adult and developmental education

Fall 2010 Update

Provost

Dean of School WFD

Dean of School

Arts and Science

Dean of Adult and

DE

Director of Tassell M-

TEC (Liaison for Non-Credit)

Director of Academic

and DE Support

Director of Developmental Curriculum

AFP Departmen

t Coordinator

s

Dean of Student Affairs

Assoc. Dean of

Counseling,

Advising &

Retention

To provide a unified strategy for adult learning that will create clear pathways to post-secondary education and employment opportunities for all students, regardless of their current educational functioning level when they enter the continuum or pipeline of learning.

Adult Education is a term used nation-wide to refer to programs for people 17 and older with less than high school competencies:

Program Skill Levels Annual participants

Adult Basic Education (ABE)

Grades 6-8 (Delivered through partnership with the Literacy Center)

60

General Educational Development (GED)

Grades 9-12 340

Non-credit ESL Low beginning to advanced levels: Advanced aligns with the lowest of GRCC’s 100- level ESL classes.

250

●Non-credit Job Training programs are not, in and of themselves, below college level. In fact, many of the programs require complex skills.

●Increasing numbers of students are

enrolling without the basic skill requirements for the programs.

●ADE will work with these programs to design intake/assessment practices and basic skill delivery within Job Training to increase the success of the students who arrive with basic skill deficits.

● Developmental education is a field of practice and research within higher education with a theoretical foundation in developmental psychology and learning theory.  It promotes the cognitive and affective growth of all postsecondary learners, at all levels of the learning continuum.

● At GRCC developmental education is delivered through the Academic Foundations Program (AFP)

●Pre-college level courses:●EN 097●MA 095, 096, 097●RD 097, 098 ●PY 100●CO 003

●Support services such as counseling, small group tutoring, Structured Learning Assistance, and summer bridge programs.

NOTE: 44% of all new students place into 1 or more AFP classes.

● Number of AFP instructors Fall 2010: 70

● Number of AFP sectionsClass Sections

EN 097 49

RD 097 25

RD 098 20

MA 095 25

MA 096 8

MA 097 19

PY 100 28

AGC Policy Changes Since 2007:

● ACT cut scores adjustment recommended

● Mandatory placement for AFP Math and English recommended

● Mandatory placement for PY 100 recommended

● Prerequisite policy (Dr. Laurie Chesley’s Team)

Success Measure Fall 2006Fall 2009

Diff.

Course Success (C – A) 51% 60% +9%

Fall-to-Fall Persistence 46% 48% +2%

Success in Subsequent Course Work

51% 57% +6%

Graduation w/in 5 years

9% 12% +3%

●Mission: GRCC adult and developmental education provides transformative opportunities for all learners to attain their personal, academic, and career goals.

●Vision: GRCC adult and developmental education inspires and empowers students to be life-long learners who meet the demands of the statewide and global community.

1. Coordinate Adult and Developmental Education so that programs are aligned and provide clear pathways to credentials.

2. Provide professional development opportunities for all ADE faculty and staff.

3. Ensure that GRCC policies and practices promote student success.

4. Support all ADE subject areas as they design curricula and learning strategies to meet ADE student needs.

5. Provide comprehensive support to ADE students.

6. Design and implement a comprehensive assessment and evaluation plan for the ADE program.

PROJECTS PROGRAMDevelop comprehensive Pathways model for Adult and Dev Ed

Adult and Dev Education

Continue to refine and improve faculty professional development programming in adult and developmental education.

Adult and AFP Subject areas.

Improve integration of GED/ESL into post-secondary/career pathways.

Adult Education

Develop intake, assessment, and curriculum for basic skills integration into Job Training programs.

Job Training, AFP

PROJECTS PROGRAMDevelop models for basic skills assessment and curriculum through “Pathways to Prosperity”

Training Solutions

Develop plan for Mandatory Reading policy. AFP RD

Design and implement Achieving the Dream project for developmental math.

AFP MA

Expand academic support services to Adult and Developmental Education students

Academic Support, AFP Coordinators