This document summarizes a meeting about redesigning developmental education programs in Colorado community colleges. It discusses initiatives from other states and colleges as models. It notes that 35 people from 16 colleges attended, primarily faculty from English, reading and math. The group was tasked with clarifying the purpose of developmental education, reviewing policies, and recommending strategies. Examples of redesigned programs from other schools are provided. The goals of redesigning Colorado's programs are to accelerate students through reducing time, credits and courses in developmental sequences. Implementation plans and resources needed are discussed.
2. Governors office
Data
CO Department of Higher Education
Community College System
3. FRCC: Lumina
CCD FastStart: BreakingThrough, Scaling
Up, HACU
OVAE, “Ready for College” bridge programs
Complete CollegeAmerica
TAACCCT –Trade Adjustment Assistance
Community College and CareerTraining
4. 35 people from 16 colleges
Mostly faculty from Reading, English, and
Math
Charged with:
Clarify purpose of developmental education
System policy review and revisions
Measures of success
Structures for student success
Recommend strategies and specific initiatives for
redesign
5. Washington State - iBest
Tennessee –math emporium
Los Medinos
BaltimoreCounty
Chabot College
University ofTexas
Austin Peay
Aurora – Integrated English and Reading
Denver – Fast Start
Front Range – ALP learning communities
6. To accelerate students by reducing the amount
of time, number of developmental
credits, and number of courses in the
developmental sequence so students can
have access to and be supported for success
in a college level course.
7. CCCNS documents
Faculty training workshops
Discipline specific training
Targeted presentations
Peer to peer relationships
College peer access points
D2L curriculum examples
Active learning examples and lessons for new
courses
8. Campus advisory
CCR
Math
Student services
Faculty and staff development
Resources
Program evaluation
9. Math – pathways at the developmental level
Algebra
Non-Algebra (statistics and math for liberal arts)
Non-transfer (career math, clinical calculations)
CollegeComposition and Reading (formerly
reading and English)
Integrated disciplines
Tiers of support for students in classes
10. No formal ABE
Placement scores below the floor
Open door
NROC, Core Skills Mastery, MFL, Aleks
Online course materials + lab access for one
on one support
Cost varies depending on college and staffing
needs
11. Lab with online content
In Math “classroom” environment but no credit
Adjunct instructors and tutors
Academic Support Center
Platforms
Math – NROC
CCR – North Star
Selected by faculty, test prep, and GED collaboration
$60 for 1 semester, open enrollment
12. Math bootcamp
1 credit hour meets 5 days for 3 hours each
No textbook purchase
No tuition assistance through FA for the
credit - $216.25 in state, $248.70 out of state
At end of bootcamp students take the
Accuplacer to test into a higher level course
Offered week before start of term
13. How many students successfully complete
college English or college math?
Previously measured only course completion
Cohort tracking – how many are completing
college courses?
14. What will it look like?
Fall 2014
Old courses will be removed from common
course numbering system
All students will be advised onto accelerated
courses – the new normal
15. Need champions
Process is so important
Give people the time and resources to come
to the redesign
Make the process as transparent as possible
Work with DHE, DE, legislative bodies, local
foundations – what’s best for our students
Focus on data informed decisions and
decision making
16. DE site
Word Press site
D2L shells
Campus teams
Regional training
Student services training
2:2 sharing
18. Unless otherwise specified, this work by the Colorado Community College System http://www.cccs.edu is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. The material was created with funds from the Trade Adjustment Assistance
Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) grant awarded to the Colorado Online Energy Training Consortium (COETC).