6th    Annual  NPEA  Conference    |    Minneapolis,  MN  

The  SEED  Ins=tu=onal  Supports  Evalua=on  Addressing  Gaps  in  Campus-­‐Based  Supports    

for  Historically  Underserved  Students    from  a  P-­‐16  Perspec?ve  

Tiffany  Blacknall,  MA  Melissa  Freedman,  MAT  

April  25th,  2014  

THE  SEED  INSTITUTIONAL    SUPPORTS  EVALUATION  (ISE)  AGENDA:    

1.   SEED  Overview  2.   The  Na=onal  Challenge  3.   SEED  CTS  –  The  Bridge  4.   Crea=ng  the  SEED  ISE  5.   The  SEED  ISE  Format  6.   Pilo=ng  the  SEED  ISE  7.   Q  &  A  

 

AYANA  SEED  DC,  Class  of  2008  

Brown  University,  Class  of  2012  

SEED  OVERVIEW  

•  The  SEED  Founda?on  •  College-­‐prep,  public  boarding  schools  

o  5  days  a  week  o  Grades  6  –  12  o Washington,  D.C.,  Bal=more,  MD,    &  Miami,  FL  

•  Designed  to  serve  underrepresented  students  •  Holis?c  services  to  achieve  success  from  middle  

school  through  college  

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Academic

Curriculum

Residential  

Programs

College  

Counseling  

Services

College

   Transition  

&  Success  

Services

Mental  

Health  

Services

Social  and  

Enrichment  

Programs

Physical

Health  

Services

Academic

Curriculum

Services

Physical  Health

Programs

Residential

&  Success  Services

College  Transition

Mental  He

alth

Service

sP

rograms

Social  

&  Enrichment

College  Counseling

Services

NATIONAL  CHALLENGE  

Only  half  of  all  low-­‐income  high  school  graduates  immediately  enroll  in  college.  

Even  those  who  make  it  to  their  first  day  of  college  are  unlikely  to  see  gradua?on  day.  Only  one  in  ten  low-­‐income,  first-­‐genera=on  students  who  enroll  in  

college  earn  a  bachelor’s  degree.      

SEED  COLLEGE  TRANSITION  &  SUCCESS  (CTS)  PROGRAM    

MIDDLE    SCHOOL  

HIGH    SCHOOL  

COLLEGE  

PROFESSIONAL  DEVELOPMENT  

COLLEGE  OUTREACH  VISITS  &  SUPPORT  

ADVISING  

FINANCIAL  ADVICE  

COLLEGE  MATCHING  

PRE-­‐COLLEGE  PROGRAMMING  

SEED  CTS  –  THE  BRIDGE  

ü  Advising  students  and  families  on  how  to  navigate  barriers  to  college  comple?on  

ü  Building  rela?onships  among  key  influencers  in  our  graduates’  college  success  

ü  Crea?ng  a  pipeline  of  support  from  high  school  through  college  

ü  Conduc?ng  hundreds  of  college  outreach  visits  

ü  Collec?ng  longitudinal  student  prepara?on  &  performance  data  

Over  the  last  10  years,  CTS  has  built  bridges  between  SEED  graduates’  secondary  and  postsecondary  careers  by:  

SEED  CTS  –  FINDINGS  

University  Gradua=on  

Rate  

Financial  Assistance/    Affordability  

Campus-­‐Based  Support  Systems  

College  performance  data  for  the  first  two  categories  are  readily  available.  The  quality  and  quan=ty  of  on-­‐campus  support  systems,  

however,  have  remained  elusive  criteria  to  measure.  

College  supports  directly  affect  graduates’  college  comple=on,  especially  for  the  neediest  students.  

SEED  INSTITUTIONAL  SUPPORTS  EVALUATION  (ISE)  

The  Ins?tu?onal  Supports  Evalua?on  (ISE)  is  an  assessment  of  an  ins?tu?on’s  current  campus  based  supports  from  a  P-­‐16  perspec?ve  with  special  regard  to  serving  historically  underserved  students.  

The  ISE  looks  at  the  following  supports…  •  Academic  Support  •  Disability  Support  •  Social  Engagement  /                                Emo?onal  Support  

•  Financial  Aid    

…and  asks  these  key  ques=ons:  Are  the  supports…  

q  Available?  q  Communicated?  q  Accessible?  q  Structured?  

SEED  ISE  –  OVERVIEW    

Secondary  Stakeholders  

Postsecondary  Stakeholders  

Community  Stakeholders  

ü HS  College  Counselors  ü HS  Guidance  Counselors  ü Students  &  Families  

ü Higher  Ed  Officials  ü Campus-­‐Based  Prac??oners  

ü Higher  Ed  Associa?ons  ü Students  &  Families  

ü Community-­‐  Based  Orgs  ü Policy  Officials  ü Researchers    ü Students  &  Families  

The  Ins?tu?onal  Supports  Evalua?on  (ISE)  helps  all  stakeholders  in  student  success  to  evaluate  postsecondary  college  supports.  It  also  suggests  improvements  to  support  strategies  for  under-­‐represented  students  on  campus.  

SEED  ISE  –  OVERVIEW    

SEED  ISE  –  OVERVIEW    

SEED  ISE  –  PILOT    PILOT  PARTICIPANTS   WHAT  WE  LEARNED   CURRENT  STATUS    SEED  CTS  Advisors*    Friendship  Collegiate  Academy  PCS    The  University  of  Wisconsin-­‐  Stevens  Point    

American  University  

Trinity  Washington  University    

Virginia  Tech  

•  Pilot  colleges  were  recep?ve  to  the  process  

•  Stakeholders  are  excited  about  the  data’s  impact  

• We  need  to  develop  our  metrics  

• We  need  a  new,  user-­‐friendly  technological  plaborm  

• Using  the  tool  requires  prep  

• We  are  missing  students’  voices  

 •  We  are  developing  a  

student  version  of  the  ISE  

•  We  are  con?nuing  to  test  the  tool  and  to  expand  our  partnerships  

•  We  seek  addi?onal  partners  build  out  a  user-­‐friendly  technological  plaborm  and  develop  the  tool’s  metrics  

Q  &  A  HOW  CAN  YOU  SEE  YOURSELF    

USING  THE  SEED  ISE?    

PARTNER  WITH  US  TODAY.    

Help  us  build  bridges  to  college  success  for  the  students  that    

need  them  most.    

Tiffany  Blacknall  College  Success  Specialist  

tblacknall@seedfounda=on.com    

Melissa  Freedman  College  Success  Manager  

melissa@seedfounda=on.com    

  DURRELL  SEED  DC,  Class  of  2006  

James  Madison  University,  Class  of  2012  

Current  sixth  grade  math    teacher  at  SEED  DC