The Institution as Learner: A Tale of Institution Transformation

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1 The Institution as Learner: A Tale of Institution Transformation Dr. Julie Phelps Project Director, Achieving the Dream & Professor, Mathematics Valencia Community College

2 Valencia Community College located in Orlando, FL now has four major campuses, two academic and administrative centers, and two more major campuses in the planning stages. East Campus Criminal Justice Institute Osceola Campus Winter Park Campus Sand Lake Center West Campus

3 The Institution as Learner

4 AtD Opportunity Identify challenges Include students historically underserved Choose fix strategies & bring to scale Study implementation results Apply lessons toward further improvement Continue the cycle

5 AtD Leverage External commitment Goals & time lines Progress reports Coaching guidance/encouragement Connection to community of learners Focus & discipline

6 Focus

7 What did we discover? Valencia s performance gaps: Between college-ready & underprepared Between math & other disciplines Across racial and ethnic groups

8 What approaches did we choose? Strategies that are effective, ripe, scalable: Supplemental Learning Learning in Community (LinC) Student Life Skills course All help build connection and direction.

9 Bring to Scale

10 Activity #1 If you agree that focus is a helpful discipline in this process, please jot down some steps you have taken at your own institution in order to focus your improvement efforts.

11 Engagement and Commitment

12 Institutional Shift to Broad Engagement THEN NOW Core College Work Achieving the Dream

13 Leadership Team Student Affairs Vice President Academic Affairs Assistant Vice President Tenured Faculty Member Our Philosophy: Ownership vs. Buy-in Our learning communities have the end users fingerprints all over them.

14 Coordinating Teams (Campus Based and Collegewide) Supplemental Learning Shelby Fiorentino, Boris Nguyen, Damien Hammock, Albert Groccia, Linda Hidek, Jennifer McCormick. Russell Takashima, Roberta Brown & 2 SL leaders Learning Communities Math and SLS and Interdisciplinary Courses Christy Cheney, Philip Bishop, Mary Allen, David Hosman, Terry Rafter- Carles, Mia Pierre, Sonya Joseph and all LinC faculty/staff Valencia AtD Coordinating Teams Coordinating Team/Leadership Team Julie Phelps Ann Puyana Joyce Romano Consultants AtD Consultant Team Philip Bishop, Mary Allen, Nick Bekas, Sonya Joseph, John Stover, Paul Flores, David Hosman, Michael Shugg, Christy Cheney, Cali Campanella, Shelby Fiorentino, Barbara Shell, Helen Clarke, Jeff Cornett, Roberta Brown, Jeff Cornett, Kurt Ewen, and Tracy Harrison West Campus Team Jared Graber, Mildred Francechi, Lisa Armour, Kim Long, Russell Takashima, Boris Nguyen, David Hosman, Claudia Genovese-Martinez, and Tyron Johnson Student Success Expansion Mary Allen and SLS teaching faculty Focus Group Faciliatators Roberta Brown, Kurt Ewen, Celine Kavelac-Miller, Philip Bishop, Nick Bekas, Allison Sloan, Maryke Lee, Helen Clarke, Barbara Shell, and others Community Focus Groups Susan Kelley and others SAS Implementation for AtD Bill White, Jim Ferrari, David Colon, Juan Olivera, Roberta Brown, Daryl Davis, Donna Koslowski, and Jeff Cornett Data Team Roberta Brown, Jeff Cornett, Kurt Ewen, Nick Bekas, Lisa Armour, Christy Cheney, Mary Allen, Daryl Davis, Maryke Lee, James May, Cheryl Robinson and Shelby Fiorentino East Campus Team Ruth Prather, Myrna Villanueva, Maryke Lee, Della Paul, Michelle Foster, Paul Flores, Jennifer McCormick, Terry Rafter-Carles, Amanda Saxman, and Linda Vance Winter Park Campus Team Ruth Prather, Michele McArdle, Chris Borglum, Cheryl Robinson, John Niss, Linda Hidek, and Damien Hammock Osceola Campus Team Silvia Zapico, Dale Husbands, Kevin Mulhulland, Melissa Pedone, Chris Klinger, Albert Groccia, Elizabeth Washington, Donna French, Shari Koopman, Teresa Nater, Lynn Paredes-Manfredi, Mia Pierre, David Rogers, Leila Sission, John Tobia, and Ron Von Behren College Learning Council (Core Team) Kaye Walter, Rose Watson, Joyce Romano, Silvia Zapico, Jared Graber, Maryke Lee, Cheryl Robinson, Aida Diaz, Suzette Dohany, Tami Rogers, Shelby Fiorentino, Brenda Martinez Britt, Bill White, Brian Macon, Melody Boeringer-Hartnup, Richard Gair, George Rousch, Ruth Prather, Julie Phelps, Kurt Ewen, Karen Borglum, and Kari Makepeace

