1. Jobs for the Future- Miami, July 2013

2.  Governors office
 Data
 CO Department of Higher Education
 Community College System

3.  FRCC: Lumina
 CCD FastStart: BreakingThrough, Scaling
Up, HACU
 OVAE, “Ready for College” bridge programs
 Complete CollegeAmerica
 TAACCCT –Trade Adjustment Assistance
Community College and CareerTraining

4.  35 people from 16 colleges
 Mostly faculty from Reading, English, and
Math
 Charged with:
 Clarify purpose of developmental education
 System policy review and revisions
 Measures of success
 Structures for student success
 Recommend strategies and specific initiatives for
redesign

5.  Washington State - iBest
 Tennessee –math emporium
 Los Medinos
 BaltimoreCounty
 Chabot College
 University ofTexas
 Austin Peay
 Aurora – Integrated English and Reading
 Denver – Fast Start
 Front Range – ALP learning communities

6. To accelerate students by reducing the amount
of time, number of developmental
credits, and number of courses in the
developmental sequence so students can
have access to and be supported for success
in a college level course.

7.  CCCNS documents
 Faculty training workshops
 Discipline specific training
 Targeted presentations
 Peer to peer relationships
 College peer access points
 D2L curriculum examples
 Active learning examples and lessons for new
courses

8.  Campus advisory
 CCR
 Math
 Student services
 Faculty and staff development
 Resources
 Program evaluation

9.  Math – pathways at the developmental level
 Algebra
 Non-Algebra (statistics and math for liberal arts)
 Non-transfer (career math, clinical calculations)
 CollegeComposition and Reading (formerly
reading and English)
 Integrated disciplines
 Tiers of support for students in classes

10.  No formal ABE
 Placement scores below the floor
 Open door
 NROC, Core Skills Mastery, MFL, Aleks
 Online course materials + lab access for one
on one support
 Cost varies depending on college and staffing
needs

11.  Lab with online content
 In Math “classroom” environment but no credit
 Adjunct instructors and tutors
 Academic Support Center
 Platforms
 Math – NROC
 CCR – North Star
 Selected by faculty, test prep, and GED collaboration
 $60 for 1 semester, open enrollment

12.  Math bootcamp
 1 credit hour meets 5 days for 3 hours each
 No textbook purchase
 No tuition assistance through FA for the
credit - $216.25 in state, $248.70 out of state
 At end of bootcamp students take the
Accuplacer to test into a higher level course
 Offered week before start of term

13.  How many students successfully complete
college English or college math?
 Previously measured only course completion
 Cohort tracking – how many are completing
college courses?

14.  What will it look like?
 Fall 2014
 Old courses will be removed from common
course numbering system
 All students will be advised onto accelerated
courses – the new normal

15.  Need champions
 Process is so important
 Give people the time and resources to come
to the redesign
 Make the process as transparent as possible
 Work with DHE, DE, legislative bodies, local
foundations – what’s best for our students
 Focus on data informed decisions and
decision making

16.  DE site
 Word Press site
 D2L shells
 Campus teams
 Regional training
 Student services training
 2:2 sharing

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