10/9/12 Make It Personal: College Completion & PEER UP! Faculty Seminar Tuesday, October 9, 2012 Presenters Dana Peebles, Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (G-CAPP) Sean Brumfield, Georgia Perimeter College Bianca Bennett, Student, Georgia Perimeter College Natalie Stickney, Georgia Perimeter College Tamra Ortgies-Young, Georgia Perimeter College Unplanned Pregnancy: Curricular & Co-Curricular Strategies Make It Personal: College Completion (National Campaign and AACC) PEER UP: Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (G-CAPP) MIPCC & G-CAPP Projects @ GPC MIPCC was a national demonstration project sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen & Unplanned Pregnancy G-CAPP currently sponsors a project at GPC designed to improve overall student retention and persistence through the integration of unplanned pregnancy prevention materials into the college classroom Unplanned Pregnancy Is High among Young Adults Sixty-one percent (61%) of women who have an unplanned pregnancy while enrolled in community college drop out and do not return to school. 1.3 million unplanned pregnancies to unmarried women in their 20s. 7 in 10 pregnancies to unmarried women ages 18 29 are unplanned. 72% of unplanned pregnancies to unmarried women in their 20s are to women who have been pregnant before. Unplanned pregnancy is on the rise, and is growing most steeply among those ages 20-24. 1
More than 90% of young adults say they don t want to get pregnant right now but 1 in 5 say it is likely they will have sex in the next 3 months without using birth control. 4 in 10 believe It doesn t matter whether you use contraception or not; when it is your time to get pregnant it will happen. 1/3 of unmarried women believe there is a great birth control option for me; I just don t know what it is. Defining the Work MIPCC Project MIPCC Colleges Chattahoochee Technical College, GA Georgia Perimeter College, GA Mesa Community College, AZ Montgomery College, MD Palo Alto College, TX Curriculum-based strategy: service learning Replicable curricular content and materials developed for use by other community colleges Pre/post-course surveys to track knowledge, attitudes, behavioral intent, retention MIPCC Course Objectives Understand how unplanned pregnancy can affect college completion Understand the importance of healthy relationships Know what campus and community resources are available to pregnant and parenting college students and their partners Be familiar with a variety of birth control options and where to get them in the community (e.g., www.bedsider.org) Be exposed to various online information sources (e.g., www.studentsexlife.org) Replication Tips Templates available online at www.aacc.nche.edu/mipcc Use popular culture to get students excited about the topic in their course work Encourage students to present in a variety of formats (posters, videos, music, blogs, skits) Don t reinvent the wheel use National Campaign websites for videos, contraception information, and links to local resources Plan a college-wide event for information dissemination, including student stories What Did Students Learn from MIPCC? Better understanding of academic course objectives because of service learning use Familiarity with a wide variety of contraceptives Knowledge about where to go for help should they become pregnant or get someone pregnant Familiarity with resources to which they could direct others Determination to make informed decisions about pregnancy Co-Curricular Integration Student leadership programming Students hosted four discussion panels connected to a viewing of an episode from 16 and Pregnant and video clips from Bedsider.org Students hosted three more intimate conversations with smaller groups of their peers 2
Defining the Work: G-CAPP Project Improve college retention and persistence by reducing unplanned pregnancies among community college students. Integration of unplanned pregnancy information into college curriculum via online lessons. Dissemination of information via co-curricular means (i.e., PEER-UP). Materials can be used by themselves or as integrated into one of the EDGE strategies (i.e., collaborative learning, PBL, service learning, community-based research). MIPCC Course Templates Tamra Ortgies-Young Georgia Perimeter College Georgia Perimeter College s MIPCC Project Intro to Public Administration Intro to American Government English Composition History of Women Personal and Community Health GPC Intro to Public Administration Objective #1: Learn how to apply core course concepts including leadership, communication, and budgeting on a personal level to challenges in young adulthood that revolve around pregnancy planning, prevention, and healthy relationships Objective #2: Learn about the impact of unplanned pregnancy on educational outcomes Course objectives met via textbook readings, lectures, Internet research, group projects, and journaling assignments designed to require students to investigate the Bedsider.org and StudentSexLife.org websites GPC Intro to Public Administration Objective #3: Learn how to research a public policy issue using reputable sources to discover the various approaches to the social problem of teen and unplanned pregnancy from both governmental and nonprofit programs Objective #4: Learn core competencies in group work and media skills with an overlay of pregnancy prevention as the content Course objectives met via textbook readings, lectures, Internet research, group projects, and journaling assignments designed to require students to investigate the Bedsider.org and TheNationalCampaign.org websites Service Learning Component Students worked in groups to create short videos designed to spread the message about the consequences of unplanned pregnancy Public dissemination of the work: Videos are hosted on GPC s YouTube channel One class video was selected to be posted on the National Campaign s website Reflection exercises included a weekly journal to connect course content to the project and a final group class reflection 3
