Presentation to the Michigan Career Education Conference Martin Finney Career Advisor Antonio Riggs Career Advisor Delta College is a community college in the Great Lakes Bay Region with close to 12 000 students attending on any given semester ID: 361219
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Passport to Success
Presentation to the Michigan Career Education ConferenceMartin Finney, Career AdvisorAntonio Riggs, Career AdvisorSlide2
Delta College is a community college in the Great Lakes Bay Region with close to 12, 000 students attending on any given semester.
Delta College is a member of the League of Innovation and Achieving the Dream.The Passport to Success program was started through a Title III grant to work with at-risk students.Delta CollegeSlide3
Focusing on the strengths and abilities and focusing on the solutions.
Based on “Positive Psychology” and “Appreciative Inquiry”Appreciative AdvisingSlide4
The Six Phases of Appreciative Advising
Disarm
Discover
Dream
Design
Deliver
Don’t Settle
Bloom, J. L., Hutson, B. L., & He, Y. (
in preparation
).
The
a
ppreciative advising revolution
. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing. Slide5
Appreciative Advising Phases
Disarm
– Recognizing the importance of first impressions, create a safe, welcoming environment.
Discover
- Positive open-ended questions to draw out what they enjoy doing, their strengths, and their passions.
Bloom, J. L., Hutson, B. L., & He, Y. (2008).
The
a
ppreciative advising revolution. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing. Slide6
Appreciative Advising Phases (continued)
Dream
- Formulate a vision of what they might become, and then assist them in developing life and career goals.
Design
–Devise concrete, incremental, and achievable goals
Bloom, J. L., Hutson, B. L., & He, Y. (2008).
The
a
ppreciative advising revolution
. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing. Slide7
Appreciative Advising Phases (continued)
Deliver
– The students follows through on their plans. The advisor is
there for them when they stumble, believing in them every step of the way and helping them continue to update and refine their dreams as they go.
Don’t Settle
– The advisor challenges the student to proactively raise the student’s internal bar of self- expectations
Bloom, J. L., Hutson, B. L., & He, Y. (2008).
The
appreciative advising revolution. Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing. Slide8
Students who were returning to school after a 3 year period and had previously fallen under Financial Aid Probation, were only succeeding (keeping their financial aid) at a 17% rate.
*Delta College guidelines require Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) in order to continue with financial aid eligibility. Students are on Financial Aid Probation if they have one or more of the following:
GPA under 2.00
Completion rate under 67%
To many credit hours without a degree
Situation Slide9
Assumption
Students are technologically savvyFindingNot all students have technology skillsEven those students who understand computers, do not necessarily know where to access helpsStudents may know where and how to access information, but do not read there e-mails or know what questions to ask
Assumptions and Initial FindingsSlide10
Assumption
Students understand the situation that they are inFindingMost students either do not read the information that is sent to them or do not understand itAssumptions and Initial FindingsSlide11
Creation of the Passport To Success Program
After a 3 year break in enrollment, students were referred to Passport after appealing for their reinstatement of financial aid Plan: Slide12
Attending a
Passport to Success Orientation is required as a condition of being approved for a financial aid award
Students are made aware of the conditions
they
must meet in order to continue
receiving
financial aid
Conditions /Services
:Slide13
Students
are made aware of services that may assist them such as:Career Research
Strength’s Finder Assessment
Academic Advising
Tutoring
Services
Delta Closet
Food Pantry
Conditions /Services
:Slide14
Students
are taken on a tour of campus to see key areas such as:
Registrar’s Office
Library/Tutoring Center
Counseling/Advising
Student
Engagement
Career Services
E-Learning Center
Conditions /Services
:Slide15
Students
meet with an Academic Advisor to go over scheduling/curriculum to ensure that they are enrolled in a schedule which will help them to have the best chance of success.
Conditions /Services
:Slide16
After the semester begins, students are sent reminders of all of the services available to help them be successful.
Follow UpSlide17
By
the end of the semester, students must have made satisfactory progress in all registered courses.
This requires that all grades must be of C or
better.
(
No
grades of C-, D+, D, D-, F, or NC, no
Withdrawals,
and no Incompletes)
Conditions /Services:Slide18
Student SuccessSlide19
Out of the 53 Students who attended the
Winter 2011 semester, 40 met their academic and financial aid conditions
(
75.5%)
Of
the
13
who did not meet all the criteria, 6 passed 50% or more of their classes
Average increase in Grade Point Average
is 1.2
Results for Winter 2011:Slide20
Out of the 64 Students who attended the Spring/Summer 2011 semester, 51 met their academic and financial aid conditions (79.0%)
Of the 13 who did not meet all the criteria, 10 passed 50% or more of their classes and were able to attend the Fall Semester
Results for Spring/Summer 2011Slide21
Out of the 116 Students who attended the Fall 2011 semester, 83 passed all of their classes met their academic and financial aid conditions (79.0%)
Of the 33 who did not pass all of their classes, 18 passed 50% or more of their classes.
Results for Fall 2011Slide22
Student RetentionSlide23
Since the inception of the Passport to Success program, an average of 79% of students have passed all of their classes.
22 students have improved their standing academically to the point where they are no longer on Financial Aid probation status.SuccessSlide24
Passport to Success
provides a formal but positive way to welcome students
back and actively
encourage their
success.
Students are informed, in person, of the expectations for continuation of financial aid.
Benefits of Program
:Slide25
Students do better when they are challenged and have a goal
Students will use services if the services are explained in a way that they are a benefit and not a punishment.Benefits of Program: Slide26
Delta’s Counseling/Advising
and Career Services staff become familiar to the students, which makes them more likely to use the staff as resources.
Provides
students with a
re-orientation to the class selection and registration process as well as assistance with financial aid
issues.
Benefits
of
Program
:Slide27
By sitting down with students and talking to them face to face, it helps students understand the situation they are in and the requirements that they need to meet to continue
OutcomeSlide28
Martin Finney
Counseling/Advising & Career ServicesDelta Collegemartinfinney@delta.edu989-686-9075Antonio RiggsCounseling/Advising & Career Services
Delta
College
antonioriggs@delta.edu
989-686-9077
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