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Change at the Community College. St. Clair County Community College Port Huron, Michigan. Community College Issues:. Accountability questions Data Driven Agenda Facilitating Change Keeping the Focus on Students. How do you connect: .
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Change at the Community College St. Clair County Community College Port Huron, Michigan
Community College Issues: • Accountability questions • Data Driven Agenda • Facilitating Change • Keeping the Focus on Students
How do you connect: • Response to outside “drivers” (federal, state, community); • Internal “drivers” (staff, students, faculty); • Institutional change and its challenges; • Accountability issues; • Our role in retention and student success;
St. Clair County Community College • Achieving the Dream • Focus on Developmental Education • Keeping the students in the forefront • Utilizing data without using a hammer • A Collegial Approach
Achieving the Dream • National Organization of Community College Memberships with a focus on increasing student success, especially students of color and low-income students • Joining provided us with a process for defining and reporting data related to student success and supports the implementation of activities aimed at narrowing the learning gaps of our students
SC4 and Achieving the Dream • Submitted application: March, 2010 • Attended National Kickoff Event: June, 2010 • Planning year: 2010/2011 • Implementation proposal submitted: May, 2011 • Implementation of Interventions began: Fall 2011
We began: • Courageous Conversations • Working with Faculty • Learning to work with data • Making ADT a CAMPUS project • An honest review of what we do and why we do it
FALL SEMESTER CAMPUS UPDATE • Achieving the Dream • Applied to become a Leader College • Additional Focus for 2012/13: Equity • Coaches visiting twice a year to monitor and provide support • Interventions Continue • New student orientation • Developmental reading/English support for students • Math Center • Math Study Skills course • Mentoring program St. Clair County Community College September 14, 2012
Roles • What roles could change? • What affect does this have on staff? • What did we do about it?
Getting People on Board • Why would we want to change? • Financial situation • Reorganization • Expansion • New opportunities • New challenges • Better service to students? • We are being forced to do it.
What are the advantages for change? • For students • For the college • For the staff • How can you cut through the red tape?
FALL SEMESTER CAMPUS UPDATE Progress is a nice word. But change is its motivator. And change has its enemies. ~Robert Kennedy St. Clair County Community College September 9, 2011
“Better is Possible…” • “…It does not take genius. • It takes diligence. • It takes moral clarity. • It takes ingenuity. • And above all, it takes a willingness to try.” • AtulGawande, Better: A Surgeon’s Note on Performance
You go first! Change is good…
A Simple Motto: • “Do the right thing for the right reason and when in doubt, lean toward the student”
Putting Students First: • Create a culture of responsibility, high standards, and clear expectations; • Provide a deep and broad array of student support services; • When in doubt lean in the direction of the student; • Recognize that students are much more than customers, but recognize that they are also customers; • Create a student processes taskforce.