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How we use it and who benefits. Native American Center. Fort Lewis College Durango, Colorado. Questions…. What does the Native American Center (NAC) at Fort Lewis College (FLC) do ? How do we use AccuTrack at the NAC ? What type of information does Accutrack provide our center? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
HOW WE USE ITAND WHO BENEFITS
Native American CenterFort Lewis College Durango,
Colorado
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Questions….. What does the Native American Center
(NAC) at Fort Lewis College (FLC) do?
How do we use AccuTrack at the NAC?
What type of information does Accutrack provide our center?
How does the Native American Center and Fort Lewis College benefit from AccuTrack?
WHO WE ARE &WHAT WE DO.
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Fort Lewis College – Who We Are Founded in 1911, and designated as Colorado’s public liberal arts college Located in southwestern Colorado – Durango, CO Total student population: 3,893 Student-to-faculty ratio: 19:1 Average class size = 22
Most popular majors:Business (20%), Biology (9%), Education (8%) Psychology (7%), Exercise Science (7%), Art (6%)
Unique majors:Native American & Indigenous Studies, Public Health, Adventure Education, Student Constructed
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Native American Center at FLC – Who We Are
“The Native American Center promotes the academic success and personal development of all Native American Students who attend Fort Lewis College. We do this through academic, cultural, social, and spiritual support. The NAC also serves to foster the wider concept of diversity on the FLC campus, in the local community, and within the larger Four Corners area.”
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Who Our Programs Support Native American population at FLC: 790 students (20% of our Student Body) Number of American Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages represented on
campus: 144 Most common tribal affiliations of students:
Navajo (58%) Alaskan Native (11.6%) Cherokee (6.5%)
Most popular Native American student majors:
Business Administration (15%), Biology (9%), Undeclared (8%), Psychology (7%), Art (7%), Exercise Science (6%), Engineering (6%)
Most common degree earned by Native American students:
Business Administration (10%), Sociology (10%), Biology (9%), English (8%), Exercise Science (8%)
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Spiritual
Cultural
Academic
Social
Our 4 Pillars
We are a Cultural Center on campus with various support services in the following 4 categories, often referred to as our 4 pillars of support.
All of our services are tracked by AccuTrack
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The NAC’s Academic Programs:
Study Space, with computer lab and printing
Tutoring Program Media and Textbook Check-
Out Program Student Success Program New Student Orientation
Academic Advisors on Staff Degree Planning Outreach Degree Checklists Scholarships, Financial
Aid, Housing, etc.
ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE TRACKED BY ACCUTRACK
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The NAC’s Social Programs: Village Gatherings Wilderness Program Dinner With A Doctor Holiday Parties
Welcome Back BBQ Senior Dinner Professional Development
Programs Community Engagement
ALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE TRACKED BY ACCUTRACK
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The NAC’s Cultural & Spiritual Programs:
Cultural Excursions Speaker Series Elder-In-Residence Story Telling Cultural Sharing Tipi Raising Native Artists and Concerts Ceremonies & Blessings Registered Student
OrganizationsALL OF THESE SERVICES ARE TRACKED BY ACCUTRACK
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Our Staff Yvonne Bilinski, Director Elizabeth Perrault,
Science & Math Advisor Jim Engle, Enrichment
Advisor Joey Dell, Academic Advisor Adam Beals, Student
Success Advisor Administrative Assistant,
recently retired and position vacant
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How do we use AccuTrack at the NAC?
1.We track participation in all our “4 Pillars” activities: Academic, Social, and Cultural.
For example:• Our tutors log all tutoring sessions into Accutrack at the end of the month.• We use Accutrack to check books and
media out to students.• Anytime the NAC hosts an event or has a
speaker, participants “sign in” to Accutrack as in attendance.
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2.We track all “student contact” between NAC staff members and students:
Each staff member is responsible for logging any and all contact they have with students. This “student contact” includes:
One-on-one meetings for advising, degree planning, personal issues, financial aid, social interactions, etc.
How do we use AccuTrack at the NAC?
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3. We track all students who use our center, by a sign in desk at the entrance of the center.
Students come here to work on homework, use the computers, socialize, etc
The Native American Center’s Front Desk LOOK CLOSER:AccuTrack Check-in Station
Card reader to scan
student IDs &Barcode reader to check out
books/media
How do we use AccuTrack at the NAC?
