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COMBINING SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES TO CREATE A FULLY-INTEGRATED LEARNING COMMUNITY
Dr. Nicholas Bekas
Marilyn Curall
Summer Trazzera
Al Groccia
YOUTUBE VIDEO
Working as a team: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCNi2i46I
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HISTORY AND BACKGROUND
What is the issue? 3 prep students struggle more than any other
group. Past initiatives primarily focused on students
with two or less mandates.
Data 14% of 3 mandate students ever graduate, and it
takes them on average 3 terms to finish their mandate and 9 terms to complete their degree.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE REACH PROGRAM
Concept of an interdisciplinary program
Process for development
Rough Draft of plan (Evergreen)
DEVELOPMENT OF THE REACH PROGRAM
Faculty Involvement and TrainingGetting the faculty togetherGetting to know each otherConsultant and EvergreenDevelopmental AdvisingMonthly planning meeting
DEVELOPMENT OF THE REACH PROGRAM
Fall 2011:Dev. Math II and Dev. ReadingStudent Success and Developmental Writing
Spring 2012:Intermediate Algebra and Intro to HumanitiesFreshman Comp I and Speech
Summer 2012:College Algebra and Freshman Comp II
DEVELOPMENT OF THE REACH PROGRAM
Elements of REACH Integrated Lessons Co curricular Tuesdays developing the students as
a whole Team building Fridays Capstone Project and Common Read
Recruiting Students 3 Prep students Orientations Explaining a new opportunity to students
RESULTS FROM FALL 2011
Fall to Spring Persistence 95% vs. 83%
Success Math
60% vs. 54% Reading
90 % vs. 72% Writing
100% vs. 71% Student Success
88% vs. 68%
BREAK INTO GROUPS
Student
Administrator
Faculty
DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR GROUP AS YOUR ROLE (STUDENT, FACULTY, ADMINISTRATOR):
Benefits and Challenges of REACH
LARGE GROUP DISCUSSION
Report out BENEFITS
Report out CHALLENGES
OUR BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
Benefits Faculty work together to create integrated
assignments Students work together improving learning Create a “family” where everyone supports each
other
Challenges Registration, course design, logistics Financial issues Faculty loads
WHERE WE ARE NOW?
Interview Responses
What we learned?
REACH STUDENT VIDEOS
Videos
Video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eQa10ux
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Video 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RaTV3vdJ
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Nicholas Bekas ([email protected])
DEI Website: http://valenciacollege.edu/dei/