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

2. 2 TARGET POPULATIONS  65% of students at AC under prepared  Low skilled young adults between 16-26 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

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

4. 4 PROGRAM RATIONALE REMEDIATION SUPPORT WORKFORCE TRAINING

5. 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!

6. 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. 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. 8 BUILDING A VILLAGE

9. 9 SPECIALIZED ADVISING

10. 10 INTERNAL CASE MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT SERVICES & Advising

11. 11 EXTERNAL CASE MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT SERVICES & ADVISING

12. 12 INSTRUCTOR SUPPORT

13. 13 ACADEMIC PROFILE CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT COHORT #1 DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION PLACEMENT TABEREADINGMATHWRITINGGED ESL 4.533211 H.S.NO 5.330211 NO 5.529272 NOYES 5.636213 NO 7.384205 NO 7.346221 NO 8.369243 NO 927263 NO 1048234 NO 10.583715NOYES

14. 14 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Functional Literacy LevelMidtermFinal Exam 4.5 7688 5.3 8782 5.5 8388 5.6 8088 7.3 8892 7.3 7688 8.3 9499 9.0 7084 10.0 8192 10.5 9397

15. 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. 16 COMPLETION DATA CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT PROGRAM COHORT #1 Completed college certificate Certified in industry standard* Employed in related field** Spring/Summer 2012Summer 2012 10/107/10 CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT PROGRAM COHORT #2 Completed college certificate Certified in industry standard* Employed in related field** Fall 2012Spring 2013 16/1714/175/17

17. 17  Recruitment  Faculty Engagement  Advising students PROGRAM CHALLENGES

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

19. 19 STUDENT VOICES Play video

20. 20 CONTACT INFORMATION Russell Lowery-Hart Vice President, Academic Affairs rdloweryhart@actx.edu 806-371-5135 Tamara Clunis Dean, Academic Success ttclunis@actx.edu 806-371-5429