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NEW DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION. INADE Annual Conference OCTOBER 25-26, 2012 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA Rebecca Goosen, NADE President-elect rebecca.goosen@sjcd.edu National Association for Developmental Education www.nade.net. Pipeline Critical Points. Age 0-5 Start School
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NEW DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION • INADE Annual Conference • OCTOBER 25-26, 2012 • INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA • Rebecca Goosen, NADE President-elect • rebecca.goosen@sjcd.edu • National Association for Developmental Education • www.nade.net
Pipeline Critical Points Age 0-5 Start School Ready to Succeed Age 6-10 Read Proficiently by Grade 4 Age 11-14 Middle School Success/ Transition Age 19-21 Ready for College, Work, Life Age 15-18 Graduate High School On Time
Silver Bullet Theory No Silver Bullet- A Lot of Silver Buckshot
What is New? • Acceleration • Integrated Reading/Writing • Emporium Style Classes • Gateway Classes with Supplemental instruction • Diagnostic assessments • Co-requisite enrollment • Alignment of high schools and college
Tale of Woe Connecticut's New Policy for Developmental Education No Remediation in higher education Lower students are sent to a self passed computer modular program (ABE Programs) Align high school and college to not have the need for developmental students.
Urgency is Upon Us • Change Cycle has Accelerated • Legislators think in 2 to 4 year cycles • Technology is reducing the size of the world • Third World Job Shifts
Why do some students succeed when others from similar backgrounds do not?
What is Developmental Education? Developmental Education is the integration of academic courses and support services guided by the principles of adult and developmental learning Boylan, 2000
What can we do as Developmental Education practitioners? • Community Intervention • Early School Intervention • Institutional Level Intervention • Wider Scope of Intervention