15 Campus Based Engagement and Collegewide Reflection Communication Campus-based Leadership Team Meetings College-wide Sharing Session Website Development and Maintenance Regular Reports to Councils & Departments Planning

16 Activity #2 Write down a few ways that you institution has promoted broad engagement and commitment.

17 Meaningful Data and Systemic Improvement

18 Innovation Management System Climate of Innovation 1000 s of opportunties tried. Maintain a Research and Development Component. Level I 100 are selected for support as Phase I Innovations. Angel Capital Stage Prototype Level II 10 supported as Phase II Innovations. Venture Capital Stage Pilot Implementation (Limited Scale) Level II Innovations must be scalable and must show potential to bring systemic change and business-changing results. Level III 1 or 2 are brought up to scale and Institutionalized. Eye for Evidence : More rigorous at each level. Valencia s challenge is in moving from Level II to Level III. Standard of evidence increases at each level.

19 AtD Data Team Insights Composition of members Development of Data Review Model

20 From Data to Meaningful Information Identify Intended Outcomes New / Revised Assessment Activity Data Collection New Work Data Defining the Processing Message Information Sharing Identify needed Changes based on reflection Our Data Processing Model is part of an Institutional Effectiveness process

21 AtD Data Team Insights Composition of members Development of Data Review Model Various levels of analysis: Term-based strategy level Two Year Global Measures Strategy Research Proposals From Snapshots to Trends

22 LinC Findings Dev. Math Percentage of All enrolled students with a Grade of C or Better in Developmental Mathematics by Ethnicity Fall 2006 Spring Afr. Am. Caucasian Hispanic Afr. Am. Caucasian Hispanic

23 Spring 2006 Cohort Persistence Term SL and/or LinC Persistence (N) Persistence (%) Total Enrolled Spring 2006 to Fall No Yes Spring 2006 to Spring No Yes Spring 2006 to Fall No Yes Spring 2006 to Spring No Yes Spring 2006 to Fall No Yes Spring 2006 to Spring No Yes

24 AtD Data Team Insights Composition of members Development of Data Review Model Levels of analysis From Snapshots to Trends From Data Driven to Data Informed

25 Meaningful Improvement Statistically significant improvement in target quantitative measures. Significant improvement relative to a comparative group. Economic efficiency in relationship to difficulty of improving the success of students. Reflection on the human impact in terms of the goals of the initiative and the mission of the institution. A consideration of faculty /staff perception of benefit versus cost. A consideration of student perception of benefit.

26 AtD Data Team Insights Composition of members Development of Data Review Model Term-based strategy level and overall strategy evaluation From Snapshots to Trends From Data Driven to Data Informed From Culture of Evidence to Culture of Inquiry

27 Success Rate 100.0% Overall Success Rate (Grades of A, B or C) All Ethnicities Combined ENC % 80.0% POS % 60.0% 50.0% 60.3% 61.7% 65.1% 62.6% 59.7% 60.3% 64.6% 65.6% 67.9% MAC1105 MAT0012C 40.0% MAT0024C 30.0% 20.0% MAT1033C 10.0% Avg Success Rate 0.0% F08 Academic Year

28 Activity #3 What questions do you have for me?

29 Contact Information Dr. Julie Phelps, AtD Director/Math Professor AtD web site: National AtD web site: