FIRST YEAR SUCCESS:A Quality Enhancement Plan for Tidewater Community College

PRESENTATION TO SDV DISCIPLINE MEETINGFEBRUARY 11-12, 2013

KATHY MAALOUF, PHDACTING AVP FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

Making the FIRST YEAR

a SUCCESS!!

1. Overview

2. Preliminary Findings

3. SDV 100 Assessment

4. Next Steps

OVERVIEW

OVERVIEW

2005-2006 Reaffirmation process for SACS-COC accreditation resulted in Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) “Improving First-Year Student Success through a Comprehensive Orientation System”

October 2011 QEP Advancement Task Force

2011-2012 First Year Success System evolved

September 2012 Transition from Academic Affairs to Student Affairs

FIRST YEAR SUCCESS

FIRST YEAR SUCCESS

The First Year Success (FYS) system is designed to improve learning for new students during their first year of college in efforts to assist them in achieving academic and personal success.

FOUR COMPONENTSRecognizing that most students need additional assistance as they transition to college, the comprehensive system includes four components:

1. Orientation2. Student Development (SDV) Courses3. Family & Friends Information Sessions4. Academic Alert

http://www.tcc.edu/firstyearsuccess/

ORIENTATION

TOPICS INCLUDES:1. Support Services2. Financial Services3. Student Rights & Responsibilities4. Academic Requirements5. Enrollment Instructions6. Online Assessment and Evaluation

GETTING STARTED RIGHT!New students participate in a face-to-face or online orientation after completing the placement test and prior to enrolling.

SDV COURSESSDV Courses promote student success by assisting students with their transition into college. All new students should complete one of the SDV courses during their first 15 credit hours.

TOPICS INCLUDE:1. Career Exploration and Development 2. College Resources and Policies 3. Academic Planning 4. Study Skills 5. Life Management

FAMILY & FRIENDS

Family & Friends Information Sessions provide an opportunity for those individuals who are important in the lives of our students to learn more about their transition to TCC and help them achieve their individual goals.

ACADEMIC ALERTAcademic Alert is designed to improve learning for students and assist them in achieving success by connecting them with appropriate campus resources and services.

Web-based referral program for students experiencing academic difficulties.

When a faculty member submits a referral, the identified student automatically receives an email notification listing suggested services based on the academic concerns.

PRELIMINARY FINDINGS

SDV COURSES

Of the 4956 Fall 2012 first-time curricular-placed students (not including students in career studies certificate programs)

– 65.0% of those who DID attend Orientation, completed SDV by the end of the fall semester

– 37.0% of those that DID NOT attend Orientation, completed SDV by the end of the fall semester

SDV 100 Assessment

SDV 100 Assessment

SDV 100 Assessment INSTRUCTIONS

Welcome to the Student Assessment for SDV 100. We appreciate you taking the time to complete the entire assessment. The results will help us understand what you have learned during the course and will be used to improve student learning. Therefore, it is important that you answer all questions as carefully as possible.

The assessment has 6 parts and you must complete all 6 parts. The first five parts consist of multiple choice questions and each may take about 5 minutes to complete. Part 6 asks you to describe what you liked and did not like about your SDV course. We encourage you to provide some suggestions for improvements to the course.

When you complete the entire assessment, please click on the Your Results tab to the left and provide a copy to your instructor.

NEXT STEPS

Selection of new SDV 100 textbook

SDV College-Wide Training

Library Collection for FYS