Bringing Achieving the Dream to scale
in Ohio
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Video – Dr. Ron Abrams, President OACC
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Introducing the Statewide Initiative
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Thinking Regionally – Conducting regional
meetings
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How
Why
Lessons learned
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Participant Engagement – Planning Your Region
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Statewide follow-up – Preparing for future work
 Statewide
Policy Team Priority – Bring AtD to
Scale
 Development
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of Statewide Planning Team
Representation from each of the AtD Colleges
Draft agenda/template developed by OACC
Utilized conference calls to facilitate meeting
planning
 December
2010 Meeting – Building Ohio’s
Community College Student Success
 Presidents
and CAO sent save the date
information that identified suggested team
composition
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CAO
IR
Dev Ed
Faculty
 Agenda
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Plenary
Topical breakouts/small group discussions
Peer group networking luncheon
Regional breakouts
 Committee
Leadership
 Use
of Evidence to Improve Programs &
Services
 Broad
Engagement
 Systemic
Institutional Improvement
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Introductions
What one principle or practice from the ATD
Field Guide is your institution doing well?
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From Developmental Education to Completion:
The State and National Agenda
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Committed Leadership and Use of Evidence
What are your strengths and challenges in these
areas?
What steps can you take to overcome your
challenges and leverage your strengths?
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Sharing and Feedback
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Broad Engagement and Systemic Institutional
Improvement
What are your strengths and challenges in these
areas?
What steps can you take to overcome your
challenges and leverage your strengths?
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Using Data: Understanding Who Our Students
Are and Making Data-Driven Decisions
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What story is your data telling you?
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Aha Moments!
Next steps
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Rethink the use of “developmental education” vs.
“student success”
Don’t reinvent the wheel . . . talk to other
institutions
Create a schedule of town hall meetings to
communicate developmental education initiatives
The Ohio two-year colleges are trying to prepare a
coordinated position on Achieving the Dream
We need to collect more data
Confirmed my intent and desire to establish a
Student Success committee that invites members
from all academic and student affairs
divisions/departments and that includes students,
faculty, staff, and administrators
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Inclusion of technical faculty in the discussions
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Allow more time for sharing developmental
education best practices from each college
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Create a list of meeting or anticipated meeting
“outcomes” and send that list to us before the
meeting so we can work toward achieving some
clearly understood outcomes. An outcomes
based meeting will probably help us to use our
time more judiciously
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Communication and Collaboration make everything happen
Faculty matter - Core Team expanded to include faculty/
faculty leader/ faculty development
Data analysis counts
“Students don’t do optional” - policies are needed (no late
registration,
orientation, pre-requisites, student success class)
Go to the experts – read, attend conferences, bring them in;
try it: Supplemental Instruction; Collaborative Learning; My
Labs
Location matters (tutoring center, counseling, etc.)
Student Ambassadors are an integral resource
(peer mentors, peer leaders)
Outreach matters– tutors, instructional specialists go to
classrooms
Learning communities – there’s more to it than pairing courses
Training matters - sessions for tutors with Instructional
Specialists and Dev Ed faculty (tutors include adjunct faculty,
part-timers, etc.)
Most Valuable:
 Makeup
of Host Group
 Self-ratings
 Use
on Readiness Assessment
of AtD metrics
Takeaways:
 Personalize
 Be
and pave the way
realistic
 Everyone
needs team time
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10-10:15 am
student
Welcome – Martaraiesa Fiala, Eastern Gateway
Introductions and Meeting Purpose –
Christina Wanat, Chief Administrator of
Student Development
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10:15-11:30 am
Breakout Sessions – 20 minutes per
session
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Committed Leadership – Dr. Meek(Vision, values, starting core
and data teams, etc.)
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Use of Evidence for Improvement – Patty Sturch, Dean of
Enrollment Management (IT/IR capacity, process for identifying
achievement gaps, evaluating programs, etc.)
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Broad Engagement – Ann Koon, Director of Public Information
(Engaging faculty, staff, students and external stakeholders)
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Systemic Institutional Improvement – Dr. Robin Snider-Flohr,
Dean of Allied Health Careers, Biological Sciences and Public
Services (Institutional management and planning, organization,
professional development)
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11:30 am-12:15 pm
Networking Lunch
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12:15-1:15 pm
Quantitative and Qualitative Data
Presentation – Patty Struch
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Data drives decisions. Reviewing your college and
using data are crucial to making and moving decisions.
Overview of the available quantitative data and
examples of how qualitative data has been helpful.
Discuss collection, analysis, use and reporting of data.
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Discussion on how colleges will start submitting data
to HEI in a JBL-like format beginning summer 2012.
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1:15-1:45 pm Individual College Breakouts
Colleges work in separate groups to discuss College
Readiness Assessment and to discuss use of data and
brainstorm initiatives on which to seek data to make
decisions before initiative implementation.
