Strengthening Academic Programs and Institutional Systems to promote
Student Engagement and Success
1.
First Quarter
Success Initiative
Ensure all students experience an engaging, comprehensive introduction to their new learning environment
during their first quarter on campus.
Components
Develop a 2 credit “College
Readiness Seminar” for first
quarter students
Outcomes
College-readiness skills /
Student IEPs / Career
exploration opportunities /
Increased engagement with the
NSCC Community / new
student introduction to
information literacy (and eportfolio)
Teams/Leads
Student Services
Counselors
Library staff
Faculty Coordinators
Person to Person Calling
Campaign - connect all students
with a non-faculty employee
during their first quarter on
campus
Engagement with campus
community
SDS, Mgmt Team,
Student leadership?
Advising/wrap around services
changes to emphasize first quarter
engagement
- Greater knowledge of and
access to/use of services during
first quarter
Implies
Technology upgrades
to support course
curriculum, student
identification system
for course enrollment,
curriculum
development,
Instruction and Student
Services collaboration
Staff training, student
tracking/identification
for program
All first quarter students are
touched by a NSCC staffer
during their first quarter
Greater collaboration of
services across campus
departments
Student services
Workforce Education
Program staff
Staff training?
Increased staff?
Strengthening Academic Programs and Institutional Systems to promote
Student Engagement and Success
2.
Increase
Instructional
Supports for high
risk students
Ensure a wide variety of instructional supports are available to students
Components
Instructional Bridging activities
within ABE/ESL courses and
across the ESL/ABE Developmental Level Transition
Outcomes
More students transition
beyond ESL/ABE level course
work
Teams/Leads
ABE/ESL and Dev.
English and Math
faculty
Implies
Curriculum Design
Counselors and
Advisors
Faculty Collaboration
across the
PD
Faculty Coordinators
Open Skills Lab for ABE/ESL
Increased student success and
ABE/ESL faculty
enrollments by accessing self
paced ENG/BS/CAREER skills Workforce Training
Hardware/Software/Lab
Space remodel
Training/PD
Enhance Tutoring Services
Higher quality tutoring services Tutor coordinators
Increased training
Plug identified gaps
Faculty coordinators
Increased collaboration
btwn tutors/faculty
Faculty Coordinators
PD, student leader
recruitment, curriculum
change, collaboration
between SI program,
faculty &, tutoring
Easy identification of tutoring
availability
Offer selected “high-risk” /
“gatekeeper” courses using
Supplemental Instruction.
Increased student pass rates in
high risk courses
“core of student leaders”
Tutoring center
directors
3.
Change
Institutional
Systems to Support
Student Progress
Remove specific institutional hurdles inhibiting student success
Components
Expand Off-Hour Services
Master Scheduling Project
Outcomes
Increase access to all services
for evening, online and
weekend students
Increased ability of students to
plan and progress through a
program
Teams/Leads
Everyone
Implies
?
Instruction
?
Advising
Data Collection and Assessment
piece here?
Increased used of student data
to drive decisions at all levels
of college planning and policy
Strengthening Academic Programs and Institutional Systems to promote
Student Engagement and Success
4.
Support and
Expand Innovative,
Learning-centered
Instructional
Models and
Methods
Increase the number of classrooms across campus exploring
Components
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
Outcomes
Increased numbers of students
successfully transitioning from
ABE/ESL to college-level
work
Teams/Leads
ESL/ABE Faculty
Prof/Tech Faculty
Advising
Increased FTEs and specialized
state funding
Implies
Professional
Development,
curriculum
change/design, new
outreach strategies to
entering ESL/ABE
students and those in
levels 1-3 for pathway
awareness and support.
Implies PD, curriculum
development, extensive
external partner
collaboration for both
SL and Research
Incorporate service learning and
undergraduate research
opportunities into more classes
across the curriculum
Increased learning relevancy
and student engagement
Faculty
Advising
Develop alternative models for
linked courses
More access to integrated
learning experiences
Faculty
Advising
PD, curriculum change,
Faculty collaboration
Faculty
Implies PD, curriculum
development/change,
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”
retention)
Advising
Strengthening Academic Programs and Institutional Systems to promote
Student Engagement and Success
5.
Revitalize
Prof/Tech
Programs
Revise Specific Professional Technical Programs to Meet Current Industry Standards and Better Serve Non-traditional
students
Components
Curriculum redesign in Prof/Tech
programs experiencing declining
enrollment
Outcomes
Updated programs matching
current industry standards
Increased offerings of nontraditional models of Prof/Tech
instruction
Increased enrollments
Teams/Leads
Prof/Tech faculty
Workforce Education
Office
IC
Implies
Program review in
collaboration with
industry
Faculty return to
industry programs
Faculty PD to support
pedagogical changes