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Transition Referral and Resource Center

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Transition Referral and Resource Center

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  1. Transition Referral and Resource Center

  2. Transition Referral and Resource Center The Transition Referral and Resource Center’s mission is to educate ABE/ESL students in navigating the community college environment through referral to appropriate services and providing resources to make informed decisions toward one’s academic goals. • The Center refer students to specific programs such as • I-BEST (Information Sessions) • ABE/GED class information • ESL Level 5 class (Transition class) • AA/AS degree • Short-term certificates • Professional Technical Degrees • Puget Sound Welcome Back Center • The Center connects students to departments on campus that provide funding such as • Work First- Women’s Programs • Worker Retraining • Opportunity Grant • B-FET (Food stamps) • Financial Aid

  3. Transition Referral and Resource Center • The Center directs students to appropriate students services departments such as • Counseling • Employment Center • Admissions • Tutoring Center • Testing Center • Educational Planning and Advising Center • Other departments • The Center collaborates to provide on-going student workshops such • Financial Aid • The language of college • The U.S. educational system

  4. Transition Referral and Resource Center • The TRRC programs have resulted in substantially increased rates of college-level course taking above pre-intervention rates (2007 to present).  In 2008-2009, there was a sharp increase of ESL 4 and 5 students taking college-level courses due to the strong push and student interest of I-BEST (Integrated Basic Education Skills Training) classes. • Although I-BEST is one way of getting students into college level classes and attaining their academic goals, advisors found that students’ academic focus is long-term, too. • Since 2009 to the present, the advising of students in transitioning to college level courses is focused more on the long-term academic goals of the student.  More importantly, the effort of the institution, as a whole, is focused on rethinking and restructuring precollege education, classes where Level 4 and 5 students transition into. • Due to this, innovative practices by faculty and staff in transitioning students from Level 4 and 5 to college level classes(from 2008 to present) include: • Transition and Jump Start classes for ESL Level 5 students • increase of TRRC visits into the classrooms and evening class visits • College Knowledge classes and hybrid classes • Therefore, the increase of students taking college-level classes (as noted from 2009 and on) show a more gradual increase as they work towards their long-term academic goal.

  5. Transition Referral and Resource Center http://flightline.highline.edu/transitioncenter/ Table 1. Cumulative quarterly ESL-to-credit cohort transition rates to college-level credit (CLVL) across 8 quarters of enrollment compared to a historical 2004-2005 cohort of ESL 4 and 5 students. Students may have taken college-level courses during more than one quarter. Quarters may not reflect continuous enrollment. *First year of Transition Resource and Referral Center/ **Preliminary Data through Fall 2010

  6. Transition Referral and Resource Center Figure 1: Comparison of rates of transition to college-level among ESL level 4 and 5 students. Rates of the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 are compared with a baseline 2004-2005 cohort prior to any intervention. Progress of the 2009-2010 cohort will be provided in the July data upload .

  7. Transition Referral and Resource Center Table 2: ESL-to-credit cumulative cohort transition rates within 8 quarters as of Fall 2009. Students are only counted once.

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  9. Transition Referral and Resource Center Table 3. Rates of earning 15 credits or more at college level in 8 quarters of enrollment. Quarters may not reflect continuous enrollment.

  10. Transition Referral and Resource Center Moving Forward • Internship Opportunities • Increased collaboration with Learning communities • Student Speak Opportunities • More targeted IBEST enrollment • And more…

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