NEW DIRECTIONS IN NEW DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL

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NEW DIRECTIONS IN NEW DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL DEVELOPMENTAL

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INADE Annual ConferenceOCTOBER 25-26, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

Rebecca Goosen, NADE President-electrebecca.goosen@sjcd.edu

National Association for Developmental Educationwww.nade.net

Pipeline Critical Points

Age0-5

Start School Ready to Succeed

Age6-10Read

Proficiently by Grade 4

Age11-14

Middle SchoolSuccess/Transition

Age15-18

GraduateHigh School

On Time

Age19-21Ready

for College,Work, Life

Silver Bullet Theory

No Silver Bullet- A Lot of Silver Buckshot

What is New?• Acceleration

• Integrated Reading/Writing

• Emporium Style Classes

• Gateway Classes with Supplemental instruction

• Diagnostic assessments

• Co-requisite enrollment

• Alignment of high schools and college

Tale of WoeConnecticut's New Policy for Developmental Education

No Remediation in higher education

Lower students are sent to a self passed computer modular program (ABE Programs)

Align high school and college to not have the need for developmental students.

Urgency is Upon Us

Change Cycle has Accelerated

Legislators think in 2 to 4 year cycles

Technology is reducing the size of the world

Third World Job Shifts

• Why do some students succeed when others from similar backgrounds do not?

What is Developmental Education?

Developmental Education is the integration of academic courses and support services guided by the principles of adult and developmental learning

Boylan, 2000

A Developmental Education System

What can we do as Developmental Education practitioners?

Community Intervention

Early School Intervention

Institutional Level Intervention

Wider Scope of Intervention

Be a lion not a lamb