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Student Success Initiatives at Los Angles Southwest College. Prof. Sabrena Turner-Odom English Faculty Patrick Jefferson Ed.D . Dean, Academic Affairs. Student Success Initiatives at LASC. Achieving the Dream Initiative Grant Funded Initiative Other C ampus B ased Activities.
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Student Success Initiatives at Los Angles Southwest College Prof. Sabrena Turner-Odom English Faculty Patrick Jefferson Ed.D. Dean, Academic Affairs
Student Success Initiatives at LASC • Achieving the Dream Initiative • Grant Funded Initiative • Other Campus Based Activities
Student Success Initiatives at LASC Achieving the Dream • Three Interventions for 2011-2012 • In-Person Orientations • 867 student have attended 97 in-person orientations • Enforced matriculation process- every new student attends orientation followed by assessment
Student Success Initiatives at LASC Achieving the Dream • Supplemental Instruction (Developmental Level Math and English Support) • Targeting developmental Math 115 and English 21 & 28 • Approximately 1500 student served • 49 total sections and 22 Supplemental instruction facilitators
Student Success Initiatives at LASC Achieving the Dream • Faculty Academy • Facilitated by Dr. Cynthia McDermott, Dept. Chair of Education at Antioch University, Los Angeles • Prof. Allison Moore- Accounting • Prof. Stephanie Burris- Reading • Prof. Sioban Dillon- English • Prof. Voiza Greene- Speech • Prof. James Hicks- CAOT • Prof. Naja El-Khoury- CAOT • Prof. Doris Monterroso- Child Development • Prof. Phillip Jones-Thomas- English
Student Success Initiatives at LASC Grant Funded Initiatives Freshman Year Experience First year students Fall ‘11 to spring ‘12 highlights 116 students 53% basic skills 78% fall to spring retention 76% fall course completion rate Passage Project • Target lowest performing group- male students • Fall ‘11 to spring ‘12 highlights • 329 male students • 11 learning community courses • 73% fall to spring retention • English 21 success rate of 68%
Student Success Initiatives at LASC Other Success Related Activities • Financial Aid Office processed 3300 students for financial aid, awarding over 9.7 million in financial aid • Counseling has had over 7900 student contacts in fall ‘11 and spring ‘12 • CalWorks registered 8700 student contacts since July 1, 2011
Student Success Initiatives at LASC 2012-2013 ATD Campus-wide Intervention • Campus Culture • How we relate to each other as colleagues and professionals • How we approach our duties here at the college • How we relate to each other based on our ethnic identity and culture • What expectations we have of our students • How we view our responsibility to the community we serve