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Building A Common Foundation

Laura Moore Mueller Math Faculty Green River Community College. Building A Common Foundation. Accomplishments. Transcript placement for Math and English Increased communication between high school teachers and college faculty. Challenges and Lessons Learned. Commitment to Change Time

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Building A Common Foundation

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  1. Laura Moore Mueller Math Faculty Green River Community College Building A Common Foundation

  2. Accomplishments • Transcript placement for Math and English • Increased communication between high school teachers and college faculty

  3. Challenges and Lessons Learned Commitment to Change • Time • Meeting as a large group • Site visits • Open lines of communication • Sharing expectations • Support of administration • Money and food!

  4. Challenges and Lessons Learned CulturalDifferences • High schools • Principals Teachers/Counselors • College • Faculty Administrators/Advisors

  5. GRCC Math & English Placement COMPASS Entrance Exams (math only) High School Transcripts

  6. Challenges and Lessons Learned Math • Data show success • Need to re-visit developmental math content • Changing requirements • Changing course names • Other college courses using math placement

  7. SAMPLE Math Transcript Table

  8. Challenges and Lessons Learned English • Leads must be respected by colleagues • Local high school involvement from the beginning • Access to course outlines • Includes high school overallgpa • Reading and English classes are separate • Requires COMPASS for data collection

  9. In order to place by transcript: • Students must also take the COMPASS Reading and Writing tests. • Students must have earned a C or higher in their last English class. • Students must have a cumulative high school GPA of 2.5 or higher. • Running Start students must meet GRCC’s minimum requirements for the program: A COMPASS reading score of 86; • and a COMPASS writing score of 80 or a Math Placement score of Math &141 or higher. Also, for &English 101 or higher placement using transcripts, a COMPASS reading score of 76 or higher is required. SAMPLE English Transcript Table

  10. Challenges and Lessons Learned Teachers • Value through acceptance of grades, work • Personalizing relationships • Awareness of changes in college

  11. Challenges and Lessons Learned Teachers cont. • “There has been a history of ‘us’ and ‘them’ when it comes to the communication between the high school and community college, and this process demystifies some of the roles we both play when helping students find their proper placement.”

  12. Challenges and Lessons Learned Students • Grades are important • Realistic expectations of college work • High school work is valued • “…wonderful to see how the placement process works. This is valuable information to share with students.”

  13. Challenges and Lessons Learned Technology • Campus online registration adaptation • Involvement of advisors, administrators, IT,institutional researchers, faculty, Testing Center • College website for students

  14. Challenges and Lessons Learned On campus registration • Training required

  15. Questions? English Contacts • Marcie Sims • (Msims@greenriver.edu) • Amanda Schaefer • (Aschaefer@greenriver.edu) • Facilitated by College Sparks Mathematics Contact • Laura Moore-Mueller • (Lmooremueller@greenriver.edu)

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