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Research

Investigating Success

• Events & Activities - Work Groups - Engagement Strategies
• Enhanced Learning Communities
• Late Registration and Success Factors-References
• Late Registration - Texas Community College Teachers Association
• Late Registration - Inside Higher Ed
• Achieving the Dream Developmental Educational Initiative
• Accelerating the Academic Achievement of Students Referred to Developmental Education: A Review of the Evidence
• Assessing Developmental Assessment in Community Colleges
• Online Learning: Does It Help Low-Income and Underprepared Students?
• Redesigning Community Colleges for Completion: Lessons From Research on High-Performance Organizations
• Toward a New Understanding of Non-Academic Student Support: Four Mechanisms Encouraging Positive Student Outcomes in the Community College
• Facilitating Student Achievement Through Contextualization
• The Shapeless River: Does a Lack of Structure Inhibit Students' Progress at Community Colleges?

Resources

Tools for Success

Work Groups

1. College Transitions - Evaluate existing services and programs; promote communication, service and program integration and collaboration between Student Support & Success Systems and Instruction (Stephanie Hawley) shawley@austincc.edu
2. Achieving the Dream Implementation & Evaluation Team - Lead, facilitate, execute, monitor progress and evaluate four interventions (Mandatory Orientation, MATD 0385, Developmental Math Advisors and Faculty Coach Program) (Soon Merz) smerz@austincc.edu
3. Mentoring Program - Plan and integrate program in the First Year Experience (FYE); implement and evaluate mentoring (Nicole Bell) nbell2@austincc.edu (Dana Washington) dwashin1@austincc.edu (Christina Michura) cmichura@austincc.edu
4. Cultural Competence - Assess cultural competence and identify strategies and plans to promote diversity and inclusion college-wide (Charlotte Gullick) cgullick@austincc.edu
5. Learning Communities - Develop, implement & evaluate a 2-year plan to institutionalize and scale-up learning communities (Julie Wauchope) julie@austincc.edu
6. Faculty Coach Planning & Support Team - Provide structure and support for Faculty Coach Program and facilitate collaboration among coaches, chairs and deans (Stephanie Hawley) shawley@austincc.edu
7. The Comprehensive Student Success Program Grant/Student Success Intervention Model - Provide research-based instruction and comprehensive support services to a cohort of 200 students in four gatekeeper courses (English, Math, Philosophy, and Sociology) for FY 12 at the Eastview Campus (Sam Echevarria-Cruz) sechevar@austincc.edu
8. Entering Student Success Team - Design a streamlined & welcoming enrollment process and enhance FYE(Susan Thomason) sthomaso@austincc.edu
9. College Success Courses - Assess and redesign courses to meet First Time in College Student needs
10. Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) Math Emporium - Engage faculty and staff in developing and publicizing the QEP to implement the math emporium (Constance Elko) cbelko@austincc.edu (Soon Merz) smerz@austincc.edu
11. Professional Development Team - Develop a comprehensive professional development program to enhance teaching, learning and student success (Terry Mauchayleh) tstewart@austincc.edu

Agendas

• September 9, 2011 (.pdf)
• July 15, 2011(.pdf)
• June 10, 2011(.pdf)
• May 6, 2011 (.pdf)
• March 11, 2011 (.doc)

Equity

Presentations

• Goal 6 Template for SSISC July 2011 (.ppt)
• Strategic and Evidence Based Approach to the Diversity Change Process (.ppt)
• SSI Targets (.ppt)
• SSI Handout 2009/2010 (.pdf)

Reference

• Glossary
• Turning The Tide Five Years of Achieving the Dream in Community Colleges

Websites

• Achieving the Dream Implementation Plan (.pdf)
• Faculty Coaches