Keeping It All Straight: - PowerPoint Presentation

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Keeping

It All Straight: Lessons Learned from Aligning Multiple Completion Initiatives

2013 DREAM ConferenceSlide2

Loss &

Momentum FrameworkCONNECTIONInterest to Application

ENTRY

Enrollment to Completion of Gatekeeper Courses

PROGRESS

Entry into Course of Study to 75% Requirements Completed

COMPLETION

Complete Course of Study to Credential with Labor Market Value

STUDENT DATA SYSTEM (From Day 1 to Completion)

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

LEADERSHIP FOCUSED ON COMPLETION

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Completion Imperative

Funding models with completion metricsUneven educational attainment and student successGrowing numbers of “at-risk” studentsCommunity colleges no longer viewed as access-only3Slide4

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Completion by Design: Catalyst for Transformation

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Transformation Means…

HOLISTIC CHANGE: The key ways in which reforms differ from what we have done in the pastINSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: Leadership, daily routines, skills and technology, reallocating existing resources 6Slide7

Intentionally Designed

CbD principles as overarching framework to align all completion activities (i.e., AtD)Framework emphasis on“Institutionalize” Business Processes Data/ReportingCommunicationsStill work to be done7Slide8

Design with the End in Mind

Current initiatives mapped to CbD framework8DEI

AQIP ProjectSlide9

CONNECTION

ENTRYPROGRESSCOMPLETION

NOT COLLEGE READY

H.S.

GRADUATE

ABLE/GED

BASIC

SKILLS

K-12/COLLEGE

PARTNERSHIPS

TEAM 1:

The Connection

Team

A. Increase Preparedness Prior to ReassessmentB. Support Early Career Exploration

C. Continue Sharing Success Data With H.S. Superintendents

D. Replicate Lessons of Early College H.S.

COLLEGE/CAREER

ASSESSMENT

A.

Test Early For College Preparedness

B. Use Multifaceted Indicators

REDESIGN

of DVED

TEAM 3:

The DVED REDESIGN Team

Math

English and Reading

Content for Reassessment

MAKING PROGRESS

TEAM 4 :

The Career Advantage Team

(CA)

TEAM

5: The Transfer and Applied Team (TA)

A.

Embed Experiential and

Contextualization

Education in All Programs

(TA)

B. Implement Tools for Early Career

Exploration, i.e., MyPlan (

CA)

C. Redesign Programs to Include Stackable Certificates

(TA)

COMPLETING WITH SUCCESS

TEAMS

4 & 5

A.Multiple Strategies

to Connect

Students to Career

and Educational

Goals

(CA)

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CBD CADRE-WIDE TEAMS

A. Work to Support OACC

and JFF In

Efforts To Build a

Policy Environment

COLLEGE READY

H.S. JUNIOR/SENIORH.S. GRADUATES

POTENTIALSTUDENTS

REDESIGN of the LCCC Registration ExperienceTEAM 2: The Registration Experience TeamA. Mandatory OrientationB. Identify Assessment toolsC. Implement MyCAPD. Front End RedesignE. Financial Literacy

TRANSFER

AA/ASUNIVERSITY/COLLEGEPARTNERSJOB & CAREERAASINDUSTRY PARTNERS

SUPPORT SERVICES TEAM

COMPLETION CORE TEAM

Lorain County Community College Model

Student Success Initiatives: CbD, AtD, The Talent Dividend, Connect to Complete, Complete College Ohio

STUDENT SUCCESS DATA TEAM Slide10

Sinclair Community College and Stark State College Model

Strategic plan with an integrated completion budget modelAligned institutional KPIs and measurementsCbD framework as primary vehicle to move all completion work forwardAchieving the DreamAQIPDEIIntra-institution completion initiatives10Slide11

Lessons Learned (

so far…)Do not underestimate campus engagement and readiness for changeA shift toward completion in language and cultureIntegrate completion into routine meetings and structuresBalancing long-term return with short-term costsOrganizing around completion is not a quick process11Slide12

Campus Engagement

Purposeful about including different internal stakeholdersFaculty and staff team leads focused on engagementMindful about engaging varied individuals to avoid initiative fatigueHonest conversations and professional development around engagementTargeted to specific audiences12Slide13

Completion-Centered Language and Culture

Completion communication teamsCompletion-focused goals for faculty and staffQuick tips and “how to” for faculty and staff13Slide14

Integrating Completion into Existing Structures

Build into reporting and planning structuresDivision strategic plansDepartment reviewCompletion focus on routine meetingsLeadership meetingsDepartment chair meetingsAnnual meetingsCompletion-focused goals for faculty and staff14Slide15

Keeping It All Straight across the Cadre

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Cadre-Wide Strategic Priorities

Accelerating Students through PathwaysAcademic Program Redesign and ContextualizationIntegrated Student ServicesInstitutional and State Policy16Slide17

Lead Colleges

Each college campus assigned to lead the work on clusters of strategies under all-cadre strategic prioritiesExample: LCCC:Academic Program Redesign and contextualization (All Target PopulationsRobust Experiential Learning Opportunities/Enhanced Focus on Learning Inside and Outside the Classroom.Provide students more opportunities for hands-on learning in their field through internships, co-ops, service leaning, job shadowing, clinicals, and job placements. Redesign programs with stackable and latticed credentials and track and monitor job placements.17Slide18

Lead Colleges

(continued)An all-cadre retreat brought faculty and staff from each of four campuses together for discussion with the lead campuses on progress-to-date.Participants were assigned to one of four groups that align with the four all-cadre strategic priorities.Lead colleges schedule conference calls/webinars to provide guidance and ensure progress is being madeLead colleges complete the form, Status Check-in, quarterly. 18Slide19

Status Check-In

Each lead college submits status check-ins throughout implementation phase.For each strategy:Has the strategy changed since the proposal was written? If so, how and why? What is the current progress-to-date at the lead college as well as the other Ohio cadre colleges?What are the next steps for this strategy, etc.?19Slide20

Keeping It All Straight across the State

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Statewide

Center for Student SuccessOrganized through Ohio Policy Lead (Ohio Association of Community Colleges) 21Slide22

Interactive Exercise

Create a list of institutional and statewide student success initiatives for your collegeMap out these strategies along the Loss & Momentum Framework (using handout template) to see overlaps and gaps.Begin to restructure the supports for these initiatives based on developed mapHow will committees and work teams interact and support rather than duplicate efforts?22Slide23

Report Out

What is one key takeaway that you will take back to your campus to begin aligning your completion initiatives?23Slide24

Contact Information

Kathleen Cleary, Managing Project Directorkathleen.cleary@sinclair.edu Megan Laughter, Asst. Project Directormegan.laughter@sinclair.edu Marcia Ballinger, Provostmballing@lorainccc.edu

Karen Wells

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Executive in Residence for Learner Completion

kwells@lorainccc.edu

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