Student Success Initiatives at Los Angles Southwest College

Prof. Sabrena Turner-OdomEnglish FacultyPatrick Jefferson Ed.D.Dean, Academic Affairs

Student Success Initiatives at LASC

• Achieving the Dream Initiative

• Grant Funded Initiative

• Other Campus Based Activities

Student Success Initiatives at LASC

Achieving the Dream– Three Interventions for 2011-2012

– In-Person Orientations• 867 student have attended 97 in-person orientations

• Enforced matriculation process- every new student attends orientation followed by assessment

Student Success Initiatives at LASC

Achieving the Dream

–Supplemental Instruction (Developmental Level Math and English Support)

•Targeting developmental Math 115 and English 21 & 28•Approximately 1500 student served•49 total sections and 22 Supplemental instruction facilitators

Student Success Initiatives at LASC

Achieving the Dream–Faculty Academy

• Facilitated by Dr. Cynthia McDermott, Dept. Chair of Education at Antioch University, Los Angeles

• Prof. Allison Moore- Accounting

• Prof. Stephanie Burris- Reading

• Prof. Sioban Dillon- English

• Prof. Voiza Greene- Speech

• Prof. James Hicks- CAOT

• Prof. Naja El-Khoury- CAOT

• Prof. Doris Monterroso- Child Development

• Prof. Phillip Jones-Thomas- English

Grant Funded Initiatives

Passage Project– Target lowest

performing group- male students

– Fall ‘11 to spring ‘12 highlights

329 male students 11 learning

community courses

73% fall to spring retention

English 21 success rate of 68%

Freshman Year Experience

– First year students

– Fall ‘11 to spring ‘12 highlights

116 students 53% basic skills 78% fall to spring

retention 76% fall course

completion rate

Student Success Initiatives at LASC

Student Success Initiatives at LASCOther Success Related

Activities– Financial Aid Office processed

3300 students for financial aid, awarding over 9.7 million in financial aid

– Counseling has had over 7900 student contacts in fall ‘11 and spring ‘12

– CalWorks registered 8700 student contacts since July 1, 2011

Student Success Initiatives at LASC2012-2013 ATD Campus-wide Intervention

– Campus Culture• How we relate to each other as

colleagues and professionals• How we approach our duties here

at the college• How we relate to each other

based on our ethnic identity and culture

• What expectations we have of our students

• How we view our responsibility to the community we serve