Counseling
Stage 5
Assessment Activities
| Assessment Methods | Scholarship Accountability Reports |
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| Assessment Description | Counselors from the Gateway to College program collected student data using the Scholarship Accountability Record tool weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16. Once collected, the data gathered was reviewed and discussed during Program staff meetings and Director/Counselor Individual Conferences. |
| Learning Outcomes | Our SLO last Spring 2013 was to: construct and take proactive steps to manage and overcome academic and personal obstacles. The progress, persistence, and conduct of about 40 students enrolled in IDST 50, English 93 or TRST 3346, and TRST 3421 was analyzed using the Scholarship Accountability Record Tool. |
| Number of Counselors | 2 |
| Number of Students | ~40 |
Data Analysis
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| Data Summary | At 70%, the majority of the students of the Gateway to College program at the end of the semester demonstrated proficiency in constructing and taking proactive steps to manage and overcome academic and personal obstacles. At the beginning of the semester, 92.5% of the students demonstrated proficiency in constructing and taking proactive steps to manage and overcome academic and personal obstacles. |
| Data Analysis | Counselors collected the student data using the Scholarship Accountability Record tool weeks 4, 8, 12, and 16. Once collected, the data was reviewed and discussed during Program staff meetings and Director/Counselor Individual Conferences. We used the criteria that all: students who earn more 50% of the total points in the Scholarship Accountability Record tool would have demonstrated proficiency by the end of the semester. |
| Next Steps Planned | Due to the positive impact made by the Scholarship Accountablity Record Tool on our first semester students, our program will create a new version of the Scholarship Accountability Tool for students who have been in the program for two or more semesters to ensure that all students in the program continue to construct and take proactive steps to manage and overcome academic and personal obstacles beyond the first semester in the program. (September 2013) We will take more immediate measures after week 4 and week 8 to have student conferences with struggling new students, their counselors and other supporters to ensure the struggling new students create action plans to outline behaviors that will help them successfully pass their classes . (September 2013) |
| Learning Outcomes | All of the outcomes will be supported by these plans. |
Changes
| Details | Last semester, after week 4 and week 8 we noticed our students' grades were not improving in one of their foundation semester classes. We decided to provide extra support to struggling new students by providing tutors in class and opportunities to strengthen their skills by providing an online supplementary course. |
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| Learning Outcomes | All. |
Tentative Future Assessment Plans
| Assessment Term | Fall 2013 |
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| Assessment Details | This semester we will be reviewing the same SLO from last academic year: construct and take proactive steps to manage and overcome academic and personal obstacles. We will be reviewing the percent of courses passed with a C or better using data from Banner for midterm grades and final grades. |
SLO Details Storage Location
- HARD COPY - In my personal filing system (my office)
- ELECTRONIC COPY - In my electronic filing system (hard drive or web server)
Additional Highlights
In 2013, GtC graduated their largest class with 19 students, an increase of 72% from the previous semester.Other program highlights include the following:
• 191 young adults were re-engaged in school
• Graduates earn an average of 24 college credits, about half of the credits needed to transfer
• 92% of new students earned a C or Better in some or all of their classes
• 70% of the students persisted from Fall to Spring