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Student Success Project. P 3 : 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
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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