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Update on Lumina Foundation Initiatives

Update on Lumina Foundation Initiatives. Inservice Presentation January 7, 2008. Update on Lumina Foundation Initiatives. Dreamkeepers Emergency Assistance Program Achieving the Dream. Dreamkeepers Emergency Assistance Fund.

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Update on Lumina Foundation Initiatives

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  1. Update on Lumina Foundation Initiatives Inservice Presentation January 7, 2008

  2. Update on Lumina Foundation Initiatives • Dreamkeepers Emergency Assistance Program • Achieving the Dream

  3. Dreamkeepers Emergency Assistance Fund • MECC has been involved in the Dreamkeepers national demonstration project for 3 years • Total funds awarded to students, as of 12/1/2007: $25,241 • Number of students assisted: 62 • Average award: $409 • 3 loans, other awards grants

  4. Dreamkeepers Emergency Assistance Fund • Funding has helped with tuition, books, housing, meals, medical expenses transportation/gas, other • Student Services welcomes referrals of students needing emergency assistance.

  5. Dreamkeepers Emergency Assistance Fund Outcomes/Interesting facts: • 20 of the recipients have graduated; each of these students had 28 credit hours or more completed before receiving financial assistance. • Only 3 of the 36 recipients with 3 credit hours or more had less than a 2.0 GPA; most had a GPA of 3.0 or higher. • 15 recipients (all) who had completed no courses prior to receiving assistance had a 0.0 GPA at the end of the semester after receiving assistance.

  6. Dreamkeepers Emergency Assistance Fund Conclusions based on data: • If program is primarily to support retention, data supports current practice of giving preference to students who have a minimum of 3 credit hours, and preferably a semester of coursework completed.

  7. Dreamkeepers Emergency Assistance Fund • MECC utilized $70,000 of the $100,000 grant for endowment and raised over $80,000 as match, with your support. • The $150,000 endowment should permanently support $7,500 in annual grant assistance.

  8. OVERVIEW AND UPDATEAchieving the Dream Focus Areas • Developmental Education • First Year Experience • Active and Collaborative Learning

  9. Achieving the Dream: Method Employed by All Committees • Utilized data and looked at successful practices at other colleges. • For Developmental Education and Active and Cooperative Learning: - Developed “menu” of possibilities to fit multiple needs. - Encouraged greater interactivity.

  10. Achieving the Dream Developmental Education Committees Rhoda Bliese, Committee Chair Developmental Education Committee members: Bridgette Casteel, Jake Gilly, Sue Graham, Bill Harris, Yvonne Jessee, Beth Snodgrass, Gena Massey, student representative Developmental Faculty Committee: Rhoda Bliese, Jim Burns, Joel Bailey, Chris Allgyer, Sylvia Brown, Yvonne Jessee, Gary Jessee, Will Galliher

  11. Achieving the Dream: Goals for Developmental Education • To improve overall success in developmental courses by 5%. • To reduce disparity in success in developmental courses for students with an EFC of 0 by 10%.

  12. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for Developmental Education (6) • Fast Track Math (MTH 2 and 3) - to address needs of students who need review course. • Peer Led Team Learning (MTH 3) – to provide peer out-of-class instructional support.

  13. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for Developmental Education (6) 3.SmartStart – to encourage students to begin developmental English in summer and to aid in development of career goals (linked SDV 107-to ENG 3); unfortunately, only 4 students needed linked course in summer 07.

  14. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for Developmental Education 4. Cooperative Learning in ENG 1, 3, MTH 3, and MTH 4. 5. Using Manipulatives in MTH 3. 6. Using Navigator in MTH 3.

  15. Achieving the Dream: Help for Students Preparing for Compass Testing • Academic Resource Center (ARC) – for students who wish to review before Compass test OR who test near the cut score and want to review before retaking the test. • Developed presentation explaining purpose of Compass testing.

  16. Achieving the Dream: Developmental Education Pilots Being Evaluated • Pilots are set for all 6 strategies. Pilots being evaluated through case studies, qualitative data, comparison of data on student success using pre and post-test measures, course success rates, subsequent impact on success.

  17. Achieving the Dream: Goals for First Year Experience • To increase fall-to-spring and fall-to-fall retention rates for first-time students by 10%; over 4 year period, 80% of all first year students will utilize 2 or more support services other than financial aid.