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1:45-2 pm
Wrap-up and Next Steps – Christina Wanat
2010 ANNUAL PLAN
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
FY 2011
Actual
PART I: STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
Increase College Participation and Attainment
FY
2012
Target
FY 2012
Current
YTD
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Develop a program to become a leader in developmental
education
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Become a center of excellence for math
Increase to 25% the number of students who transfer by
2015
COMMENT
STATUS
D
15%
18%
83%
91%
48%
60%
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Passrate of redeveloped MTH095 was 50.9% for FY2011.
Curricular changes to improve student success and retention go into effect
Fall 2011.
Fall 2011 passrate for dev ed English was 58%
Fall 2011 passrate for dev ed Math was 56%
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Passrate for FY2011 for all Math courses was 66.4%.
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Based on IPEDS report 3/2012.
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All non degree students were excluded from this calculation
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Based on IPEDS report 3/2012
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Based on IPEDS report 3/2012
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EGCC’s Welding Fabrication Program is being re-activated with OBR for the
Spring 2012 semester
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College is expected to double Fall 2010’s enrollment of 354
Enrollment numbers reflect activity through 1/2/2012
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Initiated text book rentals at bookstore
Bookstore now selling used books
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Began discussions in Administrative Cabinet
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Received a 13.9 million dollar Federal grant through Job and Family Services
for expanded health programs (HOPE)
The College was awarded an EOC grant for the expansion counties for
$214,000/year for 5 years.
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Preparing for resurfacing of parking lot at Pugliese Center
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Wellness Center and Administrative Offices renovations complete.
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Continually monitor revenues and expenses per approved budget
Strengthen Student Achievement by 2015 by increasing:
Fall completion rate for new deg seeking students
Fall to fall retention rate of deg/cert seeking students
Graduation rate (as defined by IPEDS)
23%
30%
86.8%
80%
46%
Pass rate for MTH120 (first college level math)
Pass rate for ENG101 (first college level English)
75.8%
80%
Overall gatekeeper course pass rate
62.9%
70%
Overall course success rate (c or above)
76.5%
85%
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281
Increase number of students engaged in internships and
co-ops by 42% by 2015
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376
Increase number of P-16 partnerships with emphasis on
two and four year colleges
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Develop programs to meet current and future employer
needs
D
Total degrees/certificates awarded annually
Engage and Support Business and Industry to Foster Economic
Leadership
Maximize College Access and Affordability
Achieve 1,000 enrollments on campuses located in
Mahoning, Columbiana and Trumbull Counties by Dec
2012
Fall - 354
Sp - 488
Fall – 708
Sp - 976
Fall - 698
Sp - 550
Increase STEM degrees awarded by 46% by 2015
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Increase degrees to first generation college students by
131% by 2015
Reduce text book costs to students (including the use of
free on-line text books)
Increase degrees awarded to Black and Hispanic
students by 10% by 2015
Build Community College Resources to Promote Access and
Quality Learning
Expand College Foundation and Endowment by 34% by
2015
Raise $75,000 in Scholarship and Endowment Funds
specifically for Mahoning and Trumbull Counties by 2015
Develop college succession plan
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95
D
16
20
$575,155
$679,476
$4,500
$15,000
D
Achieve new funding from at least 5 new sources
$603,710
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Develop Master Facility Plan
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Complete current renovation projects
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Financial Stewardship
Performance to Budget (net income)
D
 Share
Student Success Initiatives
 Focused
Discussions on College Assessments
(leadership, using evidence, engaging all,
systemic improvement
 Data
Presentation
 Individual
college work time
 More
time needed for data analysis and
discussion
 More
faculty participation
 Discussion
– potential leadership & policy
implications
 College
Readiness Assessment
 Sharing
Campus Interventions & Activities
 Next
Steps
 Colleges
 Data
completed and submitted to OACC
shared with Leader College in aggregate
form
 Aggregate
data shared with group –
imbedded in this is discussion/reflection
regarding the four AtD Principles
 Regional
SWOT analysis
 Data
points to be identified by Zane State
 Data
collection via Zane State – Institutions
to submit data Spring 2012
 Identification
of Regional Success Measure –
Summer 2012
 Institutions
share proposed intervention –
Summer 2012
 Implementation
of Intervention – Fall 2012
 Identify
the entity in your state or region
that could take the "convener" role that
OACC plays for Ohio
 Consider the feasibility of scheduling an "all
colleges" meeting to kick things off, any
potential locations
 How could you organize and assign the nonAtD Colleges in your state/region?
 Consider potential time(s) of year to host
college-to-college meetings
 Identify unique barriers or challenges for
your state/region
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Participants emphasized need for additional
State-level meetings
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Expressed desire to learn about the work of AtD and
more broadly engage the student success agenda
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Desire to learn what is going on at other institutions
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Participants question the utility of additional regional
meetings at the current juncture
Greater engagement of faculty
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March 2011 – OACC Statewide Symposium
Stan Jones – Complete College America
 Vincent Tinto – University of Syracuse
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Summer 2011 – Regional Meetings
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December 2011 – Ohio’s Student Success Agenda
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Shanna Smith – Jaggars CCRC
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March 2012 - OACC Statewide Symposium
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April 2012 – Statewide Math Summit
Thank you for your time and attention