the right choice quality enhancement plan realistic individual goals happen through advising
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The Right Choice
Quality Enhancement Plan
Realistic Individual Goals Happen Through Advising
The Quality Enhancement PlanTopic Selection
• January 2013 through April 2014– Identified key issues through wide spread assessment
• 6 focus groups – comprising of administrators, support services, credit and non credit faculty, and students
• Survey to greater college community (700 responses)
• Internal and external data review - Grad Fest Survey, Graduate Intent and Satisfaction Survey (reaching 4950 students), CCSSE, college and system benchmarks.
Focus Groups Recommendations• Create a student-focused advising system that will
combine advising for admissions, academic advising, financial aid, career services, and social services.
• Provide greater support and special services for students who have placed into courses below 100 in English, Reading and Math and creating an academic division for this group.
• Hold in-person orientations for each program major.
QEP Launch Team analyzed results to determine that ‘Academic Advising’ would be the topic to impact the environment supporting student learning.
The Quality Enhancement PlanTopic Selection
Focuses on General Studies Population
2nd largest major within Delgado
91% do not have a declared concentration
The Quality Enhancement PlanTopic Selection
The Quality Enhancement PlanTopic Selection
Provide a learning centered environment in which to prepare students from diverse backgrounds to attain their education, career, and personal goals, to think critically, to demonstrate leadership, and to be productive and responsible citizens.
An “enhanced” academic advising system
We will provide the environment in which students learn how to be self-directed learners.
Provide foundational learning experiences that students will use throughout their lifetime.
An “enhanced” academic advising system
RIGHT Path QEP Purpose
Develop a system wide approach to academic advising that cultivates a learning environment where students achieve realistic and attainable goals.
Alignment with other Initiatives
• Impact 2016• Program Sequencing• Career Pathways• Single Stop and TRIO• GRAD Act• Our Louisiana 2020
QEP Goals and ObjectivesGoal 1
Enhanced advising involves improving and creating new advising resources, processes, procedures to foster student success.
1.1. Provide a consistent academic advising system. 1.2. Provide comprehensive training for faculty/staff.1.3. Provide supportive technology to ensure consistency and to facilitate student self-sufficiency.1.4 Students will be able to identify the campus resources and services available.
1.1 Delgado will provide a consistent academic advising system.
a. Revision of processes and procedures in implementation team meetings.
b. Assign students to academic advisors.Assessment: • Meeting minutes and college policies.• Number of current students assigned to academic advisors.Baseline:• To establish a baseline, implementation teams will review
current processes and procedures for academic advising.• 0%
QEP Goals and Objectives
1.2 Delgado will provide comprehensive training for faculty and staff.
a. Train faculty and staff on advising model.
Assessment: • Percent of faculty and staff who successfully
complete training.Baseline: • 0%
QEP Goals and Objectives
1.3 Delgado will provide and train faculty and staff on the use of technology.
a. Implement CAPP system.b. Implement EMAS Retention Pro.c. Implement Canvas site.
Assessment: • Self-assessment• Error reports
Baseline: • 0% Currently, there is no college wide coordinated use
technology in advising.
QEP Goals and Objectives
1.4 Students learn to recognize and identify campus resources and services. a. Create a comprehensive inventory of resources.b. Create an advising referral form.
Assessment: • Student feedback and Satisfaction Survey, during student’s first semester thru canvas site.• GradFest, during student’s last semester, as summative measure.Baseline: •0% Currently, the college is not assessing this data.
QEP Goals and Objectives
Goal 2
Students learn the skills necessary for becoming self-directed learners.
2.1. Students learn to recognize the structure of educational plan requirements. 2.2. Students learn to select the appropriate courses towards fulfillment of their educational plans.2.3. Students demonstrate progress toward educational plan created.
QEP Goals and Objectives
2.1. Students learn to recognize the structure of educational plan.
a. Students understand programs of study (Catalog) and career options with the help of assigned academic advisor.
b. Students select majors based on goals.
Assessment: • Educational plan on file in Retention Pro.Baseline: • Zero students have an educational plan on file in
Retention Pro.
QEP Goals and Objectives
2.2. Students learn to select the appropriate courses towards fulfillment of their educational plans.
a. Students (with their advisor) learn course sequencing for their educational plan.
b. Academic Advisor communicates selecting and prioritizing appropriate coursework according to their educational plan.
Assessment:• Report of excess credits.• Report of students taking courses outside of major.
Baseline: • To establish a baseline, a report will be available in December once
CAPP is fully implemented.
QEP Goals and Objectives
2.3. Students will demonstrate progress toward their educational plan
a. Assigned Academic Advisor monitors student grades and satisfactory academic progress contacting students who are not progressing according to their educational plan.
Assessment: • Academic Records Report at midterm and end of semester,
which includes satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) report.Baseline: • To establish a baseline, a report will be available in
December once CAPP is fully implemented.• Current total number of students not meeting SAP for fall 2015 was
8,797.
QEP Goals and Objectives
Sample Technology
• CAPP• EMAS Retention Pro• Career Cruising• LaWorks My Life My Way• Echo 360• Canvas
Organizational StructureChancellor
Executive Deans
Advisors
Vice Chancellor for Academic
Affairs/College Provost
Academic Deans
Academic Advisors
Faculty
Staff
Executive Director of I.R.
QEP Director
Administrative Assistant (PT)
Director of Louisiana Transfer
Degree
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Office of Advising & Testing
Administrative Assistant
QEP College-Wide Implementation TeamCampus /Site Team Members Core Lead Team • Dr. Kathleen Curphy
• Dr. Arnel Cosey• Dr. Kristine Strickland• Dr. Rene Cintron • Ashley Chitwood • Dr. Cherie Kay LaRocca
City Park • Harold Gaspard • Patrice Moore • Kayla Smith • Erin Landry
Jefferson Site • Lesha Coulon • Kiedra Williams
Sidney Collier • Yvette Alexis • Brittney Rixner
West Bank • Kimberly Benberry-Jones • Mark McLean
Northshore • Elizabeth Feltey• Tammy Scott
Charity School of Nursing • Koren Thornton • Wendy Garretson
Area of Concentration Assigned to
Faculty Mark McLeanWendy Garretson Melanie DeffendallPeter Cho
Transfer Kayla Smith
General Studies Patrice Moore Adult Basic Education Erin Landry
Deans Harold Gaspard Patrice Moore
Student Voice Michelle Greco
Academic Advisors Lynn Murphy
Student Affairs Tania Carradine Amy Trainor Dr. Jeanne Samuel
Business Affairs Steve Cazaubon
Workforce Development Lesha Coulon
Advancement Bridget Peters
QEP College-Wide Implementation Team
Implementation
• Phase 1– General Studies students (91% do not have a
declared concentration)– West Bank (~350 students in GS)– Develop staff and faculty training materials– Student interventions scheduled by the end of
first semester• Phases 2 and 3– Launch interventions at other sites