The document discusses the diverse needs of the student body at Bellevue College and emphasizes the importance of enhancing student learning and retention through tailored support services. It presents an inclusive approach, the 'Circle', which focuses on collaboration, innovation, and community involvement to improve educational outcomes for students of various backgrounds and learning styles. Additionally, it outlines the mission of the Academic Success Center in addressing these needs through training and evaluation strategies.

1. By Laura Cheung Diverse Learners

2. Introduction Purpose I. To explore the varying needs of the student body and apply this data to enhance student learning and retention. II. Support Bellevue College’s student success measures through tutoring services and academic labs. Content I. The Student Body: Diversity Student Learning II. Student Success Measures: CIRCLE: Inclusive approach to connecting a learning center to the needs of diverse learners III. Academic Success Center and Bellevue College: Mission and Goals Pedagogy

3. The Student Body: Diverse Learners I. Diversity of backgrounds Ethnicity, socioeconomic status, age, nationality, ability/disability, etc. (31.6 years old: all students and 27.6 years old: college-credit students, 29% minority, ~570 disabled students per year*) II. Diversity of learning Multiple learning styles Multiple academic experiences III. Implications on Bellevue’s student body and learning services Academic Transfer Programs, 46%* Professional/technical, 30%* Basic Skills and Other, 24%* Necessity to address varying backgrounds, interests, and needs *data retrieved from http://bellevuecollege.edu/40years/bcctoday/

4. Student Success Measure: CIRCLE CIRCLE: Collaboration, Innovation, Research, Community, Learning and Evaluation Collaboration : Maintain partnerships with academic departments, other support services, and partnerships with successful Learning Centers at other institutions Innovation : Consistently upgrade technology, e.g.website Research : Stay current on recent developments in student learning strategies that address diverse learners Community : Cultivate a sense of inclusion, participation and scholarship for all staff and students Learning : Enhance student learning and tutoring skills Evaluation : Assessment of students’ academic skill set and track student feedback through surveys

5. Academic Success Center How CIRCLE can work at the ASC and benefit diverse learners Address mission and goals as a group Data- surveys and following institutional research Community- working together as a team to address multiple needs of diverse students Training and evaluation: workshops and constructive feedback Pedagogy-multiple approaches determining needs and working towards independent learning Self-efficacy and possible selves theory Math lab Reading lab Writing lab Academic tutoring