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FastStart Structure

Acceleration FastStart is a program at Community College of Denver that offers a holistic approach to help students complete developmental courses in a shorter time frame. By compressing multiple semesters into one, students can accelerate their progress in math or English/reading courses. This approach promotes interactive teaching, student engagement, and decreases the loss points in the developmental sequence. The program has shown successful outcomes in college success and completion rates.

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FastStart Structure

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  1. USING COMPRESSION IN ACCELERATIONFASTSTART@CCD: A HOLISTIC APPROACHLisa Silverstein, Coordinator, FastStart@CCD

  2. FastStart Structure • Students complete two to four semesters of developmental courses in one semester in either math or an English/reading combination • Math: arithmetic and pre-algebra; pre-algebra and beginning algebra; beginning algebra and intermediate algebra • English/reading: intermediate and highest level of developmental reading/English (four courses) • Intermediate and highest level of developmental reading combined with highest level of developmental English (three courses) • English and Reading pairings with transfer level courses. Team taught (two courses)

  3. Addressing Challenges Through a Holistic Approach

  4. STRUCTURE DRIVES RESULTS! • Acceleration PROMOTES INTERACTIVE TEACHING • Acceleration PROMOTES STUDENT ENGAGEMENT • Acceleration DECREASES THE LOSS POINTS IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL SEQUENCE

  5. Scaling Up- Spring 2011 • 250 Students in Fall 2010 • - 13 sections including 3 team taught learning communities • 459 Students in Spring 2011 • - 26 sections including an ESL course and 10 team taught learning communities

  6. Scaling Up Programmatic Challenges • Students and Case Management • Transitioning and placement • Faculty • Observations and coaching • Institution • Small, quiet program becomes one with a voice on campus. • Culture shifts

  7. A key component:Empowered Faculty through Creative Professional Development

  8. Case Management

  9. Who are FastStart Students? • 399 students testing into multiple levels of remediation and enrolling in a compressed remedial sequence in the time span between spring 2006- spring 2008 • 72% minority • 62% female • 52% Pell eligible* • *self- reported, optional information on CCD application

  10. Comparison of FastStart Mathematics Students at 24 Months with All CCD Mathematics Students at 48 Months

  11. Mathematics Success at 36 months Outcomes at 36 months Success in College Math at 36 Months is defined as completion of a certificate or degree, transfer to a 4-year institution or persistence.

  12. Where We Are at 36 Monthsin English 88.3% 48.3% English 3 combines 3 courses in English and reading. English 4 combines 4 courses.

  13. References • Bragg, D.D., Baker, E.D., and Puryear, M., December 2010 Follow-up of Community College of Denver’s FastStart Program, Champaign: University of Illinois, Office of Community College Research and Leadership • Corash, K., Baker, E.D., Calculating the Productivity of Innovation, January, 2009, retrieved from cccs.edu/Research/costeffect.html

  14. Contact Information • Lisa Silverstein • Coordinator, FastStart@CCD • lisa.silverstein@ccd.edu • Elaine DeLott Baker • Senior Counsel to the Vice President of Community Outreach • Community College of Denver • elaine.baker@ccd.edu • Debra Bragg • Professor and Director, Office of Community College Research and Leadership • University of Illinois, Champaign • dbragg@occrl.edu

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