summing up success: linking counseling, reading, english and math
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Summing Up Success:Linking Counseling, Reading, English and Math
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Meet the CREM Team...
AnuKhannaCoordinator
Tom NguyenCounselor
Sarah LishaReadingInstructor
Amy LeonardEnglish Instructor
DoliBambhaniaMath Instructor
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CREM: What It Is
An interdisciplinary cohort of
● Counseling
● Developmental Reading/ Writing through transfer level
English Writing
● Developmental through
transfer level Math
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CREM Evolution
● Institutional Research identified Math and English pairings
● Evidence of increased student success with embedded counselor
● Pilot Project through the Learning in Communities (LinC) program in 2008
● Program evolution based on student and faculty focus groups, student surveys, and program review data
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CREM cohort sequence
Fall Winter Spring
Integrated Reading and Writing
Composition and Reading
Critical Reading, Writing and Thinking
Beginning Algebra Intermediate Algebra Elementary Statistics and Probability
Topics in Counseling Counseling Seminar Counseling Seminar
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Keys to Success
● Partnerships across campus
● Dedicated counselor
● Faculty Collaboration
● Joint syllabi and assignments
● Community building● Scholarship Opportunity through APIASF
● Peer mentors
● Outreach
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Who We Partner With
● IMPACT/AAPI Program
● LinC (Learning in Communities)
● Peer Mentor Initiative
● Divisions: Language Arts, Physical Sciences, Math & Engineering, and Counseling
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What We Do
● Counseling and Mentoring
● Collaborative Policies and Interdisciplinary Assignments
● Establishing Strong Community
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Interdisciplinary Assignments
● Business & Advertising Project
● Social Media Debate
● Global Issues Conference
● Data Analysis Project
● Autobiography with a personal finance component
● Tribute to a STEM hero
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Counseling Overview
• Meet with faculty on weekly basis
• Student follow up involves classroom visits & additional interventions, case management
• Safest entry point for AAPI’s involves helping students to organize and apply information: Educational plans, Career development, Campus resources
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Counseling Sessions
• Managing expectations & tension to establish parameters
• Balancing information with strategy, perspective
• Practicing active listening while offering empathy, genuineness and unconditional care
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Becoming a Cultural Broker
• Identify student skills, strengths, & assets
• Clarify institutional processes and policies
• Provide safe, inclusive place for code switching, reflection, and identity development
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The Hero’s Journey
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Whip Around
“If I could have one superpower, then I would choose …”
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Student Success Courses
• First year: Study skills workshops & STEM guest speakers
• Second year: Studenthood issues including study skills, campus resources, teamwork, grit/growth mindset
• Third year: Building upon best practices while exploring neuroplasticity, self-compassion & cultural resiliency
• Seminar: Developing identity capital
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Processing the Hero’s Journey
• Worksheet helps students to process video
• Opportunity for building community through timeline exercise
• Tie in with another assignment, Finding Heroes in Everyday Life
• Encourages students to reflect on personal journeys with respect to attending college, incorporating family/immigration history
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Why We Do It
● Interdisciplinary connections improve teaching and learning
● Faculty collaboration and community building is worth the investment
● Interdisciplinary projects make learning more relevant
● Overall CREM success rate: 80%
● Significant improvement over standalone Math courses● Somewhat better than standalone English courses
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How We Do it
● Institutional Research - facilitates course “compatibility” and outreach efforts
● Block Scheduling
● Faculty Professional Development
● Institutional-level Logistics: negotiating seat count, scheduling rooms and assigning cohort designations, evaluation/data gathering
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Thanks for Coming!