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How to Implement an Early Alert & Intervention Program to Improve Student Success & Retention

How to Implement an Early Alert & Intervention Program to Improve Student Success & Retention. Edmund Tsang Paul Engelmann Interim Dean Assistant Dean College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Western Michigan University. Early Alert & Intervention.

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How to Implement an Early Alert & Intervention Program to Improve Student Success & Retention

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  1. How to Implement an Early Alert & Intervention Program to Improve Student Success & Retention Edmund Tsang Paul Engelmann Interim Dean Assistant Dean College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Western Michigan University

  2. Early Alert & Intervention • Two main suggestions on continuing the discussions and support to sustain Early Alert & Intervention

  3. Early Alert & Intervention • Identify your target student population

  4. Early Alert & Intervention • Target populations • First-time, first-year students • Returning sophomores • First-time transfer students

  5. Early Alert & Intervention • WMU is a “Moderately Selective” institution as defined by CSRDE *** Admitted to Exploratory Advising

  6. Early Alert & Intervention • Select the marker/trigger for intervention

  7. Early Alert & Intervention • Marker/Trigger for Intervention • Previous term GPA • Underperform in STEM courses in previous term

  8. Early Alert & Intervention • Identify the unit at your institution who can provide the data on marker/trigger

  9. Early Alert & Intervention • Office of Institutional Research

  10. Early Alert & Intervention • How would you build your Early Alert System to identify potential at-risk students?

  11. Early Alert & Intervention • Early Alert System • Cognos report, searchable by: • Student classification • STEM course grades • Early Work/Mid-Term grade if instructors report them

  12. Early Alert & Intervention • Implement an Intervention Program

  13. Early Alert & Intervention • Intervention Program • A meeting with either STEP PI/GA to • Diagnose academic difficulty

  14. Early Alert & Intervention • Customized recommendation for academic habit and strategy change • Time management • Use of Student Success Center • Study partner/study group • The Learning Cycle • Academic/career advising • Non-academic factors

  15. Early Alert & Intervention • Create the assessment/documentation system • Evaluate effect of intervention

  16. Early Alert & Intervention • Assessment/Documentation • Pre/post intervention course grades • Student comments • Checklist placed in student advising folder

  17. Next Steps • Identify your target population • Identify your proposed trigger • Contact Anetra Grice to post your progress anetra.grice@wmich.edu

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