Pathways CoRequisites Utilizing Faculty Research and Development Teams

Pathways & Co-Requisites: Utilizing Faculty Research and Development Teams League for Innovations National Harbor, MD March 20, 2018 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 1

Presenters Dr. Rebecca Goosen Associate Vice Chancellor for College Preparatory Dr. Carla Garrett College Preparatory Instructor/Co-chair of English R&D Ann Tate Dean of Liberal Arts 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 2

San Jacinto College Established 1962 Serving over 30, 000 students and seven Independent School Districts Central Campus – 1961 North Campus – 1975 South Campus – 1979 Maritime Campus- 2016 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 3

San Jacinto College • • • 2017 Aspen Rising Star College Frontier Set College ATD College AACC Pathways College One college: Four locations 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 4

Research and Development Teams • Mathematics • Established 2011 • Background history • English • Established 2017 • Background history 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 5

Charters and Purpose • Provide leadership in addressing the issues of student performance, curriculum development, and faculty professional development. • Increase student success and recommend curriculum changes. • Develop consistent delivery of courses across campuses. • Research best practices and pilot innovative initiatives. 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 6

Completed Projects for Math • Developed several new math pathways for students instead of the traditional College Algebra. • AIM: Acceleration in Mathematics • ASAP: Accelerated Statistics & Probability • ACM: Accelerated Contemporary Mathematics • ABS: Accelerated Business (Finite) Math 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 7

New Pathways 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 8

Completed Projects for Math (cont. ) • Developed manuals with detailed lessons, specific examples, quizzes, and test to help part-time faculty offer quality courses. • Created marketing materials and met with educational advisors and high-school counselors to help with placing students in correct courses. • Analyze and collect data on student performance. 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 9

Completed Projects for Math (cont. ) • Review Program Outcomes and Faculty Credentialing. • Reviewed the transferability of upper level math classes with area universities. • Worked alongside technical faculty to develop a math course that better meets the needs of technical students. 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 10

Completed Projects for English • Redesigned English 1301 and 1302 to align with SLO’s and Pathways. • Developed a Blackboard site for a course framework and instructional materials. • Analyze and collect data on student performance. 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 11

Completed Projects for English (cont. ) • Redesigned the co-requisite for Composition I and Integrated Reading and Writing. • Created professional development for delivery of the new co-requisite to meet state mandates. • Developed manuals with detailed lessons, specific examples, quizzes, and test to help parttime faculty offer quality courses. 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 12

Why would anyone want to do all this work? 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 13

Lessons Learned • Make it local • Listen and trust your faculty. They are the experts in the classroom. They are at a perfect position to make the biggest impact • Revise, revise 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 14

Where do we go from here? • The Math R & D Team will continue exploring new ways and opportunities for student success by looking at data, reviewing research, and making improvements in our current courses. • The English R & D will be piloting the new Composition I and II courses, will continue to design the co-requisites, and create notebooks to assist part-time faculty instruction. 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 15

Questions? Dr. Rebecca Goosen rebecca. goosen@sjcd. edu Carla Garrett carla. garrett@sjcd. edu Ann Tate ann. tate@sjcd. edu 12/14/202 1 www. sanjac. edu 16