LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGENEW STUDENT ORIENTATION

Before Mandatory

OAR• Orientation and Registration• Voluntary• 1 hour presentation by Counseling • Students met with a Counselor

immediately after

Transition of

• Data shows students need to connect with a counselor to assist in retention

• Decrease in high school participants in voluntary OAR

• Counselor patronage

ARRA Support for

• Re-vamped OAR to New Student Orientation (NSO)• Co-chairs included 2 Counselors and Student Life

Coordinator• Partnered with several other campus divisions

Now became a campus initiative

• First year of ARRA Funding: Mandatory for High School Graduates

The Components of

College 101Student Life

Faculty Meet and GreetCampus Tour/Laulima Training

College 101 Presentation

• College 101 is the first session for NSO

• Includes all the students• The students are then split

into 3 groups for the remainder of the day

Includes: •College Terms•Registration•Resources•Study Tips•Etc

Student Life Session

• Presentation includes information about Student Life and the importance of getting involved on campus (student govt, clubs, attend activities, etc)

Includes: •Presentation by Student Govt•Ice Breakers•Student ID•Student Services and Student Organizations tabling

Meet and GreetSession

• Students rotate between tables every 5-7 mins

• They meet faculty from every program

• Highest rated session

Includes: •Faculty from all academic disciplines•Faculty from Halau, Sulong Aral, Library, Ki Office, and the LRC

Tour/LaulimaSession

• Campus Tour provided by Recruitment Office tour guides

• Laulima training session provided by NSO leaders Activity sheet with partners, not a lecture format

Includes: •½ an hour campus tour

•½ an hour Laulima Training Session

Evaluations for

• Data from student evaluations indicate that 70% of those who attended Summer 2010 NSO’s rated the experience as excellent, with a mean rating of 4.66 on a 5-point scale. Further aspects of the evaluation of the experience are delineated below:

• College 101 4.45/5.0• Faculty Meet and Greet 4.61/5.0• Student Life 4.60/5.0• Campus Tour 4.46/5.0• Laulima Training 4.47/5.0• NSO Leaders 4.79/5.0• USB Drives 4.79/5.0• Online RSVP System 4.41/5.0

IMPACTS ON RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES

Entering Fall 2010

Student Participation

• 754 Recent High School Graduates Participated in NSO– 44.4% of all Recent HS Graduates newly Enrolled

at Leeward CC in the Fall 2010

• 84% of these Students Completed all Aspects of NSO– New Student Orientation (NSO)– Counseling & Advising

Impact on Student Success:

Grade Achievement“C” grades or higher Overall GPA

Success in Gatekeeper CoursesCourses with high enrollment and high failure rates

Success in Developmental Education Courses

Student Persistence and Retention

Achieving the Dream Indicators

Grade Attainment: NSO Students more likely to

Earn a 2.0 GPA or Higher

NSO Students Performed Better in

Gatekeeper Courses• Characterized by a high enrollment but high

failure rate.– Less than a 70% success-rate (passing with a A, B

or C)

• NSO Participants:– Were more likely to register for these courses– Took a greater number of these courses.– Were more likely to pass with a “C” or better

More NSO Students Registered for a

Greater Number of Gatekeeper Courses and did Better in Them

-NSO Participants avg 2.6 GK courses (Native Hawaiian Participants averaged 2.7 courses)-Non-NSO Participants avg 1.8 GK courses (Native Hawaiian non-Participants averaged 1.9 courses)

NSO did not Impact Developmental Education

Students successful in completing Developmental Ed in Fall 2010 did not attend NSO

Problems with DataPool of students measured was small

○ Looked at students who needed only 1 semester of remediation○ Atypical – most students require at least 2 semesters of

remediation

Native Hawaiian StudentsNSO participants did progress out of remediation fasterMay be due to supports available in Hālau ‘Ike O Pu‘uloa

NSO Participants Persisted into the Spring 2011

Semester at Higher Rates

Implications for Practice

• NSO is a Protective Factor for First Year Students– NSO increased student persistence into the 2nd semester by 10%

• NSO needs to be Supplemented by other First Year Experience Interventions– Biggest Impacts – persistence– Marginal Impacts – Success in Gatekeepers, Developmental Education

and Grade Attainment

Upcoming Implementation

• Mandatory for ALL new students• Hold is placed on each student account• Must complete a NSO session AND meet with

a counselor to register and have hold removed

• To meet demand of NSO sessions, NSO team created NSO Online and NSO Live

Next Steps

• FYE – First Year Experience program• NSO is a small part of the Student Success

initiative at Leeward CC• Continue to rely on data and regularly make

changes

NSO demo