1. LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION

2. Before Mandatory OAR Orientation and Registration Voluntary
1 hour presentation by Counseling
Students met with a Counselor immediately after

3. Transition of
Data shows students need to connect with a counselor to assist in retention
Decrease in high school participants in voluntary OAR
Counselor patronage

4. ARRA Support for Re-vamped OAR to New Student Orientation (NSO)
Co-chairs included 2 Counselors and Student Life Coordinator
Partnered with several other campus divisions Now became a campus initiative
First year of ARRA Funding: Mandatory for High School Graduates

5. The Components of
College 101 Student Life Faculty Meet and Greet Campus Tour/Laulima Training

6. College 101 Presentation College 101 is the first session for NSO
Includes all the students
The students are then split into 3 groups for the remainder of the day
Includes:
College Terms
Registration
Resources
Study Tips
Etc

7. Student Life Session
Presentation includes information about Student Life and the importance of getting involved on campus (student govt, clubs, attend activities, etc)
Includes:
Presentation by Student Govt
Ice Breakers
Student ID
Student Services and Student Organizations tabling

8. Meet and Greet Session Students rotate between tables every 5-7 mins
They meet faculty from every program
Highest rated session
Includes:
Faculty from all academic disciplines
Faculty from Halau, Sulong Aral, Library, Ki Office, and the LRC

9. Tour/Laulima Session
Campus Tour provided by Recruitment Office tour guides
Laulima training session provided by NSO leaders  Activity sheet with partners, not a lecture format
Includes:
½ an hour campus tour
½ an hour Laulima Training Session

10. Evaluations for
Data from student evaluations indicate that 70% of those who attended Summer 2010 NSO’s rated the experience as excellent, with a mean rating of 4.66 on a 5-point scale. Further aspects of the evaluation of the experience are delineated below:
College /5.0
Faculty Meet and Greet /5.0
Student Life /5.0
Campus Tour /5.0
Laulima Training /5.0
NSO Leaders /5.0
USB Drives /5.0
Online RSVP System /5.0

11. IMPACTS ON RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
Entering Fall 2010

12. Student Participation
754 Recent High School Graduates Participated in NSO
44.4% of all Recent HS Graduates newly Enrolled at Leeward CC in the Fall 2010
84% of these Students Completed all Aspects of NSO
New Student Orientation (NSO)
Counseling & Advising

13. Impact on Student Success:
Achieving the Dream Indicators
Grade Achievement
“C” grades or higher
Overall GPA
Success in Gatekeeper Courses
Courses with high enrollment and high failure rates
Success in Developmental Education Courses
Student Persistence and Retention

14. Grade Attainment: NSO Students more likely to Earn a 2.0 GPA or Higher
Students attending NSO were a little more likely to earn a 2.0 GPA or higher in their 1st semester.
All groups earned an average GPA of between a , regardless of their participation in NSO.
The level of variation within each group is not known.

15. NSO Students Performed Better in Gatekeeper Courses
Characterized by a high enrollment but high failure rate.
Less than a 70% success-rate (passing with a A, B or C)
NSO Participants:
Were more likely to register for these courses
Took a greater number of these courses.
Were more likely to pass with a “C” or better

16. More NSO Students Registered for a Greater Number of Gatekeeper Courses and did Better in Them
NSO Participants avg 2.6 GK courses (Native Hawaiian Participants averaged 2.7 courses)
Non-NSO Participants avg 1.8 GK courses (Native Hawaiian non-Participants averaged 1.9 courses)

17. NSO did not Impact Developmental Education
Students successful in completing Developmental Ed in Fall 2010 did not attend NSO
Problems with Data
Pool of students measured was small
Looked at students who needed only 1 semester of remediation
Atypical – most students require at least 2 semesters of remediation
Native Hawaiian Students
NSO participants did progress out of remediation faster
May be due to supports available in Hālau ‘Ike O Pu‘uloa
NSO did not appear to have an impact on student’s progression out of developmental courses
Data may not be representative
Group of students analyzed was small because we looked at the number of students who took remedial classes in the Fall and no longer needed any remediation in the Spring. This was the cleanest way to look at the data because there is so much variation in how students progress through remedial education, it was hard to account for all of the different scenarios.
Very few students fell into this category. Most students in remedial education need several semesters of developmental courses before they “progress out” of it.
When we looked at this group, the impact was small.
The exception was the Native Hawaiian students. Native Hawaiian students attending NSO seemed to progress out of developmental education faster than those who did not attend NSO.
This is probably due in large part to the services available in the Halau that could follow up and reinforce what was begun through NSO.
This has implications for the need of a continuum of supports available for all students; not just NSO.

18. NSO Participants Persisted into the Spring 2011 Semester at Higher Rates

19. Implications for Practice
NSO is a Protective Factor for First Year Students
NSO increased student persistence into the 2nd semester by 10%
NSO needs to be Supplemented by other First Year Experience Interventions
Biggest Impacts – persistence
Marginal Impacts – Success in Gatekeepers, Developmental Education and Grade Attainment
NSO sets the stage for more interventions by creating staying power in students and by serving as a protective factor. If other interventions do not occur and reinforce the groundwork laid by NSO, those effects will wear off over time.

20. Upcoming Implementation
Mandatory for ALL new students
Hold is placed on each student account
Must complete a NSO session AND meet with a counselor to register and have hold removed
To meet demand of NSO sessions, NSO team created NSO Online and NSO Live

21. Next Steps FYE – First Year Experience program
NSO is a small part of the Student Success initiative at Leeward CC
Continue to rely on data and regularly make changes

22. NSO demo