MONITORING STUDENT SUCCESS:HELPFUL PRACTICES

College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)Oregon State University

HEP/CAMP New Director's & Staff TrainingSeptember 18, 2009 - Miami, FL

Why do You Need to Monitor Student Success (Performance)?

Your grant has some GPRA targets GPRA 1 GPRA 2

Research supports the notion to monitor student performance

You need to know where your students are Common sense

Questions to Consider

Do you know what your students know and are able to do?

Do you know where your students are in relationship to the indicators you are responsible to report?

Can you identify which students need intervention?

If you can’t tell me where they are, who can?

How can you improve their performance if you don’t know where they are?

Monitoring through Persistence & Progression Measures Measures are based on concrete

behavioral outcomes such as the act of: Registering for class Attending the class Completing the class

Enrollment, attendance, credit hours, and courses that count toward graduation

The ultimate goal for monitoring student success is to ensure all students have successfully completed their 1st year in college and continued onto their 2nd year

Monitoring through Persistence & Progression Measures

Key areas that can be measured through qualitative and quantitative assessments such as: Course grades and assignments Survey of student satisfaction and priorities Assessment of incoming students' motivations

attitudes Survey to determine students' awareness of

services and options available to them on-campus and off-campus

Formal and informal assessment

What do We do at OSU CAMP? OSU CAMP proposed targets in the grant:

N = 30 students GRPA 1 = 86% (26 students) GPRA 2 = 85% (22 students)

Ultimate goal: GPRA 1 = 100% (30 students) GPRA 2 = 100% (30 students)

What do We do at OSU? Monitoring Begins START Bilingue (End of June or beginning of

July) Students take math and writing placement test Register for fall term classes Homework: Read "First in the Family book"

Box of 50 books for $150. $3 per book

Summer Orientation Program (2nd week of September) Students complete the online "Noel Levitz

Retention College Student Inventory" ($7.50 per student)

Discuss CAMP Contract and Academic Standing Policy

Discuss the "First in the Family" book

What do We do at OSU?

1st week of school (Last week of September) Advisors meet with students to discuss

motivation attitudes (Noel Levitz results) Ensure students are still enrolled in their

classes or need to add/drop classes Ensure all students financial aid is in place

What do We do at OSU?

OSU CAMP Academic Standing Policy Resource Experience form (Fall term) Tutoring

The Writing Center & Learning Academic Success Center Educational Opportunities Program CAMP tutoring

Academic Resource Group Advising (minimum 2 visits per term) Progress reports (Fall term) Forms are in student's file

What do We do at OSU?

Highrise - to monitor contact with students https://camp.highrisehq.com/login

Check grades and credit hours (BANNER) First week after each term ends (Fall, Winter,

Spring) Staff discusses recommendations for individual

students whose GPA are below 2.5 (refer to ASP form)

Check class enrollment after term ends (BANNER) Number of classes Number of credits Waitlist Holds

What do We do at OSU?

CAMP alumni CAMP monitors grades and enrollment for all

participants since the inception of the grant Specific follow up with those who are in

academic warning, probation, suspension Monitor students who transferred to other IHE

Other Attendance to CAMP sponsored events Program evaluation at the end of the term Faculty/Instructor connecting with CAMP staff

(informal) Exit interview (Spring term)

What do We do at OSU?

We demand success, but offer support We do not have low expectation for our

students We stress involvement but not over

involvement We work on building strong relationships We believe in our students’ abilities to

success, they believe in their ability to succeed

Advantages of Monitoring Students Closer contact with students More timely identification of student needs Ability to justify expenditures for student

success initiatives Greater accountability for student success

every step of the way By monitoring students' performance, you

will be better equipped to accomplish your goals

QUESTIONS?

Resources

https://www.noellevitz.com/Our+Services/Retention/Tools/Retention+Mgmt+System/

"First in the Family: Advice about College from First-Generation Students" by Kathleen Cushman

"Challenging & Supporting the First-Year Student: A Handbook for Improving the First Year of College" by M. Lee Upcraft, John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot

"Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook" by Virginia N. Gordon, Wesley R. Habley, Thomas J. Grites

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