WHO BENEFITS?
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What kind of information does Accutrack provide us? The following 10 slides are great examples of the
kind of information Accutrack provides the Native American Center about our services.
Before Accutrack, the Native American Center had no method of recording who used our center or our services.
We can now share our data with the administration and our private grant funders as justification for our funding, which provides services and staff.
We use our data to assess our programs and evaluate what future services we will continue to offer.
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Academics: Tutoring Program:
Drop-in Tutoring & One-on-One Tutoring Employs ~15-20 student tutors and degree holding community members per semester Mostly Science & Math tutors, with English, Composition, Business, Accounting, Spanish Program limited by Funding
Term Unique Students
Individual Sessions
Science & Math Other
2009-2010
Fall 39 51 49 2Winter 52 67 58 9
Summer 6 6 6 0
2010-2011
Fall 55 206 186 20Winter 43 190 172 18
Summer 7 28 28 0
2011-2012
Fall 62 235 169 66Winter 54 258 191 67
Summer 5 7 4 32012-2013 Fall 72 212 170 42
Winter
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Academics: Media and Textbook Loan Program
Fall 2011 Winter 2012 Summer 2012 Fall 20120
20406080
100120140160180
145
171
48
154
Unique Students Served
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Social: Village Gatherings & Wilderness Program
& Speaker Series & Professional development:
Fall 2011 Winter 2012 Fall 20120
20406080
100120140 127
113
71
Unique Students Served
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Cultural & Spiritual: Elder In Residence
Fall 2011 Winter 20120
50
100
150
200
250
300260
122
Unique Students Served
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Staff-Student Contact
Bilinski, Yvonne
Britton, Myra
Dell, Joey* Engle, Jim Perrault, Elizabeth
0
100
200
300
400
500
64
127
63
129179
114
230
97
168
476Fall 2011
Unique Students Served
Ave Hrs/
Week7.68 7.86 4.67 5.76 16.13
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Staff-Student Contact
Ave Hrs/
Week4.96 80.8* 18.05 12.35 14.82
Bilinski, Yvonne
Britton, Myra
Dell, Joey Engle, Jim Perrault, Elizabeth
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
72118 127
239 224
110
406
158
343
527
Winter 2012
Unique Students Served
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Staff-Student Contact
Ave Hrs/
Week34.11 6.25 15.03 56.4 19.52 -
0100200300400500600700800
85 59119
162 186
290
466
119
206248
346
739
Fall 2012
Unique Students Served
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Contact type
Yvonne Joey Jim Elizabeth Adam
Advising Advising Personal Advising Advising
Academic Academic Academic Tutoring SocialSocial Cultural Social Clubs
Cultural Clubs Fax/Copy STEM
Social Cultural Student Worker
Wellness
This diagram represents what type of student contact each staff person has most often.Note that “advising” is one of the main functions that our staff provides.
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All Services
Includes tutoring, media/textbook loan, activities, events, workshops, & staff-student contact
Fall 2011 Winter 2012
1st 5 Week 2012
2nd 5 Week 2012
3rd 5 Week 2012
Fall 20120
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
530
595
103 8539
629
Unique Students Served
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Retention Estimates:Fall 2011 – Fall 2012 Freshmen Students
Belonging to a cohort of Native Freshmen who utilized NAC services
49% retained from Fall 2011 to Fall 2012
Overall Students Samples of Freshmen, Sophomores, and
Juniors who utilized NAC services 65% retained from Fall 2011 to Fall 2012
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Advantages of using AccuTrack:
Easy to set up and use for multi-purpose data collection Data can be fed to other forms of reporting. For example, we upload our
Banner data (registration data) with data collected by AccuTrack to get the retention data of who uses our services.
Data can be used as a tool for assessment and evaluation of programs. Multiple offices on our campus share a license but have separate databases
(i.e., Math tutoring center and Composition tutoring center). Great tech support and training opportunities Accutrack is user friendly and controls are fairly intuitive This is the wave of the future! Every office should be tracking the use of your
staff and services. When administrators look at cutting the budget, it helps to be able to provide real data to show how your program and staff are utilized.
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Presentation by:
Elizabeth PerraultScience & Math Advisor/Tutor CoordinatorNative American CenterFort Lewis CollegeDurango, ColoradoPhone: 970-247-7225Email: [email protected]