This document discusses key issues in screening and enrolling students in competency-based education (CBE) programs and potential strategies to address them. The four main issues covered are: 1) explaining CBE to community college students, 2) determining if students are a good fit for CBE, 3) addressing disjointed admissions and advising offices, and 4) retrofitting CBE concepts into existing college processes. Speakers from three community colleges share their approaches to introducing CBE, assessing student fit, streamlining enrollment procedures, and integrating CBE programs.

1. STUDENT EXPERIENCE:
SCREENING AND ENROLLMENT
EDWARD SARGENT – PROJECT DIRECTOR, EDMONDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE
JESSICA STUMPFF – RECRUITER/ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR, SINCLAIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ZORICA WACKER – CBO STUDENT NAVIGATOR, BELLEVUE COLLEGE
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2. Issues in Screening and Enrollment
Issue
1:
Explaining
CBE
to
community
college
students
Issue
2:
Determining
students’
“fit”
for
CBE
programs
Issue
3:
Addressing
disjointed
Admissions
and
Advising
offices
Issue
4:
RetrofiAng
new
concepts
into
exisCng
college
processes

3. Issue 1: Introducing CBE
•
Website
•
OrientaCon

4. Issue 1: Introducing CBE
•
InformaCon
Session
with
our
Navigator
•
Online
OrientaCon
•
“Self-­‐paced,
Online
with
support”
vs
CBE

5. Issue 1: Introducing CBE/CBO
• 1)
CBO
Web
page
or
e-­‐mail
to
CBO
faculty
or
CBO
Student
Navigator
• 2)
Interest
Form
• 3)
Main
CBO
LeTer
with
Pre-­‐RegistraCon
Procedure

6.
How
do
you
plan
to
introduce
CBE
to
your
students?

7. Issue 2:
Assessing
Right-­‐Fit
•
Intake
Form
•
Computer
Literacy
Assessment

8. Issue 2:
Assessing
Right-­‐Fit
• Resume/Cover
LeTer
•
SmarterMeasure
Assessment
•
Let’s
be
real...

9. Issue 2:
Assessing
Right-­‐Fit
• Smarter
Measure
Assessment
•
Intake
Interview
“SmarterMeasure
indicates
the
degree
to
which
an
individual
student
possesses
the
aTributes,
skills
and
knowledge
that
contribute
to
success
including
the
following
non-­‐cogniCve
factors:
• Self
moCvaCon
• Time
management
skills
• Self
discipline
• On-­‐screen
Reading
Rate
and
Recall
• Persistence
• Availability
of
Cme
• Ability
to
use
a
laptop,
printer,
so]ware,
and
the
Internet
• Typing
speed
and
accuracy”
(Source:
SmarterMeasure)

10.
Do
you
think
assessing
“right-­‐fit”
is
an
important
component
of
CBE
screening?

11. Issue 3: Disjointed Admissions and Advising
•
Coach
Hand-­‐off
Report
•
Student
Success
Plan
(SSP)
Student
Name
John
Smith
ID
Number
0845064
Placement
Informa7on
Waiving
Placement
test.
WiTenberg
transcripts
on
file.
Previous
Online
Courses
1-­‐3
Courses/Term
Requested
CIS
1111
15/SU
Student
Status
Requested
Part
Cme
Educa7on/Career
Goal
To
obtain
a
credenCal
for
transfer
to
another
college/university
Planned
Occupa7on
Data
ScienCst
Self-­‐AEested
Career
Development
Phase
Phase
III:
Gaining
knowledge
and
experience
Program
Plans
PI.ND
Method
of
Payment
Self-­‐pay
Current
Employment
Data
Analyst
@
Big
Company.
40
hrs
per
week.
Veteran
Status
Non-­‐veteran
Preferred
method
of
contact
Email
at
john.smith@my.sinclair.edu
Vision
Statement
I’ve
been
truly
blessed
throughout
my
life.
My
parents
have
been
supporCve
of
my
goals
and
have
helped
me
aTain
them
every
step
of
the
way.
My
career
aspiraCons
have
fluctuated
as
I
worked
my
way
through
my
undergraduate
degree.
Now,
on
the
eve
of
graduaCon,
my
plans
are
coming
to
fruiCon.
Intend
to
improve
my
analyCcal
skills
while
earning
a
valuable
Master’s
degree.
It
is
my
goal
to
become
a
Data
ScienCst
and
work
with
big
data.
There
is
a
growing
need
for
professionals
with
strong
analyCcal
and
quanCtaCve
skills.
I
hope
to
be
at
the
helm
of
this
movement
and
establish
myself
as
a
leader
in
the
industry.
Taking
CIS
1111
will
allow
me
to
enroll
in
this
program
and
pursue
these
goals.

12. Issue 3: Disjointed Admissions and Advising
•
Key
partners
with
Enrollment
Service
•
Advising
is
done
in
house
by
our
student
mentors.
PACE-­‐IT
plans
•
Two
admissions
processes,
handoff
is
o]en
“clunky”
•
Refining
and
improving
processes

13. Issue 3: Disjointed Admissions and Advising
•
Separate
Admission
and
Enrollment
•
Once
students
register
for
CBO
courses,
CBO
Student
Navigator
helps
students
with
CBO
courses
coaching
(high
touch
feature)
•
First
Cme
CBO
students
are
required
to
take
one-­‐credit
IntroducCon
to
CBE
course
(academic
plan,
vision
statement,
technology
review)
• Pilot
phase
(BTS
faculty
who
was
not
a
student
navigator
taught
the
class)
• Current
phase
(BTS
faculty
who
is
also
a
CBO
Student
Navigator
teaches
that
class)

14.
What
are
your
strategies
or
processes
related
to
CBE
enrollment?

15. Issue 4: RetrofiVng and IntegraWng
• Rolling
Starts
• Restricted
RegistraCon

16. Issue 4: RetrofiVng and IntegraWng
•
Rolling
Admissions
•
Non-­‐standard
terms
•
Grades
and
transcripts
off
the
schedule

17. Issue 4: RetrofiVng and IntegraWng
•
Central
database
necessary
for
prospecCve
and
current
CBO
students
•
IntegraCng
enrollment

18.
What
issues
do
you
see/have
for
integraCng
CBE
processes
at
your
college?

19. Thank
you!
Contact
Ed
@
ed.sargent@email.edcc.edu
Contact
Zorica
@
Zorica.wacker@bellevuecollege.edu
Contact
Jessica
@
jessica.Stumpff@sinclair.edu