Engaging Community Colleges A First Look

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Committing to Student Engagement
CCSSE Workshop, May 27, 2008
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• Moderator Arleen Arnsparger, Project Manager,
  MetLife Foundation Initiative on Student Success
• Panelists
• Oscar Joseph, Community College of Denver
• David Schuermer, Madisonville Community College

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CCSSE A Tool for Improvement

• CCSSE helps us
• Assess quality in community college education
• Identify and learn from good educational practice
• Identify areas in which we can improve

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CCSSE A Tool for Community Colleges

• CCSSE data analyses include a three-year cohort
  of participating colleges.
• The 2007 CCSSE Cohort includes more than 310,000
  community college students from 525 institutions
  in 48 states, British Columbia, and the Marshall
  Islands.

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Tools to Help You

• Examples from Member Colleges
• Course Feedback Form
• Classroom Observation Form
• Student Focus Group Toolkit (can be adapted for
  faculty and staff focus groups)
• Video clips
• Accreditation toolkit
• www.ccsse.org

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What Matters Most for Student Success
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Students are more likely to persist and learn if
they

• Establish meaningful relationships with faculty
  and staff
• Feel connected to the college
• Navigate successfully through college systems,
  processes and procedures

Community College Survey of Student Engagement
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Students are more likely to persist and learn if
they

• Establish meaningful relationships with peers
• Make a connection between now and their future
  (setting goals)
• Are active engaged learners

Community College Survey of Student Engagement
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Lessons from MetLife Foundation Best-Practice
Colleges

• Student-centered Super-sized!

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Lessons from MetLife Foundation Best-Practice
Colleges

• High expectations for everyone and support go
  hand in hand

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Lessons from MetLife Foundation Best-Practice
Colleges

• Active and collaborative learning for everyone!
  in class and outside of class

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Lessons from MetLife Foundation Best-Practice
Colleges

• Everybody sings from the same songbook.
• Clear values, sharp focus!!

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Lessons from MetLife Foundation Best-Practice
Colleges

• They hire for skill, fit and passion.

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Lessons from MetLife Foundation Best-Practice
Colleges

• They focus on developmental education in a BIG
  way -- and students who need the most help.

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Lessons from MetLife Foundation Best-Practice
Colleges

• Relationships are key every day, in every way.

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Lessons from MetLife Foundation Best-Practice
Colleges

• Theyre bold, theyre flexible,
  they take risks.

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Lessons from MetLife Foundation Best-Practice
Colleges

• Improvement is a constant journey.
• Data are the starting point.