Supporting Student Success Planning Transferring Learning

Our City - Victoria Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Located on the Southeast Shore of Vancouver Island. Population of 500,000

Our City - Victoria

Our College - Camosun Comprehensive Community College Offering Academic, Career and Technical and Access Programming Serving 7300 credit students and 12,000 extension Serving both Domestic and International Students

Our College - Camosun

Our College - Camosun

As part of Budget Preparation 99/00 Origin of the Project As part of Budget Preparation 99/00 Temporarily Stop Growth in Capacity Shore Up Infrastructure Address Educational Quality Issues

is everybody’s responsibility” Origin of the Project We knew we needed to. . . Strengthen institutional effectiveness Maximize learning opportunities Develop principles to guide a Learning-Centred organization, And Establish a college-wide commitment to Supporting Student Success “Student Learning is everybody’s responsibility”

Project Charter Project Management Fundamental Part of Managing Strategic Projects at Camosun College Foundational Plan Project Sponsor Project Manager Fully Developed and Signed-off Plan

Supporting Student Success Project Charter Supporting Student Success Project Sponsor: Project Manager: Project Duration: Goals Specific Outcomes Background Opportunity Benefits Assumptions Approaches Deliverables Plan Key Participants Resources Charter Sign-off

Our Roles Project Manager Supporting Student Success Project Responsible for delivering this project based on the Project Charter. Pat Felker Director of Policy Development Project Sponsor Supporting Student Success Project Responsible for overall planning and assigning leadership and resources to this project Bob Priebe Vice President Education & Student Services

We defined the purpose of the project. . . Project Purpose We defined the purpose of the project. . . To confirm student learning as the primary purpose of the College… And The central focus for our renewal agenda for the next few years

To extend and enhance a commitment to learning throughout the College Project Goals And, we defined three project goals… 1 To extend and enhance a commitment to learning throughout the College

Project Goals 2 To provide a learning focus as the centerpiece for the College’s framework for renewal

To broaden the College’s reputation as a learning-centered institution Project Goals To broaden the College’s reputation as a learning-centered institution 3

We committed to do this within existing funding levels Project Goals AND. . . We committed to do this within existing funding levels

From the perspective of students’ experience at the College Planning the Project We wanted to conceptualize the project… From the perspective of students’ experience at the College

Settled on three dimensions of Student Success. . . Planning the Project Settled on three dimensions of Student Success. . . Planning Transferring Learning

We translated these three dimensions into sixteen Success Indicators… Planning the Project We translated these three dimensions into sixteen Success Indicators…

Success Indicators Learning Transferring Planning Pursuit of Educational Goals Achievement and Progress Rates Attrition and Retention Rates Program Completion Rates Student Integration within the College Student Satisfaction Post College Assessment Graduate Employment Rates Transfer Rates to Further Education Licensure and Certification Rates Success in Subsequent Studies Graduate Assessment of Ed. Experience Graduate Salaries Develop Personal Education Plan Adequacy of Pre- admission Info Development of Personal Learning Plans (PLP’s) Commitment to PLP Student Integration within the College Student Satisfaction Learning Transferring Planning

Conducting the Project Through extensive consultation with students and all units of the College we. . . Determined how each work unit of the College contributes to student success Identified key inhibitors to student success (from the perspective of the various groups) Prioritized the dimensions of student success

Over 60 services and supports were available to students Some Key Findings Over 60 services and supports were available to students Administered by various areas Uncoordinated Not well known by students, faculty or staff

“It takes three years to get through two years at Camosun.” Some Key Findings “It takes three years to get through two years at Camosun.” Courses not available when students need them Often unable to take desired courses in appropriate sequence Increasing course load in programs

Some Key Findings Faculty felt students were not prepared for their courses despite having the pre-reqs Transitions were often difficult . . . From High School to College From within College programs (from Access to Career/UT programs)

Some Key Findings On contacting the College, students receive inconsistent and conflicting information Front end processes Processes & Programming General Information Signage

Rating the Dimensions Planning Learning Transferring Planning was considered our greatest need Learning was second Transferring was third

Identified and Set Priorities for Improvement Projects Making it Better Identified and Set Priorities for Improvement Projects

Improvement Projects Redevelopment of Student Services Model (Complete) Redevelopment of College-wide Signage (Complete)

Improvement Projects Balancing Student Course Load (Complete) Establishing Personal Learning Plans (PLP’s) (Spring ’04) Examining Attrition and Retention Rates (Spring ’04) Communicating with Current & Prospective Students (Summer ’04)

Improvement Projects Developing Student Feedback Surveys Course Survey (Summer ’04) Service Survey (Fall ’04) Commitment to PLP’s (progress rates and intervention strategies) (Winter ’05)

Graduate Assessment of Educational Experience (TBA) Improvement Projects Examining Transitions between Schools and Programs which include: Internal – Access Renewal (Spring ’04) External – Graduate Follow-up (Complete) Graduate Assessment of Educational Experience (TBA)

Project Effectiveness A commitment to assess the impact of our improvement projects against the sixteen Success Indicators…

Establish benchmarks for each of the sixteen Success Indicators… Project Effectiveness Establish benchmarks for each of the sixteen Success Indicators… AND Monitor these over future years.

The End... ...For More, See “www.camosun.bc.ca/studentsuccess”