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Developmental Education Work Group Meeting
Date: January 10, 2014
Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development
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Welcome and Overview
Elizabeth Cox Brand, CCWD
Laura Hamilton, Steering Committee
Billie Shannon, Steering Committee
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Work Group Purpose
The Oregon Developmental Education Workgroup, composed of representatives from all 17 community colleges, is charged with examining developmental education practices throughout Oregon and the United States and with making recommendations on the implementation of best practices that result in greater student success for students in Oregon.
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Work Group Objectives
• To examine current developmental education policies and practices in Oregon, identify best policies and practices in Oregon and elsewhere in the United States and make recommendations on the implementation of best policies and practices in Oregon to ensure student success
– To identify practices that can decrease time to completion (i.e., to degree, certificate or matriculation)
– To identify practices that can decrease student attrition from point of placement test to completion
– To identify strategies to decrease attrition and time to completion for subgroups of students (e.g., ABS and ESL students, GED recipients)
– To identify state or community college policies that can promote student completion and decrease attrition
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A Review:Peter Adams- ALP
• PLACEHOLDER: Will the video be played through the PPT, or separately?
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A Review: Myra Snell- Path2Stats
• PLACEHOLDER: Will the video be played through the PPT, or separately?
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Meeting Objectives
• To examine statewide and campus-specific participation and outcome data for public high school students in Oregon Community Colleges
• To examine innovative developmental education mathematics programs operating in Oregon community colleges
• To explore faculty engagement strategies and develop a list of frequently asked questions for use on campuses
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Agenda
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Activity TimeWelcome and Overview 9:00am-9:30am
Developmental Education Participation Rates and Outcomes of Oregon Public High School Students at Oregon Community Colleges
9:30am- 11:00am
Break 11:00am-11:15am
The Emporium Model at Work in Oregon: An Approach to Teaching Mathematics
11:15am-12:15pm
Break and Grab Lunch 12:15pm-12:30pm
Developmental Math Innovations at Blue Mountain Community College
12:30pm-1:30pm
Faculty and Staff Engagement 1:30pm-3:00pm
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Developmental Education Participation Rates and Outcomes of Oregon Public High School
Students at Oregon Community Colleges
Jenni Newby, Steering Committee
Michelle Hodara and Jacqueline Raphael, Education Northwest
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Michelle Hodara, Education Northwest
• Dr. Hodara conducts research on policies and programs that improve high school to college transition and college access and success.
• She is a lead author of a number of published studies and working papers that focus on reforms to developmental education and other major issues affecting community colleges.
• She holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
• Prior to attending Teachers College, Dr. Hodara was a special education teacher on the Zuni Pueblo Indian reservation and a developmental reading and writing instructor at University of New Mexico-Gallup.
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Jacqueline Raphael, Education Northwest
• Ms. Raphael is lead for the Oregon CCR alliance and has extensive experience developing and delivering school improvement and professional development services.
• As manager of Education Northwest’s 6+1 Trait® Writing Program, she focuses on aligning the model with Common Core and other college and career-ready standards.
• She has conducted research on the relationship between Oregon high school students’ writing performance and referral to developmental writing and on the use of common rubrics in developmental writing.
• She holds an M.F.A. in writing from University of Arizona and a B.A. in English from Yale University.
• Previously, she served as research associate at Urban Institute.
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Education Northwest Presentation
Developmental Education Participation Rates and Outcomes of Oregon Public
High School Students at Oregon Community Colleges
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Break
Please return to your seats by 11:15am
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The Emporium Model at Work in Oregon: An Approach to Teaching Mathematics
Elizabeth Cox Brand
Billie Shannon, Southwestern Oregon Community College
Doug Nelson, Central Oregon Community College
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Billie Shannon, Southwestern Oregon Community College
After careers in elementary education and aerospace systems engineering, Billie joined the math faculty at SWOCC in 2000. She has been the lead for the math department for the last three years. Since spearheading the development of SWOCC’s math emporium in 2012, she has been the coordinator and software administrator for the Math Learning Center.
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Doug Nelson, Central Oregon Community College
Doug Nelson is in his 24th year of teaching post-secondary mathematics. Besides teaching at Clatsop Community College and Central Oregon Community College in Oregon, Doug taught at Arizona Western College and Northern Arizona University.
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The Emporium Model at Work in Oregon: An Approach to Teaching Mathematics
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LunchPlease return to your seats by 12:30pm
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Developmental Math Innovations at Blue Mountain Community College
Elizabeth Cox Brand
Jim Whittaker, Blue Mountain Community College
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Jim Whittaker, Blue Mountain Community College
Jim Whittaker served as an Instructor (17 years) and Chair (10 years) of mathematics at BMCC and is currently Director of Institutional Research at BMCC.
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Developmental Math Innovations at Blue Mountain Community College
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Faculty and Staff Engagement
Phil Gonring, Education First
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Engaging Faculty and Staff in Development Education Redesign Initiative
What faculty engagement challenges do you face back home?
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Achieving the Dream Recommendations(Applicable to other Initiatives)
Strategies:Begin by listeningInvolve faculty leaders from the startReach beyond usual suspectsMake sure data are relevant, user-friendly and
non-threateningFind multiple ways to engage faculty and meet
them where they areClose the loop!
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Modified Reform Support Network Engagement Framework
Knowledge – I know why.
How do you build knowledge on your campus? Application – I apply that knowledge to my practice.
How do you provide opportunities for faculty staff
to apply knowledge to their practice? Participation – I act on that knowledge by participating in
faculty/staff task forces.How do you provide opportunities for faculty staff to participate in redesign efforts?
Leadership – I lead efforts to redesign developmental education
How do you provide opportunities for staff/faculty to lead?
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Building Knowledge by Creating a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Document for the Initiative
What questions do you think your colleagues will need answers for as you start to communicate your work with the Developmental Education Work Group?
What questions do you think your colleagues will need answers to as you start/continue the work of redesigning developmental education on your campus?
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Thank You!
Next Meeting:
Friday, February 7
12:30-4:00 p.m.
255 Capitol Street NESalem OR 97310
503-378-8648
http://www.oregon.gov/CCWD/
For additional information:
Elizabeth Cox Brand
Research and Communication Director
Oregon Dept. of Community Colleges and Workforce Development
Phil Gonring
Principal, Education First
Michelle Hodara
Education Northwest
Jacqueline Raphael
Education Northwest
Jim Whittaker
Blue Mountain Community College