Coastal Bend College Project OASIS HIS STEM and Articulation Program

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Coastal Bend CollegeProject OASISHSI STEM and
Articulation Program Six Month Progress
Report
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Project OASIS Goals

• Goal 1 Increase the number of Hispanics and
  other low income students obtaining degrees in
  STEM fields.
• Goal 2 Develop model transfer articulation
  agreements in science and other STEM fields.

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Goal 1 Project Objective
1Redesign course structure and delivery to
optimize student success rates in STEM gatekeeper
courses
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Objective 1 Performance Measures

• Learning Space Renovations
• Course Redesign
• Every-Other-Weekend -College (EOWC)

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Learning Space Renovations(First Six Months
Progress Report)

• Visited Our Lady of the Lake and Lone Star
  College to begin benchmarking for CBC
  renovations.
• Met with VWR International drafted renovation
  plans for C-129 and C-122 in Beeville.
• Year one renovations in Beeville scheduled to
  begin May 2012 and be completed by August 2012.

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Course Redesign(First Six Months Progress
Report)

• Faculty Designers have been selected.
• Course Design contracts for year one have been
  drafted and approved.
• Faculty Designers have received training in
  developing student learning outcomes and using
  blended course designs.

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Every-Other-Weekend-College(First Six Months
Progress Report)

• Danny Garcia hired as EOWC Coordinator.
• E.O.W.C. Website created.
• Visited with Our Lady of the Lake University to
  explore articulation agreements.
• E.O.W.C. will begin the Fall of 2012 in Beeville
  and Alice.

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Goal 1 Project Objective 2Develop
support services for science and STEM field
students to increase course retention, college
persistence, and graduation
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Objective 2 Performance Measures

• Provide support services to science students
• Hire Science Learning Skill Specialists
• Hire Science Case Managers

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Objective 2 Progress Report

• Tammy White is the Science Learning Skills
  Specialist in Beeville. An additional SLSS will
  be hired in the summer of 2012.
• Amy Gonzales was hired as the Beeville Science
  Case Manager. Two additional SCM will be hired
  in the summer of 2012.

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Goal 1 Project Objective 3Increase CBC
faculty/professional developmental
opportunities.
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Objective 3 Performance Measures

• Provide course redesign and instructional
  technology training to full-time science faculty.
• OASIS personnel will attend a NACADA Institute.
• NACADA training in retention and advising will
  be provided to science faculty and advisors.

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Objective 3 Progress Report

• Faculty have received training in student
  learning outcomes and blended course design.
• Additional training is scheduled for Spring and
  Summer 2012.
• Four OASIS personnel will attend NACADA training
  in July 2012 and will subsequently provide
  faculty staff workshops.

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Goal 2 Project Objective 1Expand
degree transfer articulation agreements in
science and other STEM fields.
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Objective 1 Performance Measures

• Increase the number of university articulation
  agreements by five.
• Obtain commitments from three universities to
  provide faculty/staff participation in OASIS
  Project Activities.

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Objective 1 Progress Report

• Preliminary articulation discussions have taken
  place with TAMU-SA and OLLU.
• TAMU-SA faculty have tentatively agreed to assist
  with designing modules for biology majors
  courses.

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