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NEW DIRECTIONS IN NEW DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL
EDUCATIONEDUCATION
NEW DIRECTIONS IN NEW DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL
EDUCATIONEDUCATION
INADE Annual ConferenceOCTOBER 25-26, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
Rebecca Goosen, NADE President-electrebecca.goosen@sjcd.edu
National Association for Developmental Educationwww.nade.net
Pipeline Critical Points
Age0-5
Start School Ready to Succeed
Age6-10Read
Proficiently by Grade 4
Age11-14
Middle SchoolSuccess/Transition
Age15-18
GraduateHigh School
On Time
Age19-21Ready
for College,Work, Life
Silver Bullet Theory
No Silver Bullet- A Lot of Silver Buckshot
What is New?• Acceleration
• Integrated Reading/Writing
• Emporium Style Classes
• Gateway Classes with Supplemental instruction
• Diagnostic assessments
• Co-requisite enrollment
• Alignment of high schools and college
Tale of WoeConnecticut's New Policy for Developmental Education
No Remediation in higher education
Lower students are sent to a self passed computer modular program (ABE Programs)
Align high school and college to not have the need for developmental students.
Urgency is Upon Us
Change Cycle has Accelerated
Legislators think in 2 to 4 year cycles
Technology is reducing the size of the world
Third World Job Shifts
• Why do some students succeed when others from similar backgrounds do not?
What is Developmental Education?
Developmental Education is the integration of academic courses and support services guided by the principles of adult and developmental learning
Boylan, 2000
A Developmental Education System
What can we do as Developmental Education practitioners?
Community Intervention
Early School Intervention
Institutional Level Intervention
Wider Scope of Intervention
Be a lion not a lamb