Steering Ships: Institutional Efforts to Serve
Students in Developmental Education
League for Innovation in the Community College
Innovations 2012 Conference
March 5, 2012
• Gregory Anderson
Dean, Learning Resources
• Karen Chow
Instructor, English
• Jerry Rosenberg
Dean, Physical Sciences, Mathematics, & Engineering
• Rowena Tomaneng
Associate Vice President, Instruction
De Anza: The Ship at-a-Glance
Location
Cupertino, CA
Student Body
23,000 FTE
Faculty
300 FT / 635 PT
Administrators
15
Transfer Rate
1,800 per year
Students at
Basic Skills Level
70% of incoming
Context: Before & After DARE
Disjointed
Integrated
Inefficient
Efficient
Cross
Purposes
Institutionally
Integrated Purposes
Good Independent
Intentions
Good Collective
Intentions
Fast forward to the present and
the guiding principles that got us
to where we are today…
GUIDING PRINCIPLE #1
Deliberative Process & Early
Infrastructure: Charting the Voyage and
Assembling the Crew
“If one does not know to which port
one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”
- Seneca
Membership in Core and Full
Task Force
Inclusive, Diverse Representation
• Faculty, students, staff, administrators
• Instruction / student Services
• Basic skills / transfer
• Academic / workforce
Charge, Mission and Authority
• Established who we served
• Developed mission statement and core
values
• Gained President’s formal support
• Launched with authority
Institutional Integration
• Long-term vision tied to resource
allocation
• Linked to existing governance
structures
• Met needs of integrated planning in
accreditation process
GUIDING PRINCIPLE #2
Maximizing Assets: Assessing Existing
Ports and Running a Tight Ship
Assessing and Maximizing
Funding Resources
• Title III federal grant
• California statewide Basic
Skills Initiative
• AANAPISI Part A and F
Federal Grants
• College one-time funds
DARE Budget Planning
• Deliberative process guides review of
overlapping project needs
• Funding recommendations
• Role of DARE Core
• Targeted supported categories
All Hands on Deck:
Campus Partnerships
• Instructional Divisions:
- Academic Services
- Learning Resources
- Language Arts
- Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and
Engineering
- Continued
Campus Partnerships
• Student Services Divisions:
- Admissions and Records
- Counseling and Matriculation
- Outreach and Relations with Schools
• Student Cohorts
• Office of Organizational and
Professional Development
Campus Partnerships
• Assessment Center
- Contributed to research on campus
practices
- Supported drafting assessment
practices report with institutional
recommendations
GUIDING PRINCIPLE #3
Institutionalizing DARE:
Keeping on Course
Successful Voyages
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Re-organization of academic support
Department Retreats
Curriculum
Direct academic support
Visiting speakers
Trusted Voice
• Ongoing commitment to college’s
direction
GUIDING PRINCIPLE # 4
Transparency:
Emerging From the Fog
Data Driven
• Value complementary nature of
qualitative and quantitative data
• Model research and interpretation for
organizations that DARE supports
• Ensure data's prominence in reports
produced
Shedding Light
• Budget Transparency
- Sources of Income
- Spending
Information Based Navigation
• Mapping the Problems
– Researching & documenting the
issues
• Documenting the
outcomes
• Requiring
assessment
Displaying Our Colors
Disseminating the Results
– Documents and reports
– Open and inviting meetings
– Active web & print presence
Ongoing DARE Challenges:
Trimming the Sails
• Developing more structure/focus to
complete projects in more timely fashion
given current meeting structure /
workload while maintaining the space
for free-flowing and idea
generating discussions
Trimming the Sails
• Highlighting and building on concrete
actions
• Struggle to break/work through
organizational / departmental silos
Reflecting on the Water
What college-wide challenges does your
institution face?