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TRANSITION MODEL – MIRACOSTA COLLEGE. Ruth Gay and Sylvia Ramirez MiraCosta College [email protected] [email protected]. MCC Noncredit Program. 15% of total college FTES ABE, AHSDP, Short Term Vocational - generates 265 FTES / 54 sections every 9 weeks - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Ruth Gay and Sylvia Ramirez
MiraCosta College
TRANSITION MODEL – MIRACOSTA COLLEGE
MCC Noncredit Program
15% of total college FTES ABE, AHSDP, Short Term Vocational - generates
265 FTES / 54 sections every 9 weeks Noncredit ESL - Seven levels plus VESL, ESL
Lab, Citizenship, and ESL Digital StoryTelling - generates almost 500 FTES / offers 30 sections every 9 weeks
Other noncredit (e.g. classes for seniors, parenting, special education)
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Making Transitions Happen
Program Structure
Faculty leadership
Curriculum
Transition support
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ESL Program Issues in 1998
Large numbers of students at beginning levels
Students unsure how to move through program
Different promotion standards – even at the same level.
Advanced students never left the program
No coordination with credit program
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Some Solutions
We implemented 9-week terms and student learning outcomes for each level.
http://www.miracosta.edu/noncreditESL
Advanced level students exit the program when they meet level 7 SLOs. (100 – 150 ESL students exit per year)
Counselor meets with Level 7 students every 9
weeks to describe transition opportunities for ABE, AHS and postsecondary academic/vocational courses
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Committed Faculty
Push/Pull Phenomenon – hired full time credit and noncredit faculty members
Meet regularly to discuss curriculum and student
needs and goals
Piloted credit assessments with noncredit students
Credit faculty member regularly visits Level 7 classes
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Curriculum
MCC Faculty Agreement on Top 7 Skills Essential for Student Success
1)Writing• Writing Process• Portfolios
2) Reading• vocabulary strategies• Identifying main ideas • skimming and scanning
3) Critical Thinking• making inferences
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Curriculum (cont.)
MCC Faculty Agreement on Top 7 Skills Essential for Student Success
4) Study and learning skills• Graded homework and end of term grades• Encouraging self efficacy skills• Group work• Class participation
5) Grammar and usage
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Curriculum (cont.)
MCC Faculty Agreement on Top 7 Skills Essential for Student Success
6) Oral Communication skills• Individual and group presentations
7) Listening• Note taking (guided handouts)
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Curriculum
El Civics Education Unit - complete credit application and select courses
Collaboration among credit and noncredit faculty meet to align curriculum
Portfolio Assessments
See Portfolio Assessment at:
http://www.miracosta.edu/noncreditESL/slowritingassessments.htm
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Transition Support
Basic Skills Initiative - $$$ college priority to transition noncredit students to credit ID students who are interested and eligible to transition
to credit academic and vocational courses
Form cohorts of AM, afternoon and PM students
Transition Support
Provide presentations on financial aide, registration help, academic support services.
Select additional activities such as more class visits, college activities, additional workshops.
Each cohort has a credit and noncredit faculty member and a counselor.
Transition Support
Contact Information
For more information about our transition program, please contact us:• Ruth Gay
• [email protected]• 760-795-87
• Sylvia Ramirez• [email protected]• 760-795-8719
• NOTE: The powerpoint and handout is available at:http://www.miracosta.edu/home/sramirez/
ConferencesPapers.html
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