Achieving the Dream - South Texas College



Part I-a: Using KPI Data to Understand and Monitor Student ProgressADVANCE WORK: TO BE COMPLETED BY COLLEGE BEFORE THE INSTITUTEInstructions: Complete and review the accompanying Excel workbook for reporting KPIs. Then discuss the following questions as a team and enter your team responses prior to the institute. Submit the completed Excel workbook, with this completed cover sheet, to Raquel Garza (rgarza@) by October 15, 2016. To be reviewed and augmented during College Team Session #1 at the InstituteGuiding QuestionsCollege Responses to Guiding Questions1. After examining our data, what one or two specific student outcomes concern the team the most?? Why?Average semester credit hours to Associate degree: It is concerning that many students earn excess credits that do not apply towards their chosen degree. Credits attempted: This is concerning because students are completing 70-75% of credits attempted.Note - We need to look at Fall to Fall persistence data or Spring to Fall; persistence from term 1 to term 2 does not illustrate the long-term persistence2. What patterns in our student outcomes suggest the need for greater clarity and structure in our program designs? Average semester credit hour to Associates degreeGateway Math and English Completion– critical courses and default schedules may help 3. Over the next five years, by how much could we increase our rates of student success on these indicators? By how much could we narrow gaps by race/ethnicity or income?A five percentage point increase in student success indicators (Aligned with STC’s Key Performance Indicators KPIs)Part I-b: Guided Pathways Essential Practices: Scale of Adoption Assessment ToolADVANCE WORK: TO BE COMPLETED BY COLLEGE BEFORE THE INSTITUTEInstructions: Complete and review as a team the accompanying Guided Pathways Essential Practices: Scale of Adoption Assessment Tool. Submit the completed assessment, with this cover sheet, to Raquel Garza (rgarza@) by October 15, 2016. To be reviewed and during College Team Session #1 at the InstituteGuiding QuestionsCollege Responses to Guiding Questions1. Based on findings from the Pathways Assessment Tool, what are the most important steps we as a college have made that will help us as we launch into our next phase of transformational change?? Tools to support students on the pathway – DegreeWorks, StarfishMany taskforces and teams working to make improvementsHolistic advising and faculty advisingCollaboration with high school partnersStackable credentialsDual to degree pathways with endorsements2. On which elements of pathways described in the assessment are we most advanced? On which elements of pathways, if any, are we at “ground zero” for reform?Most advanced: Same as aboveAreas in which we need to focus reform efforts:Guiding students onto a pathExploratory degrees Mandatory advising prior to registration for all students (including dual, not just FTIC)Redesigning the student learning outcomes assessment model 3. Consider the people, policies, and structures that make our institution unique: What are our greatest assets as we launch or advance our pathways work?Collaboration and partnership with high schoolsTalented and committed faculty, staff, and administratorsTechnology resources, including degree planning toolsWe are educating students about higher education processes (many students are the first in their families to go to college), building the college-going cultureSouth Texas College has a culture of innovationStudent population is 96% Hispanic – can be a model for other colleges throughout the countryOther institutions are seeking partnerships with us; students have opportunities with 4-year institutions such as Texas A&M, and more higher education institutions are offering classes in the ValleyInnovative ideas are supported; faculty and staff have the freedom and support to try new things to help studentsSouth Texas College is located the Texas-Mexico border region – two economies, many opportunities for employment, and rampant bi-culturalismPart I-c: Leadership for Change: Team Assessment of Challenges and Sense of UrgencyADVANCE WORK: TO BE COMPLETED BY COLLEGE BEFORE THE INSTITUTEInstructions: Discuss the following questions as a team and enter your team responses prior to the institute. Submit this completed sheet to Raquel Garza (rgarza@) by October 15, 2016. To be reviewed and during College Team Session #1 at the InstituteGuiding QuestionsCollege Responses to Guiding Questions1. What successes have we achieved that we can celebrate to help build momentum for sustained institutional change?Dual enrollment, collaboration with the high schoolsTechnology supports – Degreeworks, Starfish, RadiusInvolvement in other state and national initiatives (Achieving the Dream Leader College, Texas Completes, IPASS)Qualified faculty and staff, more are hired every year and can help with changes, large number of full-time facultyOverall growth of the institution and the communityPositive impact in the communityNational rankings, completion rankings, top in the nation2. On what issues, if any, do we as a college have a broadly shared sense of urgency around improving student outcomes?Student persistence and completion Student success in dual enrollment (matriculation of dual students)College readinessDeveloping an increasingly skilled and educated workforce, programs must evolve to meet the needs of employersSeamless transfer – ensure that courses align, backward mappingPromoting the development of “soft skills”3. In what areas do we need to focus on building urgency and buy-in over the next two years? Who are the most critical audiences/stakeholders?We need to development guided pathways – and review all pathways that students may takeWe need to build urgency with high school partnersHigh school graduates need to be college readyDefinition of college readiness is needed – TSI as the only measure? What does it really mean? We need to communicate to the high schools what is expected of college studentsNumber of students requiring remediation/developmental coursesEnsuring that students are taking the correct math courses for transfer, universities have different requirementsStudents need to be advised for transferEnsuring students take the right math course in high school as well, math pathwayCritical audiences:The external community – creating a focus on college completion, create a culture of college completionUniversity partners/stakeholders must be on board ................
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