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Nontraditional students face unique challenges that can be compounded in a distance-learning environment. Ensuring success, engagement and persistence for adult students requires not only academic support but personalized assistance in balancing the demands of work, family, and school. A recent study by Stanford University found that coaching greatly enhanced the success of nontraditional students, and did so cost-effectively. This workshop will provide practical advice from administrators implementing two different models of coaching to enhance student outcomes. Excelsior College has been working with a corporate partner, while the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium is using a Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education grant with four community colleges to build a collaborative coaching model. Inside Track will provide actionable insights into how to develop effective coaching programs, presenting results from more than 50 controlled studies.TRANSCRIPT
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
Betsy DePersisDirector of Academic Advising ServicesExcelsior College
Diane Goldsmith Former Executive DirectorConnecticut Distance Learning Consortium
Chris Tilghman Director of Program DevelopmentInsideTrack
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
What is coaching?
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
Where does coaching “live” at the institution?
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
InsideTrack Coachingbecomes integrated with university services
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
How has coaching beenimplemented?
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
How InsideTrack collaborates with Excelsior Academic Advisors
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
What data can you share?
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
Recent Stanford research confirms the results
“The results are clear: retentionrates were greater in the coached group and the results do not change when we control for key demographic factors. Moreover, the expenditure is much smaller than that which would be required under an alternative policy.”
Professor Eric Bettinger, Associate Professor, Stanford University
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
What lessons have you learned?
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
Appendix
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
The CTDLC Adult Success Coach Project is support by the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education (FIPSE) and the Davis Educational Foundation.
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
FIPSE Funded:Manchester Community College, CTMiddlesex Community College, MANorthwestern Connecticut Community College,
CTPassaic County Community College, NJ.
Davis Funded:Central Connecticut State UniversityUniversity of Hartford
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
The CTDLC Adult Success Coach Project Director: Carolyn Rogers, [email protected] 860.832.3894
Additional Information about the Project: http://www.adultsuccesscenter.org/blog/ or www.adultsuccesscoach.org
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
*Results weighted to match coach denominator*Results are based on students enrolled between May 1, 2010 and Feb 28, 2011 (n=2876 coached, n=728 comparison), taking examinations through Mar 9, 2011.**Results are based on students enrolled between May 1, 2010 and Dec 31, 2010 (n=2253 coached, n=573 comparison), with measurement as of Mar 9, 2011**Retention is the # of students who are ‘actively enrolled’ divided by the total number of students received
Positive impact on all key success measures
Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
Coached group has higher EC Student Experience completion rates in each monthly cohort
EC Student Experience (Orientation)Coached v Comparison, by monthly cohort
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Building Student Success: Best Practices for Developing an Effective Student Coaching Program
Coached group has more students taking Information Literacyin each monthly cohort
Information Literacy CourseCoached v Comparison, by monthly cohort
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