umass lowell vision project performance incentive fund grant

Building Scaffolds to Support Student Success

Building Scaffolds to Support Student Success

Board of Higher EducationVision Project

Performance Improvement Grant

Board of Higher EducationVision Project

Performance Improvement Grant

Our Project

• Building Scaffolds to Support Student Success

• Performance Incentive Fund grant:$108,000

• Vision Project Key Outcome Areas:– College Completion– Workforce Alignment– Elimination of Disparities

Creating scaffolds that support student transitions

• Science Laboratory Workshops – Target audience: transfer students– Focus on laboratory skills, pilots in:

• Biotech,

• Environmental Analysis,

• Chemical Analysis,

• Physics

• Writing & Calculus Bridge Summer Camps– Target audience: incoming freshman and transfers– 2 week intensive workshops address writing & math

knowledge and skill gaps

Creating scaffolds that support student transitions

• Innovative Online Supplemental Instruction– Target Audience: freshman in high risk courses – Focus on problem solving, quantitative reasoning, critical thinking

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Math

• Writing,

• Anatomy &Physiology

• Facilitated Study Groups– Upper class mentors facilitate small study groups in

high risk courses

Project Progress• Science Research Workshops

– Faculty selected & content complete– Reaching out to Community Colleges– First Workshops delivered in May

• 6 Sets of Supplemental Instruction Modules– RFP distributed and faculty selected– will be posted online next month

• Writing and Calculus Bridge Summer Camps– Faculty selected– Outreach to accepted students will begin in April –

Implemented in mid-August• Facilitated Study Groups

– Mentor Tutors trained and meeting with student participants

Anticipated Results• 20 faculty engaged in developing innovative

models that support student success

• 100-200 students will participate

in the workshops

• Materials, workshop content will

all be made public & available for replication

• Assessment of all programs will also be made available

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