Panel: Essential Elements for Effective Bridge Programs

1. Essential Elements for
Effective Bridge Programs
ATE PI Conference
Washington DC
October 27, 2011

3. Our panel
• Ingrid Dahl & Chris Runde, Bay Area Video
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Coalition, San Francisco
• Laurence Clement, Bridge to Biotech, City
College of S
C ll f San Francisco
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• Angela Wall, Industrial Systems, Wayne
Community College, Goldsboro, NC
College Goldsboro
• Jerry Somerville, Researcher, Pathways to
ATE
• Moderator: Norena Norton Badway,
Targeted Research PI, San Francisco State
University

4. Purpose of our research
• 1 G th and disseminate promising
1: Gather d di i t i i
practices about implementing three
intentional career pathways
• 2: Employ a multiple knowledge sharing
multiple-knowledge-sharing
research model.

6. Our collaborative model

7. Our presentation
• Motivation
• What is in place now
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• Data
• Support
• Advice for others

8. BAVC’s motivation
BAVC s
• For BAVC: Support low income,
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marginalized youth by providing access and
skills in new media training as well as
college and career readiness
readiness.
• The Challenge: Losing alums after they
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graduated – we needed to keep supporting
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students so they would successfully
matriculate into community college, engage
their families, and respond to the
families
challenges that stand between STEM career
pathways.

9. In place with BAVC
• 40 students in Tracks
• 20 students in Bridges
• All attend career panels at CCSF
• All engage family members at family
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• All link in paid summer internships,
industry placed
• Alums can continue as paid mentors or
matriculate into Bridges

10. BAVC’s data
BAVC s
Impetus for our work:
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One in two freshman at two-year i tit ti
i t f h tt institutions fail to return for
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a sophomore year (ACT, 2004).
• 25% African Americans and 20% Latinos currently graduate
from CA community colleges (Note: State of California enrolls
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one fourth of the entire country’s community college
students).
Current Evaluation / Data
• Since 2006, Rockman et al have been our external evaluators,
who will continue to work with us on the ATE grant.
• Our internship component rating: 9.03 out of 10 in developing
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confidence in STEM-related skills
• After completing the internship, 91% of our students went
into a paid position in a technology-related business and/or
entered an advanced educational program.

11. Support BAVC received
• BAVC was fortunate to have the support of
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our partner, MPICT, a fellow ATE grantee
based at CCSF to engage STEM-related
departments in our project
project.
• We are working with Computer Science,
Multimedia Studies, and Broadcast
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Publishing in addition to career centers and
networks at CCSF
• Extending from our previous Digital
Pathways program, we have financial
support from NSF and family foundations
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12. BAVC’s Advise
BAVC s
• Identify challenges that you can bridge to
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engage students who may have larger
hurdles in committing to a STEM career and
college track
track.
• Partner with youth media organizations
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(BAVC model) who can p
) provide additional
skills and support linking high school to
college.
• Consider engaging families to feel confident
about their child’s interest and commitment
to STEM careers and studies.

13. Bridge to Biotech
motivation
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• Increase Enrollment in Biotech program at
City College of San Francisco
• Increase diversity (age, et
c ease d e s ty ethnicity, income
c ty, co e
level,…) of student population in higher-
level Biotech courses
• Increase Retention and Completion in the
Biotech “gatekeeper” courses

14. In place with Bridge to
Biotech
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• 3 linked courses in Math, Language and Science
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forming a “Learning Community”
• Contextualized Math and Language content to
Biotechnology
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• Science course prepares directly for City College
Biotech certificate “gatekeeper” courses: BIO,
gatekeeper
CHEM, BTECH
• Credit courses which count toward an entry-level
Biotech L b
Bi t h Laboratory Assistant Certificate
t A i t t C tifi t
• Optional: Internship Program with Professional
Development and Networking component

15. Bridge to Biotech’s data
Biotech s
Results in the Bridge
1. Diversity: 82% low income or unemployed students, 18%
1 students
African American, 33% Asian, 22% Hispanic, 42% ESL
students, As low as 8-9th grade math and English skills
on TABE test before the Bridge
2. Retention & Completion in basic skill classes:70% of
students complete the Bridge
Results after the Bridge
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1. Continuation: 83% who complete the Bridge continue to
more advanced certificates at City College of San
Francisco
2. Success: Higher level passing rates for Bridge students in
some of the “gatekeeper” courses compared to non-
Bridge students

