1. ATD: Year in Review and What to Expect in Year II
All Administrators Meeting
August 15, 2017
Dean Monica Parrish Trent, Ph.D.
Dean John Hamman

2. ATD Kickoff Year

3. Fall Opening Meeting 2016 1,100 people attended
Feedback overwhelming positive – comments about this being one of the most meaningful events they’d ever attended
Mock World-Café – where faculty and staff sat at tables with students and listened as they told their stories.
Recruited student ambassadors and faculty to lead conversations
Student speaker incorporated into the event
First opportunity to collect some qualitative data about students’ experiences

4. Fall Opening Meeting Data
First opportunity to think about scheduling as one of our priorities

5. Fall Opening Meeting Data
Pleased to see student life and faculty as valued by students

6. Fall Opening Meeting Data
Strengthen faculty-student relationship and engagement
Strengthen counseling and advising
Helped us to focus on priority 2: comprehensive advising

7. ICAT & ATD Coaches PREPARE COMPLETE DISCUSS ACT
Prepare to use the tool by including a broad range of stakeholders that represent a cross-functional, cross-hierarchical representation of the college community.
Administer the Institutional Capacity Assessment Tool to assess your institution’s strengths and areas for improvement in the seven key dimensions encompassed in the Institutional Capacity Framework:
Conduct a large group engagement activity with the participants and your Achieving the Dream coaches to discuss the results, celebrate strengths, prioritize areas for improvement and identify concrete steps to build capacity in areas needing improvement.
Act on the concrete steps identified to build capacity. Coordinate with your coaches on targeted strategic assistance, participate in learning events and professional development opportunities, access resources from the ATD capacity toolkit

8. ICAT Results Administered November 2016 & January 2017
426 respondents across the institution
Over 170 responses to each question

9. ENGAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION
Montgomery College Fall 2016
LEVELS KEY
LEVEL 1
Minimal level of capacity in place with a clear need to build strength.
LEVEL 2
Moderate level of capacity established.
LEVEL 3
Strong level of capacity in place.
LEVEL 4
Exemplary level of capacity in place.
RESULTS SUMMARY (N=426)
LEADERSHIP & VISION
DATA & TECHNOLOGY
EQUITY
TEACHING & LEARNING
ENGAGEMENT & COMMUNICATION
STRATEGY & PLANNING
POLICIES & PRACTICES
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 2
AVERAGE RATING 3.0
AVERAGE RATING 2.4
AVERAGE RATING 2.9

10. Leadership & Vision Data & Technology Academic Affairs (N=131)
Student Services (N=32)
Administrative Services (N=28)
Cont. Ed./Workforce (N=9)
Other (N=27)
Leadership & Vision
Academic Affairs (N=131)
Student Services (N=50)
Administrative Services (N=35)
Cont. Ed./Workforce (N=15)
Other (N=49)

11. Teaching & Learning Academic Affairs (N=130) Student Services (N=49)
Administrative Services (N=30)
Cont. Ed./Workforce (N=10)
Other (N=38)

12. Opportunities for Improvement: Feedback from Coaches
Build Culture of Evidence
Define Equity and Minimize Achievement Gaps
Maintain Deep and Broad Faculty Engagement
Eliminate Barriers in Student Progression Policies
Inventory Student Success Initiatives

13. North Star Goals Increase associate degree and credential attainment
Increase transfer rates & baccalaureate degree completion
Improve non-credit to credit transitions.

14. Student Success Score Card
Data compiled April 2017
Arrival
Credit-Level Milestones
Year 1 FT = 24 credits
Year 2 FT = 48 credits
Year 1 PT = 12 credits
Year 2 PT = 24 credits

15. Student Success Score Card
Data compiled April 2017
PROGRESSION
Credit-Level Milestones
Year 1 FT = 24 credits
Year 2 FT = 48 credits
Year 1 PT = 12 credits
Year 2 PT = 24 credits

16. Student Success Score Card
Data compiled April 2017
PROGRESSION
Credit-Level Milestones
Year 1 FT = 24 credits
Year 2 FT = 48 credits
Year 1 PT = 12 credits
Year 2 PT = 24 credits

17. Looking Forward: Year II Priorities
Comprehensive Scheduling for Student Success
Spring 17: offered 85,000 seats with 70,000 students
Spring 17: 300 classes cancelled impacting 1,500 students
Fall 16: 20% of students surveyed said they could not register for all classes needed; 65% of those respondents said due to wrong time.

18. Student Success Action Plan
Comprehensive Scheduling for Student Success
Major Goal: Establish a comprehensive schedule that fosters student retention and completion by scheduling at the intersection of demands of curriculum pathways and students’ availability. This is intended to:
Increase retention, graduation and transfer rates
Decrease average time to complete degree
Decrease average cost to complete degree
Align curriculum with 4-year institutions and industry
One of most diverse counties in state.
Majority minority
Largest County in State

19. Looking Forward: Year II Priorities

20. Student Success Action Plan
Milestone Moments: Comprehensive Advising
Major Goal: Create a comprehensive approach to advising that supports students at certain milestones. This is intended to:
Increase retention, graduation and transfer rates
Improve course completion rates
Facilitate non-credit to credit transition
Decrease cost and time to degree

21. Milestone Moments: Comprehensive Advising
Counselors & Advisors
Modified these questions from sample ICAT questions we received at Summer institute.
Teaching and Learning
Equity
Leadership & Vision
Incorporated these questions into our ATD presentations and did some group activities.
Nice way to incorporate ICAT early into the process

22. Milestone Moments: Comprehensive Advising
Program Advisors
Modified these questions from sample ICAT questions we received at Summer institute.
Teaching and Learning
Equity
Leadership & Vision
Incorporated these questions into our ATD presentations and did some group activities.
Nice way to incorporate ICAT early into the process

24. Comprehensive Scheduling & Advising

25. What to Expect Year II