Preparing students for college-level reading and
writing.Developmental Redesign and Institutional VisionFront Range
Community CollegeTwo-year institution with four campuses
(Denver/Metro, Brighton, Longmont/Boulder County, Fort Collins) and
an online FTE equal to our Boulder county campus. We are the
largest 2-year school in the state.We serve over 20,000 students
each semester.Semester-to-semester retention rates in 2012 hovered
around 57%. 19% of our students are not white.26.6% of our students
are 18-22, and 43.4% of our students are 23-30.
FRCCs redesigned developmental reading/writing Imagine that
Chabot College and Community College of Baltimore County had a
babyit looks like this:Reading is no longer taught as a separate
discipline. Reading process is incorporated into all of our
developmental coursework. Redesigned courses have a CCR (College
Composition and Reading) designation.All CCR courses matriculate to
a college-level composition coursestudents have no more than one
semester of remediation.Reading and writing is highly
contextualized within disciplines; academic arguments are the
focus.The sequence is dead. Fewer exit points where students can
stop or drop out.
CCR 092Serves students who place two levels below college
composition.One semester, 5 credits.Embedded support to address
affective needs.Integrated reading/writing.Students testing at this
level must be enrolled in CCR 092 if they also want to take
Guaranteed Transfer (100-200 level) courses in the same
semester.Students who successfully complete 092 matriculate to ENG
121 (Comp 1) the following semester.CCR 093Studio D (for
discipline)Serves students who test one level below college
composition.Integrates reading and writing into a particular
discipline (Learning Community), or into a range of disciplines
(writing for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, for instance). 3
credits. Perfect for students who dont need ENG 121.Perfect for
students who are afraid of writing.Students testing at this level
must be enrolled in CCR 093 if they also want to take Guaranteed
Transfer (100-200 level) courses in the same semester.Students who
successfully complete 093 matriculate to ENG 121 (Comp 1) the
following semester.
CCR 094Studio 121 (mainstreamed)Serves students who test one
level below college composition.Allows students to complete College
Composition while receiving additional support.CCR 094 unpacks the
ENG 121 curriculum. 6 credits3 for CCR 094 and 3 for ENG
121.Perfect for students who want to dive right into their college
writing.Students testing at this level must be enrolled in CCR 094
if they also want to take Guaranteed Transfer (100-200 level)
courses in the same semester.Students who successfully complete
Studio 121 matriculate to ENG 122, Comp 2, the following
semester.
Key components of the new model:Ongoing professional
development.Paradigm shiftnot always comfortable.Embedded support
for students.Larger blocks of time devoted to reading and writing =
more efficient mastery.Students are challenged at a high level, and
our data shows they are succeeding!
ChallengesFinding faculty consensuswhat do we teach? Is reading
subsumed? Are students being served? How do we create curriculum
that is consistent but also honors the culture and slightly
different populations at each campus?Funding ongoing professional
development and embedded support services.Advising students into
the right course (093 vs. 094, for instance).Making Banner and
scheduling work with the new model.Dev redesign is making us
rethink how we teach transfer courses.Questions?What is working at
your college?What are the fears around redesign?How will your
culture need to change?Others?
