student success santa barbara community college dr. marsha fralick
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Student Success Santa Barbara
Community College
Dr. Marsha FralickDr. Marsha Fralick
Ice Breaker
What are your goals for this What are your goals for this workshop?workshop?
ThinkThink
Pair Pair
ShareShare
Overview Morning
• Research on student successResearch on student success• Practical applications Practical applications • Exploring personality type with Do What Exploring personality type with Do What
You AreYou Are• ExercisesExercises
• Exploring learning style with PEPSExploring learning style with PEPS• ExerciseExercise
Overview Afternoon• Components of a model student Components of a model student
success programsuccess program• Engaging students in LearningEngaging students in Learning
• Practical exercises for the Practical exercises for the classroom classroom
• Resources for instructors and Resources for instructors and workshop presenters workshop presenters
• Favorite Exercises (if time)Favorite Exercises (if time)
Training Notes
www.collegesuccess1.com
What is the dream that students have when they begin college?
The American Dream
• Get a degreeGet a degree• Get a better jobGet a better job• Improve the quality of lifeImprove the quality of life• Increase self-respect Increase self-respect • Be the best you can be Be the best you can be
The Reality
• What Happens?What Happens?• After 8 years, only 53% of those After 8 years, only 53% of those
seeking degrees achieved their goalsseeking degrees achieved their goals• 40-50% of the students don’t even 40-50% of the students don’t even
return the next semesterreturn the next semester• 6 out of 10 transfer students give up 6 out of 10 transfer students give up
their plans or drop out in one their plans or drop out in one semester semester
Sources: Achieving the Dream website, PACE Research
Achieving the Dream is Difficult• Lack of basic skills in reading, writing Lack of basic skills in reading, writing
and mathand math• Poor study habitsPoor study habits• Lack of clear goals for college and Lack of clear goals for college and
careers careers • Unfamiliar with available on-campus Unfamiliar with available on-campus
resources resources • College success courses help students College success courses help students
achieve their goals. achieve their goals.
From Community College Research CenterCCRC Brief
America’s Perfect Storm
Large numbers of students lack literacy skills, especially disadvantaged minorities.
Technological innovation and globalization have changed the world of work. Higher levels of education equal higher pay.
The population is becoming older and more diverse. Most new growth from immigrants with lower skills..
Many of our students are not prepared for the storm
To Achieve the Dream
• Improve basic skills including how Improve basic skills including how to studyto study
• Understand career trends of the Understand career trends of the future and how they can prepare future and how they can prepare for them. for them.
Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)
• College reform based on researchCollege reform based on research• Recommendations based on Recommendations based on
surveys of 700,000 students from surveys of 700,000 students from 548 colleges in 48 states over the 548 colleges in 48 states over the past 5 years past 5 years
CCSSE Strategy #1: Set High Expectations and Clear Goals
• Believe that all students can learnBelieve that all students can learn• Create roadmaps for Create roadmaps for
accomplishing degree and transfer accomplishing degree and transfer goals goals
• Provide the support needed to Provide the support needed to accomplish goalsaccomplish goals
CCSSE Strategy #2: Focus on the Front Door
• Helping students succeed the first Helping students succeed the first semester dramatically increases semester dramatically increases retentionretention
• Critical early periods Critical early periods • Academic advising plays a key roleAcademic advising plays a key role
CCSSE Strategy #3: Elevate Developmental Education
• 61% are underprepared61% are underprepared• Need assessment and placement Need assessment and placement • In addition to reading, writing and In addition to reading, writing and
math, students need to know how math, students need to know how to study and learn to study and learn • Emphasis on learning styleEmphasis on learning style• Becoming a lifelong learner Becoming a lifelong learner
CCSE Strategy#4: Use Engaging Instructional Approaches
• Active and collaborative learning Active and collaborative learning increases persistence and retentionincreases persistence and retention
• Most successful engagement Most successful engagement activities happen in the classroomactivities happen in the classroom
CSSE Strategy #5: Make Engagement Inescapable• In the classroomIn the classroom• Academic advising?Academic advising?
Some Lessons Learned
• Engagement does not happen by Engagement does not happen by accident; it happens by design.accident; it happens by design.
