Megan HealyVirginia Community College System

VIRGINIA’S COMMUNITY COLLEGES•23 colleges on 40 campuses•287,000+ Annual Headcount Students•128,000+ Annual FTE Students•3 out of 5 undergraduates (in-state, public) attend a VCCS college•3 out of 5 minority undergraduates (in-state, public) in VA attend a VCCS college

Our Journey Today

Goals of Developmental Education Redesign

Based on extensive data analysis of student success in developmental education, the following goals were set:•Reduce the need for remediation•Decrease the length of time spent in developmental courses•Increase the proportion of students reaching success measures of graduating or transferring

INNOVATION AT SCALE!

Current StateDevelopmental Mathematics

Current StateDevelopmental English

Current StateStudent Support Services

Aggressive Student Success GoalIncrease the number of students graduating, transferring, or completing a workforce credential by 50%, including increasing the success of students from underserved populations by 75%

Faculty Engagement

Developmental Education Coordinators

Resources – Vision and Direction

Resources - Curriculum

Curriculum GuideFor

Developmental English

(publication date:Early March 2012)

Resource - Assessment

New English courses Prepare for January 2013 implementation

New English assessment Complete development and prepare for early fall deployment to colleges

Mathematics Continue to monitor implementation

Professional Development

Develop comprehensive plan and provide strategic offerings

Assessment Assess effectiveness of new models

Infrastructure Develop and implement infrastructure for maintenance and improvement of models

Next Steps

Lessons Learned • Communicate,

communicate, communicate!

• Develop shared understanding of problem

• Set clear goals• Secure support at all levels

& within institutions• Identify promising models• Leverage faculty leaders• Address faculty issues

• Build on strong foundation of data

• Examine policy• Leverage governance

process and existing structures

• Implement robust assessment

• Adopt continuous improvement model

• Manage expectations

STILL LEARNING LESSONS!

Questions?

mhealy@vccs.edudeved@vccs.edu

www.vccs.edu