Eastern Maine Community College Achieving the Dream Kickoff August 25, 2011

1. Eastern Maine Community College Achieving the Dream KickoffAugust 25, 2011 Using Evidence to Improve Student Success David BuchdahlPh.D, ATD Data Coach

2. ATD’s model for increasing student success is based on four key principles: Committed leadership Use of evidence to improve student success Broad engagement Systematic institutional improvement Equity A national initiative to increase student success

3. With ATD, your college builds a culture of evidence and inquiry using three kinds of data: • Data that provide a comprehensive picture of student success -- “Indicator data” • Qualitative data and other kinds of evidence that help explain levels and performance gaps in the indicator data -- “Why data” • Data that measure the results of improvement strategies that have been implemented to improve student success -- “Performance measure data”

4. Building a culture of evidence and inquiry:

5. IndicatorData What does indicator data reveal about student success and performance gaps? • Indicator data also reveals gaps in success among various groups: • Completion of developmental courses • Completion of “gateway” courses (e.g. English Comp, College-level math) • Complete courses with a grade C or better • Persistence from first semester to second and first to second year • Attain a degree or credential ATD’s 5 indicators of success:

6. Why do we have current levels of student success, and why do gaps exist? • Student focus groups • CCSSE, Noel-Levitz survey data • Faculty and administrative perspectives • Classroom research • Literature search • Other? “Why” Data

7. Evaluating improvement strategies A simple evaluation matrix*: Performance Measure Data *from Trying Hard is Not Good Enough, Mark Friedman (available from Amazon as a Kindle book)

8. Evaluating improvement strategies A simple evaluation matrix: Performance Measure Data

9. Evaluating improvement strategies A simple evaluation matrix: Performance Measure Data

10. Evaluating improvement strategies A simple evaluation matrix: Performance Measure Data

11. Evaluating improvement strategies A simple evaluation matrix: Performance Measure Data

12. From building a culture of evidence and inquiry to practice

13. Indicator data create a need for “courageous conversations” • Are we content with the rates of student success and the gaps that we see? • In what ways are we (faculty and staff) responsible for these rates and gaps? • If we don’t change our behavior, can we expect different results? • Will we hold ourselves accountable for achieving different results? • And what are some specific features of indicator data that will require courageous conversations at EMCC?

14. Practicing a culture of evidence and inquiry Data-driven, courageous conversations

15. Practicing a culture of evidence and inquiry

16. Practicing a culture of evidence and inquiry

18. Eastern Maine Community College Achieving the Dream KickoffAugust 25, 2011 Using Evidence to Improve Student Success David BuchdahlPh.D, ATD Data Coach