Dialogue on Success

WVCCA and WVADE Joint ConferenceThursday, Oct. 26, 2006

Laura Wilcox, Kanawha County/RESA III Coordinator, ABEMarie Bias-Jones, Lead ABE Instructor, WVS Adult Learning Center

Dr. Sue Forsbrey, Program Director, WVSCTCLou Griffith, Project Coordinator, WVSCTC

A DOL Grant-Funded Partnership

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Grant Program

• Goals– Outreach to targeted community

members and hospital employees– Increase local RN population

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Program Flowchart

CAMC Employee / External Participants Outreach /

Recruitment

External Participant Pools:ABE Facilities

CAMC Employee Spouse / ChildrenCareer Centers

Community-Based OrganizationsRegion 3 Training Providers Consortium

SPOKES

Phase 2

CAMC Health SystemNursing Bridge Program

Appendix C: Nursing Bridge Program Flowchart

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TABE

aboveReading 10Math and

Language 9

All scores above 12.9

belowReading 10Math and

Language 9

Continue on to program entrance and course

placement testing and offered distance

education

Alternate assistance ABE

StartApplicants from recruitment

for nursing program

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Post-Basic Skills AssessmentCourse placement Testing

(Accuplacer Sentence and Algebra)

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Admission Requirements Met?

Forty Students (Highest NET Scores) sign CAMC Loan Agreement and Admitted to

Program

West Virginia Community and

Technical College Nursing Pool

Additional skills needed?

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WVSCTC NursingEntrance Requirements

• GPA– HS 3.0

• MC addressed folks who had been out of High School for 5 or more years – serving as a replacement GPA

– College 2.75• Academic Forgiveness available within stipulations

• Placement– College level

• Math• English

• Nursing Entrance Test (NET)

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Middle CollegeProgram Requirements

TABE>12.9

• Directly eligible for– Placement testing– NET

10.0 reading and 9 math/language• Enter Middle College for

– Accelerated Bridging curriculum

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Middle College

Goals:• Successful college level course placement• Passing entrance exam (NET)

– Required to enter WVSCTC Nursing Program

• Skills refresher/development• Confidence booster• Cohort building for both

• individual support and• program success

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Middle College

• College preparatory– syllabus– attendance policy– grades based on college scale

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Curriculum

Ongoing Development:– Collaborative

• Team effort– Nursing faculty– Counselors– Hospital– Current DOE software– Nursing students

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Curriculum

Ongoing Development:

• flexible

• participant driven

• individualized approach– learning styles– special needs– small group and one-on-one instruction

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Curriculum Content

Nursing emphasis– Basic computer literacy instruction

• Computer literacy checklist• Internet search on nursing topics• PowerPoint presentation on health subject

– Language arts• Nursing subject matter used from disease control to trends

and issues in nursing

– Math• Presentation and review of basic math through algebra• Nursing subject matter/dose conversions

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Content Sample

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Activity

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Curriculum Resources

Middle College PLATO – distance education Test taking skills Math focus reviews specifically targeted for

AccuPlacer NET

Guest speakers – industry professionals/leaders Academic Support Services Counselors – individual student focus

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Challenges

• Diverse populations– Age/Life-stage– Ability

• Working/school scheduling responsibilities– Saturdays

• Time constraints– 12 wks

• Higher-level math

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Successes

• Retention

• Flexibility

• Cohort building– Study groups– Team support– Self esteem

• Scores

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Results – Nursing Entrance Test

• NET passing rate

< 35% historical passing rate(both Eng/Math, of those testing for the WVSCTC nursing

program)

-compared to-

87% of Middle College graduates passed NET on the first attempt following

completion

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Results – college level placement

• AccuPlacer

71% placement, Intro to Algebra or above

100% placement, English 101 or above

• Promising anecdotal results in general education courses

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Results – pathways program

• Entrance into Grant-Funded Nursing CAMC Pathways program– 35 of the 43 nursing students selected for

the 2007 Cohort benefited to some extent by these program resources

– 19 of these were graduates from the full Middle College program and would otherwise not have been able to enter the nursing program within the next two years

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Results – nursing students

• Fully paid education– Federal grant

• tuition

– Signed contracts with CAMC - 3 year forgivable loan

• fees, books, equipment, titers, and other direct costs

• Employment as an RN at the current market wage

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Additional value

Data for – program evaluation– test comparison studies

• WorkKeys• TABE• AccuPlacer• NET

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Additional value

Serendipitous results:• Exposure to additional education opportunities• Awareness of other health vocation opportunities• Students’ realistic expectations of appropriate

career choices• Replicable results for

– other programs within the College– other colleges’ nursing programs

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Next Steps

• Begin the WVSCTC Nursing Program in January

• Ongoing support throughout the program

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Questions?

Laura Wilcox, RESA III, ABE

(304) 766-7655 lwilcox@access.k12.wv.us

Marie Bias-Jones, WVS Adult Learning Center

(304) 766-5135 biasjmh@wvstateu.edu

Dr. Sue Forsbrey, WVSCTC

(304) 766-3133 forsbrey@wvsctc.edu

Lou Griffith, WVSCTC

(304) 204-4017 lgriffi1@wvsctc.edu