1. Complete CollegeAmerica – Academy 1.0
July 2013

2.  Governors office
 Data
 CO Department of Higher Education
 Community College System

3.  35 people from 16 colleges
 Mostly faculty from Reading, English, and
Math
 Charged with:
 Clarify purpose of developmental education
 System policy review and revisions
 Measures of success
 Structures for student success
 Recommend strategies and specific initiatives for
redesign

4.  Washington State - iBest
 Tennessee –math emporium
 Los Medinos
 BaltimoreCounty
 Chabot College
 University ofTexas
 Austin Peay
 Aurora – Integrated English and Reading
 Denver – Fast Start
 Front Range – ALP learning communities

5.  FRCC: Lumina
 CCD FastStart: BreakingThrough, Scaling Up,
HACU
 OVAE, “Ready for College” bridge programs
 Complete CollegeAmerica
 TAACCCT –Trade Adjustment Assistance
Community College and CareerTraining

6. To accelerate students by reducing the amount
of time, number of developmental credits,
and number of courses in the developmental
sequence so students can have access to and
be supported for success in a college level
course.

7.  CCCNS documents
 Faculty training workshops
 Discipline specific training
 Targeted presentations
 Peer to peer relationships
 College peer access points
 D2L curriculum examples
 Active learning examples and lessons for new
courses

8.  Campus advisory
 CCR
 Math
 Student services
 Faculty and staff development
 Resources
 Program evaluation

9.  Math – pathways at the developmental level
 Algebra
 Non-Algebra (statistics and math for liberal arts)
 Non-transfer (career math, clinical calculations)
 CollegeComposition and Reading (formerly
reading and English)
 Integrated disciplines
 Tiers of support for students in classes

10.  How many students successfully complete
college English or college math?
 Previously measured only course completion
 Cohort tracking – how many are completing
college courses?

11.  What will it look like?
 Fall 2014
 Old courses will be removed from common
course numbering system
 All students will be advised onto accelerated
courses – the new normal

12.  Need champions
 Process is so important
 Give people the time and resources to come
to the redesign
 Make the process as transparent as possible
 Work with DHE, DE, legislative bodies, local
foundations – what’s best for our students
 Focus on data informed decisions and
decision making

13.  DE site
 Word Press site
 D2L shells
 Campus teams
 Regional training
 Student services training
 2:2 sharing

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