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    Strengthening Student Success Conference

    October 9-11, 2013

    Alice MecomDivision Chair,

    NCESL

    Karen HamiltonVocational ESL

    Instructor

    Glendale Community College

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    Participants will

    identify success indicators within atransitional, basic skills program

    explore ways to use success indicators toassess program learning outcomes andimprove student motivation and retention

    create a student-friendly pathway model to

    distribute to students

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    Discuss significance

    Describe importance of success indicators(aka momentum points)

    Create your own student pathway model

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    State View

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    UnpreparedH.S. grads

    ESL &Immigration

    Living Wage

    Jobs =CollegeDegree

    http://www.ets.org/perfect_storm

    AMERICAS PERFECT STORM

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    NC24%

    Credit 76%

    BASIC SKILLSPOPULATION

    ESL COMPRISES 92% ofNC BASIC SKILLSPOPULATION (FTES)

    CCCCO, 2011, 2012

    CollegeReady30%

    BasicSkills

    70%(40% are ESL)

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    $

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    along the path to

    completion, there are a

    number of key momentumpoints associated with animproved probability ofsuccess. Each time a studentprogresses beyond amomentum point, thelikelihood of reaching his orher educational goal

    increases.

    Student Success TaskForce, 2011, p. 8

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    CCCCO, 2012

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    Desire for Socio-Economic Mobility

    AACCCCCCO

    SSTFBSIESL

    Students

    ActualSuccessRates

    ACCC, 2012; CCCRP, 2007; CCCSSTF, 2012; Kim, 2011: Lambert, 2008;Rafzar & Simon, 2011; Ramsey & Robyn, 1992; Zacharakis, 2011

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    Program View

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    Job(22%)

    Certificateor Degree

    (47%)

    Living inthe U.S.(27%)

    CalWorksor GAIN

    (2%)

    Don't Know(2%)

    Survey Results at the Main Campus (n=356)

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    Education

    Job Family

    Future

    AdvancedCertificate

    IntermediateCertificate

    BeginningCertificate

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    65 beginning, 33 intermediate, 9 advanced

    Of the 65 beginning earners, only 5 persistedto intermediate and 2 to advanced

    33% of intermediate earners transferred intoCredit ESL, while only 18% continued to earnan advanced certificate

    Intermediate earners were 3x more likely to

    enter credit ESL as advanced earnersOne out of every 5 A.S. Degree earners

    started out in NCESL!Campus Data, 2010-2012

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    Invite students and teachersPathway speakers

    Noncredit Business

    Academic Counselor

    Student Success Center

    Student Certificate-Earner

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    Does your program have momentum points?

    What formal or informal markers can beused an indicators of success?

    How would you relay these to your students? Can these markers be reframed as pathways?

    How would this model serve students,teachers, program directors, administrators?

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    Opportunities to show progress

    Student friendly

    Shows big picture

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    Alice Mecom [email protected]

    Karen Hamilton [email protected]

    Glendale Community College

    Noncredit ESL