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AB 705 Webinar

Los Medanos College. AB 705 Webinar. AB 705 at Los Medanos College. Began with 4 levels below college level Math and English Lengthy conversation about acceleration in the Math and English faculty departments and changes in curriculum

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AB 705 Webinar

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  1. Los Medanos College AB 705 Webinar

  2. AB 705 at Los Medanos College • Began with 4 levels below college level Math and English • Lengthy conversation about acceleration in the Math and English faculty departments and changes in curriculum • DSP&S had representation on Matriculation and later Student Success Support Program (3SP) advisory committees • Part of a much larger discussion begun in Academic Senate and Title V grant projects about student success and achieving degree and transfer success

  3. Multiple Measures & Assessment at LMC • Assessment center provided accommodations for extra time and referrals • Moving to multiple measures, inclusion of disability services referral • Realistic discussion of special education academic rigor, grade inflation, and open access

  4. Multiple Measures Questions • GPA is primary placement for both Math & English • Questions include: • What’s your high school GPA • Highest level of English/Math completed • Educational/Career Goal (students are given 6 groups to choose from) • When was the last time Math/English was taken • If the student feels they need extra help or support from campus resources – DSPS is an option students can select and how to contact DSPS is included. This question doesn’t impact their placement but provides resources like learning communities, DSPS, tutoring

  5. Math • Faculty advocated at State Academic Senate for acceleration due to success rates for students and barriers to success and retention • Began designing alternate courses for math sequencing: accelerated algebra and stats path courses • Initially began with paired support class with statistics; but required placement. • Now allows student self selection and more paired support classes are coming soon: precalculus, calculus

  6. Math sequencing -- before • Learning Skills 81 & 82 Basic Math Skills • Math 4 Arithmetic • Math 12 Prealgebra • Math 25 Elementary Algebra • Math 30 Intermediate Algebra • Math 34 Statistics or Math 26 Geometry & Math 40 Precalculus

  7. Then… • New curriculum including Math 27, Algebra for Statistics, Math 28 support for statistics, Math 29, Elementary and Intermediate Algebra in one semester

  8. Now • Most students placed into Math 28 support & Math 34 statistics or Math 34 Statistics • Math 30 Intermediate Algebra still available but less sections • Support class for Math 40 Precalculus coming in 2019-20. Calculus support classes under development.

  9. Additional Math skills courses • While not recommended in Math sequencing currently, limited sections still remain: • Math 12 Prealgebra, Math 25 Elementary Algebra (credit) and new Math 20 Basic Math/Arithmetic (noncredit) • Math 29 Accelerated Elementary/Intermediate Algebra to be phased out

  10. English • Combined writing and reading courses • Began shortening the English sequence by eliminating lowest levels • Reenvisioned course below college composition • Also started with paired support class

  11. English sequencing -- before • Learning Skills 50, Multimodal Strategies for Reading and Spelling • English 60, Basic Reading and Writing Skills • English 70, Fundamentals of English: Reading, Writing & Thinking • English 90, Integrated Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking • English 100, College Composition

  12. Now • New curriculum developed: • English 95, Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking is new curriculum • English 100 Support class developed to go with College Composition • English 85 Introduction to College Reading • Current Sequence: • English 95 Reading, Writing and Critical Thinking • English 100 or English 100 and 100 support

  13. Additional English skills classes • While not recommended in English sequencing currently, limited sections still remain: • English 83 Sentence Skills for College Writing • English 85 Introduction to College Reading

  14. Challenges • Timely data – hopefully about to change by summer 2019 • Finding tutors – especially statistics • Learning Skills (Educational Assistance classes) weren’t meeting student needs. Currently new curriculum is being developed by DSPS

  15. Thank you Ginny Richards Manager of Disability Support Services vrichards@losmedanos.edu 925 473-7470

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