Title III: SSC Re-Org

Team UpdateFall 10

Summer ESL and EWRT Collaborative Activities

Attended Re-Org meetings with SSC staff 1-2 per week

Attended planning meeting with Title III team 1-2 per week

Title III discipline specific pilot meetings 1-2 per week

Met with other Title III Division twice over the summer

Created a job definition of duties for ISTs and Peer Tutors

Created program and space definitions for SSC resources

Summer Projects on EWRT S.I.

Amy and Julie researched methods and explored supplemental instruction at other colleges

Julie developed curriculum and materials on Vocabulary SI Module pilot for LART 200

Amy developed curriculum and materials for Verb SI Module pilot for LART 200

Amy and Julie created diagnostics for EWRT and LART 200

Summer Projects on ESL S.I.

Craig developed curriculum and materials for 1-hour SI Lab instruction for ESL 251

MaryAnne and Kanako developed the format and outline for the ESL 251 presentation and listening skills workshops

MaryAnne and Craig created diagnostics for ESL 251

Summer Projects for SSC Staffing and Services

Amy recruited peer tutors for the WRC

Mary-Anne recruited volunteer tutors and Foundation paid faculty as well as student assistants for the LSC

Amy developed C.A.T. tutor and teacher orientation and program materials

MaryAnne and Irina Shepeleva worked on SSC powerpoint orientation designed to orient faculty, tutors, and administrators to LSC program services .

Fall Title III Collaborative Activities

Team reported to the division and individual departments about SSC Re-Org

Teams met with departments and collaborated on content for SI instruction in developmental-level classes.

Fall 10 Individual Projects in S.I.

Pilot of a 4-wk Verb LART 200 Module

Pilot of a 4-wk Vocabulary LART 200 Module

Meet with ISTs to go over lesson plans and curriculum

Pilot of SI an 8-wk Lab for ESL 251

Pilot of a 4 week Presentation Skills workshop and a 3 week Listening Skills workshop for ESL 251

Implemented and evaluated diagnostics in LART 200 and ESL 251

Conducted class evaluation of pilots

Fall 10 Individual Projects in S.I. And Staff Development

Julie: Developing 6-wk module for EWRT 211 Developed curriculum and materials for tutor training

workshopsRan multiple tutor training sessions

Amy: Developed curriculum and materials for tutor training

workshopsRan multiple tutor training sessionsMeet with peer tutors and SSC staff to collaborate the SI

instruction content

Fall 10 Individual Projects in S.I. And Staff Development

MaryAnne:

Ran a week 2 staff training session

Collecting and comparing data between Spring and Fall LSC staffing and student use

Collecting student feedback on LSC programs F’10

Recruiting volunteers and support staff for W’11

Working with 4 ESL 251 Instructors to evaluate the benefits of the Presentation and Listening Skills workshops for their students

Fall 10 Individual Projects in S.I. And Staff Development

Craig and MaryAnne are working on a qualitative survey and quantitative research on student success and retention in modules versus non-module using students.

Data will be taken back to Language Arts departments and made available to the Title III De Anza Team at large

Title III Future Plans for Winter and Spring

Developing SI Module for ESL 253 and 251

Expanding SI modules to all EWRT 200 and LART 200

Revising SI Module Curriculum and materials per Fall Evaluation Feedback

Piloting LART 211 SI Module

Development curriculum and materials for SI Class in multiple formats for all developmental EWRT, READ, and ESL classes.

Recommendations for Winter and Spring

Future Needs:

More ISTs for staffing SI instruction Modules and LSC

Funding for expansion of SI to other class levels

Funding for implementing on-line modules and other modes of SI