PARTNERSHIP FOR STUDENT SUCCESS AT SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

Overview and Two Models

How It Began: Fall 2004

A discussion about the Student Equity Plan and the high numbers of underprepared students entering the College

A meeting between the Senate President and the leaders of successful campus programs about the need for a strong faculty voice in the discussion

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The Issues

Faculty concern about basic learning skills across campus Reading Writing Math Critical thinking Social skills

The need for a faculty-driven effort to find ways to address these problems

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The Evolution: Part I

Spring 2005: A Senate-appointed Faculty Student Success Committee

A request from the College President to the Senate: Assume leadership for planning a Student Success Initiative

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The Evolution: Part I (cont’d) Summer 2005: Three-day Senate

Task Force meeting with representatives from all divisions, students and administrators The goal: Identify obstacles to student

success; brainstorm possible solutions The challenge: What do we do now???

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The Evolution: Part II

Fall 2005 Faculty In-Service Task Force presentations Student panel Division and department discussions

Campus-wide call for proposals Fall Task Force

Review of over 60 proposals, committee reports, student surveys

Presentation of unranked proposals to the Senate: “Building Communities: Planning the Student Success Initiative”

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The Evolution: Part II (cont’d) Appointment of Senate subcommittee to

review proposals and make recommendation to the Senate

Final recommendation for Student Success Initiative (now Partnership for Student Success) from the Senate to the College President in Spring 2006

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The Recommendation

Expansion of programs: Gateway to

Success program Writing Center Math Lab Instructional Aides

for online classes SLO project

Creation of Academic Achievement Zone

Increased professional development opportunities

Funding of departmental initiatives

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The Result

President, EVP, and Senate President worked with College governance bodies Secure funding for the Partnership for

Student Success Institute annual evaluation of its

effectiveness Fully implemented in Fall 2006 Comprehensive annual evaluations ever

since

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WRITING CENTER

Writing Center

Hired 2 LTAs to work with Director to Hire tutors Develop and implement training

materials Implement default tutoring sequence to

enhance consistency of practice among diverse tutors and students

Hired receptionist to manage appointments and regulate tutor-student contact http://www.sbcc.edu/

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The Writing Center Sequence Make an appointment or drop in

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Fill out a Directed Learning Activity

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Meet the Tutor

Make a tutoring plan based on DLA

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Use Writing Assignment to Develop Skills

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Time Management

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Tutor and Student Complete Session Record

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The Session Record Form

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Fill Out the Tutorial Evaluation

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Writing Center Evaluation Form

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Evaluation

Gives another opportunity to review session

Is easy on time and effort Can be used to gather SLO data

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Records Indicate Success

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Number of Writing Center Visitors

Number of students that used the Writing Center services and the number of times they visited the Center from 2005-06 to 2007-08 

Writing Center Visitors and Visits2005/06-2007/08

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Course Completion: All Students Successful course completion rates

for users and non-users of the Writing Center; relationship between frequency of visits to the Center and successful course completion rates

Successful Course CompletionAll Students

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Course Completion: Basic Skills

Successful course completion rates for users and non-users of the Writing Center; relationship between frequency of visits to the Center and successful course completion rates in Basic Skills writing classes only (ENG 65, 80, 100)

Successful Course CompletionBasic Skills Writing Classes (ENG 65, 80, 100)

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Tutor Training

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Tutor Training

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Tutoring Practice

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GATEWAY TO STUDENT SUCCESSIncreasing the Academic Success of First-Year Students

Gateway to Student Success Designed to increase academic

success of first-year college students Faculty-driven and faculty-managed Academic Senate approved Campus-wide Implemented Fall 2006

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Increase in Number of Gateway Sections

Semester Gateway Sections

Success Rate

Spring 2006 60 65.5%Fall 2006 150 66.1%Spring 2007 200 68.3%Fall 2007 207 71.7%Spring 2008 306 71.5%

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Gateway Sections for Fall 2009

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Instructional method

G = Gateway

Gateway Center Tutoring Sessions

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Gateway Directed Learning Activity

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Successful Course Completion: Gateway

Students in Gateway sections achieved a higher course completion rate than students enrolled in comparable non-Gateway sections

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Successful Course Completion: Basic Skills Gateway Classes

Fall 2006 Spring 2007

Fall 2007 Spring 2008

Count

Rate Count

Rate Count

Rate Count

Rate

Gateway 894 64.1%

1,065

65.2%

1,894

75.7%

2,047

69.0%

Non-Gateway

1,967

60.9%

1,715

58.5%

3,607

62.4%

2,281

63.3%

Successful Course CompletionBasic Skills Gateway Classes

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Successful Course Completion: All Gateway Classes

Fall 2006 Spring 2007

Fall 2007 Spring 2008

Count

Rate Count

Rate Count

Rate Count

Rate

Gateway 2,416 68.5%

2,676 67.6%

5,650 71.2%

6,739 70.5%

Non-Gateway

4,985 65.5%

4,093 63.9%

8,652 66.8%

8,006 68.3%

Successful Course CompletionAll Gateway Classes

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Supporting Your Tutor

First week: Introduce the tutor to your class

Meet periodically to discuss student progress

Provide clear guidelines on what you want your tutor to do

Ask your tutor for feedback, input, and opinions

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Effective Practices for Tutors

Tutors can… Support individual and small group work

in class Answer questions after class Prepare students for tests

Role play Additional examples

Proctor tests Grade objective quizzes for immediate

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Effective Practices for Tutors (cont’d) Tutors can…

Provide early intervention Procrastinators No-shows…

Assist students with study and organizational skills Note-taking…

Connect students to campus support systems

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Gateway Tutoring

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Gateway Tutoring

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Gateway Tutoring

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QUESTIONS?

THANK YOUPartnership for Student Success at Santa Barbara City College