Transcript CCSSE Town Hall Meeting

Achieving the Dream
HonCC Implementation Plan
CLT Presentation
Oct. 20, 2008
Share the Facts and
Act on What You’ve Learned
“Take nothing on its looks; take
everything on evidence. There’s no
better rule.”
— Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
Great Expectations
Campus Coordination
Achieving the Dream Team
Recruitment and Retention
Marketing Committee
Individual Departments
What is the R&R Committee
Doing?
Top 4 Ideas for Recruitment:
• Campus beautification
• Summer bridge programs
• Overall website improvements
• High school advertising
What is the R&R Committee
Doing?
Top 4 Ideas for Retention:
• Mandatory student orientation for
traditional students
• Campaigns: retention as a campus wide task
• Professional development for faculty on
new learning styles
• Early alert system
Priority A: Financial Aid
Participation
A1. Develop an ongoing student focus group
initiative to solicit student feedback
annually on the financial aid process. The
groups will focus on the communication of
financial aid opportunities, the application
process, recommendations for improvement
and identification of potential issues /
concerns from the student perspective.
Priority A: Financial Aid
Participation
A2. Develop a cross-campus team to evaluate
and recommend necessary changes to
provide enhanced customer service to
students through admissions, registration,
financial aid and other student services.
• Team Members A1 and A2: Jannine, Leon,
Grace, Nova, Business Office rep and
student rep
Priority Area B: Developmental
Intervention
B1. Begin pilot program of embedding
student tutors in math and English
developmental and remedial courses to
focus on better completion rates.
Priority Area B: Developmental
Intervention
B2. Begin pilot program of embedding
student tutors in math and English
developmental and remedial courses to
focus on greater student participation in
supplemental instruction.
B1 and B2 Team Members: Femar Lee, Tim
Cubero, Ina Miller-Cabasug and Linda
Laine
Priority Area B: Developmental
Intervention
B3. Use current analysis tools (e.g.: loglikelihood tests) and analyze pervious
remedial classes for impact of instructional
methods and their applicability to current
classes.
Team leads: Charles Miller, Steven
Shigemoto
Priority Area B: Developmental
Intervention
B4. Evaluate the ability to provide
scholarships for students in remedial classes
based on academic performance and
planned/continued pursuit of educational
goals.
Team leads: Lianne Nagano, Ina MillerCabasug
Priority Area B: Developmental
Intervention
B5. To improve completion rates in remedial
classes, a retention specialist provides
active interventions, such as early alert
system, in-class study skills sessions, inclass support, and student guidance
sessions.
Team: Leilani Hinds, R&R Early Alert folks?
Priority Area C: Successful Progress
and Graduation or Transfer
C1. Develop and encourage participation in
faculty development opportunities to
encourage curriculum redesign and
incorporate best practices in teaching styles.
Team: Jerry Cerny
Priority Area C: Successful Progress
and Graduation or Transfer
C2. Develop other learning communities that
may improve success rates in gatekeeper
courses.
Team: Robii Dotson, Ross Egloria, Charles
Miller, Jonathan Wong, LC instructors,
student rep
Priority Area C: Successful Progress
and Graduation or Transfer
C3. Develop student focus groups to provide
feedback on learning communities.
• Team: Robii Dotson, Ross Egloria, Charles
Miller, Jonathan Wong, LC instructors,
student rep
Priority Area C: Successful Progress
and Graduation or Transfer
C4. Encourage faculty to participate in
discipline wide community college
meetings to discuss roadblocks and possible
action steps to improve success in
gatekeeper courses.
Team: Deans, Cynthia Smith, Karadeen Kam,
Fumi Takasugi, Jennifer Higa-King
Priority Area C: Successful Progress
and Graduation or Transfer
C5. Establish targeted groups to allow for
effective counseling and notification of
learning community courses.
Team: Robii Dotson, Ross Egloria, Charles
Miller, Jonathan Wong, LC instructors,
student rep
Priority Area C: Successful Progress
and Graduation or Transfer
C6. Utilize technology in communicating
program requirements and progress to
degree completion through the STAR
Academic Journey.
Team: Erika Lacro, Sandy Matsui, Marilynn
Ito-Won
Priority Area D: Data Collection,
Analysis and Utilization
D1. Publish and communicate the results of
data collection and assessment through
campus-wide discussions.
Team: Erika Lacro and Steve Shigemoto