• Engagement matters for all student, but Engagement matters for all student, but it matters more for some than for others:it matters more for some than for others:• UnderpreparedUnderprepared• Students of colorStudents of color• First generationFirst generation• Nontraditional learnersNontraditional learners
Group Discussion
• How can the CSSE strategies be How can the CSSE strategies be applied to Santa Barbara applied to Santa Barbara Community College?Community College?
• Each group will read one strategy Each group will read one strategy and brainstorm ideas of how it can and brainstorm ideas of how it can be applied.be applied.
• Share with the larger group. Share with the larger group.
Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, CA
Personal Development 124, Lifelong Success
• 8000 students enrolled in college8000 students enrolled in college
• 2000 take PDC 124 each year2000 take PDC 124 each year
• One of the top 15 revenue producing One of the top 15 revenue producing programs for the college programs for the college
• 56 sections a year56 sections a year
Bridge
High School
Community College
University
College Success
• MotivationMotivation• Time and MoneyTime and Money• Memory and ReadingMemory and Reading• Test TakingTest Taking• Taking Notes, Writing and Taking Notes, Writing and
SpeakingSpeaking
Career Success
• Personality and Related MajorsPersonality and Related Majors• Learning Style and IntelligenceLearning Style and Intelligence• Interests and ValuesInterests and Values• Career and Educational PlanningCareer and Educational Planning
Lifelong Success
• Communication and RelationshipsCommunication and Relationships• Critical and Creative ThinkingCritical and Creative Thinking• Maintaining a Healthy LifestyleMaintaining a Healthy Lifestyle• Appreciating DiversityAppreciating Diversity• Positive ThinkingPositive Thinking• Life StagesLife Stages
Course Choices
• Face to FaceFace to Face• 22 sections22 sections
• Blended Blended • 22 sections22 sections
• OnlineOnline• 12 sections12 sections
Program Results
Program Review 2000, 2005 Program Review 2000, 2005
The most significant finding is increased persistence.
Persistence
• Students who return the next Students who return the next semestersemester
• Approximately half of community Approximately half of community college students nationwide do not college students nationwide do not persist after the first semesterpersist after the first semester
College Persistence Semester to Semester5 Year Average at Cuyamaca College
• All successful PDC students 89%All successful PDC students 89%• All students 63%All students 63%
A 26% improvement! A 26% improvement!
Student Confidence
• The course helped 62% of students The course helped 62% of students feel more confident about their feel more confident about their academic skillsacademic skills
Student Satisfaction
88% of students rated the course as very good or good.
Grade Improvement
• 72% of student agreed or strongly 72% of student agreed or strongly agreed that the course helped to agreed that the course helped to improve gradesimprove grades
College Success: A Study of Positive and Negative
Attrition
Community College ReviewCommunity College Review
The Successful Student
• Had a definite goal or college majorHad a definite goal or college major• Earned a B+ or better in high schoolEarned a B+ or better in high school
Based on this research, choosing a major and career planning was included in our college success course.
Choosing a Major
• The course helped 52% of The course helped 52% of students choose a majorstudents choose a major
Time for a Break?
•Carl Jung and personality type
Online:
Carl Jung 1875-1961
• We are born with natural We are born with natural preferences which we develop over preferences which we develop over a lifetime.a lifetime.
• Exercise: What is a preference?Exercise: What is a preference?
Administering the DWYA
• Find a time when you are not tired Find a time when you are not tired or rushed.or rushed.
• There are no right or wrong There are no right or wrong answers. answers.
• Each type has their own unique Each type has their own unique gifts and talents.gifts and talents.
Getting Good Results
• Encourage students to give honest Encourage students to give honest answers.answers.
• What are some reasons students What are some reasons students would not give honest answers?would not give honest answers?
• Think, Pair, ShareThink, Pair, Share
Administering the DWYA
• The test does not measure:The test does not measure:• IntelligenceIntelligence• Psychological or emotional Psychological or emotional
healthhealth
Administering the DWYA
• Answer the questions Answer the questions honestlyhonestly to get the to get the best results.best results.
• Answer the questions Answer the questions how you usually how you usually are when you are not stressed. are when you are not stressed.