  18. Achieving the Dream First Year Experience Committee Lisa Butcher, FOX Committee Chair FOX Committee members: Carolyn Reynolds, Pat Brown, Gary Bumgarner, Jackie Hill, Norma Calhoun, Robert England, Ross Santel, Sharon Fisher, Stephanie Dean, Vickie Ratliff Richard Phillips, Committee Chair, Student Advocacy Task Force Committee members: Richard Phillips, Mary Phillips,

  19. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for First Year Experience • Student Advocacy Project (Fall 06, Fall 07) • Improvement of Advising • FOX (presentation to follow by Lisa Butcher)

  20. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for First Year Experience Student Advocacy Project Fall 07: • In the first Student Advocate Pilot, a relationship was noted between grades in orientation and grades in other classes. • The Student Advocate Project was changed to engage all SDV instructors in identifying student problems and making referrals to appropriate offices on campus, including Academic Advisors (after 2 SDV 100 class absences) or the Student Advocate (Kevin Helms) when absences or other problems with assignments persisted, or after a student was withdrawn from SDV 100.

  21. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for First Year Experience Student Advocacy Project Fall 07: • To facilitate contacts between advisees and Academic Advisors, Student Services provided Academic Advisors a list of their current advisees and new advisees prior to the first day of class. • New advisees taking orientation were to meet with Academic Advisors in first 3 weeks.

  22. Achieving the Dream: Evaluating the Fall 07 Student Advocacy Pilot • Comparison of Fall 2007 ‘College Success Skills’ (CSS) student outcomes with pre-2007 data and Fall 2007 non-CSS student outcomes. • Analysis of class attendance and relationship to outcomes. • Analysis of ‘requests for assistance’ and follow-up services. • Interview of Student Advocate on what worked and didn’t work.

  23. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for First Year Experience Improvement of Advising • The 2005-2006 Advising Committee recommended creating ‘case managers’. • In fall 2006,’Student Advocates’, a version of ‘case managers’, was piloted. • The 2006-2007 Advising Committee recommended addressing summer advising needs; FOX pilot developed.

  24. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for First Year Experience Improvement of Advising • In November 2007, a plan was presented to the Core Team recommending ways to address remaining advising issues, such as faculty training, updating materials, making clear “best practice” expectations for advisors.

  25. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for First Year Experience Improvement of Advising • Plan calls for development of a comprehensive advising website that will compile current web materials on one site; update flowcharts for new student/returning student processes, include materials for division-specific advising, and an outline for new faculty advising orientation.

  26. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for First Year Experience Improvement of Advising • Plan calls for completion of advising materials on website by May 2008.

  27. Achieving the Dream Active and Cooperative Learning Committee Jim Burns, Committee Chair Committee members: Chris Allgyer, Karen Carter, Nick Edwards, Jessica Genco, Roger Greene, Rita Quillen

  28. Achieving the Dream: Goals for Active and Cooperative Learning • MECC will have conducted at least 3 learning communities. Learning communities or active learning strategies will have been piloted in 6 gatekeeper courses with low success. Nine courses/groups of courses will be improved.

  29. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for Active and Cooperative Learning • Training faculty to organize learning communities and use collaborative learning. • Planning/marketing new learning communities; two were to be piloted last semester (cancelled due to low enrollment) one additional learning community being planned this semester. • Enhancing out-of-class support for students in gatekeeper courses with low success rates.

  30. Achieving the Dream: Strategies for Active and Cooperative Learning • 14 faculty members have been trained to conduct learning communities and 12 faculty members have been trained in leading cooperative learning. • No additional training is currently scheduled, but Jim Burns is willing to provide additional faculty training. The data that he has shared should stimulate additional interest.

  31. Achieving the Dream: Evaluation of Active and Cooperative Learning • 124 students responded to surveys about the use of Cooperative Learning in their classes. • 90% indicated that they enjoyed the use of CL. • 93% felt that CL helped them to better get to know their classmates. • 83% felt that CL helped them to better understand course material. • 68% felt that CL was a more effective way to learn than listening to lectures. • 75% responded favorably to questions about specific CL activities their instructors used.

  32. Achieving the Dream: Evaluation of Active and Cooperative Learning Supplemental Instruction in BIO 101, as well as website study materials developed. Results from student surveys for supplemental instruction in BIO 101 have been very positive; grades have improved.

  33. Achieving the Dream: Ongoing Activities • Achieving the Dream now includes 83 colleges in 15 states. • Evaluation of Achieving the Dream is on-going. MECC had the highest overall response rate (76%) to the evaluation survey. MECC’s faculty response rate was also the highest (74%). THANK YOU. • Rhoda Bliese and Chris Allgyer will be presenting our work in developmental education at the Achieving the Dream Institute in Atlanta in February.

  34. Achieving the Dream: It’s time to express thanks and celebrate! • Our work is showing positive results. Many employees are to be thanked for their leadership with this initiative. • Stay tuned - opportunities for faculty to formally and informally present the results of the many pilot projects will follow later this semester.

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