Title III Framework
North Seattle Community College
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Academic Goal 1 – First Quarter Success Initiative --Ensure all students experience an engaging, comprehensive
introduction to their new learning environment during their first quarter on campus.
Objectives
Components
Outcomes
1.1
1.2
Develop multiple “first quarter
portals” including extended
orientation sessions and credit-bearing
“Student Success” classes to ensure all
students receive targeted and
appropriate “college-readiness” and
other services during their first quarter
on campus.
“Welcome to NSCC” Calling
Campaign – all new students receive a
call from a NSCC employee during
the first half of their first quarter on
campus.
-College-readiness skills
-Student Individual Education Plans
-Career exploration opportunities /
Increased engagement with the NSCC
Community / introduction to information
literacy and campus IT resources (and eportfolio)
Increased engagement with campus
community for new students
All first quarter students are touched by a
NSCC staffer during their first quarter
Teams/Leads Implies
Student
Services
Counselors
Library
faculty
Faculty
Coordinators
Technology upgrades to
support course curriculum,
student identification
system for first quarter
course enrollment,
curriculum development,
Instruction and Student
Services collaboration
Student
Staff training, process to
Development identify students for
Services,
program, student coding to
Mgmt Team, track calls
Student
Leadership?
Provide calls in multiple languages for
ESL community
1.3
Advising/wrap around services
changes to emphasize first quarter
engagement
- Greater knowledge of and access to/use
of services during first quarter
Student
services
- Greater collaboration of services across
campus departments
Workforce
Education
Program
Staff training
Design an “early warning
system” to identify new
students who are potentially
at risk and ensure their
connection with services as
appropriate
Title III Framework
North Seattle Community College
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Academic Goal 2 –Increase Instructional Supports for High Risk Students -- Ensure a wide variety of
instructional supports are available to students across programs
Objectives
Components
Outcomes
2.1
More students transition
Instructional Bridging activities within
beyond ESL/ABE level course
ABE/ESL courses and across the ESL/ABE work
Developmental Level Transition
Initiate a cross-campus “transitions committee”
to implement activities and programs to enhance
connections across this critical transition point
Student ambassadors program to connect collegelevel students back with the precollege/ESL/ABE population
2.2
2.3
2.4
Credit-bearing Open-Entry Skills Lab for
ABE/ESL students and Work Discoveries Class
Enhance Tutoring Services
Offer selected “high-risk” / “gatekeeper” courses
using Supplemental Instruction (SI).
Teams/Leads
Implies
ABE/ESL and
Dev. English
and Math
faculty
Curriculum Design
Counselors and
Advisors
Faculty collaboration
across departments
Professional
Development
Faculty
Coordinators
- Increased student success and
enrollments by accessing self
paced ENG/BS/CAREER
skills software.
- Increased Enrollments
- Higher quality tutoring
services serving more students
- Plug identified gaps
- Easy identification of
tutoring availability
- Increased student success
rates in high risk courses
- New core of student leaders
in the SI program
ABE/ESL
faculty
Workforce
Training
Tutor
coordinators
Faculty
coordinators
Faculty
Coordinators
Tutoring center
directors
Hardware/Software/Lab
Space remodel
Training/Professional
Development
Increased training
Increased collaboration
between tutors/faculty
Professional
development,
curriculum change,
collaboration between
SI program, faculty &,
tutoring
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North Seattle Community College
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Academic Goal 3 –Revitalize Prof/Tech Programs -- Revise Specific Professional Technical Programs to Meet Current
Industry Standards and Better Serve Non-Traditional Students
Objectives
3.1
Components
Curriculum redesign in Prof/Tech
programs experiencing declining
enrollment
Outcomes
- Updated programs matching
current industry standards
- Increased enrollments
Teams/Leads
Prof/Tech faculty
Workforce Education
Office
Instructional Council
Implies
-Program review with
industry
- Faculty return to
industry
- Faculty PD to support
pedagogical changes
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North Seattle Community College
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Academic Goal 4 –Support and Expand Innovative, Learning-centered Instructional Models and
Methods -- Increase the number of classrooms incorporating evidence-based best-practices into their curriculum
Objectives
1.1
Components
Outcomes
Teams/Leads
Implies
Increase the number of I-BEST
pathways, number of faculty
engaged in I-BEST programs, and
the number of ABE/ESL students
enrolling in I-BEST classes
Increased numbers of students
successfully transitioning from
ABE/ESL to college-level
work
ESL/ABE Faculty
Professional Development,
curriculum change/design,
new outreach strategies to
ESL/ABE students for
pathway awareness and
support.
1.2
Incorporate Service Learning (SL)
and undergraduate research
opportunities into more classes
across the curriculum
1.3
Develop alternative models for
linked courses
1.4
Advising
Increased FTEs and specialized
state funding
Increased learning relevancy
and student engagement
-More access to integrated
learning experiences
-Increased availability to fulfill
degree requirement
Increase the number of courses
Increased student engagement
incorporating characteristics of the in the classroom (and increased
“learning paradigm” e.g.:
retention)
supporting multiple learning styles,
active learning methodologies,
outcomes/assessment based
instruction, cooperative and
collaborative learning environments
Prof/Tech Faculty
Faculty
Advising
Faculty
Advising
Faculty
Advising
Implies Professional
Development, curriculum
change, external partner
collaboration for both SL
and Research
Professional Development,
curriculum change,
Faculty collaboration
Implies Professional
Development, curriculum
development/change
possibly some physical
space renovations to
support group work and
updated classroom
technologies
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North Seattle Community College
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Institutional Management Goal 1: Change Institutional Systems to Support Student Progress -- Remove
specific institutional hurdles inhibiting student success
Objectives
1.1
Components
Expand Off-Hour Services
1.2
Master Scheduling Project
1.3
Targeted and recurring collection
and analysis of student data
Outcomes
Increase access to all services
for evening, online and
weekend students
Increased ability of students to
plan and progress through a
program
Increased used of student data
to drive decisions at all levels
of college planning and policy
Teams/Leads
Everyone
Implies
Instruction
?
Advising
Office Institutional
Effectiveness,
Instructional Council,
Student Services
Council, Faculty
Coordinators
Master schedule and
plan for data collection
Professional
Development