• SMCC will participate in this national survey focusing on teaching, learning, and retention in community colleges

• It will be administered in classes randomly selected by CCSSE to ensure a representative sample and to preserve the integrity of the survey results

• Faculty whose classes are selected for survey administration will receive specific information in early February

• Survey administration: February and March

Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)

2011

• CCFSSE is an online instrument offered as a companion to the student survey (CCSSE)

• The faculty survey elicits information from faculty about their perceptions regarding students’ educational experiences

• All faculty will receive an email invitation to participate in CCFSSE

Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE)

• The amount of time and energy students invest in meaningful educational practices

• The institutional practices and student behaviors that are highly correlated with student learning and retention

Student Engagement

Active and Collaborative

LearningStudent Effort Academic

Challenge

Student-Faculty

Interaction

Support for Learners

SMCC-Spr 2006 47.2 45 47.1 50.5 43.2SMCC-Spr 2009 52.2 46.6 49.4 53.5 43.5National (all) 50 50 50 50 50

0

20

40

60

SMCC Benchmark Scores

• What happens to students after they leave SMCC?– National Student Clearinghouse– Jenzabar EX (student information system)

• 44% of our graduates continue their education at another post-secondary institution (2008-2009 SMCC graduates)

• 20% of non-graduates transfer to another post-secondary institution (IPEDS cohort)

• Are transfer students successful in obtaining a degree, or do they stop attending the transfer institution?

Transfer Data

Classroom Management

Helping students understand their role and responsibility for a

constructive learning environment

Location: A college classroom

Dramatis Personae

Professor Bumbledoore

Goodie two shoes

The Technology Addict

The Dominator – Its all about me

Young Mr. Who cares – Anarchy anyone?

Classroom Climate

• Discussion– Students no longer share common

expectations with us. What should we except and how can we make it explicit?

Explicit Expectations for Students

• Classroom Decorum (including?)

• Absenteeism

• Tardiness

• Use of cell phones and computers

• and?

Expectations of Faculty

Attire

Professional Distance

Convey Expectations and Consequences

• Who makes the rules?

When things go wrong

1. Don’t wait to address bad behavior

2. Consider a written memo

3. The nuclear option – student code of conduct

Changing a Hot Climate

• Classroom discussion

• Memo

• SGID/GIFT

SGID Small Group Instructional Diagnosis

GIFTGroup Instructional Feedback Technique