FIRST YEAR SUCCESS:
A Quality Enhancement Plan for
Tidewater Community College
PRESENTATION TO SDV DISCIPLINE MEETING
FEBRUARY 11-12, 2013
KATHY MAALOUF, PHD
ACTING AVP FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
Making the FIRST YEAR
a SUCCESS!!
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Overview
Preliminary Findings
SDV 100 Assessment
Next Steps
OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
2005-2006
Reaffirmation process for SACS-COC accreditation
resulted in Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
“Improving First-Year Student Success through a
Comprehensive Orientation System”
October 2011
QEP Advancement Task Force
2011-2012
First Year Success System evolved
September 2012
Transition from Academic Affairs to Student Affairs
FIRST YEAR SUCCESS
FIRST YEAR SUCCESS
The First Year Success (FYS) system is designed to
improve learning for new students during their first
year of college in efforts to assist them in achieving
academic and personal success.
FOUR COMPONENTS
Recognizing that most students need additional
assistance as they transition to college, the
comprehensive system includes four components:
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Orientation
Student Development (SDV) Courses
Family & Friends Information Sessions
Academic Alert
http://www.tcc.edu/firstyearsuccess/
ORIENTATION
GETTING STARTED RIGHT!
New students participate in a face-to-face or online orientation
after completing the placement test and prior to enrolling.
TOPICS INCLUDES:
1. Support Services
2. Financial Services
3. Student Rights & Responsibilities
4. Academic Requirements
5. Enrollment Instructions
6. Online Assessment and Evaluation
SDV COURSES
SDV Courses promote student success by assisting students with their transition into
college. All new students should complete one of the SDV courses during their first 15
credit hours.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
1. Career Exploration and Development
2. College Resources and Policies
3. Academic Planning
4. Study Skills
5. Life Management
FAMILY & FRIENDS
Family & Friends Information Sessions provide an opportunity for those
individuals who are important in the lives of our students to learn more
about their transition to TCC and help them achieve their individual goals.
ACADEMIC ALERT
Academic Alert is designed to improve learning for students and assist them in achieving
success by connecting them with appropriate campus resources and services.
 Web-based referral program for students experiencing
academic difficulties.
 When a faculty member submits a referral,
the identified student automatically receives
an email notification listing suggested services
based on the academic concerns.
PRELIMINARY FINDINGS
SDV COURSES
Of the 4956 Fall 2012 first-time curricular-placed
students (not including students in career studies
certificate programs)
– 65.0% of those who DID attend Orientation, completed
SDV by the end of the fall semester
– 37.0% of those that DID NOT attend Orientation,
completed SDV by the end of the fall semester
SDV 100 Assessment
SDV 100 Assessment
SDV 100 Assessment
INSTRUCTIONS
Welcome to the Student Assessment for SDV 100. We appreciate you taking
the time to complete the entire assessment. The results will help us
understand what you have learned during the course and will be used to
improve student learning. Therefore, it is important that you answer all
questions as carefully as possible.
The assessment has 6 parts and you must complete all 6 parts. The first five
parts consist of multiple choice questions and each may take about 5 minutes
to complete. Part 6 asks you to describe what you liked and did not like about
your SDV course. We encourage you to provide some suggestions for
improvements to the course.
When you complete the entire assessment, please click on the Your Results
tab to the left and provide a copy to your instructor.
NEXT STEPS
 Selection of new SDV 100 textbook
 SDV College-Wide Training
 Library Collection for FYS