Motlow State Community College
Action Plan & Outcome Assessment Report for Institutional Effectiveness
Planning Year: July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012
Assessing Year: July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011
Unit: Student & Campus Relations
Related Strategic Goal:
2.1 Enhance student persistence to completion of post-secondary credential or degree.
Action Plan #: STCR-01
Action Plan Title: Motlow Participant Partnership Program (MP3)
Desired Outcome: Motlow College will launch its first full academic year (August 2011-May 2012) MP3
Program.
Description of Action Plan and Related Activities: The college will assess this program. To strengthen
its commitment to this end, the institution will earmark dollars to continue and expand the program to
include students and mentors from the Motlow College Fayetteville Center. The 2011-2012 plan and
relative activities follow:
Time line for Motlow Participant Partnership Program (MP3)
July, 2011
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Coordinator will be selected and program goals explained
Coordinator will begin application process and plan calendar of events (arrange
speakers, locations, topics, etc)
August, 2011
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Establish partnerships (mentors, academic coaches, and guest speakers)
Distribute and collect applications and select participants for the program
Select control group for tracking purposes
Kick-off reception
September, 2011
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Host monthly meeting
Provide weekly academic coaching
Distribute and collect progress reports
Analyze and discuss progress reports with participants
October, 2011
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Host monthly meeting
Survey participants
Provide weekly academic coaching
Distribute and collect progress reports
Analyze and discuss progress reports with participants
November, 2011
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Host monthly meeting
Provide weekly academic coaching
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Distribute and collect progress reports
Analyze and discuss progress reports with participants
December, 2011
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Comparative analysis of participants in program
Survey participants
Analyze grades and course completion of participants
January, 2012
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Host monthly meeting
Provide weekly academic coaching
Distribute and collect progress reports
Analyze and discuss progress reports with participants
February, 2012
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Host monthly meeting
Provide weekly academic coaching
Distribute and collect progress reports
Analyze and discuss progress reports with participants
March, 2012
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Host monthly meeting
Provide weekly academic coaching
Survey participants
Distribute and collect progress reports
Analyze and discuss progress reports with participants
April, 2012
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Host monthly meeting
Provide weekly academic coaching
Distribute and collect progress reports
Analyze and discuss progress reports with participants
May, 2012
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Comparative analysis of participants in program
Evaluation of surveys completed by participants to measure success of the first year
program
Tally the number of students who completed the program
Analyze grades and course completion
Success banquet
Team Members: Team members are:
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, Director of Student and Campus Relations, Director of
Disability Services and Testing, Athletic Director and Head Men’s Basketball Coach, and Coordinator of
Disability Services and Testing
Timeline: July 1, 2011-June 20, 2012
Est. Cost: $4,000
Budgeted: Funding other than budget
Evidence of Success: Project benchmarks will begin with each participant being paired with a mentor
within two weeks of the project beginning. Additionally, every three weeks, each participant will receive
progress reports to be completed by their instructors which will be submitted to the MP3 coordinator.
The progress reports monitor academic deficiencies/progress. Academic coaching will be based on the
results of the progress reports. Other key benchmarks will be academic progress toward remaining as a
full time student in good academic standing at the end of each semester.
Several assessment measures will be used to evaluate the MP3 program. Among them are grades and
completion of courses attempted, the number of students who return each semester and the number of
students who graduate and/or transfer yearly. A control group will be selected of non-participating
eligible students. Cumulative GPA’s, course completion rates and retention rates will be compared
between the control group and the MP3 participants. Tracking will continue beyond the first year.
Ultimately, MSCC will increase retention percentages of the underrepresented population on the Moore
County campus by two percent.
Participants will be surveyed at the mid-point and end of each semester to determine if their needs are
being met. Program modifications will be made as needed based on participant feedback.
The responsibilities of MP3 will be shared between student and campus relations, disability services, and
student success units. With the cooperative support of all three units, students will have a broader base
of support from the greater community as well as from within the college. The directors will collaborate
on strategies to identify and reduce barriers, increase the number of program participants and improve
retention and graduation rates among participants.
One of the benefits of a community college is the broad-based community support it receives. MP3 will
become a “college/community partnership” program. The college will seek business and community
professionals to serve as volunteer mentors and academic coaches to an identified group of students by
helping them achieve their goals and establishing new goals. The success of MP3 will help create a
supportive environment for underrepresented students at Motlow College.
(What evidence will be provided that progress is being made? What are benchmarks of success?)
Complete the following when assessing a plan
Current Status: Choose an item.
Describe Progress: (What were the results of your actions? Include date reported.)
Describe Needed Changes: (If desired outcome was not achieved, what changes will you make to
achieve it?)
List of Supporting Documentation: (Submit when reporting progress.)
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