Student Success Plan - Association of Community College Trustees
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Student Success Plan
A Cross-Industry Collaboration to
Enhance Student Support
What we are going to cover today
• What is the Student Success Plan (SSP)
open-source product?
• What is the role of the community
college?
• What is the role of the non-profit?
• What is the role of the commercial
provider?
• How does this collaboration elevate the
final result?
What is the Student Success Plan (SSP)?
The SSP is a Open Source software system and supported
processes for student success, designed to increase the
persistence, success, and graduation rates of targeted
students.
Through holistic advising, counseling, web-based support
systems, and intervention techniques, students are
identified, supported and monitored.
Tools Include:
•Case Management Software
•Academic Advising Tools (MAP)
•Early Alert / Faculty Access (EAL)
•Student Interface (Tasks, MAP, Self Help, Schedule)
•Student Information System (SIS) Integration
•Reporting Tools / Data Collection
Why a college might want to use SSP?
Improve student retention & success
Increase graduation rates
Implement a systematic, comprehensive advising, counseling
and intervention process
Implement an Early Alert intervention process
Develop and maintain referral sources for addressing student
challenges and opportunities
Remove silos between offices that support students, Faculty &
Chairs
Create self help tools to connect students to resources that
help them overcome challenges to their success
Create clear plans of action for students
Research
• 10+ years of longitudinal research on
student retention & success at Sinclair
Community College
• St. Petersburg College initial research
shows impacts on student success
• Research paper by Gateway to College
National Network
http://studentsuccessplan.org/research.pdf
Example
Outcomes
from
• Active students in the PTC program have a
40% higher average year to year retention
rate than students not designated at-risk.
• The 2.5 year accumulated average term to
term retention of minority PTC students is
29% higher than non-PTC (not at-risk)
students. Minority student’s average term
to term retention is 97%.
• The average Year to Year retention of PTC
minority students is 51% higher than non
PTC (not at-risk) students. Minority
student’s average year-to-year retention is
84%.
PTC/Transitioned SSP Students
Five times more likely to
graduate within 6 years
(2005-2011)
Funding, Partners, Supporters
What's Next
• NGLC Wave I b follow on funding ($1.5mil)
Open Source project funded until Nov 1st 2014
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North Carolina CBD Implementation (5 Colleges)
North Carolina IPAS Implementation (3 Colleges)
Ohio CBD Implementation (2 Colleges)
Other Anticipated Projects
SSP 2.0 GA – Now Available!
Continued development of the SSP platform
• Leading provider of IT
Consulting, Services, and
Open Source Support for the
education technology market
• 2013 - 4th Largest Computer
Consultant in Phoenix Area
• Founded in 1993
• Approximately 150 employees
• Headquartered in
Gilbert, AZ and staffed
throughout the US
Unicon’s Domain Expertise
Student Recruitment, Success, and Retention
• Admissions
• Case Management
• Early Alerts
Portals
• Online Campus
• Community Development
• Collaboration
Learning
• LMS
• Content Creation and Delivery
• Assignments, Gradebook and
Assessment
Identity and Access Management
• Web Single Sign-On
• Federated ID
• Groups Management
Mobile
• Authenticated personalized
content
• Support across multiple devices
and browsers
• Responsive Design
Media
• Rich-media capabilities for:
LMS
Portal
Unicon’s Services for SSP
Services for Student Success Plan
• Pre-Implementation
Assessment
• Implementation Planning
• Project Management
• Installation and Configuration
• SIS & LMS Integration
• Custom Development
• Technical Support
• Hosting / Managed Services
The SSP services team
includes architects,
developers, integration
consultants, project
managers, and systems
administrators.
A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EDUCATION MODEL SERVING
DROPOUT YOUTH
What We Do
Gateway to College empowers youth who
have dropped out of school or are not on
track to graduate to earn a diploma and
dual credit in a supportive college
environment.
GtCNN Consulting Services
Change management
• Strategy development
• Operations assessment
• Advising for staff buy-in
Records management
• Data flow mapping
• Procedure improvement
• Data entry staff training
Management consulting
• Goal setting
• Project planning
• Staff communication
Evaluation and reporting
• Stakeholder reporting
• Program monitoring & day-to-day
tracking
• Continuous improvement
Process management
• Process documentation
• Work flow assessment
• Strategic improvement
recommendations
Training & Manuals
• Manual & Process
• Customized training & coaching
on specialized topics.
The research behind SSP
• Structured
Pathways
Core Principles of Holistic
Student Support
– Advising options
and MAPs
• Holistic Student
Support
– Intrusive advising,
intake assessments
and early alerts
• Engagement
1. Building genuine
relationships
2. Providing a safe
environment
3. Focusing on student
strengths
4. Using a solution focused
approach
5. Providing a supportive
community
More at: http://studentsuccessplan.org/research.pdf
Examples of work to date
• Face-to-Face engagements
• Implementation Plans
• On-going Check-in Calls &
Recommendations
• Configuration Services
• Supporting Documents
• Team Work
Student Success Plan
A Cross-Industry Collaboration to
Enhance Student Support
Contact Information
Russ Little
Project Director
Ben Byers
Associate VP of Operations
Sinclair Community College
Direct: 937-512-2696
[email protected]
Gateway to College National Network
Direct: 971-634-1204
[email protected]
www.studentsuccessplan.org
www.gatewaytocollege.org