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Combining Successful Strategies to Create a Fully-integrated Learning Community

Combining Successful Strategies to Create a Fully-integrated Learning Community. Dr. Nicholas Bekas Marilyn Curall Summer Trazzera Al Groccia. Youtube video. Working as a team: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCNi2i46IQE&feature=related. History and Background. What is the issue?

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Combining Successful Strategies to Create a Fully-integrated Learning Community

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  1. Combining Successful Strategies to Create a Fully-integrated Learning Community Dr. Nicholas Bekas Marilyn Curall Summer Trazzera Al Groccia

  2. Youtube video • Working as a team: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCNi2i46IQE&feature=related

  3. History and Background • What is the issue? • 3 prep students struggle more than any other group. • Past initiatives primarily focused on students with two or less mandates. • Data • 14% of 3 mandate students ever graduate, and it takes them on average 3 terms to finish their mandate and 9 terms to complete their degree.

  4. DEVELOPMENT of the REACH Program • Concept of an interdisciplinary program • Process for development • Rough Draft of plan (Evergreen)

  5. DEVELOPMENT of the REACH Program • Faculty Involvement and Training • Getting the faculty together • Getting to know each other • Consultant and Evergreen • Developmental Advising • Monthly planning meeting

  6. DEVELOPMENT of the REACH Program Fall 2011:Dev. Math II and Dev. Reading Student Success and Developmental Writing Spring 2012: Intermediate Algebra and Intro to Humanities Freshman Comp I and Speech Summer 2012: College Algebra and Freshman Comp II

  7. DEVELOPMENT of the REACH Program Elements of REACH • Integrated Lessons • Co curricular Tuesdays developing the students as a whole • Team building Fridays • Capstone Project and Common Read Recruiting Students • 3 Prep students • Orientations • Explaining a new opportunity to students

  8. Results from fall 2011 • Fall to Spring Persistence • 95% vs. 83% • Success • Math • 60% vs. 54% • Reading • 90 % vs. 72% • Writing • 100% vs. 71% • Student Success • 88% vs. 68%

  9. Break into groups • Student • Administrator • Faculty

  10. Discuss the following questions in your group as your role (student, faculty, administrator): • Benefits and Challenges of REACH

  11. Large Group Discussion • Report out BENEFITS • Report out CHALLENGES

  12. Our benefits and challenges • Benefits • Faculty work together to create integrated assignments • Students work together improving learning • Create a “family” where everyone supports each other • Challenges • Registration, course design, logistics • Financial issues • Faculty loads

  13. Where we are now? • Interview Responses • What we learned?

  14. REACH Student Videos • Videos • Video 1: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eQa10ux0oY • Video 2: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RaTV3vdJ6c

  15. Contact Information • Dr. Nicholas Bekas (nbekas@valenciacollege.edu) • DEI Website: http://valenciacollege.edu/dei/

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