Fast Track to Accelerate Student Success

1. What Fast Track is2. Strategies for Implementation a) Pre-Production b) Implementation c) Post-Production3. Benefits & Challenges4. Questions

This Presentation

Fast Track at GRCC

An intensive 3-week learning lab in which students remediate academic skills

Purpose - To give Dev. Ed. students an opportunity to accelerate skill building to retest and move directly into college-level courses.

Fast Track at GRCC

• Total of 42 hours• Monday – Thursday• 3.5 hours a day

• Web-based software• Large & small group activities• Accuplacer as pre- and post-test• Most sessions run in summer• Target population: new students

Pre-Production

Integrated Support: Coaching Model

• Testing and Identification• Recruitment• Intake with a student success coach• New student orientation• Complete financial aid process (if applicable)• Completion of student success plan with an academic advisor

Integrated Support: Coaching Model Cont.

• Constant contact and communications between students, coaches, and facilitators during Fast Track sessions

• Completion of pre-semester barriers checklist• Placement into gateway classes (reserved seats)• Support and academic monitoring throughout the semester (Early Alert

system and direct communication with faculty members)

• Budget• Assessment a) Institutional need (how big is the need?) b) Capacity (coaches, advisors, facilitators, facilities, technology, etc.)• Action Plan a) Curriculum development and delivery b) Collaboration (key stakeholders)

Pre-Production Considerations

Implementation

Stakeholders

• College Success Center (Coaches)

• Academic Support (Facilitators)

• Enrollment Center (Admissions, Testing and Placement)

• Counseling, Advising and Career Center

• Financial Aid

• English and Math Departments

Curriculum

• The Lab Concept: intensive 3-weeks for all disciplines• Tutor-guided with web-based, self-paced adaptive programs• Integrated study skills • Intentional choices for presentation techniques• Math – ALEKS • Reading – My Foundations Lab • English – Large & small group activities in a traditional workshop

setting.

Table 1. Selection CriteriaSubjects ACCUPLACER

Score RangesDevelopmental

ScoresTarget Group

ScoresGateway

Scores

Reading 0-120 0-70 55-70 71-120

Mathematics(Algebra)

0-120 0-75 55-75 76-120

English 0-8 0-4 4 5-8

• Know and have experience with Math and English Dept. curriculum

• Involve the department in the development process

• Include study skills and interactive classroom strategies

• Design programs with focused workshop-wide discussion, mini-quizzes, and campus tours

• Consider programs which allow flexibility for students’ lives

Curriculum Considerations

Operational Considerations• Provide training (tutors &

coaches)

• Recruit students

• Set intake meetings with coaches

• Provide new student orientation

• Advise (Student Success Plan)

• Monitor attendance during Fast Track sessions

• Communication (tutors & coaches)

• Set central location

• Provide snacks!

• Conduct general trouble shooting (transportation incentives, financial aid process, etc.)

Post-Production

Results

*This calculation is based on the number of students completing the program.

Table 2. 2012-2014 Fast Track ResultsSubject Students

RecruitedStudents

CompletingCompletion

RateSuccessful Students

Success Rate*

English 385 290 75.3% 208 71.7%Math 245 197 80.4% 140 71.1%Reading 207 164 79.2% 101 61.5%Total 837 651 77.7% 449 68.9%

Institutional • Reduced the incidence of Dev. Ed.• Accelerated student success• Increased student retention• Saved cost by way of retention• Increased graduation rate

Student• Saved money: $269,400• Saved time: 27,838 contact hours• Extended financial aid eligibility• Increased confidence and study

strategies • Reduced number of placements • Experience with college

culture/environment

Summary of Benefits

Table 3. Retention, Transfer, and Graduation ComparisonsTerms 2012 2013

Fast Track Dev. Ed. FastTrack Dev. Ed.Retention

Fall to Winter 83% 72% 84% 72%Fall to Fall – Year 1 51% 42% 69% 43%Fall to Fall – Year 2 27.5% 25% n/a n/a

TransferFall to Fall – Year 1 6.7% 5% 5.5% 5%Fall to Fall – Year 2 15.3% 10% n/a n/a

GraduationFall to Fall – Year 1 n/a n/a n/a n/aFall to Fall – Year 2 2.6% 1% n/a n/a

Gateway Course Success

* 2014 data is not available at this point.

Table 4. Gateway Course Success Rate of Successful Fast Track Students 2012-2013*

Dev. Ed. to Gateway CourseBypassed through Fast Track

Enrolled Successful Rate

MA 098 to MA 107 77 49 64%EN 097 to EN 100 89 62 70%EN 097 to EN 101 47 31 66%RD 098 to PS 110 16 11 69%RD 098 to COM 131 13 11 85% RD 098 to COM 135 7 7 100% Total/Average 249 171 69%

Post-Production Considerations

• Placement into Gateway or Dev. Ed. Courses (make sure to reserve seats)

• Completion of pre-semester barriers checklist

• Monitoring academic progress through Early Alert

• Communication Plan with Faculty members

• Coaching (provide support and tracking throughout the semester)

Institutional • Capacity • Engagement• Staffing• Facilities / space• Case management• Interdepartmental communication• Design to scale

Student• Understanding testing/placement

process• Low recruitment rate (20%)• Navigation and affective skills• Socioeconomic challenges• Credit load

Overall Considerations

Questions?Domingo Hernandez-Gomezdhernandezgomez@grcc.edu

Associate Director Title III

Colleen Copusccopus@grcc.edu

Mathematics Tutorial Lab Coordinator

Corinne Cozzaglioccozzagl@grcc.edu

Adjunct English Instructor