Student SuccessCenter for Teaching & Learning

Budget BriefingMarch 9, 2017

Who are we?

Faculty and staff engaged work across departments, colleges, and divisions to improve the condition of our students and the community in which we live through engaging faculty, staff, and students in meaningful learning activities.

What do we do?Academic Advising & Coaching Faculty Development Focus on the First Year Student Academic

Engagement

Academic Advising Handbook Chair Leadership Program Advising Liaison Program for Conditional Students

Peer Leader Program: Students Helping Students

Academic Focus Pathways Advising

Faculty Leadership Program APSU 1000 Freshmen Seminar Eriksson Graduate Teaching Fellows

Govs ROW Registration I AM A GOV!: First-Year Faculty APSU 1000 for ConditionalStudents

Eriksson Master Teaching Scholars

Peer Course Registration Assistance

Second-Year Faculty Program Student Engagement & Reconnect Grants

Eriksson Undergraduate Scholars

Academic Recovery: PASS 0900 for probation students

Individual Teaching, Learning & Advising Consultation

Freshman Convocation Alpha Sigma Lambda

AS in Liberal Arts Academic Advising

Faculty Advisor Development First Time Adult Learners Alpha Lambda Delta

Technology Projects: Visual Zen, AP Schedule Planner

Faculty Advising Program Major Exploration and RedirectAdvising

Peer Tutoring

Student Success Coordinators for COBHS, COAL, and COSM

Faculty Teaching Program Co-Requisite Delivery of Developmental Education (SLA)

Writing Center

Academic Alert Course Redesign (RASI) The Peay Read Graduate School Test Prep

4Sample 4-Year Plans

Ready to Reconnect

Additional Activities Coming Soon

• Associate of Science in Liberal Arts (A.S.)• Gardner Foundation of Excellence Implementation Plan• Regional Student Success Summit• Grant Development

Center for Teaching & Learning

The mission of the Center for Teaching and

Learning (CTL) is to support student success

and promote a culture of self-improvement in

teaching, advising, and leadership.

Accomplishments in Support of Student Success

• Development of Strategic Plan Goal #2

• Student Success Committee Work and Recommendations

• Participation in Gardner Foundation of Excellence Self-Study Review

• Degree Works Implementation

• Fall 2016 Rapid Response Activities to support Fall to Spring persistence

Challenges

• Defining staff and faculty new responsibilities• Large incoming freshman class• Faculty and staff time for engaging in proactive advising strategies• Support staff to manage student traffic• Physical space for student and college support

Student Success 2017-2018 Budget Priorities

#1 Budget Priority Provide market point compensation for employees in Center for Teaching & Learning (10) and Academic Support Center (5).

Aligned with … University Goal 1: Enrollment GrowthUniversity Goal 3: Sustainability

Amount Requested $ 150,000Frequency of Need Recurring

Student Success 2017-2018 Budget Priorities

#2 Budget Priority Provide adequate support staff for increased student traffic and growing responsibilities.

Aligned with … University Goal 1: Enrollment GrowthUniversity Goal 2: Student Success

Amount Requested $46,000Frequency of Need Recurring

Student Success 2017-2018 Budget Priorities

#3 Budget Priority Fund, including release time, a faculty Director of the Associate of Liberal Arts degree program for with a focus on advising and assessment.

Aligned with … University Goal 1: Enrollment GrowthUniversity Goal 2: Student Success

Amount Requested $45,000Frequency of Need recurring

Student Success 2017-2018 Budget Priorities

#4 Budget Priority Fund the creation of 6 Graduate Teaching Assistants and intersession funding to serve as academic advisors under the supervision of a Student Success Specialist to support enrollment growth of incoming students.

Aligned with … University Goal 1: Enrollment GrowthUniversity Goal 2: Student Success

Amount Requested $180,000Frequency of Need Recurring

Student Success 2017-2018 Budget Priorities#5 Budget Priority Increase the Peer Mentor Scholarship Budget and

FYE Budget to support Peer Leader Development Program, the past enrollment growth of APSU 1000 and anticipated future enrollment growth of APSU 1000.

Aligned with … University Goal 1: Enrollment GrowthUniversity Goal 2: Student Success

Amount Requested APSU Mentors @ $24,000 & 2nd Semester Peer Coaches @ $20,000Total = $44,000

Frequency of Need Recurring

• Employee compensation• John Gardner Foundation of Excellence Implementation

Plan• Supporting enrollment growth• Improve experiences of our incoming new students,

transfer students, and reconnect students.• Completion and coaching initiatives (30/60/90/grad)

Student Success: Looking ForwardFund the expansion of professional advising and success coaching through hiring a Director of Academic Advising and Success Coaching & supporting staff, with a focus on incoming students to support past and future enrollment grow at both the undergraduate.

Aligned with … University Goal 1: Enrollment GrowthUniversity Goal 2: Student Success

Amount Requested Director (1)@ $70,000 + Support Staff (1) @$40,000 + ProfessionalAdvisors (3) with focus on high enrollment departments @ $180,000TOTAL: $290,000

Frequency of Need Recurring

Student Success: Looking Forward

As recommended by the Student Success Committee, fund the development and launch of a internal marketing campaign directed at promoting positive student behavior.

Aligned with … University Goal 1: Enrollment GrowthUniversity Goal 2: Student Success

Amount Requested $20,000Frequency of Need Recurring

Student Success: Looking ForwardAs recommended by the Student Success Committee, fund a rapid response post-semester initiative to intrusively contact students with needs for schedule adjustments and schedule development.

Aligned with … University Goal 1: Enrollment GrowthUniversity Goal 2: Student Success

Amount Requested $15,000Frequency of Need Recurring

Student Success: Looking Forward

Fund a technology purchase, Campus ESP, intended to facilitate directed marketing, engagement, and information delivery to students’ identified family members and a graduate assistant to administer the product.

Aligned with … University Goal 1: Enrollment GrowthUniversity Goal 2: Student Success

Amount Requested $42,000Frequency of Need Recurring

Student Success: Looking ForwardAs recommended by the Student Success Committee, fund additional Graduate Teaching Assistants to support the Academic Alert process.

Aligned with … University Goal 1: Enrollment GrowthUniversity Goal 2: Student Success

Amount Requested $30,000Frequency of Need Recurring

Student Success: Looking Forward

Fund, including course release, three Faculty Curriculum Development and Oversight Specialists for each area of co-requisite structured learning support (Mathematics, Writing, and Reading).

Aligned with … University Goal 1: Enrollment GrowthUniversity Goal 2: Student Success

Amount Requested $30,000Frequency of Need Recurring

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