MONITORING STUDENT SUCCESS: HELPFUL PRACTICES College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) Oregon State University HEP/CAMP New Director's & Staff Training September 18, Miami, FL

Why do You Need to Monitor Student Success (Performance)?  Your grant has some GPRA targets  GPRA 1  GPRA 2  Research supports the notion to monitor student performance  You need to know where your students are  Common sense

Questions to Consider  Do you know what your students know and are able to do?  Do you know where your students are in relationship to the indicators you are responsible to report?  Can you identify which students need intervention?  If you can’t tell me where they are, who can?  How can you improve their performance if you don’t know where they are?

Monitoring through Persistence & Progression Measures  Measures are based on concrete behavioral outcomes such as the act of:  Registering for class  Attending the class  Completing the class  Enrollment, attendance, credit hours, and courses that count toward graduation  The ultimate goal for monitoring student success is to ensure all students have successfully completed their 1 st year in college and continued onto their 2 nd year

Monitoring through Persistence & Progression Measures  Key areas that can be measured through qualitative and quantitative assessments such as:  Course grades and assignments  Survey of student satisfaction and priorities  Assessment of incoming students' motivations attitudes  Survey to determine students' awareness of services and options available to them on-campus and off-campus  Formal and informal assessment

What do We do at OSU CAMP?  OSU CAMP proposed targets in the grant:  N = 30 students  GRPA 1 = 86% (26 students)  GPRA 2 = 85% (22 students)  Ultimate goal:  GPRA 1 = 100% (30 students)  GPRA 2 = 100% (30 students)

What do We do at OSU? Monitoring Begins  START Bilingue (End of June or beginning of July)  Students take math and writing placement test  Register for fall term classes  Homework: Read "First in the Family book" Box of 50 books for $150. $3 per book  Summer Orientation Program (2 nd week of September)  Students complete the online "Noel Levitz Retention College Student Inventory" ($7.50 per student)  Discuss CAMP Contract and Academic Standing Policy  Discuss the "First in the Family" book

What do We do at OSU?  1 st week of school (Last week of September)  Advisors meet with students to discuss motivation attitudes (Noel Levitz results)  Ensure students are still enrolled in their classes or need to add/drop classes  Ensure all students financial aid is in place

What do We do at OSU?  OSU CAMP Academic Standing Policy  Resource Experience form (Fall term)  Tutoring The Writing Center & Learning Academic Success Center Educational Opportunities Program CAMP tutoring  Academic Resource Group  Advising (minimum 2 visits per term)  Progress reports (Fall term)  Forms are in student's file

What do We do at OSU?  Highrise - to monitor contact with students   Check grades and credit hours (BANNER)  First week after each term ends (Fall, Winter, Spring)  Staff discusses recommendations for individual students whose GPA are below 2.5 (refer to ASP form)  Check class enrollment after term ends (BANNER)  Number of classes  Number of credits  Waitlist  Holds

What do We do at OSU?  CAMP alumni  CAMP monitors grades and enrollment for all participants since the inception of the grant  Specific follow up with those who are in academic warning, probation, suspension  Monitor students who transferred to other IHE  Other  Attendance to CAMP sponsored events  Program evaluation at the end of the term  Faculty/Instructor connecting with CAMP staff (informal)  Exit interview (Spring term)

What do We do at OSU?  We demand success, but offer support  We do not have low expectation for our students  We stress involvement but not over involvement  We work on building strong relationships  We believe in our students’ abilities to success, they believe in their ability to succeed

Advantages of Monitoring Students  Closer contact with students  More timely identification of student needs  Ability to justify expenditures for student success initiatives  Greater accountability for student success every step of the way  By monitoring students' performance, you will be better equipped to accomplish your goals

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Resources  ention+Mgmt+System/ ention+Mgmt+System/  "First in the Family: Advice about College from First-Generation Students" by Kathleen Cushman  "Challenging & Supporting the First-Year Student: A Handbook for Improving the First Year of College" by M. Lee Upcraft, John N. Gardner, Betsy O. Barefoot  "Academic Advising: A Comprehensive Handbook" by Virginia N. Gordon, Wesley R. Habley, Thomas J. Grites  Other CAMP Programs