Margaret Annunziata, Director, Student Success Initiatives & Institutional Assessment Elaine Guntner, Institutional Researcher & Technical Writer Stacy Holliday, Associate Dean of Campus Innovations, Grants, & Student Success Initiatives Infusing Student Success into the Campus Culture: A Framework for Engagement Davidson County Community College

DAVIDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS SUPPORTING SUCCESS  Committed, connected, engaged & innovative leadership  Re-organization to support innovations/student success strategies  Genuine desire to learn, design, and implement proven and promising practices  Became an Achieving the Dream college with a focus on developing a culture of inquiry (2010)  Became a Completion by Design college; introduced to the loss/momentum framework & pathway design principles (2011)

DRIVERS OF STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVES DCCC’S “BIG 3”  The Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)  Achieving the Dream (AtD)  Completion by Design (CbD)

EXPLOSION OF STUDENT SUCCESS INITIATIVES ALPHABET SOUP & INITIATIVE OVERLOAD

MOVING TOWARD A STUDENT SUCCESS MODEL UTILIZING THE LOSS/MOMENTUM FRAMEWORK OF COMPLETION BY DESIGN

ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS LOSS & MOMENTUM POINTS

THE “PLACEMAT” INTEGRATING INITIATIVES & BUILDING ENGAGEMENT

PLANNING AHEAD IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE

INFORMING CAMPUS PRACTICES STARFISH EARLY ALERT “I’ve been Starfished!”  Students receiving flags before midterm were 8% more likely to complete their course successfully  Gateway math pass rates within first year increased by 4.3%  Gateway English pass rates within first year increased from 29.1% to 53.8%

PLACEMAT, 2 ND EDITION

SUPPORTING FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT SUMMER BRIDGE  Recruitment of seniors with GPA <2.6 and not likely to attend college in the fall  7 from Thomasville High School completed summer bridge and enrolled in fall at DCCC; increased turnout at recent information sessions  Expanding to Lexington High School and interest from Davidson and Davie County Schools

PLACEMAT, 3 RD EDITION

EVOLUTION OF INITIATIVES MENTORING Faculty Mentoring  20 faculty identified by multiple students as natural mentors  These faculty led roundtable discussion with their colleagues on the qualities of their own mentoring styles  Some AAS programs held “meet and greets” prior to start of semester SOAR (Students on Academic Recovery) Mentoring  Required for students on academic probation  20 faculty and staff volunteers  Provide mentoring to students in developing and completing an academic recovery plan

MEASURABLE OUTCOMES HAS IT ALL MATTERED?

SCALING EFFORTS TO ENGAGE CAMPUS COMMUNITY EVOLUTION OF STUDENT SUCCESS EFFORTS “Pockets” of targeted strategies implemented in isolation Pilot studies that reached certain populations with some cross-college effort A comprehensive, integrated model of Student Success

CHANGING THE INSTITUTIONAL CULTURE STUDENT SUCCESS AS DRIVER  On-Course principles  Focus on forming partnerships with students  Replaced the acronyms with “Student Success”  Campus All-Reads  Bridges Out of Poverty by Ruby Payne  Them by Nathan McCall  The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers  Closing the Attitude Gap by Baruti Kafele  Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario  My Freshman Year by Rebekah Nathan

PLACEMAT AS PLANNING TOOL KEEPING THE STUDENT AT THE CENTER

INCREASED ENGAGEMENT LESSONS LEARNED Communicate, Communicate, Communicate!  Sharing information  Standing Meetings  Board of Trustees  Encouraging feedback  Idea forums  Campus climate surveys  Engaging in open dialogue  Facilitated discussions (Interactive opportunities create engagement)  Demonstrating transparency  Put it on paper – the “placemat”  Provide updates with data

DAVIDSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE QUESTIONS? Please contact us at: Margaret Annunziata Elaine Guntner Stacy Holliday