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Honoring Our Promise:The Chaffey College Basic Skills
Transformation Project
Rob Rundquist - Success Center Coordinator
The Chaffey College“Basic Skills” Curriculum
No Assessment
Separation from the discipline
Duplicated curriculum
Confusing numbering systems
Student Population (2000)
72% Underprepared
28%
College
Prepared
Course Offerings (1999)
Transfer Courses
90%
“Basic Skills”
Courses
10%
Example from 1998-1999 Chaffey College Catalog
Basic Skills in English 301 A, B, C, D
“Individually prescribedinstruction designed to provide students with skills in capitalization, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, and prewriting…”
Basic English 307 A, B, C
“An individually designed
program for grammar
…assignments may include
review by application and
practice of basic grammar,
writing skills, and vocabulary
development”
Basic Skills
Transfer
DSPSEOPS
Separate and Unequal Support
The Chaffey “Basic Skills” Support Services
Lack of faculty leadership
Limited budgets and poor facilities
Duplicated services
“Basic Skills” Campus Culture
Divisive
Students “trapped” and “stigmatized”
Faculty frustrated
“Painful” recognition of the need to change
Basic Skills Success Rates
49
51
53
55
57
59
61
63
65
1997-98 1998-99 1999-00
1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000
Success Rates 57.2% 56.2% 54.9%
Succ
ess
Rat
es
The “foundation” student of today is the transfer student of tomorrow.
The Promise
Basic Skills Transformation Project
Academic Support
Instruction
Curriculum
Organizational Structure
Assessment/ Placement
Facilities
What Happened . . .
Budget
Preparation for Change
Visiting Team Report
Board Mandate
Partnership for Excellence Funds
Research Model
Overview of Change
Implementation of assessment measures Curriculum Revision
Eng 500Eng 550Eng 450Eng 1A Success Center Requirements
Creation of Success Centers
Instructional Program
Faculty Leadership
Serve all students and faculty
Student-centered learning community
E. Course Catalog Description English 1A: Careful study and practice of expository and argumentative writing techniques and the frequent writing of compositions with the ultimate goal of a research project. A minimum of 6,000 written words is expected over the course of the term. Five arranged hours of supplemental learning in a Success Center that supports this course is required. Designed to prepare the student for satisfactory college writing. May be offered as an Honors course. “Supplemental
Learning” defined as study groups, workshops, and directed learning activities
Activities available at the Writing Center and all off-campus
locations
English 1A Course Outline
F. Course Topics (Scope and Description of Content):
1. Minimal grammar and paragraph review2. Limiting topic; thesis; unity; coherence3. Rhetorical Modes4. The components of the research project5. Elements of style6. MLA documentation mastery7. Awareness of purpose, audience, and tone
DLA for 3 levels
Learning Group DLA using library materials
Workshops on integrating research
DLA on evaluating websites
DLA activities connecting to students’ writing
Explicit Course Connection
Success Center Curriculum
Directed Learning Activity
Learning Group
Workshop
Tutoring
Lab Resources
Annual Number of Student Contacts at the Success Centers (Contacts of 15 or More Minutes)
Num
ber
of C
onta
cts
00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
Contacts 73,685 147,774 177,024 164,037 182,075 209,764 177,778 202,490 255,190 254,306 231,777 218,703 206,056
Unduplicated Number and Percent of Students Who Accessed Success Centers Annually
Per
cent
of
Stu
dent
s
Annual Headcount 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
Accessed Success Center 7,573 11,712 12,526 11,991 12,746 14,595 13,684 14,759 16,453 16,434 14,864 14,184 13,653
District Headcount 26,559 29,800 28,741 26,071 26,827 27,185 27,185 28,222 29,323 29,377 25,929 24,110 23,599
Success Center AccessCourses That Do/Do Not Have a Success Center Requirement
Per
cent
Success Center Access 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
Have SC Requirement 42.1 49.3 53.6 54.7 58.9 58.1 57.1 54.8
Do Not Have SC Requirement 57.9 50.7 46.4 45.3 41.1 41.9 42.9 45.2
Success Rates in Foundation Skills CoursesPre- and Post-Basic Skills Transformation
99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12 12-13
Succ. Rate 54.9 60.6 61.1 61.2 63.3 63.9 64.1 66.2 67.8 67.6 68.1 69.6 71.8 71.9
Suc
cess
Rat
e
Pre Post-Transformation
Relationship Between Success Center Access andSuccess and Retention Rates, 2012 ~ 2013
All Courses
Students Who
Accessed the Success Centers
Students Who Did Not
Access the Success Centers
Success Rate 77.5% 68.4%
Retention Rate 93.7% 88.0%
Per
cent
Students Who
Accessed the Success Centers
Students Who Did Not
Access the Success Centers
Success Rate 78.3% 51.3%
Retention Rate 94.7% 80.1%
Per
cent
Relationship Between Success Center Access andSuccess and Retention Rates, 2012 ~ 2013
Foundation Skills Courses
Students Who
Accessed the Success Centers
Students Who Did Not
Access the Success Centers
Success Rate 78.9% 70.3%
Retention Rate 93.8% 88.7%
Per
cent
Relationship Between Success Center Access andSuccess and Retention Rates, 2012 ~ 2013
Transfer Level Courses
Percent of Students Who Completed at Least OnePre-Collegiate Skill Level Course Who Subsequently
Transferred to a Four-Year Institution
Perc
ent o
f T
rans
fer
Stud
ents
Pre Transformation Post Transformation
98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10
Transfer Rate 6.4 10.0 11.3 12.6 14.0 15.2 17.8 20.7 22.6 23.4 26.3 27.7
Perc
ent
Success Center Usage Increase After Taking A Required Course
Student Populations Positively Impacted bySuccess Center Access: Success Rates, 2012 ~ 2013
Student PopulationAccessed
Success CenterDid not Access Success Center
Effect Size
Male Students 75.0 66.5 .19
Female Students 79.0 69.8 .21
African American 69.2 57.3 .25
Asian 85.2 79.2 .16
Caucasian 81.8 74.6 .17
Hispanic 77.1 66.4 .24
Native American 70.6 55.1 .32
Pacific Islander 80.3 60.7 .44
Multi-Racial/Ethnic 74.0 66.9 .16
First-Time Students 75.8 60.8 .33
DPS Students 71.6 66.5 .11
EOPS Students 76.6 71.5 .12
Reflections and Questions