Transition Referral and Resource Center

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Transition Referral and Resource Center

• The Transition Referral and Resource Centers
  mission is to educate ABE/ESL students in
  navigating the community college environment
  through referral to appropriate services and
  providing resources to make informed decisions
  toward ones academic goals.
• The Center refer students to specific programs
  such as
• I-BEST (Information Sessions)
• ABE/GED class information
• ESL Level 5 class (Transition class)
• AA/AS degree
• Short-term certificates
• Professional Technical Degrees
• Puget Sound Welcome Back Center
• The Center connects students to departments on
  campus that provide funding such as
• Work First- Womens Programs
• Worker Retraining
• Opportunity Grant
• B-FET (Food stamps)
• Financial Aid

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• The Center directs students to appropriate
  students services departments such as
• Counseling
• Employment Center
• Admissions
• Tutoring Center
• Testing Center
• Educational Planning and Advising Center
• Other departments
• The Center collaborates to provide on-going
  student workshops such
• Financial Aid
• The language of college
• The U.S. educational system

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• The TRRC programs have resulted in substantially
  increased rates of college-level course taking
  above pre-intervention rates (2007 to present). 
  In 2008-2009, there was a sharp increase of ESL 4
  and 5 students taking college-level courses due
  to the strong push and student interest of I-BEST
  (Integrated Basic Education Skills Training)
  classes.
• Although I-BEST is one way of getting students
  into college level classes and attaining their
  academic goals, advisors found that students
  academic focus is long-term, too.
• Since 2009 to the present, the advising of
  students in transitioning to college level
  courses is focused more on the long-term academic
  goals of the student.  More importantly, the
  effort of the institution, as a whole, is focused
  on rethinking and restructuring precollege
  education, classes where Level 4 and 5 students
  transition into.
• Due to this, innovative practices by faculty and
  staff in transitioning students from Level 4 and
  5 to college level classes(from 2008 to present)
  include
• Transition and Jump Start classes for ESL Level 5
  students
• increase of TRRC visits into the classrooms and
  evening class visits
• College Knowledge classes and hybrid classes
• Therefore, the increase of students taking
  college-level classes (as noted from 2009 and on)
  show a more gradual increase as they work towards
  their long-term academic goal.

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Qtr 1 Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Qtr 4 Qtr 5 Qtr 5 Qtr 6 Qtr 6 Qtr 7 Qtr 7 Qtr 8 Qtr 8
N CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL CLVL
2004-2005 162 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 3 6 4 7 4 8 5 9 6
2007-2008 287 7 2 10 4 19 7 30 11 34 12 35 12 36 13 37 13
2008-2009 305 22 7 40 13 55 18 68 22 79 26 85 28 87 29 88 29
2009-2010 252 12 5 28 11 41 16 41 16 42 17 47 19 na na na na
2010-2011 65 4 4 6 9 na na na na na na na na na na na na
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Table 1. Cumulative quarterly ESL-to-credit
cohort transition rates to college-level credit
(CLVL) across 8 quarters of enrollment compared
to a historical 2004-2005 cohort of ESL 4 and 5
students. Students may have taken college-level
courses during more than one quarter. Quarters
may not reflect continuous enrollment. First
year of Transition Resource and Referral Center/
Preliminary Data through Fall 2010
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Figure 1 Comparison of rates of transition to
college-level among ESL level 4 and 5 students.
Rates of the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 are compared
with a baseline 2004-2005 cohort prior to any
intervention. Progress of the 2009-2010 cohort
will be provided in the July data upload .
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Total Target Population (4/5) Transition of Target Population
2004-2005 162 6
2007-2008 287 13
2008-2009 305 29
2009-2010 (6 qtrs) 252 (19)
2010-2011 (2 qtrs) 65 (9)
Table 2 ESL-to-credit cumulative cohort
transition rates within 8 quarters as of Fall
2009. Students are only counted once.
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Total Target Population (4/5) earning 15 college level credits
2004-2005 162 1
2007-2008 287 4
2008-2009 305 6
2009-2010 (6 qtrs) 252 (5)
2010-2011 (2 qtrs) 65 (3)
Table 3. Rates of earning 15 credits or more at
college level in 8 quarters of enrollment.
Quarters may not reflect continuous enrollment.
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