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Creating a Sustainable and Collaborative Orientation
District-Wide Student Services Task ForcePresented by:
Vice Presidents & Deans of Student ServicesApril 20, 2012
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Mission Statement: Creating a Community of Success
Student EngagementAcademic Skills and College
Readiness
Education & Career
Goals
Instruction
Learning Community
Course Alignment
Support Faculty, Staff, Students and
External Community
Support Services, extra-curricular
activities, clubs & organizations
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Retention Factors• Retention is multi-variant and single
causal factors are difficult to ascertain.• Persistence depends on the extent to
which an individual has been integrated into the academic and non-academic components of the campus environment (student engagement).
• Students do not come to college with a cognitive map of functioning and prospering. 3
Promising Practices in Student Success
Planning for success: Assessment & Placement Orientation Goal setting & planningInitiating success: Accelerated Developmental Education First Year Experience Student Success Course Learning community
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Promising Practices in Student Success
Sustaining successClass AttendanceEarly alert & InterventionExperiential LearningTutoringSupplemental Instruction
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Elements of Successful Orientation (Learning Assistance Programs)
Demystify the college experience
Decode the environment
Diagnose individual readiness
Develop academic preparedness
Demystify
Decode
Diagnose
Develop
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Orientation ObjectivesIntroduce the college community to new
students from both an academic and personal perspective
Provide information and assistance to new students so that they may succeed academically and develop personally
Ensure that students feel adequately prepared to face the challenges of their first year
Allow students to meet each other and develop new relationships 7
Orientation ObjectivesProvide peer counselors who can share their
own experiences as a source of support and information
Expose students to the wide range of issues facing them as PCCD students, including factors affecting their personal health & safety
Introduce the variety of students services that are available on campus, so that students feel able to navigate the college on their own as they transition into their second year
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Re-framing Orientation – Learning Assistance
Orientation is an on-going process that is designed to providing students the right information at the right time. It is not a static event but an evolving and holistic process of educational development.
Orientation requires the intelligent leveraging of resources both human and fiscal.
Orientation is collaborative learning process – student/faculty; staff/faculty and, staff/student.
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Orientation as a ContinuumCore Elements
Orientation, Assessment and CounselingStudent Success Courses & FYE
Career Courses and Learning Communities
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Orientation ManifestoOrientation and matriculation must be mandatory
Collaboration between instruction and student services is essential
Elimination of obstacles that deter students from being successful
Be prescriptive: Intervene early and often (engage)
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Student Support ManifestoSustained: Lasting throughout a student’s college career
Intrusive: Mandatory & structured so students must participate at regular intervals
Integrated: Multiple forms of support are offered and silos broken down
Personalized: Students receive the type of support they need from someone who knows them well
Proposal: Two Part Orientation
1. Intensive: One to two day Orientation (occurring prior to the beginning of the semester and prior to counseling and enrollment into classes).
2. Continuous: One or two semester – First Year Experience
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Intensive One to Two Day Orientation Model:
• Presentations – General overview, interactive, student panels, mock classes
• Specialized program orientations• Campus Tours• Centralized Advising, Course Scheduling and
Enrollment.• Financial Aid Support Workshops• SLO Assessment• Success Checklist
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Team Presentations• EOPS/CARE• Financial Aid • DSPS • Counseling • Tutoring• Teaching Faculty (CTE and other cohort programs)• English • Math• Library • Learning Communities • Career Center• Health Center• Student Panel/Clubs and Organizations/Leadership• Veterans
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Process Flow
Orientation Assessment Counseling
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New Orientation Model: Continuous
Year Long:• College Success
Course• First Year
Experience Program (cohort)
• Contextualized and/or Accelerated Instruction
• Career Development Course
• Learning Community
• End-of-year Orientation
• Student Educational Plan
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First Semester
Orientation Assessment Advisement/Course Selection
College Success 101A
First Year or Re-entry Course SEP
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Second Semester
Advisement/Course Selection Career Development Learning
Community
College Success 101B
Orientation SEP
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Program Elements
Mandatory for all new students New students could not enroll prior to
intensive orientationNew students could not enroll lateProgram begins 2013New students have priority enrollment
for the second semester
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Online Orientation*• Welcome• Success Tips• Every section has a test• Final test at end of orientation• 45 minutes• Results will be submitted and included
in matriculation process• SEP
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SLO for Online Orientation
Student Learning Outcomes
Assessment Methods
When will you collect this information?
1) Students will be able to identify the matriculation process at Merritt College
Student will complete online orientation quiz
After the completion of online orientation quiz, (possible cut score)
1) Students will have information to Merritt College services that will support their educational and personal goals, e.g. libraries, information technology, academic, counseling and student services departments
Student will complete online orientation quiz
After the completion of online orientation quiz, online certificate
1) Students will have an appointment or have signed up for their Math /English assessment (as a measure of current skill levels in reading, writing, and mathematics)
Student will complete online orientation quiz
After the completion of online quiz, link to assessment appointment page OR printout of assessment schedule
Implementation TimelineStakeholder consultation and campus
planning teams to develop detailed plans - now
Peralta teams communicate with feeder high schools, and other local community agencies/organizations beginning in fall of 2012 to describe the program.
Begin Spring 2013 as a pilotFull implementation – Fall 2013
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Issues to Address• Definition of new and/or matriculating
students• On-line orientation implementation• Involve students in planning and develop
student peer advising component.• Clarifying the scope of "First Year
Experience“, and Learning Communities within the framework of Orientation.
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Shared GovernanceStakeholders that need to be involved in planning:• District and college matriculation committees• District and college academic senates• VP/Deans of Instruction and Student Services• IT (mandatory holds, etc.)• Admissions & Records• College Counseling and Teaching faculty and
classified staff• Assessment staff• District and college marketing staff
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Questions?
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