Ahead of the curveball Full Scale Implementation of Developmental Education Reform in Advance of Game-Changing Florida Legislation AACC April 19, 2015

Introductions & Overview Dr. Jim Henningsen, President, College of Central Florida Dr. Rayanne Giddis, Dean, Academic Foundations & Learning Resources, CF Dr. Jennifer Fryns, Associate Dean, Liberal Arts & Sciences, CF

College of central Florida One of 28 Colleges in the Florida College System Multi-campus college serving three counties 13,000 students Associate in Arts, Associate in Science, Baccalaureate and Certificates 66% AA, 18% AS, 10% Certificates 6% BAS

Developmental Education reform at CF Faculty and staff have been actively engaged in developmental education reform for the past decade. Why?

Our Students 65% Freshman Academically Underprepared 73% Critically Underprepared 37% Minority 42% Out of High School Over a Year

Reform 2006 Quality Enhancement Plan Focus 2008 Title III Grant Tipping point came in 2010… Florida Developmental Education Initiative Grant National Center for Academic Transformation’s “Changing the Equation” Grant

Success by design Goals & Objectives: Streamline the curriculum Maintain or increase high expectations Create a developmental education program that could be completed in one term

Success by design Redesign Features: Math – Modularized & Compressed Curriculum English – Accelerated Curriculum Reading – Accelerated Curriculum

Implementation What could go wrong? 2500 Students Fully Implemented in Fall 2011 2500 Students What could go wrong?

Almost EverythinG Student Frustration Software Issues Lack of Support Faculty Confusion Student Frustration Software Issues Lack of Support Petitions, Facebook, Comment Cards, Oh My!

Results Math English Student Success up 39% Reading 85% Students Successful Reading Student Success up 10% 81% Students Successful Math Student Success up 2% 66% Students Successful Mean Final Exam Score up 7.5% to 82.5% Transformed Student Success in Developmental Education

Climate Change SB1720 - Major reform legislation passed in 2013 which: Eliminated mandatory assessment and placement requirements for certain Florida public high school graduates Re-defined developmental education - curriculum could only be offered in modular, co-requisite, accelerated or contextual formats Established Meta Majors & Advising Requirements New State Reporting Requirements Implementation Plan Required for Chancellor Approval

Building on Success 2016 Quality Enhancement Plan Our Data Topic Selection Our Data

Our Students 13 10% 4% 42% 3% 20% Credit Hours Gateway English Gateway Math 3% 20%

Scaling up student success Advising Curriculum Redesign Emerging Research

2016 Quality Enhancement Plan New Initiatives Academic Pathways Early Support System Enhanced First-Year Advising

Lessons learned “Baseball is 90% Physical and 15% Mental.” ~ Yogi Berra

Everything has to be on the table

Inform, Share, Repeat…

Explain Why - the rationale of changes

Patience – A culture of risk-taking and innovation Takes Time to Develop

Beware of the “N” of one

(And remember – there’s no crying in baseball!) Work as a team (And remember – there’s no crying in baseball!)