Members Present: Gayle
Arries, Tiffany Blackwell, Jackie Blakley, Tim Bowen, Jenni Creamer, Rick
Cothran, Galen DeHay, Penny Edwards, Mandy Elmore, Adam Ghiloni, Glenn
Hellenga, Linda Jameison, Tasheka Johnson, Scott Harvey, Gabe Hollingsworth, Tom
Lawrence, Bryan Manuel, Mary Orem, Sarah Shumpert, Mia Tensley, Luke
VanWingerden
Members Absent: Mark Dougherty, Lynn Lewis, Chris
Marino, Brian Swords
Other Attendees: KC Bryson
Length of Meeting: 2 hours
The minutes of the January 8,
2019 meeting were approved as presented.
KC Bryson gave an overview of
the Multiple Measures project and presented the results of her research. She noted the following.
Reasons for the project:
·
ACT no longer
supported COMPASS, so the college had to change to Accuplacer.
·
National studies
show that placement tests are poor predictors of success in math and English
courses.
·
The state is considering
uniform cut scores.
·
Interest by
faculty and staff to evaluate multiple measures.
The Multiple Measures task
force started its work in January 2017.
It noted that unweighted GPA data to try to place students was fairly
accurate (2.6 was pretty good, but a 2.8 showed better success), but they were
not comfortable with using only GPA. The
team wanted to consider using high school transcripts, as well. We did not receive high school transcripts
until mid-June, so gathering information from those transcripts in time to make
recommendations was difficult.
She discussed:
·
Pilot Minimum
Qualifications
·
Why Math?
·
Why Bridge?
·
Examples of Pilot
Success
·
Math Course
Enrollment
·
Non-Bridge
students
KC also touched on a few
questions:
·
What is a good
success rate? Is ours too high?
·
The pilot had
higher withdrawal rates. Did we cause
them to be less confident?
She also noted that it is
important to get students to college level courses, because many who start in
remedial courses, never make it out of them.
Multiple Measures Next Steps:
·
The team is still
working to evaluate the pilot and next steps.
·
The second round
of the pilot will need to solve the problem of the late transcripts.
·
Several people
have indicated that they would like to join the group.
·
We need to make a
decision now about moving forward with the pilot.
·
Probably will not
include technical programs.
·
Will look at some
other factors (attendance and Starfish alerts).
ACT has noted that
non-traditional and adult learners do better with a refresher course.
With that report in mind,
Galen ask the group these questions.
What key finding caught your
attention?
·
Big picture
success rate was better for non-pilot students until you dig deeper.
·
Jumping levels
–how do we provide support?
·
We need to do
better. We are putting students
behind. They are paying real costs in
money and success.
What is different than what
we have been doing in the placement assistance room?
·
More objective
·
More formal
process
·
More structured
What do we need to consider as
we move forward?
·
How to do this in
Banner?
·
Practicality –
transcript timing
·
Program vs. course
level placement
·
# of years out of
school
·
Sophistication of
the advising conversation
Galen noted that, as we
discuss program readiness, there are other things in the works that we need to
consider as we prepare strategic initiatives.
We need to use that information to guide how we move forward.
With three years of
conversation about common cut scores, we need to be aware and anticipate what
is coming. We need to know what we want
to do, rather than have to conform to a mandate.
Scott Harvey discussed the
Maximum Student Load policy. The revised
policy gives the advisor the ability to approve the load. The policy was approved. It was noted that the student needs to know
the implications, and that the procedure may address some issues. A work group comprised of Tasheka Johnson,
Mia Tensley, Scott Harvey and a faculty senate representative will review the
procedure.
Announcements:
Jenni Creamer reported that
Tasheka Johnson will now supervise the student success coaches.
Mandy Elmore reported that
Jason Poole is the new Industrial Electronics Technology program director.
Luke VanWingerden reported
that between August 2 – 9, the college will transition to BlackBoard Saas. Justin Baggott will be communicating this to
employees.
With no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.
Recorded By:
Anne
Bryan
Next Meeting: Tuesday,
April 23 @ 1:00, in RH 220A
