FOCUS—POWERED BY STARFISH

Megan Speakman

OVERVIEW

High-End Success Data

FOCUS Terminology

Early Alert Enhanced Features

Connect Overview

Connect Enhanced Features

Advising Demo

Future

LONGITUDINAL SUCCESS RATES

Autumn 12 Spring 13 Autumn 13 Spring 14 Autumn 14 Spring 15

Succ Rate 62.74% 66.42% 68.60% 69.04% 69.33% 69.55%

52.50%

57.50%

62.50%

67.50%

72.50%

62.74%

66.42%

68.60% 69.04% 69.33% 69.55%

Success Rates of courses using Early Alert

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LONGITUDINAL WITHDRAWAL RATES

Autumn 12 Spring 13 Autumn 13 Spring 14 Autumn 14 Spring 15

Withdrawal 13.62% 9.99% 9.27% 7.86% 7.54% 6.86%

1.00%

3.00%

5.00%

7.00%

9.00%

11.00%

13.00%

15.00%

13.62%

9.99%9.27%

7.86%7.54%

6.86%

Withdrawal Rates of courses using Early Alert

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SUCCESS DATA BY ACHIEVEMENT GAPS

USAGE OF THE SYSTEM

Early Alert InsightAdvisingConnect

FOCUS

Starfish Retention Solutions

WHAT DO ALL THESE TERMS MEAN?

EARLY ALERT: TRACKING ITEM ASSIGNMENT

Instructors raise flags (or concerns in FOCUS)

Based on the backend support connection, staff can follow up on these concerns

Assigning a Flag to someone or to yourself allows for the intervention to occur as soon as possible

FACULTY USE: SCHEDULING OFFICE HOURS + SUPPORT STAFF: SCHEDULING APPOI

Faculty appear in the students My Success Network

Full-time faculty members can set office hours and allow students to schedule appointments Directly syncs with Outlook Sends the student and faculty member email reminders

BACKEND SUPPORT USE: SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS

Support Staff appear in the students My Success Network

Support Staff can set office hours and allow students to schedule appointments Directly syncs with Outlook Sends the student and staff member email reminders

BACKEND SUPPORT: TRACKING WALK-INS

FOCUS offers a customizable kiosk where students can sign-in Tracks the student body Allows for electronic documentation Allows for cross-campus sharing of information to people in the student’s Success Network

BACKEND SUPPORT USE: INTERVENTION

Based on the relationship to the student, support staff can see the flags and kudos instructors raise and intervene as necessary

Scheduling meetings

Adding notes

Adding comments back to instructors

Tracking Item Assignment

CONNECT: SUCCESS PLANS

Series of To-Dos and Referrals

Can be tracked based on appointments/walk-ins

ADVISING MODULE: DEMO

Academic Plans

In-take Form

Integrated with DARS

Auto-generated emails

Advising Module

THE FUTURE OF FOCUS

Implementation of Advising Module Degree Audit Reporting System (pending decision)

Implementation of Insight Data Reporting (pending college decision)

Implementation of Colleague (Phase II)• STRK Notes, Financial Aid Notes• Military and Veteran Services• Student Conduct

Implementation of AQIP Proposal Midterm Reporting Non-attendance/Participation Verification Financial Aid Process

Understanding the Hobsons Merger Naviance (college credit plus)

Sync with Tutor Trac 4, Org Sync, and Learning Circle (college credit plus)