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SSTF & BSILinking It All Together
Patrick OBrien
([email protected])Faculty Resource CoordinatorShayla
Sivert([email protected]) InterimDean, Languages &
Literature
Palomar College
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
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In the beginning...out of the primordial ooze...came the
creative notions from faculty, staff, andadministration...urged
along by ACCJC and the state ofCalifornia...supported in process by
the academicdepartments and the planning councils and newcommittees
and new workgroups and money from grants,
BSI, and internal mechanisms and lots of conversationsbehind the
scenes and a very key group of people with ashared vision, work
ethic, and ability to work welltogether.
Starting the Conversation
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HSI/BSI grants
has allowed for faculty, staff, and administrators
to see what was happening in other places to return with a
rekindled passion and clarity of vision
to develop a plan that included needs assessment,implementation,
evaluation
(HSI Hispanic Serving Institution; Title V)
Starting the Conversation/Identifying Projects
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Departments
energetic, visionary faculty take ideas to the departments
todiscuss different ways of teaching, different projects that
support our students
Grant Committee/Workgroups
Committee provides oversight
Workgroups hash out the details of the vision of the
grants,break the work into tasks, and go back to the constituencies
tovet the direction the group hopes to take.
HSI/BSI Workgroup, STEM II Workgroup, Tutoring Workgroup
Starting the Conversation/Identifying Projects
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Strategic Planning Council development of objectives that
address SSTF annual progress reports Goal 2: Increase student
retention, success, and completion by
identifying and implementing academic and non-academic
studentsupport strategies designed to reach more students.
Objective 2.1 Assess existing academic and non-academicstudent
support services for overlap and to consolidatewhere possible to
improve efficiency and effectiveness.
Objective 2.2: Strengthen matriculation services for first-year
students. Objective 2.3: Implement strategies to improve
student
progress through English, mathematics, reading, and
ESLsequences.
Starting the Conversation/Identifying Projects
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Tutoring Workgroup training, hiring, budgeting, marketing, best
practices
HSI/BSI Workgroup, STEM I, STEM II
common goals, common activities, coordinating outreach with
otherareas in the college
Grant Writing Workgroup includes instruction (all basic skills
areas), student services, and Research
and Design provide continued opportunities
to evaluate where we have been and where we are to assess areas
of need & determine areas of overlap to define institutional
strengths and weaknesses to create projects to identify and meet
with key players and seek buy-in before moving forward to identify
faculty, staff, and administrators who will be instrumental in
bringing
ideas to fruition
Objective 2.1Assess existing academic and non-academic support
services
for overlap and to consolidate where possible to improve
effectiveness and efficiency.
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Academic Advising Module
refining the processes of the evaluation of prior course
work from external institutions, degree audits,
prerequisiteenforcement, and grad checks
Pre-enrollment Services
continuation of Early Acceptance Program (EAP)
EAP to include ed plan
development of a web-based student orientation
Objective 2.2Strengthen matriculation services for first-year
students.
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English
alternate scheduling to provide for fast-track sequence learning
communities (English/Reading, English/Counseling, English
100/Lit)
Math embedded tutoring pre-stat classes accelerated pathways to
calculus learning communities new textbook series
doing HW in class, studying concepts outside of class
Reading
revised curriculum learning communities (with English, Chicano
Studies, Psychology, ESL)
ESL LEAPSTART (year-long learning community with workshops &
field trips)
On Course Curriculum Integration Project
Objective 2.3Implement strategies to improve student progress
through
English, mathematics, reading, and ESL sequences.
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Meetings
workgroups, one-on-one
a lot of conversations to prepare for smooth sailing
Funding
grants
Strategic Plan Priority Funding
funding of projects which are tied to the Strategic
PlanObjectives
Moving Forward
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Tutoring at our college, through the years, has evolved in
severaldifferent locations and by way of several different
departments.For the first time, everyone has been brought together
to sharebest practices and problems and to work on coordinating
andcentralizing our efforts where possible. CRLA (College Reading
& Learning Association) Certification Tutoring Training
(General, Site Specific, Discipline Specific) Data gathering
mechanisms Managing future growth Discussions re: centralization of
hiring, training, tracking, and
budgeting Tutor Recognition Day
Tutoring Workgroup
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Goals 200 students...then to scale up
Who priority given to those students whose first credit
enrollment is that fall
What enrollment and financial aid assistance, ed planning from
the start career and major search components directed first-year
course options counselor contacts Early Alert (3 contacts per
semester with faculty who have FYE students in
their classes) workshops (academic, student support services,
campus culture)
How staffing plan funding
Where TLC San Marcos
Our First-Year Experience ofOur First-Year Experience
