1. League for Innovations 2017 Conference
Building a Pathway Approach From Developmental Education to College Ready San Jacinto College, Houston, TX
League for Innovations 2017 Conference
March 2017
San Francisco, CA

2. Dr. Rebecca Goosen Dr. Kelly Simons Tanya Madrigal
Associate Vice Chancellor for College Preparatory and Developmental Studies
Dr. Kelly Simons
Dean for Liberal Arts Central Campus
Tanya Madrigal
College Preparatory Department Chair, Central Campus BH
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3. San Jacinto College Vision and Mission
Vision. San Jacinto College will be the leader in educational excellence and in the achievement of equity among diverse populations. We will empower students to achieve their goals, redefine their expectations, and encourage their exploration of new opportunities. Our passions are people, learning, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Mission. Our mission is to ensure student success, create seamless transitions, and enrich the quality of life in the communities we serve. BH
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4. San Jacinto College Established 1962
Serving over 30,000 students and seven Independent School Districts
Central Campus – 1961
North Campus – 1975
South Campus – 1979
Maritime Campus- 2016
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5. Career Pathways
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6. Degrees and Certificates Within 8 Meta-major Areas
Arts, Humanities, Communication, and Design
Business
Construction, Industry, Manufacturing, and Transportation
Education
Health Sciences
Public Safety and Human/Consumer Services
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Social and Behavioral Sciences
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7. What would you do if this was your data?
75% of students are part time and only attend 2-3 days per week
College Algebra Success Rate of 45%
3 hours a week instruction-Lectured based
Co-requisite Model Success Rate of 75%
6 hours a week instruction-2 instructors, just in time instruction, frequent assessment
The “star” instructors are already teaching this co-requ.
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8. Questions Do you have institutional capacity to expand this offering?
What other pieces of information would you need?
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9. Course work is mapped in each of these three areas:
Mapping of Meta Majors
Course work is mapped in each of these three areas:
Health Science
Technical Programs
Academic Programs
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10. Mapping of Developmental Education
36 possible pathways
Feeder programs for college level courses and fit into their pathways
Acceleration and traditional models have been built
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11. Faculty Created/Designed
Mathematics Research and Development Team College preparatory and academic level mathematics team Tasked to create new courses that lead to acceleration and increase in course completion/success Results: AIM, ASAP, AQR,ABS, DE Foundation Courses, New two semester models
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12. San Jacinto College District
Two Semester Model One Semester Model
*4 week NCBO if needed
Math 0104
Algebraic
Non- Algebraic
Algebraic
Non- Algebraic
12 or 16 Week DE Foundation Course
0314
12 or 16 Week DE Foundation Course
0324
12 or 16 Week DE Foundation Course
0342
12 or 16 Week DE Foundation Course
0332
AIM
ASAP
AQR
ABS
College Level Math Algebra
College Level Math Finite
College Level Math Statistics
College Level Math Quant Reasoning
*Students Scoring Less Than 336 on TSIA

13. Faculty Created/Designed
English Research and Development Team
Review data for college level and developmental education level course work
Align student outcomes
Design interventions to increase success
Increase institutional capacity for acceleration/co- requisite models
4/10/2016

14. Intentional Connections
ENGLISH PATHWAYS
Traditional Pathway Accelerated Pathway
TSIA Score Courses
341
ENGL 0306
INRW 0301
INRW 0302
BASE NCBO INRW 0101
351 or Higher
NCBO INRW Wk
ENGL 1302
ENGL 1301
Students may enter the accelerated model at any point, through differentiated placement
Intentional Connections
Revised 12/14/2016
ENGL 1301
12 - Wk

15. Student Continuum Task Force
Created in fall 2016
Charged to re-imagine the student experience from the entry process through completion of the first semester.
Met weekly throughout the fall and developed a groundbreaking first-semester experience that removed identified barriers to student success.
In fall 2017, 400 FTIC students are expected to participate in a pilot of the re-imagined plan. 
Student Continuum Task Force

16. Chancellor for College Preparatory
Supported by Administration
Deputy Chancellor
and President
Associate Vice
Chancellor for College Preparatory
Campus Deans
Provosts
Department Chairs
College Prep, Math, English, and Others

17. Collaboration between faculty, staff and administration
Strategic Leadership Communication Council
Shared Deans Meetings
Shared meetings with Deans, Department Chairs and Associate Vice Chancellor
Provost Communication Council
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18. Professional Development
Part-time faculty training
Redesigning America’s Community Colleges book discussions
Framework Fridays
Development of instructional guidelines
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19. Curriculum Design
Foundations Committee formed May 2016 tasked with creating curriculum aligned to pathways.
Created common notebooks for algebraic and non-algebraic pathways for all faculty to utilize.
District tests
District final
Utilize MyMathLab for homework.
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20. Governance State Mandates Board of Trustees Student Success Agenda
College Strategic Plan
College Values
Integrity Excellence
Accountability Innovation
Sense of Community Student Success
Diversity Collaboration
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21. What Have We Done on the Journey to Achieving Students’ Dreams?
Prerequisites
Orientation
Calling program
Peer partners
No late registration
Changes in entry testing
Hit the Hallways
Advising triage
Reading first
Developmental Course Design
Student Success Course
Professional development
Faculty advising
Educational Plans
Working Families Center
Men of Honor/Women of Integrity
Degree checkpoints
Course redesign
Vertical alignment teams
Testing preparation
Intervention earlier
Data teams
Data reports
Value of degrees and certificates
Student Learning Outcomes
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22. Others Partnerships AACC Pathways College Aspen Top 10 Finalist
Frontier Set College
AtD Leader College
NCHEMS College
Texas Pathways Leader College
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23. Increase in awards
If student earned more than one degree and/or certificate during the academic year, he/she is counted for each Degree and/or Certificate received.
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24. Fall 2011- Fall 2016 Intentional Connections
Term
Enrolled
Success (A-C)
Number %
Fall 2011 20 15
75%
Fall 2012 11 6
55%
Fall 2013 88 68
78%
Spring 2014
222
157
71%
Fall 2014
405
299
74%
Spring 2015
213
144
68%
Fall 2015
585
433
Spring 2016
268
198
Fall 2016
650
488
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25. INRW
INRW 0301 and 0302
NCBOs 0101 and 0112
Acceleration Model with ENGL 1301
Traditional Success Rates 74.7%
Accelerated Success Rates 85.9%
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26. Math Designed Algebraic and Non-Algebraic Pathways
Developmental Education Foundation Course for each Pathway.
Two Semester Model
Foundation course first semester/College level course second
Accelerated Model
Co-enrolled in Developmental Education foundations course and college level course. Two instructors at all time and scaffold learning
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27. Success Rates
Fall District Wide Success Rates: Accelerated Math vs Standalone Courses
AIM (MATH 0314 & 1314)
Algebra
% Success
Grand Totals
76.7
56.77
ASAP (MATH 0342 & 1342)
Statistics
72.0
52.65
AQR (MATH 0332 & 1332)
Quant. Reasoning
88.31
75.29
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28. How did we achieve this increase?
There is no silver bullet or one strategy that will change your outcomes.
Cultural change must be pervasive and requires a new way of thinking about the student experience.
Make student achievement the center of your work and conversations.
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29. Communicate Communicate Communicate Communicate
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30. Questions?
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31. Contact Information
Rebecca Goosen
Kelly Simons
Tanya Madrigal
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