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From Basic Skills
Through Transfer
{ …and how Title V will help
PRESENTATION
OVERVIEW
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Jan Young: Basic Skills
Initiative (BSI)
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Michael Ritterbrown: Title V
STEM Gateway Grant
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Tom Voden: Title V STEM
GAUSS grant
BASIC SKILLS INITIATIVE:
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
HISTORY
2006 CCC Board of Governors’ Strategic Plan focuses
on student success and readiness. Chancellor’s
Office provides colleges with supplemental funds
for underprepared credit and noncredit students.
(Basic Skills Initiative)
2009 Raised statewide minimum English and math
requirements. To earn A.A. or A.S. students must
demonstrate proficiency in English composition
and intermediate algebra.
DEFINITION
Basic Skills Student: Students who needs foundation skills
in reading, writing, mathematics, and/or English as a
Second Language, as well as learning skills and study
skills, which are necessary to succeed in college level work.
Basic Skills Courses: Pre-collegiate courses which are
designated as non-degree credit courses or noncredit
courses.
BSI POPULATION
In 2006, 70 – 80% of first time college students in CCC
needed work in developmental math, ESL, writing or
reading courses.
29% of students who enrolled in a basic skills class earned
a 2 yr. degree or vocational certificate.
The Gap
8th Grade Math
CAHSEE
10th Grade
English
CAHSEE
13th Grade
Degree App CC
HOW DO WE INCREASE
STUDENT SUCCESS RATE?
• Identify momentum points so students reach milestones
• Integrate counseling into instruction
• Increase student support (tutors, SI, success centers)
• Accelerate students through developmental sequence
• Integrate contextualized learning into the curriculum
• Improve transition from High School/Noncredit
students to college
NONCREDIT BASIC SKILLS
PROJECTS
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Counselors provide orientations and distribute
“Welcome Packets.”
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Noncredit tours to main campus. Assessment tests
scheduled at Garfield.
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One section of Student Development class 101 offered
to noncredit students (tuition waived, 1 unit)
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“Success Coach” meets with students to discuss future
goals. Information entered into counselors’ database.
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Writing integrated into noncredit ESL curriculum.
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Library collection opened at Garfield
GCC Fall Freshmen by
Feeder Program
400
Students
350
300
360
349
307 300
300
268
250
247
256
Glendale HS
184
200
GCC NC
Hoover HS
150
Linear (GCC NC)
100
50
0
Fall 2008
Fall 2009
Fall 2010
BSI AT GLENDALE
• 2006: BSI funds are used to address global needs
• 2008: Foundational Skills Committee formed to
evaluate projects
• 2009: The committee agrees to work toward the
formation of a program rather than a series of
isolated projects
• 2011: Glendale is awarded a 4.3 million dollar
grant to build a basic skills program
Title V STEM
Gateway Grant
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Funding: $4.3 million over 5
years
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Focus: Integrating all facets of
basic skills education at GCC
into a single program to
institutionalize success
MODELS FOR SUCCESS
ENGLISH IMPACT
Success rates of students in English 191 from Spring 2006 to Spring 2011.
Academic
Year
Success Rate
Number of
Sections Offered
2006 – 2007
55.9%
19
2007 – 2008
41.0%
19
2008 – 2009
52.4%
20
2009 – 2010
55.8%
22
2010 – 2011
66.5%
21
MODELS FOR SUCCESS
MATH AT-RISK
Success rates third attempt students compared with students taking
math courses for first or second time
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Third Attempt
Spring 2009
Repeated
Attempt
One Withdraw
Fall 2009
One Nonpassing Grade
Spring 2010
First Time
Fall 2010
MODELS FOR SUCCESS
GCC-HIGH SCHOOL “COLLABORATIVES”
High School Grads From GCC Feeder Schools: Placement
into Goal Course
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
67%
68%
51%
32%
30%
16%
English
ESL
All Incoming Freshmen
From Collaborative Classes
Math
BASIC SKILLS SUCCESS OVERALL
Annual Successful Course Completion Rate for Credit Basic Skills Courses (in percent)
Mathematics
Writing
Reading
ESL
All Basic Skills
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
48.4
48.3
54.4
52.1
52.2
63.0
66.8
68.2
68.9
76.3
78.8
78.1
58.8
60.5
64.1
Title V STEM
GAUSS Grant
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Funding: $6 million over 5 years
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Focus: Creating an experiential,
interdisciplinary learning
environment in STEM and
developing pathways to STEM
majors and careers
GAUSS GRANT
ROBOTICS COMPONENT
SYNERGY WITH GATEWAY GRANT