Renée DeLong Chomiak, Ed.D. Dean of Counseling Services Stephen P. Clifford, Ph.D. ifalcon Project Director/Chair, English Dept. Introduction: JoAnna Schilling, Ph.D. VP, Academic Affairs
Renée DeLong Chomiak, Ed.D. Dean of Counseling Services
Why AOC? New Students don t do optional Student Success Act soon to be implemented Students receive academic information & knowledge critical for student success Improve potential for: higher earnings job security career advancement Research shows students are successful in academics when AOC is completed We want our students to be successful!
Who is Included? First time, new to college students Three application questions determine AOC requirement Exempt groups include: improving job skills personal development currently enrolled at another college Matriculation Services Exemption and Exception Form is available upon student s request
How is AOC Enforced? Two Holds on MyCerritos account Assessment (ASM) Oi Orientation Counseling i (ORI) Holds are removed when ASM and ORI are completed All 3 Assessments (English, Reading, and Math) or ESL must be 3 ( g, g, ) completed to remove the ASM hold
Enrollment Timeline for SPRING 2014 The Early Success Program for early assessment, orientation and enrollment If you have a student ID # before September 1 st as a student new to college for fall 2013, and you are not enrolled in any fall classes, you can now complete #2 below (assessment and orientation), then go back and complete #1 (the Spring 2014 application), on or after September 1 st. 1. Sunday, September 1 st Tuesday, October 22 nd APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED FOR SPRING 2014. You must submit a Spring 2014 application and be a student new to college, to be eligible for the Early Success Program 2. Now Tuesday, October 22 nd Take READING, ENGLISH & MATH Assessment Tests or receive counselor clearance. Attend an in person new student orientation or complete an online orientation. If you have already taken assessment tests or received counselor clearances and/or completed an in person or online orientation you do not need to do these activities again 3. Tuesday, October 22 nd : Early Success Program Deadline 4. The Month of November YOU WILL RECEIVE A DATE AND TIME TO ENROLL FOR YOUR CLASSES ONLINE THROUGH MYCERRITOS. Look up your enrollment appointment. ENROLL FOR SPRING 2014 CLASSES 5. Monday, January 13 th, 2014 SPRING CLASSES BEGIN!!!
Assessment
Three Assessments
Orientation-Counseling
Online Orientation
Online Orientation Flow Chart Certificate Welcome Ed Options Videos AA Registration Develop Ed Plan Transfer CSU UC/Private
Online Orientation Inbox
Online Orientation Response 1234567
Online Orientation Template
Online Orientation Response Template
Online Orientation Report
Steps to Getting Started 1) Collaborate closely with: President Vice Presidents Front load info with all groups 2) Partner with various departments Admissions Assessment IT Financial Aid Outreach CalWORKs EOPS DSPS 3) Have consistent collaborative meetings 4) Best wishes! ih
Stephen P. Clifford, Ph.D. ifalcon Project Director/Chair, English Dept.
Students are Enrolled: Now What? Students struggle academically because they do not have the practices, behaviors, or skills that are needed for a successful college experience. Cerritos students and at risk characteristics: 75% first generation 60% are low income (receive some form of financial aid) 93% require some form of remediation in math, English, or both 42% are second language learners 100% freeway fliers
Goals: Goals and Objectives of a Success Initiative Raise awareness of the habits of mind across the entire student body (all 20,000+ students) Increase I the number of students t that t incorporate practices which lead to academic success. Objectives: Introduce students to practices, behaviors, and attitudes habits of mind that lead to success. Engage students in the academic community. Prompt students to succeed with specific and proven approaches. Assimilate students into a lifestyle centered around learning.
What Habits of Mind Equate with Success? Carol Nancarrow, Profile of a Quality Learner : Quality learners exhibit definable behaviors that optimize learning and predict successful performance. These behaviors can be classified and assessed. By recognizing these behaviors, learners and instructors can work towards ideal behaviors, and instructors can design instruction to foster grown in learning behaviors. What academic habits do you most want your students to practice? Academic habits are distinct from discipline specific habits and apply across the curriculum
F Focus F A Advance L Link Up C Comprehend O Organize N New Ideas Successful students focus on the work to be done. They are academically self-disciplined, spending appropriate amounts of time studying. They come to class on time and prepared. They complete all assignments and turn them in on time. They finish their programs. Successful students advance by always improving. They embrace life-long learning. They understand that subject expertise requires alongterm long-term commitment, and commit to ongoing development of thinking skills and learning skills. Successful students link up with the academic community. They get involved. They get to know their professors, study in groups, surrounding themselves with focused students and mentors. They use College resources and programs to help with their learning. Successful students study for comprehension. They seek to understand course content rather than simply complete requirements. They ask questions to gain understanding, reflect on what they are learning as well as if they are learning. Successful students are organized. They plan to succeed. They have an educational goal. They focus on their educational purposes, maintain a specific education plan, and choose classes with an intentional learning purpose in mind. Successful students embrace new ideas. They are curious, seeking out new perspectives and skills. They transfer concepts to new contexts in order to solve problems. They integrate concepts and knowledge to form a greater personal understanding.
Success is Student-Centered
Success is Student-Centered ifalcon Club Students engage peers in developing campaign materials and outreach promoting the campaign encouraging other students to FALCON (Do you FALCON?) recruiting other students for club activities, leadership roles, student government raising funds for annual student success scholarships becoming ambassadors for success
Success is Student-Centered Coaching Corps Students become responsible for their own success by nominating an academic coach parent, adult sibling, close family member close adult friend or member of the community attending fall training, i spring check in for coaches and students create and sign a coaching contract
Success is Faculty and Staff- Facilitated Faculty engage students by habitually referencing the ifalcon framework integrating g g ifalcon into courses and syllabi attending/leading professional development on student success modeling dl best practices and encourage colleagues Staff engage students by messaging campaign in contact with students developing a counter strategy embracing their role in student success
Success is an Administrative Priority agendize student success in division, i i area, college meetings institutionalize a success campaign in the identity and mission of the college share and engage in regualar discussions about ARCC/Student Success Scorecard collect, present, and celebrate institutional success data at the college, division, and disciplinary levels
Student Engagement as Institutional Priority Student Engagement becomes an institutional i i measure of success build annual student engagement survey around success campaign collect data through Research and Planning integrate student engagement with other institutional data into all institutional planning (budget and resources, program review, unit planning)
Student Engagement as Institutional Priority Student Engagement Survey 2012 and 2013 3.50 3.29 3.39 300 3.00 2.67 2.77 3.12 3.17 3.18 3.25 2.95 2.96 2.50 2.00 2.14 2.08 1.50 1.00 2012 2013 050 0.50 0.00
Steps to Getting Started 1) Collaborate closely with: Faculty Senate Student Government/Student Affairs President, VPs, Deans 2) Define Your Student Success Framework 3) Partner with institutional programs and departments Counseling Dev. Ed. Departments Research and Planning English FYE, Learning Communities Math Academic Programs Reading (EOPS, Puente, Scholars Honors) ESL 4) Engage all campus constituencies
Resources www.cerritos.edu www.cerritos.edu/counseling www.cerritos.edu/ifalcon www.cerritos.edu/coaching corps