• Do not answer the questions:Do not answer the questions:• How you want to beHow you want to be• How you have to be at home, work or How you have to be at home, work or
schoolschool• How others want you to beHow others want you to be
Begin Self-Assessment
How we interact with the world and where we place our energy
E_____________________________|____________________________I Extraversion Introversion
Self-Assessment
The kind of information we naturally notice and remember
S_____________________________|___________________________NSensing Intuition
Personality Exercise
• Write about the picture for 5 Write about the picture for 5 minutesminutes
By Ian Jackson
Self-Assessment
How we make decisions
T_____________________________|___________________________F Thinking Feeling
Self-Assessment
Whether we prefer to live in a more structured or spontaneous way
J_____________________________|_____________________________P Judging Perceiving
J and P Exercise:
• Where do you stand?Where do you stand?• I can play anytimeI can play anytime• I have to finish my work before I I have to finish my work before I
play play
How can a knowledge of personality type help a student to become successful?
ThinkPair Share
Understanding Type Helps Increase Student Success
• Helps all students understand their Helps all students understand their gifts and talents and matching gifts and talents and matching careerscareers
• Help at risk students to develop Help at risk students to develop strategies to achieve their goals strategies to achieve their goals
• Research has shown that ENFP, Research has shown that ENFP, ESFP, INFP, ISFP have higher ESFP, INFP, ISFP have higher dropout ratesdropout rates
Student Success
• Choosing a majorChoosing a major• Career choiceCareer choice• Learning StyleLearning Style• CommunicationCommunication• Self-understandingSelf-understanding
The PEPS Learning Style Assessment• Measures preferences in 20 areasMeasures preferences in 20 areas
• PerceptualPerceptual•AuditoryAuditory•VisualVisual•KinestheticKinesthetic•TactileTactile
PEPS
• Immediate environmentImmediate environment• SoundSound• HeatHeat• LightLight• Design (formal or informal)Design (formal or informal)
PEPS
• EmotionalityEmotionality• MotivationMotivation• ResponsibilityResponsibility• PersistencePersistence• StructureStructure
PEPS
• SociologicalSociological• Self orientedSelf oriented• Peer orientedPeer oriented• Adult orientedAdult oriented
PEPS
• PhysicalPhysical• Time of dayTime of day• Food intakeFood intake• MobilityMobility
Learning Style Exercise: The Paper Airplane
Time for a Break?
Components of a Model Student Success Program
Broad Scope
• College successCollege success• Career successCareer success• Lifelong success Lifelong success
Emphasis on Student Engagement
• See the Instructor Manual for Tips See the Instructor Manual for Tips for Engaging Students in Learning for Engaging Students in Learning
• Your students enjoy itYour students enjoy it• It makes teaching more fun tooIt makes teaching more fun too
Applied Psychology
• From theory to practiceFrom theory to practice• Academically rigorous, yet Academically rigorous, yet
practical practical
Careers: A Key Component
• PersonalityPersonality• Learning StyleLearning Style• InterestsInterests• ValuesValues• Career ResearchCareer Research
Make it Count
• Transfers as general education for Transfers as general education for CSUC, Area E, Lifelong CSUC, Area E, Lifelong UnderstandingUnderstanding
• Transfers to University of California Transfers to University of California
Technology
A Skill Needed for College Success and the Future World of Work
New Millennials
• Our current college studentsOur current college students• Most were born with a computer in the Most were born with a computer in the
home and were using them by age 5 home and were using them by age 5 • Cyber generationCyber generation• The connected generation The connected generation • 82% are online daily82% are online daily• Average 12 hours per week online Average 12 hours per week online
Where are you in the technology continuum?
• Baby boomer 1946-1964Baby boomer 1946-1964• Generation X 1965-1977Generation X 1965-1977• New Millennials 1977-1995New Millennials 1977-1995• How much technology did you use How much technology did you use
in college?in college?
Rationale for Using Technology• Your students use itYour students use it• It captures their attentionIt captures their attention• Education on demandEducation on demand
Any time or placeAny time or place• Increased accessIncreased access• New roles for faculty New roles for faculty
Take a Look
Resources for Faculty
• Instructor ManualInstructor Manual• Exercises and HandoutsExercises and Handouts
• SyllabusSyllabus• ResearchResearch• PowerPointPowerPoint• Internet LinksInternet Links
www.collegesuccess1.com
• Questions?Questions?