1. Supporting FY Students: Title III Team Observations
The Title III Team shares updates and observations made during the first three years of this five-year grant focused on increasing success and persistence among First Year students.

2. Project Personnel Project Director First Year Center FY Coaching
Tania Crawford Gross
First Year Center
Nate Smith, Director
FY Coaching
DeShay Cooper,
First Year Coach
Peer Mentor Program
Annie Denton,
First Year Coach,
Peer Mentor Coordinator
Faculty Studio
Marcy Dickson, Director
Lead Instructors
Data
JeanEllen Melton, Data Analyst
Megan Douthitt, Administrative Assistant
Bryan Haydon,
Asst. Peer Mentor Coordinator
Peer Mentors

3. Grant Basics
Project was developed as a collaborative effort with participation from Academics and Student Development
Funded through the U.S. Department of Education
Originally submitted in 2012 and funded down from the 2013 list of grantees
Total Award is $2,247,728 over 5 years (based upon achieving objectives)

4. Grant Basics Three main components
Develop a structured, high-impact first year student services program
Reform developmental and general education curriculum
Develop timely access to and effective use of data for staff and faculty

5. Objectives review Year #1 Year #2
Redesign of developmental courses to reflect collaborative & technology-rich activities
Increased knowledge of best practices in first year student services
Year #2
Pilot FYE courses linked with developmental courses
Accelerated Math courses
Collaborative/tech rich Biology & Chemistry courses
Targeted services for students in FYE pilot courses (case management, FY activities, etc.)

6. Objectives review Year #3 Accelerated Writing ENG 100/101
Collaborative/Tech Rich History 108 & 109
Tracking students using Early Alert and development of web-based education and career plan
Data Access for Student Support staff

7. First Year Orientation
Focused Information
Videos
Orientation Leaders & Breakouts
Polling Software
Google Voice
Appointment Texts

8. First Year Online Orientation
Customizable
Module Flexibility
User-Friendly
Visually Appealing

9. FYC Peer Mentoring Began Fall 2015 3 – 8 Mentors each semester
12 Credits, 3.0 GPA, Interview
In-Depth Training
3 – 8 Mentors each semester
Multiple Campuses
1000 Contacts in
1130 Contacts in

10. Mentor Services Class Embedding Workshops Tutoring Referrals
Engagement

11. Intrusive Advising Intrusive Advising is the primary tool of the FYC.
“Intrusive advising involves intentional contact… with the goal of developing a… relationship that leads to increased academic motivation and persistence.”
Jennifer Varney
NACADA – Academic Advising Today
Intrusive Advising is the primary tool of the FYC.
Proactive
Frequent Contacts
Follow-ups
Starfish
Referrals
Peer Mentors

12. FY Cohort— Engagement & Retention
Met with FY Coach
Visited the FYC
Met with a Peer Mentor
75%
60%
14% *
63%
58%

13. Team-Based Learning/ Collaboration
Evidence based collaborative learning teaching strategy
preparation
in-class readiness assurance testing
application-focused exercise.

14. Team-Based Learning/ Collaboration
Learners must complete preparatory materials before a class or the start of a new topic
Materials may be text, visual or other, and set at a level that is appropriate to the students and the course.

15. Team-Based Learning/ Collaboration
Transforms
“small groups” into “teams”
a technique into a strategy
the quality of student learning
(for instructors), restores the enjoyment of teaching

16. Workshop Courses
Year 2: MAT 96 + MAT 150
Year 3: ENG ENG 101

17. Paired Courses Year 2: FYE 105 + Developmental Courses
Year 3: No Paired Courses in the grant
Year 4: FYE PSY 110,
RDG COM 252
RDG BIO 120
ENC MAT 11 RDG 20
Pilot Sections
All Sections

18. Technology—Google Voice
Increased Availability
Convenience
Enhanced Communication
Privacy

19. Technology—Polling Apps
Engage students in the class
Students want to use their phones anyway
Review material in a fun way

20. Technology—Jing & Screencast
Easy Screen-Recording
Easily share videos on Blackboard, , Facebook
Provide students tips or a quick review

21. Resources/ Topics for Title III Instructors
Title III Library
Technology checkout
Clickers
Tegrity
Support/Training
Web Accessibility
Copyright
Instructional design
Technology
Learning modalities
Teaching methods/approaches

22. Upcoming Objectives Year #4 FYE 105 linked with Psychology
Combined RDG 100 & COM 252, BIO 120
Pilot cohort targeting academically underprepared students (IRW 85)
Use of data by Developmental Education faculty

23. Upcoming Objectives Year #5
Collaborative/technology-rich College Algebra and math courses
Pilot cohort targeting first generation/under represented minority student
Use of data by General Education faculty

24. Summative Objectives
By the end of the project period Fall ‘19, the BCTC full- time first year to second year retention rate is six percentage points higher (61%) than the Fall ‘12 retention baseline (55%).
By Spring ‘19 the average success rate for students in high-risk developmental (48.2%) and general education courses ( 61%) increase by at least 8 percentage points.
By Summer ’19, the three year completion rate increases to 25% over the 2012 baseline 20%.

25. Questions