keeping it all straight: lessons learned from aligning multiple completion initiatives 2013 dream...

Keeping It All Straight: Lessons Learned from Aligning Multiple Completion Initiatives

2013 DREAM Conference

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Loss & Momentum Framework

CONNECTION

Interest to Application

ENTRYEnrollment to Completion of

Gatekeeper Courses

PROGRESSEntry into Course of Study to 75% Requirements

Completed

COMPLETIONComplete Course

of Study to Credential with Labor Market

Value

STUDENT DATA SYSTEM (From Day 1 to Completion)

STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

LEADERSHIP FOCUSED ON COMPLETION

Completion Imperative

1. Funding models with completion metrics

2. Uneven educational attainment and student success

3. Growing numbers of “at-risk” students

4. Community colleges no longer viewed as access-only

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Completion by Design: Catalyst for Transformation

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Transformation Means…

• HOLISTIC CHANGE: The key ways in which reforms differ from what we have done in the past

• INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE: Leadership, daily routines, skills and technology, reallocating existing resources

Intentionally Designed

• CbD principles as overarching framework to align all completion activities (i.e., AtD)

• Framework emphasis on– “Institutionalize” Business Processes – Data/Reporting– Communications

• Still work to be done

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Design with the End in MindCurrent initiatives mapped to CbD framework

DEI

AQIP Project

CONNECTION ENTRY PROGRESS COMPLETION

NOT COLLEGE READY

H.S. GRADUATE

ABLE/GED BASIC SKILLS

K-12/COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS

TEAM 1:The Connection

Team

A. Increase Preparedness Prior to ReassessmentB. Support Early Career ExplorationC. Continue Sharing Success Data With H.S. Superintendents D. Replicate Lessons of Early College H.S.

COLLEGE/CAREER

ASSESSMENT

A. Test Early For College PreparednessB. Use Multifaceted Indicators

REDESIGN of DVED

TEAM 3:The DVED

REDESIGN TeamA. MathB. English and

ReadingC. Content for

Reassessment

MAKING PROGRESSTEAM 4 : The Career Advantage Team (CA)TEAM 5: The Transfer and Applied Team (TA)

A. Embed Experiential and Contextualization Education in All Programs (TA) B. Implement Tools for Early Career Exploration, i.e., MyPlan (CA)C. Redesign Programs to Include Stackable Certificates (TA)

COMPLETING WITH SUCCESSTEAMS 4 & 5

A.Multiple Strategies to Connect Students to Career and Educational Goals (CA)______________

CBD CADRE-WIDE TEAMS

A. Work to Support OACC and JFF In Efforts To Build a Policy Environment

COLLEGE READY

H.S. JUNIOR/SENIOR

H.S. GRADUATES

POTENTIALSTUDENTS

REDESIGN of the LCCC Registration

ExperienceTEAM 2:

The Registration Experience Team

A. Mandatory OrientationB. Identify Assessment toolsC. Implement MyCAPD. Front End RedesignE. Financial Literacy

TRANSFERAA/AS

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE

PARTNERSJOB & CAREER

AASINDUSTRY PARTNERS

SUPPORT SERVICES TEAM

COMPLETION CORE TEAM

Lorain County Community College ModelStudent Success Initiatives: CbD, AtD, The Talent Dividend, Connect to Complete, Complete College Ohio

STUDENT SUCCESS DATA TEAM

Sinclair Community College and Stark State College Model

• Strategic plan with an integrated completion budget model

• Aligned institutional KPIs and measurements

• CbD framework as primary vehicle to move all completion work forwardo Achieving the Dream

o AQIP

o DEI

o Intra-institution completion initiatives10

Lessons Learned (so far…)• Do not underestimate campus engagement and

readiness for change• A shift toward completion in language and culture• Integrate completion into routine meetings and

structures• Balancing long-term return with short-term costs• Organizing around completion is not a quick

process

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Campus Engagement

• Purposeful about including different internal stakeholders– Faculty and staff team leads focused on engagement

• Mindful about engaging varied individuals to avoid initiative fatigue

• Honest conversations and professional development around engagement– Targeted to specific audiences

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Completion-Centered Language and Culture

• Completion communication teams

• Completion-focused goals for faculty and staff

• Quick tips and “how to” for faculty and staff

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Integrating Completion into Existing Structures• Build into reporting and planning structures– Division strategic plans– Department review

• Completion focus on routine meetings– Leadership meetings– Department chair meetings– Annual meetings

• Completion-focused goals for faculty and staff

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Keeping It All Straight across the Cadre

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Cadre-Wide Strategic Priorities

• Accelerating Students through Pathways

• Academic Program Redesign and Contextualization

• Integrated Student Services

• Institutional and State Policy

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Lead Colleges• Each college campus assigned to lead the work on

clusters of strategies under all-cadre strategic priorities

• Example: LCCC:– Academic Program Redesign and contextualization (All Target

Populations• Robust Experiential Learning Opportunities/Enhanced Focus on

Learning Inside and Outside the Classroom.– Provide students more opportunities for hands-on learning in their

field through internships, co-ops, service leaning, job shadowing, clinicals, and job placements. Redesign programs with stackable and latticed credentials and track and monitor job placements.

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Lead Colleges (continued)

• An all-cadre retreat brought faculty and staff from each of four campuses together for discussion with the lead campuses on progress-to-date.– Participants were assigned to one of four groups that align

with the four all-cadre strategic priorities.– Lead colleges schedule conference calls/webinars to

provide guidance and ensure progress is being made– Lead colleges complete the form, Status Check-in,

quarterly.

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Status Check-In

• Each lead college submits status check-ins throughout implementation phase.

– For each strategy:1. Has the strategy changed since the proposal was written?

If so, how and why? 2. What is the current progress-to-date at the lead college as

well as the other Ohio cadre colleges?3. What are the next steps for this strategy, etc.?

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Keeping It All Straight across the State

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Statewide Center for Student SuccessOrganized through Ohio Policy Lead (Ohio Association of Community Colleges)

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Interactive Exercise1. Create a list of institutional and statewide student

success initiatives for your college

2. Map out these strategies along the Loss & Momentum Framework (using handout template) to see overlaps and gaps.

3. Begin to restructure the supports for these initiatives based on developed map

a) How will committees and work teams interact and support rather than duplicate efforts?

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Report Out• What is one key takeaway that you will take

back to your campus to begin aligning your completion initiatives?

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Contact InformationKathleen Cleary, Managing Project Director

kathleen.cleary@sinclair.edu

Megan Laughter, Asst. Project Director

megan.laughter@sinclair.edu

Marcia Ballinger, Provost

mballing@lorainccc.edu

Karen Wells, Executive in Residence for Learner Completion

kwells@lorainccc.edu