College Ready? School Libraries & Community

CollegesDoug Achterman

CSLA ConferenceFebruary 4, 2017

College Ready? School Libraries & Community Colleges CC demographics and student success

Implications for school libraries: discussion

ACRL framework: Threshold concepts, skills, dispositions

Implications for school libraries: discussion

Online learning: CC data

Implications for school libraries: discussion

http://asd.calstate.edu/doc/CSU-Undergraduate-Outcomes-Report_FINAL.pdf

California State Universities: Proficiency at Entry

Pell Grant=Poverty Indicator

Source: Preparing Students for Success in California’s Community Colleges, by Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Olga Rodriguez, and Hans Johnson, 2016. http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_1116MMR.pdf

80% Community College Students take at least 1 developmental Course

Overall Percentage Completing a Certificate, Degree or Transfer within 6 Years, CA Community Colleges

Non-Comple-tion:52.9%

Completion:47.1%

Students Entering Not Prepared for College: Percentage Completing a Certificate, Degree or Transfer within 6 Years, CA Community Colleges

Non-Completion:60.4%

Completion:39.6%

Students Entering College-Ready: Percentage Completing a Certificate, Degree or Transfer within 6 Years, CA Community Colleges

Non-Completion:30% Completion:

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Percentage Completing a Certificate, Degree or Transfer

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What happens to students in developmental sequences? (Gavilan College Data)

(Gavilan College Data)

Acceleration: integrated efforts

Assessment & Placement: Informed self-placement, “multiple measures” beyond entrance exam (e.g., H.S. GPA)

Boot Camps, Summer Bridge Programs

Academic support: tutors, embedded tutors (supplemental instruction)

Implications for School Libraries

How might this data inform your school library practices?

What’s the role of the school library in helping students best prepare for entering community college?

ACRL framework: threshold conceptsAuthority Is Constructed and Contextual

Information Creation as a Process

Information Has Value

Research as Inquiry

Scholarship as Conversation

Searching as Strategic Explorationhttp://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework

Sample Frame:

Definition

Knowledge Practices

Dispositions

Frame: Authority Is Constructed and Contextual

Information resources reflect their creators’ expertise and credibility, and are evaluated based on the information need and the context in which the information will be used.

Authority is constructed in that various communities may recognize different types of authority. It is contextual in that the information need may help to determine the level of authority required.

Dispositions Re: Authority is Contextual and Constructed

• Develop and maintain an open mind when encountering varied and sometimes conflicting perspectives

Dispositions

• Motivate themselves to find authoritative sources, recognizing that authority may be conferred or manifested in unexpected ways.

Dispositions

• Develop awareness of the importance of assessing content with a skeptical stance and with a self-awareness of their own biases and worldview.

Dispositions

• Question traditional notions of granting authority and recognize the value of diverse ideas and worldviews.

Dispositions

• Be conscious that maintaining these attitudes and actions requires frequent self-evaluation.

Implications for School Libraries

How might the ACRL framework inform your school library practices?

What’s the role of the school library in helping students best prepare for entering community college?

How do these dispositions align with the AASL standards?

Online Learning/Distance Education

Key Finding:

“Students who take at least some online courses are more likely than those who take only traditional courses to earn an associate’s degree or to transfer to a four-year institution.”Johnson, H. & Mejia, M.C. (2014) Online Learning and Student Outcomes in California’s Community Colleges.

http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_514HJR.pdf

Implications for School Libraries

How might this data inform your school library practices?

What’s the role of the school library in helping students best prepare for entering community college?