Pathway to Completion Start Strong – Finish Faster Funded by Presentation at AACC Convention April 2015

Jill Wakefield, Chancellor, Seattle Colleges Warren Brown, President, North Seattle College Rosie Rimando-Charensup, Vice President of Student Services, South Seattle College Jane Muhich, Productive Persistence & Accelerated Math Lead, Seattle Colleges Presenters

About The Seattle Colleges  Educate nearly 50,000 students annually  Largest urban community college district in state  Three comprehensive, separately accredited colleges  Offer 135 professional-technical programs and 7 applied baccalaureate degrees  Highly diverse with 51% students of color  Median student age of 29 years

Pathway to Completion Grant  Awarded in 2012 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  Large, urban, multi-college district  Redesigning student entry experience and accelerating pre-college math pathways – Start to Finish  District-wide staff and faculty collaborative workgroups  Dedicated to forming regional and statewide strategic partnerships focused on completion

FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE REDESIGN Start to Finish Pathway to Completion Presented by: Warren Brown

Innovative Leadership Model  Leadership and Engagement  Assessing What Works  District Coordination Grant Lead - District Accelerated Math + Productive Persistence Lead Proactive Advising Lead Mandatory Orientation Lead

Challenge: Underprepared students  Two-thirds referred to pre-college math ―32% complete pre-college math sequence in one year ―13% in pre-college math earn a degree or certificate in three years

Performance Targets Pre-College Math Students Increase by 25% students who:  Complete their pre-college math sequence within one year  Complete their first 15 credits within one year  Complete their first 30 credits within two years  Complete their first required college level math course within two years

Start to Finish Model For Completion Strong Start Pre-College Math Acceleration Tracking And Student Support Assessment Review Multiple Placement Options Mandatory Orientation Proactive Advising Accelerated Models: Statway, Algebra Express, Self-paced modular Advisor Dashboard Educational Plan Student Portal Productive Persistence

Intentional Practices for First Time Students SEATTLE COMMUNITY Presented by: Rosie Rimando-Charensup

Start to Finish Expanded Assessment Options  Online Math Refresher for Placement Test  Multiple Placement Options —Transcripts —SAT/ ACT —Smarter Balanced Assessment (2016) —COMPASS

Start to Finish Mandatory START Orientation for New Students  Common orientation across district, offered in-person and online  In-person orientation infused with advising session Target: 100% of new students First-year results: Increased participation in orientation from 18% to 97%

 Classroom Advising – Develop educational plan; monitor student progress  Educational Plan – Courses to complete program & degree Start to Finish Proactive Advising for Pre-College Math Students Increased math sections with advisors from 3 in 2012 to 90 in

 Tool developed in-house to create educational plans and monitor student progress  Available to faculty counselors, academic advisors and students Start to Finish Advisor Dashboard – Monitoring Student Progress

Start to Finish Online/Mobile Student Portal – One Stop Access  Deliver a common experience to students across the district to improve the student experience and increase completion rates.  Important student information in one place:  Class schedule, registration, financial aid, transcripts, pay tuition, degree audit, educational plan, add/drop classes, wait list

Seattle Public Schools Partnership SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Improving College Readiness Collaborative Work Groups resulting in:  Multiple placement options– Transcripts, SAT/ACT  Transition math course for high school seniors  Curriculum alignment – Intermediate algebra learning community

Accelerated Pre-College Math SEATTLE COMMUNITY Presented by: Jane Muhich

Accelerated Pre-College Math Three Models across the District  Statway: 61% completed pre-college and college level math in one year compared to 32% in traditional sequence  Algebra Express: 53% completed pre-college math in one year compared to 32% in traditional sequence  Self-Paced Modular Math: 36% of students complete two or more classes in one quarter; 15% complete sequence in one quarter

Accelerated Pre-College Math Student Enrollment

Productive Persistence A Student Success Initiative

Productive Persistence  The productive mindsets and effective learning strategies students need in order to be successful  Tested classroom activities and interventions  Practitioner and researcher partnerships  Continuous learning to improve using data Increased faculty participation from 35 to 120

Productive Persistence Growth Mindsets  Growth mindset: “I can learn using effort and good strategies.”  Fixed mindset: “I’m not a math person.”  Students with growth mindsets show increased academic performance. Social Ties  Students who have doubts about their belonging withdraw at higher rates.

Productive Persistence Current Projects  Creating social-ties through collaborative learning  Helping students set and reach reasonable goals  Promoting a growth mindset in classrooms  Giving students a social purpose for learning  Increasing self-paced math acceleration

Results Presented by: Warren Brown

Start To Finish First-year Quantitative Results Performance Target: Increase by 25% students who complete their pre- college math sequence within one year First Year Results: 21% increase

First Year Results:  13% increase in completion of first 15 credits within one year Second Year Results:  19% increase in completion of first 15 credits within one year Students starting in summer or fall 2013 Number of Students Impacted to date  In total, 13,855 students impacted by completion initiative Start To Finish First-year Quantitative Results Performance Target: Increase by 25% students who complete their first 15 credits within one year

Ongoing Completion Efforts Project Finish Line – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  Completion coaches to improve credential completion and transfer rates  Focus on students who are close to credential completion Culture of Inquiry – Rob Johnstone  Developing a culture of completion by following the lead of Completion by Design and other nationally renowned completion efforts  Focus on structured educational pathways and intentional, well-designed student support interventions Washington State Math Taskforce  3 pathway model – STEM, Statistics, Quantitative Reasoning  Multi-measure placement – SAT, transcripts, COMPASS  Improving HS college readiness – transition courses

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