time information to celebrate and reinforce progress and make corrections everything

9. What We’ve Accomplished So Far: Identified draft “pathway” for student success • Comprehensive academic and student support for students at all levels of EAP, developmental ed. and college study • Rooted in our analysis of students needs, • Based on principles of effective program design • Consistent with best practices • “Essential elements” fundamental for successful implementation

10. Placement testing & remediation in high school • Pre-placement remediation at MDC • Modularized, contextualized instruction • Intensive focus on skill gaps to build forward momentum • Mastery-based instruction • Structured curriculum plans with sequential coursework and focused course choices • Increased student engagement related to career interests • Transition assistance including transfer & career orientations and career exploration College-level The Pathway: Essential Elements of Success “The Glue:” Communities of Interest & Integrated Student Support System College-level Developmental Education Complete Program of Study Enter Program of Study EAP • Integrated instruction/structured program • Decreased non-college credits • Built upon research findings on language acquisition, learning theories and models • Concurrent enrollment in EAP and college-level coursework

11. Communities of Interest • Integrated academic and support programs united by common areas of interest • Curricular structures • Technical content • Learning outcomes • Transfer/career goals • Foster collaborative learning and connections among student, faculty and disciplines • Match student interests and strengths with relevant communities • Span students’ careers at MDC to increase • Performance • Retention • Engagement

12. The Student Support System • Structured pre-admissions process that includes deadlines, structured information systems, test prep and early engagement • Comprehensive, holistic assessment • Diagnostics for academic skill gaps • Non-cognitive and career interest assessments • Strategic, mandatory orientations including ongoing and study-focused orientations • Intrusive and mandatory advisement • Collaborative advisement between student services staff and faculty • First-term SLS with My Academic Plan (MAP) development for course selection and sequencing

13. Next Steps: Strengthening and improving the pathway • Integrate feedback from engagement • Identify required organizational, financial, technological, cultural and policy actions and resources • Determine implementation priorities and plan

14. The Responsibility is ours huge The potential is This is our opportunity to improve our students’ success and enable completion in ways that no other institution has been able to do.