Title III Framework
North Seattle Community College
Revised: March 17, 2008
Component 1: First Quarter Success Initiative
Cost
Institute required college success workshops for incoming first quarter students.
o Workshops to be taught by teams of faculty and student services professionals to address a
number of topics relevant for first-quarter students such as study skills, introduction to campus
resources, educational planning, information literacy, visits to sample academic classes, etc.
o Workshops would be required of identified groups of students such as (1) first-time degreeseeking students, (2) basic skills students, (3) developmental students
o Other students select portions of the workshops based on a self-assessment instrument
o Workshops to be offered through a variety of modalities
o Criteria and procedures for exempting students from this requirement would also be developed.
Total
Positions?
$348,648
Title III $343,648
Half-time First
Quarter
Director
$30,000/yr plus
benefits
NSCC
$5,000
New position will need to be continued after the grant if initiative is successful
Possible source of NSCC funds during the grant period:
District funds for on-line class development and/or other pots of curriculum development funds
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Title III Framework
North Seattle Community College
Revised: March 17, 2008
Component 2: Curriculum Development
Cost
Implement Instructional Bridging activities within ABE/ESL courses and across the transition
from ABE/ESL to college-level courses
o Establish a credit-bearing Open-Entry Skills Lab for ABE/ESL students. Lab to support
expansion of the Work Discoveries class and other ‘bridging’ activities.
o Expand offerings of well supported career and educational pathways designed to advance
students through progressive stages of employment and/or education.
Total
Positions?
$145,000
N/A
Title III $80,000
NSCC $65,000
Integrate access to student support resources within the curriculum
o Create new models for links with HDC classes or modules from those courses. HDC sections
or modules could be customized to support specific disciplines (e.g. math/science or humanities)
and to offer a menu of options to support advancing students over multiple quarters.
o Infuse experiences that support student success into the curriculum. Concentrate on core
academic courses and/or high risk courses taken by large numbers of students. Examples of
“infusion” might include an assignment to complete a career interest inventory, writing an essay
on job opportunities in a field of interest, earning course credit for completing an academic plan
with the assistance of an advisor, etc
Total
Review instructional practice and curriculum in developmental-level and college-level English
and Math courses and other key gateway classes
o Alignment of outcomes within and across levels
o Alignment of curriculum within and across levels
Total
$170,831
Title III $170,831
Half-time (plus
summer
stipend)
counseling
faculty position
$26,000/yr plus
benefits
NSCC $0
$43,900
N/A
Title III $26,700
NSCC $17,200
New position will need to be continued after the grant if initiative is successful
Possible source of NSCC funds during the grant period:
Jack’s OIE budget for assessment work
Perkins Funds for pathway support
ABE/ESL 1/3 faculty release time for Work Discoveries expansion supported by the department
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Title III Framework
North Seattle Community College
Revised: March 17, 2008
Component 3: Instructional Support
Pilot the use of an academic early alert system.
o The system would proactively solicit information from faculty about first-quarter students’
performance (attendance, grades, participation, etc) early in the quarter.
o Students whom faculty identify as needing assistance would then be connected with specific
interventions to be identified/developed as part of the grant activity)
Cost
Total
$146,705
Title III
$146,705
NSCC - $0
Establish a cross-campus transitions committee to design instructional and student activities that
enhance connections across ABE/ESL and College-level programs -Curriculum alignment, outcome “norming”, student ambassador program to connect advancing
college-level students back with the pre-college/ESL/ABE population
Total
Positions?
Half-time
Management
position
$26,000/yr plus
benefits
$18,000
Title III $18,000
N/A
NSCC - $0
Enhance tutoring services across programs
o Hire a director and support staff for the Math/Science Learning Center (comparable to positions
already in place for English tutoring)
o Increase funding to provide for additional tutoring hours and to offer higher hourly rates for more
experienced tutors
o Increase tutor training
o Through collaboration between faculty and tutoring personnel, develop tutoring “tools” or modules
to support specified class curriculum
Introduce the use of Supplemental Instruction (SI) in selected courses.
SI provides a small-group environment led by a “TA” to review class work and reinforce learning. SI
offers a more structured approach to complement the self-directed tutoring services already available
Total
$334,413
Title III
$285,413
NSCC - $49,000
Total
Increase
appointment of
the MLC director
by .67FTE to
create full time
position plus
summer stipend
$36,000/yr plus
benefits
$243,600
Title III
$162,600
N/A
NSCC - $81,000
New position will need to be continued after the grant if initiative is successful
Possible source of NSCC funds during the grant period:
Ed Fund for tutoring and SI support, Perkins for Tutoring support, curriculum development funds for tutoring modules
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Title III Framework
North Seattle Community College
Revised: March 17, 2008
Component 4: Professional Development
Provide faculty development to increase the number courses incorporating practices proven to
support student retention and progression.
Total
Professional development would be provided for such practices as:
o Supporting multiple learning styles
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o
o
o
Incorporating active learning methodologies
Creating collaborative learning environments
Providing Service Learning (SL) and Undergraduate Research opportunities
Creating integrative learning assignments/experiences
o Learning through seminar
o Pedagogies supportive of students with learning disabilities
Cost
Positions?
$359,626
Increase TLC
Director
appointment by .5
FTE to create full
time position
$32,000/yr plus
benefits
Title III
$275,257
NSCC - $84,369
Current budget
calls for NSCC
picking up 1/3 of
the new 50%
position during
years 3-5 of the
grant ($10,500/yr
plus benefits)
New position will need to be continued after the grant if initiative is successful
Possible source of NSCC funds during the grant period:
Jack’s OIE budget for assessment work
Current TLC budget for professional development
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Title III Framework
North Seattle Community College
Revised: March 17, 2008
Other: Grants Management
Overall grants administration costs
Cost
Director position, Office support, computers and printers for grant staff, external evaluation
Total
$498,567
Title III
$498,567
NSCC - $0
5
Positions?
50% Director @
$30,000/yr plus
benefits
100% support
staff @
$34,000/yr plus
benefits
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