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Change at the Community College

Change at the Community College. St. Clair County Community College Port Huron, Michigan. Community College Issues:. Accountability questions Data Driven Agenda Facilitating Change Keeping the Focus on Students. How do you connect: .

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Change at the Community College

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  1. Change at the Community College St. Clair County Community College Port Huron, Michigan

  2. Community College Issues: • Accountability questions • Data Driven Agenda • Facilitating Change • Keeping the Focus on Students

  3. How do you connect: • Response to outside “drivers” (federal, state, community); • Internal “drivers” (staff, students, faculty); • Institutional change and its challenges; • Accountability issues; • Our role in retention and student success;

  4. St. Clair County Community College • Achieving the Dream • Focus on Developmental Education • Keeping the students in the forefront • Utilizing data without using a hammer • A Collegial Approach

  5. Achieving the Dream • National Organization of Community College Memberships with a focus on increasing student success, especially students of color and low-income students • Joining provided us with a process for defining and reporting data related to student success and supports the implementation of activities aimed at narrowing the learning gaps of our students

  6. SC4 and Achieving the Dream • Submitted application: March, 2010 • Attended National Kickoff Event: June, 2010 • Planning year: 2010/2011 • Implementation proposal submitted: May, 2011 • Implementation of Interventions began: Fall 2011

  7. We began: • Courageous Conversations • Working with Faculty • Learning to work with data • Making ADT a CAMPUS project • An honest review of what we do and why we do it

  8. FALL SEMESTER CAMPUS UPDATE • Achieving the Dream • Applied to become a Leader College • Additional Focus for 2012/13: Equity • Coaches visiting twice a year to monitor and provide support • Interventions Continue • New student orientation • Developmental reading/English support for students • Math Center • Math Study Skills course • Mentoring program St. Clair County Community College September 14, 2012

  9. Roles • What roles could change? • What affect does this have on staff? • What did we do about it?

  10. Getting People on Board • Why would we want to change? • Financial situation • Reorganization • Expansion • New opportunities • New challenges • Better service to students? • We are being forced to do it.

  11. What are the advantages for change? • For students • For the college • For the staff • How can you cut through the red tape?

  12. FALL SEMESTER CAMPUS UPDATE Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. ~Robert Kennedy St. Clair County Community College September 9, 2011

  13. “Better is Possible…” • “…It does not take genius. • It takes diligence. • It takes moral clarity. • It takes ingenuity. • And above all, it takes a willingness to try.” • AtulGawande, Better: A Surgeon’s Note on Performance

  14. You go first! Change is good…

  15. A Simple Motto: • “Do the right thing for the right reason and when in doubt, lean toward the student”

  16. Putting Students First: • Create a culture of responsibility, high standards, and clear expectations; • Provide a deep and broad array of student support services; • When in doubt lean in the direction of the student; • Recognize that students are much more than customers, but recognize that they are also customers; • Create a student processes taskforce.

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