“if a student has never experienced high levels of engagement in high school, how can we assume...
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“If a student has never experienced high levels of engagement in high school,
how can we assume that all of a sudden they will be highly engaged in college?”
CSSE, FYE Conference, 2013
Did you know?
One in nine freshman think college will be difficult.
What are the other eight students thinking?
Did you know?
65% of college students study less than 10 hours a week.
How much of that time is spent on your class?
Did you know?
The average amount of time students spend on educational activities per day (including
attending classes) is 3.6 hours.
Did they choose your class that day?
First Year Experience (FYE) Work Group
Purpose:To review community college best
practices that lead to Student Success and
make recommendations to Dr. Gillespie.
FYE Work Group
Matt Pearcy, Biology Faculty*Nancy Schafer, Developmental Reading Faculty*Mark Shelley, Liberal Arts Faculty*Sandy Garber, Dean for Student Services*Bob Hoskovec, Director of Student Life*Sheila Jarrell, RegistrarTania Sheldahl, Director of Academic Advising, Counseling, and Testing Services*
* Attended 32nd Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience
The Collaborative Approach
• Student Services• Academic Advising • Developmental Education• Service Learning
Why do students stay at Yavapai College?
Why do students leave Yavapai College?
The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
• University of South Carolina’s University 101 course, the impetus for an international movement.
• In 1982, 175 educators met at the USC for a meeting on the first-year seminar concept.
• The National Resource Center was established in 1986 and has broadened its focus to include other significant student transitions in higher education.
• Since then, over 30 years of research have been accumulated.
Insights from the Conference: A Transformation in Culture
• Student success vs. student satisfaction: The by-product of student success is enrollment, retention and completion.
• It takes courage to make policy and service changes to affect student success: Since we know what works for student success, we need to do it.
• We know students don’t do “optional.”
Taking a learning-centered system for Student SuccessUsing the portal as part of the learning-centered systemRedefining lines of Student ServicesMaking decisions based upon research Fostering a culture of completionUsing theory to support practice
Valencia College:A Model of
Success
What processes, policies, and activities help students be more successful?
Student Success!
Academics
New Student OrientationRedesigning Core Support ServicesNo Registration After a Class Has MetMandated Placement and College-readinessSupplemental Instruction
Early Alert ProgramMandatory Academic Advising Mandated Placement and College-readiness
First Year Seminar/Success CourseLearning CommunitiesComprehensive Learning SupportMandated Placement and college-readinessPrerequisitesWriting Intensive Courses
Academics
Service and
Community-Based Learning
Best Practices
Policies/Requirements
Culture of Student Success
Student Services First Year
Experience Course
Institutional Support/Allocation of Resources
What Can Be Done at Yavapai College?
•Begin slowly and intentionally phase in the practices that “fit” Yavapai College•Develop specific, measurable outcome objectives•Build on strong partnerships and collaborations•Pursue positive interventions with students•Use data to inform decision-making•Use quality assessment at every step•Ideas?
Our Recommendations for Implementation
•Implement new student orientation •Pilot multiple, integrated FYE Success Course/delivery system •Explore a certification process for teaching the FYE Course•Adopt a learner-centered development model in Student Services•Re-introduce and pilot Early Alert program•Pilot a syllabi redesign “through the eyes of a student”•Utilize a new system to communicate with YC students•Review registration processes for certificate/degree seeking students•Create an FYE identity for YC•Develop continual evaluation and data collection
Year 1: 2013 to 2014
•Contact people on FYE Workgroup
•Participate in the new Student Orientation
•Attend Summer Institute workshop sessions
•Attend FYE Conference in San Diego Spring 2014
If you would like to be involved:
“Every college is perfectly designed to get precisely
the results it is getting. . . If nothing changes, nothing changes.”
