Helping Underprepared Students Complete 1 Accelerate Texas Project Academic Success Division Amarillo College actx.edu/advanceama Set for Success

2 TARGET POPULATIONS  65% of students at AC under prepared  Low skilled young adults between seeking a GED  1 out of 5 economically disadvantaged seniors did not graduate in 2010  60% of students at AC are identified at poverty  Refugees  Amarillo is one of 7 cities designated for refugee resettlement in Texas  Hispanic community  Increased from 15% in 1990 to 28.8% in 2010

RemediationWorkforce Training Completion 3 PROGRAM RATIONALE TRADITIONAL APPROACH AC’s lowest skilled students never get past this point

4 PROGRAM RATIONALE REMEDIATION SUPPORT WORKFORCE TRAINING

Four I-BEST Models – Non-Integrated Instruction – Non-Integrated Instruction with Separate, Contextualized Basic Skills – Partially Integrated Instruction – Fully Integrated Instruction 5 I-BEST PROGRAM AC’s Model going forward We tried this model!

Require remediation in at least one DOMAIN OF SIGNIFICANCE (reading, writing, math) and/or; No high school diploma or GED and/or; (PREFERRED) Need ESL support (PREFERRED) 6 PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY

7 PROGRAM STRUCTURE MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday 9am-2pm CNA class w/ DE Instructor attending class with the students for “just in time support” Support Class Review class material Contextualized GED Instruction Prepare for next day’s class CNA class w/ DE Instructor attending class with the students for “just in time support” Support Class Review class material Contextualized GED Instruction Prepare for next day’s class

8 BUILDING A VILLAGE

9 SPECIALIZED ADVISING

10 INTERNAL CASE MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT SERVICES & Advising

11 EXTERNAL CASE MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT SERVICES & ADVISING

12 INSTRUCTOR SUPPORT

13 ACADEMIC PROFILE CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT COHORT #1 DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION PLACEMENT TABEREADINGMATHWRITINGGED ESL H.S.NO NO NOYES NO NO NO NO NO NO NOYES

14 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Functional Literacy LevelMidtermFinal Exam

15 COMPLETION DATA TABE Completed college certificate Certified in industry standard* Employed in Related Field GED 4.5 YES H.S. 5.3 YES P 5.5 YES P 5.6 YES NO P 7.3 YESNOT TAKENNO P 7.3 YES 8.3 YES 9 10 YES NO P 10.5* YES NO P 10/109/106/10

16 COMPLETION DATA CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT PROGRAM COHORT #1 Completed college certificate Certified in industry standard* Employed in related field** Spring/Summer 2012Summer /107/10 CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT PROGRAM COHORT #2 Completed college certificate Certified in industry standard* Employed in related field** Fall 2012Spring /1714/175/17

17  Recruitment  Faculty Engagement  Advising students PROGRAM CHALLENGES

18  Community Outreach is important  A Cohort-based model is our strength  Need a REQUIRED JumpStart period LESSONS LEARNED

19 STUDENT VOICES Play video

20 CONTACT INFORMATION Russell Lowery-Hart Vice President, Academic Affairs Tamara Clunis Dean, Academic Success