Presented by The SEED Foundation at the 2014 NPEA conference in Minneapolis, MN on April 24-25, 2014.

1. 6th
Annual
NPEA
Conference
|
Minneapolis,
MN
The
SEED
Ins=tu=onal
Supports
Evalua=on
Addressing
Gaps
in
Campus-­‐Based
Supports
for
Historically
Underserved
Students
from
a
P-­‐16
Perspec?ve
Tiffany
Blacknall,
MA
Melissa
Freedman,
MAT
April
25th,
2014

2. THE
SEED
INSTITUTIONAL
SUPPORTS
EVALUATION
(ISE)
AGENDA:
1. SEED
Overview
2. The
Na=onal
Challenge
3. SEED
CTS
–
The
Bridge
4. Crea=ng
the
SEED
ISE
5. The
SEED
ISE
Format
6. Pilo=ng
the
SEED
ISE
7. Q
&
A
AYANA
SEED
DC,
Class
of
2008
Brown
University,
Class
of
2012

3. SEED
OVERVIEW
• The
SEED
Founda?on
• College-­‐prep,
public
boarding
schools
o 5
days
a
week
o Grades
6
–
12
o Washington,
D.C.,
Bal=more,
MD,
&
Miami,
FL
• Designed
to
serve
underrepresented
students
• Holis?c
services
to
achieve
success
from
middle
school
through
college
3
Academic
Curriculum
Residential
Programs
College
Counseling
Services
College
Transition
& Success
Services
Mental
Health
Services
Social and
Enrichment
Programs
Physical
Health
Services
Academic
Curriculum
Programs
Residential
& Success Services
College Transition
t
College Counseling
Services

4. NATIONAL
CHALLENGE
Only
half
of
all
low-­‐income
high
school
graduates
immediately
enroll
in
college.
Even
those
who
make
it
to
their
first
day
of
college
are
unlikely
to
see
gradua?on
day.
Only
one
in
ten
low-­‐income,
first-­‐genera=on
students
who
enroll
in
college
earn
a
bachelor’s
degree.

5. SEED
COLLEGE
TRANSITION
&
SUCCESS
(CTS)
PROGRAM
MIDDLE
SCHOOL
HIGH
SCHOOL
COLLEGE
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
COLLEGE
OUTREACH
VISITS
&
SUPPORT
ADVISING
FINANCIAL
ADVICE
COLLEGE
MATCHING
PRE-­‐COLLEGE
PROGRAMMING

6. SEED
CTS
–
THE
BRIDGE
ü Advising
students
and
families
on
how
to
navigate
barriers
to
college
comple?on
ü Building
rela?onships
among
key
influencers
in
our
graduates’
college
success
ü Crea?ng
a
pipeline
of
support
from
high
school
through
college
ü Conduc?ng
hundreds
of
college
outreach
visits
ü Collec?ng
longitudinal
student
prepara?on
&
performance
data
Over
the
last
10
years,
CTS
has
built
bridges
between
SEED
graduates’
secondary
and
postsecondary
careers
by:

7. SEED
CTS
–
FINDINGS
University
Gradua=on
Rate
Financial
Assistance/
Affordability
Campus-­‐Based
Support
Systems
College
performance
data
for
the
first
two
categories
are
readily
available.
The
quality
and
quan=ty
of
on-­‐campus
support
systems,
however,
have
remained
elusive
criteria
to
measure.
College
supports
directly
affect
graduates’
college
comple=on,
especially
for
the
neediest
students.

8. SEED
INSTITUTIONAL
SUPPORTS
EVALUATION
(ISE)
The
Ins?tu?onal
Supports
Evalua?on
(ISE)
is
an
assessment
of
an
ins?tu?on’s
current
campus
based
supports
from
a
P-­‐16
perspec?ve
with
special
regard
to
serving
historically
underserved
students.
The
ISE
looks
at
the
following
supports…
• Academic
Support
• Disability
Support
• Social
Engagement
/
Emo?onal
Support
• Financial
Aid
…and
asks
these
key
ques=ons:
Are
the
supports…
q Available?
q Communicated?
q Accessible?
q Structured?

9. SEED
ISE
–
OVERVIEW
Secondary
Stakeholders
Postsecondary
Stakeholders
Community
Stakeholders
ü HS
College
Counselors
ü HS
Guidance
Counselors
ü Students
&
Families
ü Higher
Ed
Officials
ü Campus-­‐Based
Prac??oners
ü Higher
Ed
Associa?ons
ü Students
&
Families
ü Community-­‐
Based
Orgs
ü Policy
Officials
ü Researchers
ü Students
&
Families
The
Ins?tu?onal
Supports
Evalua?on
(ISE)
helps
all
stakeholders
in
student
success
to
evaluate
postsecondary
college
supports.
It
also
suggests
improvements
to
support
strategies
for
under-­‐
represented
students
on
campus.

10. SEED
ISE
–
OVERVIEW

11. SEED
ISE
–
OVERVIEW

12. SEED
ISE
–
PILOT
PILOT
PARTICIPANTS
WHAT
WE
LEARNED
CURRENT
STATUS
SEED
CTS
Advisors*
Friendship
Collegiate
Academy
PCS
The
University
of
Wisconsin-­‐
Stevens
Point
American
University
Trinity
Washington
University
Virginia
Tech
• Pilot
colleges
were
recep?ve
to
the
process
• Stakeholders
are
excited
about
the
data’s
impact
• We
need
to
develop
our
metrics
• We
need
a
new,
user-­‐
friendly
technological
plaborm
• Using
the
tool
requires
prep
• We
are
missing
students’
voices
• We
are
developing
a
student
version
of
the
ISE
• We
are
con?nuing
to
test
the
tool
and
to
expand
our
partnerships
• We
seek
addi?onal
partners
build
out
a
user-­‐friendly
technological
plaborm
and
develop
the
tool’s
metrics

13. Q
&
A
HOW
CAN
YOU
SEE
YOURSELF
USING
THE
SEED
ISE?

14. PARTNER
WITH
US
TODAY.
Help
us
build
bridges
to
college
success
for
the
students
that
need
them
most.
Tiffany
Blacknall
College
Success
Specialist
tblacknall@seedfounda=on.com
Melissa
Freedman
College
Success
Manager
melissa@seedfounda=on.com
DURRELL
SEED
DC,
Class
of
2006
James
Madison
University,
Class
of
2012
Current
sixth
grade
math
teacher
at
SEED
DC