16. Support Bridge to Biotech
received
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• Was started in 2002, with a Vocational and
,
Technical Education Act grant (VTEA/Perkins)
grant and an NSF Course Curriculum and
Laboratory Improvement (CCLI, now TUES)
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grant
• In 2006, classes were institutionalized as credit
courses and included in a Biotech Laboratory
Assistant Certificate. The Bridge to Biotech is now
self-sustaining
• The Internship Program was supported through
separate grants. Institutionalization is underway.

17. Bridge to Biotech’s Advise
Biotech s
• Bio-Link, a National ATE Center located at City College, in collaboration
with the Synergy Collaboratory project which includes 13 other ATE
centers and experts on scale-up, is currently piloting a dissemination
process for the Bridge to Biotech program.
• Our Bridge to Biotech Bio-Link team has been working with 5 community
college biotech programs around the country (in Georgia Missouri, New
Georgia, Missouri
York state, Puerto Rico) since May 2011 to support them in adopting the
Bridge to Biotech at their college.
• Support include:
– Building a Bridge to Biotech Learning Community, where colleges can
support each other and develop their own adaptation of the Bridge to
Biotech
– Bio-Link Webinars on key features of the CCSF Bridge to Biotech, with
discussions on adaptability to each college
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– Bridge to Biotech Toolkit, listing successful practices and materials for
new adopters
– One-on-one support from Bridge to Biotech faculty and coordinators

18. Wayne s
Wayne’s motivation
• Intro Algebra was particularly holding our
students back
• CIP for EET helped us to remove prerequisite
barriers
• 2 year program had turned into a 3 year
program f many students
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• Needed JIT learning to enable students to
succeed
• Industry feedback: communications, teaming,
& problem-solving skills were lacking
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19. In place at Wayne
• Teaching Team – Math, English,
Technology Instructors
• Learning Community – Students take their
Math, English, and Technology classes as
a cohort during the same semester
• Project Based Learning (PBL) implemented
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and all classes support the completion of
the project

20. Wayne s
Wayne’s data
• Success rates for ALL related classes and
demographic (age, gender, race/ethnicity)
data has been collected
• Data was collected from our in-house
database
• Success rates and Final Exam scores were
significantly higher for the PBL/LC
students, including f women and
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minorities

21. Support Wayne received
• Industry support was crucial (advisory
board surveys, etc.)
• SC ATE Center at Florence-Darlington
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Tech provided training, financial
assistance, mentoring and technical
support for the project
• Administration provided time off and
adjuncts f team members to participate
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in meetings, trainings, and other activities

22. Wayne s
Wayne’s Advise
• Approval of admin is crucial to involve other
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areas and put in the “right” instructional
team
• B prepared t put in twice th effort and to
Be d to t i t i the ff t dt
change your old ways of doing things
• Be prepared to make changes due to
lessons learned
• Training is NECESSARY for instructors to
succeedd
• Regular team meetings are a must for the
LC teaching team

23. BAVC Contacts
• Chris Runde Digital Pathways/Next Gen
Runde,
Manager, crunde@bavc.org
• Ingrid Hu Dahl, Director, Next Gen
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ingrid@bavc.org
www.bavc.org/adp

24. Bridge to Biotech contact
Laurence Clement, ,
City College of San Francisco,
Bio-Link
Bio Link
lclement@ccsf.edu

25. Wayne s
Wayne’s PBL Contact
Angela Wall
Wayne Community College
3000 Wayne Memorial Drive
Goldsboro,
Goldsboro NC 27534
(919) 739-6818
awall@waynecc.edu

26. Pathways to ATE Careers
Contacts
Contacts
• Norena Norton Badway, PhD; Principal
Investigator; nbadway@sfsu.edu
• Jerry Somerville, PhD; Project Manager
/Senior Researcher; 707-287-0821
JASomerville@comcast.net
JASomerville@comcast net
• Barbara Anderegg, PhD; Senior
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Researcher; bsa@chorus.net