Presentation by Dr. Ety Bischoff & Dr. Wally Johnson

1. Presentation by Dr. Ety Bischoff & Dr. Wally Johnson Changing the Pace to win the race: innovations in Developmental Education AT soUTH Texas College One of South Texas College’s strategic directions is to proudly provide opportunities to all students with high expectations for their success.

2. Six Campuses throughout the Rio Grande Valley STC Virtual Campus Mid Valley Campus Weslaco Starr County Campus Rio Grande City Nursing & Allied Health Campus McAllen Technology Campus McAllen Pecan Campus McAllen

3. DEI Next Generation Learning Challenges/Directed Self Placement (DSP) Puente Project/Catch the Next Generation Two-level Developmental English/Reading Overview of Initiatives

4. Developmental to College Level Reading completion Not completed READ0070 up until Fall 2011 142 32.3% Tested out 15 3.4% Students lost 219 49.9% Students lost 245 37.1% Took READ0070 Fall 2009 439 Not completed READ0080 up until Fall 2011 168 25.5% Did not enroll in READ0090 up until Fall 2011 137 20.8% Took READ0080 Fall 2009 660 Tested out 60 9.1% Did not enroll in READ0080 up until Fall 2011 92 21.0% Students lost 244 21.5% Took READ0090 Fall 2009 1133 Tested out 563 49.7% Not completed READ0090 up until Fall 2011 244 21.5%

5. Not completed ENGL0071 up until Fall 2011 141 26.4% Did not enroll in ENGL0081 up until Fall 2011 131 24.5% Developmental to College Level English completion Students lost 104 23.0% Students lost 227 37.5% Students lost 220 41.1% Tested out 52 9.7% Took ENGL0071 Fall 2009 535 Took ENGL0081 Fall 2009 605 Tested out 91 15.0% Tested out 97 21.5% Took ENGL0091 Fall 2009 452 Not completed ENGL0081 up until Fall 2011 149 24.6% Did not enroll in ENGL0091 up until Fall 2011 169 27.9% Not completed ENGL0091 up until Fall 2011 104 23.0%

6. Two Strategic Interventions • Case Management Approach to Student Success • Integrative Contextualized Curriculum Developmental Education Initiative (DEI) at south Texas college (2009-2012)

7. English 91 Students Advancing to Any College Level Course Fall 2010 – Spring 2011 Results 88 % 75 %

8. Reading 90 Students Advancing to Any College Level Course Fall 2010 – Spring 2011 Results 91 %

9. Developmental FTIC Students’ Course Sequence Completion Rate

10. Fall 2011 cohort of 25 students Spring 2012 cohort of 41 students Fall 2012 cohort of 30 students STC NEXT GENERATIONLEARNING CHALLENGESLearner Web/Directed Self Placement (DSP)

11. STC NEXT GENERATIONLEARNING CHALLENGESLearner Web/Directed Self Placement (DSP) • Students with higher developmental scores self-place in either • a developmental class • ENGL 1301 with web-based diagnostics and remediation • ENGL 1301 without web-based support.

12. DIRECTED SELF-PLACEMENT + (DSP+) PROCESS DSP+ Students • The reality: • Students did not engage with mentors, tutors, and the learning web at the level that the leadership of the grant had intended. • Students who chose ENGL1301 with DSP support did not take advantage of the Learner Web Assigned faculty mentor (2 Developmental ENGL faculty) Faculty mentors monitor student progress in DSP+ Refer to DSP+ tutors when necessary

13. Directed Self Placement DATA Students skipped Developmental and succeeded in ENGL1301

14. Rio Grande Valley, Texas Catch the Next, Inc. Empowering students to catch college and career Puente Project CATCH THE NEXTPUENTE COLLEGE ACCESS PROJECT Bridging Classrooms and Communities since 1981

15. The Puente Framework There are four essential components: • 1. An accelerated writing course that incorporates Latino, Mexican/American, and other multicultural authors, experience and issues, through which students progress in one year to transfer level English composition. • 2. Counseling that provides students with sustained, in-depth, career and academic guidance throughout their enrollment at the community college • 3. Mentoring by members of the professional community, who serve as role models and support for the students’ work and progress. • 4. Professional Development is at the core of the model.

16. First PUENTE RESULTS

17. First PUENTE RESULTS

18. ENGL 100/200 (AND READ 100/200)

19. Results from Fall 2012

20. The N.A.D.E.’s motto: Helping underprepared students prepare, prepared students advance, and advanced students excel.

21. Dr. Wallace Johnson South Texas College wally@southtexascollege.edu 956-872-2673 Questions?