The document discusses issues affecting academic performance at a college. It notes that it is difficult for the college to continue with low student enrollment numbers, which could lead the college to lose money and damage its reputation. Several factors that may be negatively impacting student grades are identified, including difficult exams, low attendance, students arriving late to class, and ineffective teaching methods. Actions taken to address the problems so far have had little effect on improving performance.

1. The problem to improve academic results.
• Difficult for college students to continue because not many
• The college will loss money.
• It will be a bad reputation for college
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students 2007 2008
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2. Backgrounds
 The test is to hard
 The attendance is low
 Some of students are come late
 negative effect on student grades
 teachers methods at teaching

3. Action to date has had little effect upon performance
Classroom contracts Target students didn't come
Saturday classes Social issues became focus
Teacher inservice Inneffective
Change in textbooks Minimal increase
TIME IS RUNNING OUT!

4. Negative publicity
Difficulty passing
bonds
No new buildings
No salary gains
Recruiting problems
Retention problems
Will have to dismiss
staff.
. . .

5. What Kind of School Do We Want to Be?
Late the Times
Dying
State-controlled
AshamedInventive
Leader
Unresolved
Successful
WANTED: Faculty and Staff who are committed to
innovative, continuous improvement

6. student based learning will increase student
performance
Traditional
Non-natural
Forgotten
Fragmented
Solitary
Old Methods
Student -based
Authentic
Enthusiastic
Memorable
Memorable
Collaborative
Tech
A growing body of
academic research
supports the use of student
based learning in schools
Make learning fun
again for both
students and teachers!