Title III Framework North Seattle Community College -1- 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 Outcomes Teams/Leads Implies Develop multiple “first quarter portals” to ensure students receive targeted and appropriate “collegereadiness” and other services during their first quarter on campus. -College-readiness skills -Student Individual Education Plans -Career exploration opportunities / Increased engagement with the NSCC Community / new student introduction to information literacy (and e-portfolio) Engagement with campus community Student Services Counselors Library faculty Faculty Coordinators Student Development Services, Mgmt Team, Student Leadership? 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 Student services Staff training Workforce Education Program ? Person to Person Calling Campaign - connect all students with a non-faculty employee during their first quarter on campus Advising/wrap around services changes to emphasize first quarter engagement All first quarter students are touched by a NSCC staffer during their first quarter - Greater knowledge of and access to/use of services during first quarter - Greater collaboration of services across campus departments Title III Framework North Seattle Community College -2- 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 across programs Components Outcomes Teams/Leads Implies Instructional Bridging activities within ABE/ESL courses and across the ESL/ABE Developmental Level Transition More students transition beyond ESL/ABE level course work ABE/ESL and Dev. English and Math faculty Curriculum Design Counselors and Advisors Credit-bearing Open-Entry Skills Lab for ABE/ESL students Enhance Tutoring Services Offer selected “high-risk” / “gatekeeper” courses using Supplemental Instruction (SI). - 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 Faculty Coordinators ABE/ESL faculty Workforce Training Professional Development Faculty collaboration across departments Hardware/Software/Lab Space remodel Training/Professional Development Tutor coordinators Increased training Faculty coordinators Increased collaboration between tutors/faculty Faculty Coordinators Professional development, curriculum change, collaboration between SI program, faculty &, tutoring Tutoring center directors Title III Framework North Seattle Community College -3- Strengthening Academic Programs and Institutional Systems to promote Student Engagement and Success 3. Change Institutional Systems to Support Student Progress Remove specific institutional hurdles inhibiting student success Components Expand Off-Hour Services Master Scheduling Project Targeted and recurring collection and analysis of student data 4. Revitalize Prof/Tech Programs 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 Revise Specific Professional Technical Programs to Meet Current Industry Standards and Better Serve NonTraditional Students 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 Title III Framework North Seattle Community College -4- Strengthening Academic Programs and Institutional Systems to promote Student Engagement and Success 5. Support and Expand Innovative, Learning-centered Instructional Models and Methods Increase the number of classrooms incorporating evidence-based best-practices into their curriculum 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. Incorporate Service Learning (SL) and undergraduate research opportunities into more classes across the curriculum Develop alternative models for linked courses 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