lost in transition: how faculty from across the disciplines can learn to “own” first year...
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Presentation by Cecile Davis-Anderson, Nika Hogan, Shelagh Rose, Carrie Starbird of Pasadena City College at the 2nd Annual LACCD AtD RetreatTRANSCRIPT
Lost in Transition:
PCC’s FYE Program
Started in 2011
Math Jam Orientation
Full course load (English, Math, Freshman Seminar, GE)
One Book, One College (Last Year: The PactThis Year: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks)
Student Conference
First Year Counselors & Coaches
Student homework and tutoring lab
Our Story of Hope
What we did to change
the culture on our
campus
The Slump
Administration that stifled creativity and professional development
Faculty arrogance about a need for professional development
Seeds of Change
Change in Administration
Internal Grant Program
Title V Grant
Leadership Retreat
About the 5537 – 6 years later
Developmental Education
N = 3,408
12% earned an AA/AS degree
5% earned a certificate
25% transferred
69% no discoverable milestone
Non-Developmental Education
N = 2,129
10% earned an AA/AS degree
4% earned a certificate
41% transferred
55% no discoverable milestone
Scholarship + Relationship
Find Your Team
Build the Relationship
Inquiry Mindset
Mutual Respect
Divide the work
Leverage our expertise
Pilot Imperfectly: Create the Dream
2 hour weekly meetings
Researched & wrote curriculum, grants
Considered texts
Pilot Imperfectly: Live the Nightmare
“FYE Seminar”
300 students
3 back-to-back classes
Every Friday
Professional Learning Workshops
Initial Student Data
FYE students had a significantly higher persistence rate to the second year.
Student Population Persistence from Fall 2011 – Fall 2012
FYE Students Cohort 1(n = 287)
82.2%
Control Group(n = 574)
69.7%
Scale Up
900 FY Students + 150 F1 Visa Students
Freshman Seminar Created (College 1)
3 units
Transferrable to UC/CSU
Info Literacy, Critical Reading Skills, College Success Behaviors
Interdisciplinary faculty
29 sections of College 1
Student Data
FYE students had higher engagement with faculty and peers.
3.25
3.3
3.35
3.4
3.45
3.5
3.55
3.6
3.65
Have Friends in School to Share with
College 1
The Control Group
2.55
2.60
2.65
2.70
2.75
2.80
2.85
Discuss Academic Program w/ Facculty
College 1The
Control Group
We built it…
And they came!
32 instructors from all 12 divisions on campus
One week professional learning institute
Extensive shared reading
One Book, One College as course text
Additional non-fiction text (Mindset by Carol Dweck)
Text sets
Faculty Data
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
120.0%
Q4 - pre Q4 - post Q9 - pre Q9 -post Q13 - pre Q13 - post Q14 - pre Q14 - post
34.6%25.0% 30.8%
12.5%
36.0%
31.3%11.5% 25.0%
34.6% 68.8%
30.8% 68.8%
32.0% 68.8%
30.8%
43.8%Quite A bit
Some Influence
Very Little
Question # 4 How much can you do to motivate students who show low interest in schoolwork?
Question # 9 How much can you do to help your students value learning?
Question # 13 How much can you do to improve the understanding of a student who is failing?
Question #14 How much can you use a variety of assessment strategies?
Faculty Responses
I loved the fact that most activities were modeled so we could understand the process and how to integrate them which was the practical application component. And the variety of activities and resources presented gave lots of creative ideas for building our course.
I feel like there's lots of support within our group and all of the PCC support services. The main thing is to keep the connection between our colleagues so we don't feel isolated and can share our successes and challenges.
Student Data: Reading &Metacognition
Student Data: Reading &Metacognition
The Spread
Program Redesign
Math QL
ModMath
English: StAcc
Student Club
Future
SI
Peer Mentoring
Disenfranchised faculty
Curious managers
Willing staff
Q & ACecile Davis-Anderson ([email protected])
Nika Hogan ([email protected])
Shelagh Rose ([email protected])
Carrie Starbird ([email protected])