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Explore the impact of innovative interventions on student GPA, retention, and probationary status to enhance success at Santa Monica College. Learn about past successes, present challenges, and future projections for the Student Success Project.
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Student Success Project P3: Past, Present, Projected Santa Monica College April 30, 2001 Brenda Johnson-Benson Judy Penchansky Erica LeBlanc Merril Simon Esau Tovar
Need for Project • To address the high probationary rates and low persistence rates of SMC students • Using an innovative orientation program and specialized instructional modules, the projectexamined the effect on first semester students’ GPA, Retention, Persistence and Probationary status
Interventions • Special Orientation • Presented by teams of counseling and instructional faculty • 7.5 hours (vs. control group of 2 hours) • Available for course credit
Interventions (con’t.) • Classes Offered: • Collaboratively taught English &math classes • Courses from other disciplines • Student Success Seminar (Human Development 20) • Out-of-Class Activities
Interventions(cont’d.) • Follow-up Services • Follow-up Orientation • Developmental Advising/ Counseling (academic, personal, & career)
Results Highlights: • Participants in the SSP Orientation are more likely to: • complete a greater number of units • attain a higher GPA • be retained • persist • have lower academic and lack of progress probation rates
Highlights/ Lowlights(cont’d) Lowlights: • The two factors most often mentioned by students as success inhibitors were: (1) job responsibilities and (2) commuting • Challenges working with individual faculty
SSP Grant Year 2 • Continue to track SSP students in study groups and compare their outcome with those who attend the general orientation or no orientation at all. • Provide more inservice training to student services faculty and increased use of intrusive advisement. • Provide professional development for faculty on teaching/learning approaches with special emphasis on collaborative learning. • Implement out-of-class activities that promote collaborative approaches and relate to in-class learning/assignments.
Next Steps…(new grant) • Develop program that uses successful SSP interventions with first-time probationary students: • Outreach • “Re-Orientation” • Solution-Focused Advisement • Collaboratively Taught Classes • Academic & Social Integration
Needed Resources • Personnel • Project Director (1 full-time) • Counselors (4 half-time) • Supportstaff: • Secretarial support • Counseling aides • Teaching assistants • Student workers
Funding Sources • FII Grant (plan to apply) • Matriculation • Title III • District • PFE