Achieving the Dream Issues Workshop

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Achieving the Dream Issues Workshop

• January 11, 2008

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Agenda

• Welcome and Discussion of Session Objectives (S.
  Harvey) 830 845 am
• Report from Data Team (J. Morgan Dees and S.
  Crynes) 845 905 am
• Update on Existing Student Success Initiatives
  (S. VanSchuyver) 905 925 am
• Break-out Groups
• Explanation of Process 925 930 am
• Developmental 930 1000 am
• Course Completion 1000 1030 am
• Persistence/Retention 1030 1100 am
• Agreement on Issues 1100 1115 am
• Next Steps 1115 1130 am
• Lunch 1130 am

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Session Objectives

• Review demographic information from the Data
  team.
• Learn about progress and challenges of current
  student success projects.
• Determine 5 10 high priority developmental
  education, course completion and
  persistence/retention issues.

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Where We Are In the Process





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Issue Selection Criteria

• The data that have been provided makes a
  compelling case for choosing this particular
  issue over another.
• The problem or issue falls within the
  responsibilities of the college and that staff
  and faculty can develop concrete initiatives to
  address it.
• 3. Initiatives to address the problem or
  issue would most likely be scalable. This means
  that a small pilot project could be inexpensively
  or easily replicated with a relatively large
  number of students.

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Breakout Process

• Divide into 5 groups see sheets for your
  assignment and tents for your table.
• Appoint a recorder and a presenter.
• Discuss the list of developmental education
  issues on your worksheet. (You may want to
  reference which ones you individually selected
  from your homework). As a group, select the two
  most important issues by marking the boxes on the
  worksheet. At the bottom of the page write down
  why you selected each issue. When you are
  completed the presenter from each table will be
  called upon to give their selections and a brief
  summary of the groups rationales.
• 4. 5. Repeat the process for the lists of
  course completion and retention/persistence
  issues.
• 6. As a combined group we will then come to
  agreement on 5 10 issues with at least one
  developmental education, one course completion
  and one retention/persistence issue.

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Next Steps

• Three strategy teams will research and propose
  solutions
• Tamara Carter and Carlotta Hill will be co-chairs
  of the developmental education strategy team.
• Susan VanSchuyver and Anita Williams will be
  co-chairs of the course completion strategy team
• Marion Paden and Felix Aquino will be co-chairs
  of the persistence/retention strategy team.
• Other members have not been named yet. Please let
  us know if you have a particular preference.
• Next meeting January 23.