What is ALP? Writing Teachers’ Workshop 2016 Jennifer Garner Coordinator, ALP

History and Background Completion Agenda Only 44 percent of students placed into developmental reading completed the required sequence of courses within three years. The number drops to 22 percent when 3 or more levels are required. -CCRC “At minimum, acceleration involves reducing the length of English and Math sequences and eliminating the exit points where students are lost by not passing, or not enrolling in, courses in the pipeline.” – California Acceleration Project

Various models There are many models for achieving this: Mainstreaming Students into College-Level Courses Open-Access Integrated Reading and Writing Courses Pre-Statistics Courses that Bypass the Traditional Algebra Sequence Contextualized Instruction Embedded in Career- Technical Programs Mechanisms for Bypassing Levels Compression Models that Combine Levels of Existing Sequence -California Acceleration Project

Acceleration at HCC Started with a Question in the spring of 2010: Can some students who place into developmental writing but do not need developmental reading succeed in College Composition if they have additional time and support?

Placement Students who place into ENGL 121on Reading or Sentence Skills placement test AND who also score in the high developmental range on the other placement test  Reading placement scores above 79 with Writing placement scores of 73-89 OR  Reading placement scores between 65-79 or Writing placement scores of 90 or better. 

ALP vs. Traditional 121 ENGL 121 with Extra Time and Support small classes (18 capacity) 4 hours per week (traditional classes are 3 hours) lab assistant for 2 hours to provide extra support and individual attention Same requirements as ENGL 121 syllabus assignments grading standards

Benefits to students Bypass developmental class saves time saves money Eliminates exit points Eligible to take other ENGL 121 co- requisite courses Pay for 3 credits for 4 hours of instruction More time and support!

How we have grown 2010FA – a pilot with 2 sections 2012FA – expand to 8 sections 2013SP – add RALP 2015FA 15 sections 2016SP 6 sections Over 300 students served each year Over 1000 students have benefitted

Assessment Learning Outcomes Assessment 2013SP and 2013FA Review 117 final in-class essays Argumentative, documented essay Group Norming and Grading a blind sampling of essays from various sections rater rubric developed based on course objectives Jen

What did we measure? 14 ENGL-121 Course Objectives Organization skills Critical Thinking Skills Information Literacy Skills Jen

Are ALP students successful? Jen

How about retention? Jen

Shift in thinking: ALP as ENGL-121 (not developmental) Laura

Continued Success ALP students are completing degrees at a higher rate than the college average. (Fall 2012, 2013 cohorts) Through Fall 2015, ALP students continue to have success rates similar to traditional 121 students. Next assessment Spring 2017 with 121 course review

Teaching ALP Integrated Reading and Writing = latest pedagogy ALP uses Everything’s an Argument With Readings It’s a 121 course – same syllabus, same objectives… But, with more time and support

Integrated Reading and Writing http://thetexasnetwork.org/index.php/resource-spec/txcrla_brown_bag_webinar_integrated_reading_writing

What do I do with the extra time/person? Use all of the 50 minutes Have “lab” activities Be flexible Timely feedback/Touches Think of the cohort model

Ideas for lab Outlining Finding/printing sources Structured reading Writing Introductions/conclusions Building arguments Incorporating source information (in-text citations) Documenting sources (works cited) Peer Review Faculty/Student Conferences Address Non-Cognitive issues Grammar Workshops Do homework in class with support

Resources California Acceleration Project - http://cap.3csn.org/ Community College Research Center http://67.205.94.182/publications/accelerating -academic-achievement-developmental- education.html?UID=867 CCBC ALP - http://alp-deved.org/ IRW Webinar - http://thetexasnetwork.org/index.php/resour ce- spec/txcrla_brown_bag_webinar_integrated _reading_writing