college readiness and school libraries
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College Ready? School Libraries & Community
CollegesDoug Achterman
CSLA ConferenceFebruary 4, 2017
College Ready? School Libraries & Community Colleges CC demographics and student success
Implications for school libraries: discussion
ACRL framework: Threshold concepts, skills, dispositions
Implications for school libraries: discussion
Online learning: CC data
Implications for school libraries: discussion
http://asd.calstate.edu/doc/CSU-Undergraduate-Outcomes-Report_FINAL.pdf
California State Universities: Proficiency at Entry
Pell Grant=Poverty Indicator
Source: Preparing Students for Success in California’s Community Colleges, by Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Olga Rodriguez, and Hans Johnson, 2016. http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_1116MMR.pdf
80% Community College Students take at least 1 developmental Course
Overall Percentage Completing a Certificate, Degree or Transfer within 6 Years, CA Community Colleges
Non-Comple-tion:52.9%
Completion:47.1%
Students Entering Not Prepared for College: Percentage Completing a Certificate, Degree or Transfer within 6 Years, CA Community Colleges
Non-Completion:60.4%
Completion:39.6%
Students Entering College-Ready: Percentage Completing a Certificate, Degree or Transfer within 6 Years, CA Community Colleges
Non-Completion:30% Completion:
70%
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Percentage Completing a Certificate, Degree or Transfer
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What happens to students in developmental sequences? (Gavilan College Data)
(Gavilan College Data)
Acceleration: integrated efforts
Assessment & Placement: Informed self-placement, “multiple measures” beyond entrance exam (e.g., H.S. GPA)
Boot Camps, Summer Bridge Programs
Academic support: tutors, embedded tutors (supplemental instruction)
Implications for School Libraries
How might this data inform your school library practices?
What’s the role of the school library in helping students best prepare for entering community college?
ACRL framework: threshold conceptsAuthority Is Constructed and Contextual
Information Creation as a Process
Information Has Value
Research as Inquiry
Scholarship as Conversation
Searching as Strategic Explorationhttp://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework
Sample Frame:
Definition
Knowledge Practices
Dispositions
Frame: Authority Is Constructed and Contextual
Information resources reflect their creators’ expertise and credibility, and are evaluated based on the information need and the context in which the information will be used.
Authority is constructed in that various communities may recognize different types of authority. It is contextual in that the information need may help to determine the level of authority required.
Dispositions Re: Authority is Contextual and Constructed
• Develop and maintain an open mind when encountering varied and sometimes conflicting perspectives
Dispositions
• Motivate themselves to find authoritative sources, recognizing that authority may be conferred or manifested in unexpected ways.
Dispositions
• Develop awareness of the importance of assessing content with a skeptical stance and with a self-awareness of their own biases and worldview.
Dispositions
• Question traditional notions of granting authority and recognize the value of diverse ideas and worldviews.
Dispositions
• Be conscious that maintaining these attitudes and actions requires frequent self-evaluation.
Implications for School Libraries
How might the ACRL framework inform your school library practices?
What’s the role of the school library in helping students best prepare for entering community college?
How do these dispositions align with the AASL standards?
Online Learning/Distance Education
Key Finding:
“Students who take at least some online courses are more likely than those who take only traditional courses to earn an associate’s degree or to transfer to a four-year institution.”Johnson, H. & Mejia, M.C. (2014) Online Learning and Student Outcomes in California’s Community Colleges.
http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_514HJR.pdf
Implications for School Libraries
How might this data inform your school library practices?
What’s the role of the school library in helping students best prepare for entering community college?