1. Transition Referral and Resource Center

2. Transition Referral and Resource Center
The Transition Referral and Resource Center’s mission is to educate ABE/ESL students in navigating the community college environment through referral to appropriate services and providing resources to make informed decisions toward one’s academic goals.
The Center refer students to specific programs such as
I-BEST (Information Sessions)
ABE/GED class information
ESL Level 5 class (Transition class)
AA/AS degree
Short-term certificates
Professional Technical Degrees
Puget Sound Welcome Back Center
The Center connects students to departments on campus that provide funding such as
Work First- Women’s Programs
Worker Retraining
Opportunity Grant
B-FET (Food stamps)
Financial Aid

3. Transition Referral and Resource Center
The Center directs students to appropriate students services departments such as
Counseling
Employment Center
Admissions
Tutoring Center
Testing Center
Educational Planning and Advising Center
Other departments
The Center collaborates to provide on-going student workshops such
Financial Aid
The language of college
The U.S. educational system

4. Transition Referral and Resource Center
The TRRC programs have resulted in substantially increased rates of college-level course taking above pre-intervention rates (2007 to present).  In , there was a sharp increase of ESL 4 and 5 students taking college-level courses due to the strong push and student interest of I-BEST (Integrated Basic Education Skills Training) classes.
Although I-BEST is one way of getting students into college level classes and attaining their academic goals, advisors found that students’ academic focus is long-term, too.
Since 2009 to the present, the advising of students in transitioning to college level courses is focused more on the long-term academic goals of the student.  More importantly, the effort of the institution, as a whole, is focused on rethinking and restructuring precollege education, classes where Level 4 and 5 students transition into.
Due to this, innovative practices by faculty and staff in transitioning students from Level 4 and 5 to college level classes(from 2008 to present) include:
Transition and Jump Start classes for ESL Level 5 students
increase of TRRC visits into the classrooms and evening class visits
College Knowledge classes and hybrid classes
Therefore, the increase of students taking college-level classes (as noted from 2009 and on) show a more gradual increase as they work towards their long-term academic goal.

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Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Qtr 5
Qtr 6
Qtr 7
Qtr 8 N
#CLVL
%CLVL
162 0% 1 1% 5 3% 6 4% 7 8 5% 9 6% *
287 2% 10 19 7% 30
11% 34
12% 35 36
13% 37
305 22 40 55
18% 68
22% 79
26% 85
28% 87
29% 88
252 12 28 41
16% 42
17% 47
19% na ** 65 4 9%
Table 1. Cumulative quarterly ESL-to-credit cohort transition rates to college-level credit (CLVL) across 8 quarters of enrollment compared to a historical cohort of ESL 4 and 5 students. Students may have taken college-level courses during more than one quarter. Quarters may not reflect continuous enrollment. *First year of Transition Resource and Referral Center/ **Preliminary Data through Fall 2010

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Figure 1: Comparison of rates of transition to college-level among ESL level 4 and 5 students. Rates of the and are compared with a baseline cohort prior to any intervention. Progress of the cohort will be provided in the July data upload .

7. Total Target Population (4/5) Transition % of Target Population
Transition Referral and Resource Center
Total Target Population (4/5)
Transition % of Target Population
162 6%
287
13%
305
29%
(6 qtrs)
252
(19%)
(2 qtrs) 65
(9%)
Table 2: ESL-to-credit cumulative cohort transition rates within 8 quarters as of Fall Students are only counted once.

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9. Total Target Population (4/5) % earning 15+ college level credits
Transition Referral and Resource Center
Total Target Population (4/5)
% earning 15+ college level credits
162 1%
287 4%
305 6%
(6 qtrs)
252
(5%)
(2 qtrs) 65
(3%)
Table 3. Rates of earning 15 credits or more at college level in 8 quarters of enrollment. Quarters may not reflect continuous enrollment.

10. Transition Referral and Resource Center
Moving Forward
Internship Opportunities
Increased collaboration with Learning communities
Student Speak Opportunities
More targeted IBEST enrollment
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