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Fast Track to Accelerate Student Success
1. What Fast Track is2. Strategies for Implementation a) Pre-Production b) Implementation c) Post-Production3. Benefits & Challenges4. Questions
This Presentation
Fast Track at GRCC
An intensive 3-week learning lab in which students remediate academic skills
Purpose - To give Dev. Ed. students an opportunity to accelerate skill building to retest and move directly into college-level courses.
Fast Track at GRCC
• Total of 42 hours• Monday – Thursday• 3.5 hours a day
• Web-based software• Large & small group activities• Accuplacer as pre- and post-test• Most sessions run in summer• Target population: new students
Pre-Production
Integrated Support: Coaching Model
• Testing and Identification• Recruitment• Intake with a student success coach• New student orientation• Complete financial aid process (if applicable)• Completion of student success plan with an academic advisor
Integrated Support: Coaching Model Cont.
• Constant contact and communications between students, coaches, and facilitators during Fast Track sessions
• Completion of pre-semester barriers checklist• Placement into gateway classes (reserved seats)• Support and academic monitoring throughout the semester (Early Alert
system and direct communication with faculty members)
• Budget• Assessment a) Institutional need (how big is the need?) b) Capacity (coaches, advisors, facilitators, facilities, technology, etc.)• Action Plan a) Curriculum development and delivery b) Collaboration (key stakeholders)
Pre-Production Considerations
Implementation
Stakeholders
• College Success Center (Coaches)
• Academic Support (Facilitators)
• Enrollment Center (Admissions, Testing and Placement)
• Counseling, Advising and Career Center
• Financial Aid
• English and Math Departments
Curriculum
• The Lab Concept: intensive 3-weeks for all disciplines• Tutor-guided with web-based, self-paced adaptive programs• Integrated study skills • Intentional choices for presentation techniques• Math – ALEKS • Reading – My Foundations Lab • English – Large & small group activities in a traditional workshop
setting.
Table 1. Selection CriteriaSubjects ACCUPLACER
Score RangesDevelopmental
ScoresTarget Group
ScoresGateway
Scores
Reading 0-120 0-70 55-70 71-120
Mathematics(Algebra)
0-120 0-75 55-75 76-120
English 0-8 0-4 4 5-8
• Know and have experience with Math and English Dept. curriculum
• Involve the department in the development process
• Include study skills and interactive classroom strategies
• Design programs with focused workshop-wide discussion, mini-quizzes, and campus tours
• Consider programs which allow flexibility for students’ lives
Curriculum Considerations
Operational Considerations• Provide training (tutors &
coaches)
• Recruit students
• Set intake meetings with coaches
• Provide new student orientation
• Advise (Student Success Plan)
• Monitor attendance during Fast Track sessions
• Communication (tutors & coaches)
• Set central location
• Provide snacks!
• Conduct general trouble shooting (transportation incentives, financial aid process, etc.)
Post-Production
Results
*This calculation is based on the number of students completing the program.
Table 2. 2012-2014 Fast Track ResultsSubject Students
RecruitedStudents
CompletingCompletion
RateSuccessful Students
Success Rate*
English 385 290 75.3% 208 71.7%Math 245 197 80.4% 140 71.1%Reading 207 164 79.2% 101 61.5%Total 837 651 77.7% 449 68.9%
Institutional • Reduced the incidence of Dev. Ed.• Accelerated student success• Increased student retention• Saved cost by way of retention• Increased graduation rate
Student• Saved money: $269,400• Saved time: 27,838 contact hours• Extended financial aid eligibility• Increased confidence and study
strategies • Reduced number of placements • Experience with college
culture/environment
Summary of Benefits
Table 3. Retention, Transfer, and Graduation ComparisonsTerms 2012 2013
Fast Track Dev. Ed. FastTrack Dev. Ed.Retention
Fall to Winter 83% 72% 84% 72%Fall to Fall – Year 1 51% 42% 69% 43%Fall to Fall – Year 2 27.5% 25% n/a n/a
TransferFall to Fall – Year 1 6.7% 5% 5.5% 5%Fall to Fall – Year 2 15.3% 10% n/a n/a
GraduationFall to Fall – Year 1 n/a n/a n/a n/aFall to Fall – Year 2 2.6% 1% n/a n/a
Gateway Course Success
* 2014 data is not available at this point.
Table 4. Gateway Course Success Rate of Successful Fast Track Students 2012-2013*
Dev. Ed. to Gateway CourseBypassed through Fast Track
Enrolled Successful Rate
MA 098 to MA 107 77 49 64%EN 097 to EN 100 89 62 70%EN 097 to EN 101 47 31 66%RD 098 to PS 110 16 11 69%RD 098 to COM 131 13 11 85% RD 098 to COM 135 7 7 100% Total/Average 249 171 69%
Post-Production Considerations
• Placement into Gateway or Dev. Ed. Courses (make sure to reserve seats)
• Completion of pre-semester barriers checklist
• Monitoring academic progress through Early Alert
• Communication Plan with Faculty members
• Coaching (provide support and tracking throughout the semester)
Institutional • Capacity • Engagement• Staffing• Facilities / space• Case management• Interdepartmental communication• Design to scale
Student• Understanding testing/placement
process• Low recruitment rate (20%)• Navigation and affective skills• Socioeconomic challenges• Credit load
Overall Considerations
Questions?Domingo [email protected]
Associate Director Title III
Colleen [email protected]
Mathematics Tutorial Lab Coordinator
Corinne [email protected]
Adjunct English Instructor