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Getting Ready to Achieve Degrees/Certificates
@ North Shore Community College
Kelly Sullivan, J.D.Director, Project GRAD
Project GRAD
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Project GRADGetting Ready to Achieve Degrees and Certificates
• Focus on stackable career credentials• Cohort Learning• Achievement Coaches• Intrusive Advising• Online (Hybrid) Learning• Contextualized developmental courses• College success seminar (one credit)• Math review (one credit)
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Program Choices
Contexualized Developmental Reading and Writing targeted to:
• Health Career Certificates/Degrees• Legal Career/Criminal Justice• Business/IT/Human Services
Certificates/Degrees ° (Fall 2012 pending approval)
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Achievement Coaches
• Provide students individualized attention• Academic advising• Personal support and motivation• Career counseling
Coaches will follow students from the very beginning of their journeys until they complete their program of choice.
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Online & TechnologySupported Learning
• Hybrid/Online learning through ANGEL platform in developmental Reading and Writing courses. Students are taught technology early in semester, supported by instructors.
• Utilizing Google tools (email, calendar, documents) to organize school, work, and personal lives
• Technology tutors available at no cost to the student.
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Contextualized Courses
• Improve reading and writing skills• Our current developmental courses are
contextualized and designed for two career areas (health care and legal)
• Classes integrate career topics into the curriculum. Example: Introduce medical terminology into Health Career cohort
• Students read contemporary literature
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Personal Growth and Transition Seminar
Curriculum developed to teach effective practices to ensure academic success:
• Time management• Stress management• Note taking techniques• Test-taking strategies• Career exploration• Life balance
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Math Preparation
• Improve math skills• One credit math review course
° ALEKS online software with instructor° Students practice math at their own
personalized levels
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Student Supports
• Study plan designed for the non-traditional student° 15-week program° Classes meet on Saturdays and Wednesday
evenings° Online component
• Project GRAD tutors
• Cohort model to ensure a safe and comfortable learning environment
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Project GRAD Student Schedule
• Saturdays 9:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Developmental Reading 1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. Growth & Transition 2:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. Math
• Wednesday nights 5:30 p.m. – 6:20 p.m. One credit math course 6:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Developmental Writing
• Total of eight credits. • Additional classes may be added for those students
who elect to carry a full-time load.
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How are we doing?
– Fall 2010 cohort had 15 students• 92% of courses completed with a C or better• 87% of these students continued into the
following semester
– Spring 2011 cohort had 24 students• 88% completed the semester.• 91% of courses completed with a C or better
– Summer 2011 cohort had 8 students• 92% of courses completed with a C or better
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How are we doing?• A math “boot camp” was delivered during
the semester break. 80% of these students demonstrated math proficiency for college-level coursework.
• Fall 2011 has two cohorts• Legal careers cohort started with 16 students,
down to 15 or 94%• Health careers cohort with 26 students (two
sections)• Overall retention rate at 98%, to date