What Did Students Learn? An introduction to public policy (one of five key course content areas) Group and media skills that can be applied to future courses and the workplace Specific information regarding pregnancy planning, prevention, and healthy relationships Online resources sponsored by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy www.bedsider.org www.studentsexlife.org MIPCC Course Template Examples Natalie Stickney Assistant Professor of Physical Education Georgia Perimeter College PHED 2022 Course Objective #1:Summarize the psychological, sociological, and biological aspects of human sexuality and the reproduction process. Objective #2: Identify marriage and the family patterns in our culture, specifically including unwed motherhood, blended families, one-parent families, and families with children. Discuss the relationship between healthy relationships and healthy living. Both objectives met via textbook readings, lectures, videos, movies, and service learning activities. PHED 2022 Objective #3: Identify the factors, which influence the spread of communicable diseases, including sexually transmitted diseases. Objective #4: Differentiate between various methods of contraception in terms of their advantages, disadvantages, and effectiveness. Objective #5: Develop and implement a personal plan of action to promote favorable health behaviors. Resources www.thenationalcampaign.org www.bedsider.org www.studentsexlife.org www.stayteen.org The Fog Zone quiz Service Learning Component Students worked in groups to create public service posters for annual Health Appraisal Fair College-wide student event to share information on various health topics, including pregnancy planning, prevention, and healthy relationships Partnered with GPC Nursing department Community partners shared information on planned and unplanned pregnancy Reflection exercises included in each course and the college-wide event What Did Students Learn? Sexuality as a component of a healthy lifestyle Specific events relating to teenagers and young adults regarding pregnancy planning, prevention, and healthy relationships Resources in their communities Where to go and where to refer others Online resources sponsored by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy www.bedsider.org www.studentsexlife.org 4
Co-Curricular Interventions: G-CAPP s PEER UP Program Dana Peebles, MPH Project Director Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (G-CAPP) PEER UP at GPC Peer Education and Encouragement to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy Program Funded by the United Way of Greater Atlanta and the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation Goal: to decrease pregnancy rates among 18 21 year old students at GPC The PEER UP Project PEER UP Program Objectives GPC Students Enrolled In TPP Courses and Attending PEER UP Events GPC-Professors FYE Professors General Courses Train 10 college students as peer educators Increase access to clinical services among 18-21 year olds at GPC-Clarkston PEER UP Peer Educators GPC-Clarkston G-CAPP Local Health Centers Student Health Center Clinics 20 mi campus Increase the skills of peer educators and students to effectively advocate for policies supportive of sexual and reproductive health care of young adults Increase knowledge and skills of 960 18-24 year old students through implementation of online courses at GPC-Clarkston GPC & G-CAPP Collaboration Professor Involvement Online Teen Pregnancy Prevention Courses (3) Integration of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Strategies into General Coursework Support of PEER UP events when possible G-CAPP Provides Training and Technical Assistance for Online Courses and TPP Integration Data Results Features of Online Lessons Short web-based lessons that can be incorporated in a variety of courses: first-year experience, orientation, health, human sexuality, sociology, among others Web-based resources so the lessons stand alone and integrate with a variety of texts Variety of content: videos, websites, and interactive selfchecks and learning activities A student can complete each lesson in 30 40 minutes Webinar, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unintended Pregnancy and AACC, 8/2012 5
Online Lessons Lesson One: Why Should You Care About Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy Lesson Two: How Much Do You Know About Sex and Birth Control? Lesson Three: Make a Plan and Take Action **Join GPC Faculty in adding to our Program evaluation data by contacting Dana Peebles to receive special GPC online links to these courses!** Resources Videos of students and faculty Student success curriculum Quarterly Community Colleges Update StudentSexLife.org Bedsider.org Online lessons contact Dana Peebles for GPC-specific links that include evaluation www.thenationalcampaign.org/colleges www.gcapp.org/resources StudentSexLife.org Bedsider.org Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy and Completing College: Online Lessons Lesson 1: Why should you care about preventing unplanned pregnancy? Lesson 2: How much do you know about sex and birth control? Lesson 3: Make a plan and take action Available free at www.thenationalcampaign.org/onlinelessons/ facultypage.aspx 6
Questions? Contact Us Sean Brumfield sean.brumfield@gpc.edu Tamra Ortgies-Young tamra.ortgies-young@gpc.edu Natalie L. Stickney natalie.stickney@gpc.edu Dana Peebles dana@gcapp.org 404.475.6047 Resources and data www.thenc.org / www.studentsexlife.org www.bedsider.org Course templates and information www.aacc.nche.edu/mipcc Online course participation **contact Dana Peebles 7