In the Fall 2008 Convocation a powerpoint was presented to the entire college about Kauai Community College's AtD initiatives and how data is used. The following is the list of strategies and data description. The status of all of our initiatives will be released once the data have been analyzed.
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Proposed Data
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Priority A: Financial Aid Participation
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Financial Aid
Outreach: Counsel individual students and
parents on the various aspects of financial
aid such as filling out a FAFSA, applying for loans, scholarships, etc.
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Of the 2007-8
Participants in workshops:
1. Did they receive FA at KCC?
2. Did they re-apply for FA?
3. Total Amount they received
(Pell Grants). |
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Require mandatory
advising for all new students, probationary students, and basic skills students
(in Math and English) for successive semesters until they enter a CTE program
or are at the 100 levels of math and English.
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Of the 145
students identified in Fall 2008 who were either on probation or new students
(who placed in two of the following; basic math, basic English, or basic
reading) how many:
1. Completed at least 20 credits
with a GPA of 2.0?
2. Re-enrolled in the Spring of
2009? |
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Priority B: Developmental
Intervention
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Create a College
Success Center with two instructors of Remedial/Developmental Math and
English to provide coordination and instruction exclusively for those
students who test below college level in those subject areas. A counselor will be assigned part time to
the Center to help identify students, once criteria have been agreed upon by
the college.
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Once the staff has
been hired and strategies are identified. Each strategy will be evaluated.
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"What Works in Remediation: Lessons from 30 Years of
Research," by Hunter R. Boylan and D. Patrick Saxon (1999)
Basic Skills as a foundation
for student success in California Community Colleges (2007)
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The CSC instructors
will develop curricula, contextual learning opportunities, linked courses,
learning communities as needed. The
need will be determined by programs, math or English instructors and CTE
faculty, or individual faculty.
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Of the Fall 08
students who took the linked courses ENG 22/HWST 107(CRNs 44224 and 44175),
how successfully did students complete the linked courses and compare them to
unlinked courses taught by the same instructors.
Of the Fall 08
students who took the linked courses ENG 22/HWST 107(CRNs 44224 and 44175),
how many re-enrolled in Spring 2009?
Of the Fall 08
unlinked courses in ENG 22 and HWST 107 (CRNs 44225, 44229, and 44176), how
many re-enrolled in Spring 2009?
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A good start: Two-Year Effects
of a Freshmen Learning Community Program at Kingsborough Community College by
S. Scrivener, D. Bloom, A. LeBlanc, C. Paxson, C. E. Rouse, and C. Sommo
(2008)
Access with Success: The Master Learning Community Model by I.P
McPhail, D. McKusick, and A. Starr (2006)
Approaching Diversity through Learning Communities by E.D. Lardner (2003)
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Hire Assistant
English instructors.
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Not implemented.
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Provide peer
assisted program (PAP) tutors for English 18, 22, and 100. Supplement Math/Science lab tutoring with
PAP tutors for Math 22/24/25.
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Of the students
tutored in Gatekeeper courses in Fall 2008 what is the success rate (A-C) in
the courses for:
1. Tutored students compared to
non-tutored students?
2. Native Hawaiian students
compared to non-Native Hawaiian students?
3. Tutored Native Hawaiian
compared to non-tutored Native Hawaiian students? |
Supplemental Instruction/Video Supplemental
Instruction: Annotated Bibliography by
M. Stone (2007)
Supplemental Instruction:
National Data Summary, 1998 - 2003.
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Create Math/Science
Lab with a dedicated math/science coordinator.
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Of the students
who received assistance in the Math Science lab:
1. How many assisted students
successfully completed their math or science class compared to unassisted
students in the same classes?
2. How many assisted students
successfully complete subsequent classes in math or science compared to
unassisted students in the same classes? |
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Priority C: Successful
Progress and Graduation or Transfer
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Implement an Early
Alert system to provide support for students within the first two weeks of
instruction.
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Based on the
list of Early Alert students establish a profile of students with similar
characteristics in the same semester, i.e. first generation, ethnicity, first
time student, compass placement and create a set for comparison, set x.
1. What was the GPA of the early alert students
compared to set X?
2. Did the students enroll the
next semester, early alert compared to set x.
3. Did the students enroll in the
semester following that, early alert compared to set x. |
Can an Early Alert Excessive
Absenteeism Warning System Be Effective in Retaining Freshman Students? By W.
E. Hudson (2006)
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Provide
professional development to educate staff in Hawaiian values and strategies
for teaching, as well as strategies for teaching basic skills to
students. Currently the college has a
Title III Teaching and learning Coordinator, a professional development
coordinator, and Hawaiian resource people. Workshops are incentivized but further incentives such as release
time, funding for conferences, etc. will also be made available through our professional
development fund.
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Report the
number of workshops and the number of attendees.
A focus group will
be used to determine whether cultural awareness is carried into the
classroom/workplace.
A faculty focus
group will be used to determine whether basic skills teaching strategies are
employed in the classroom.
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Priority Area D: Data
Collection, Analysis and Utilization
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Re-evaluate the
need for an institutional researcher to improve data capacity and process
through normal budget procedures.
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The need has been
identified and affirmed.
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Develop evaluation
instruments associated data collection systems to measure effects of
intervention for each work plan initiative and assist in implementation.
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Instruments have
been developed for each implemented strategy.
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Train faculty and
staff on data analysis through the use of SAS/Cognos in conjunction with
assessment, program review, and AtD projects.
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This will be
measured via a faculty and staff survey.
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