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Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

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Page 1: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Leading the Advising Journey for the

Underprepared studentLisa Alexander and Eva Menefee

Lansing Community CollegeNACADA National Conference 2014

Page 2: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Welcome to our Journey

Who Is coming along?Characteristics of Lansing Community CollegeCharacteristics of Developmental Education at LCC.Characteristics of the Academic Advising Center.Characteristics of LCC students

Let our Journey begin

Page 3: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Lansing Community College

• Urban Campus• Fall enrollment 18,000• Supported tax base covers 15 different

school districts• More than 2800 faculty, staff and

student employees• More than 400 international students

from over 56 countries• Nearly 200 course offered in General

Education, Career and Workforce Development, Development Education, and Personal Enrichment

• More than 300 Certificate and Associate Degree Programs• 22 Associate degrees and certificates

are offered completely on line• 2500 LCC students transfer to a wide

variety of University each year, include a campus based University Center• Wide range of support services for

Veterans, more veterans attend LCC than any other Community College in Michigan

Page 4: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Developmental Education

Housed in the Center for Transitional LearningThe CTL is based on the framework of Adult

Basic EducationUses a Progress Through Pathway approach

Step 1 – Foundations for SuccessStep 2 – READ 150 – SDEV 090 – WRIT 108Step 3 – Contextualized Reading ClustersStep 4 – Students are prepared for:

EmploymentTransferCompletion of Associate’s Degree as

Terminal (Applied Degree)Transfer after Completing the Associate’s

Degree

Page 5: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Academic Advising Center

2 full time advisors hired at LCC in 1994A cadre of 80 faculty hired as result of Title 3

grant in the spring of 1994Staffing model changed to use of full time

advisors and part time advisors scheduled for 30 hour per week. Supplemental faculty on staff during peak times

2014 staffing model changed again – 10 full time advisors and 3 part time 30 hour advisors. Very limited supplemental hours available for faculty advisors

Moved to new area after remodel and new design of advising center

Page 6: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

The Typical LCC Student

Approximately 60% FT – 40% PT 55% female 23% ethnic minority Average age of the LCC student is 27 Of the 63% college-ready students,

approximately 50% are Pell-eligible 70% of all students enrolled place into

at least one developmental class, primarily MATH

Page 7: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

The Typical Developmental Student

• Approximately 27% of all students enter with Reading-Writing levels below college-ready• Approximately 80% of this group

is Pell-eligible• Most students with these test

scores need developmental reading, writing and math.

Page 8: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

The role of poverty

• Most of the Pell eligible students taking developmental courses are first generation.• Generational Poverty is defined

as having been in poverty for at least two generations. • Situational Poverty is defined as

a lack of resources due to a particular event (i.e., a death, chronic illness, divorce, etc.)

• Differences between poverty and middle class and how they play a role in satisfactory/unsatisfactory experience.• Formal Register.• Learning hidden rules.• Beyond Access-support

Ruby K. Payne, Ph.D. (1996) a framework for Understanding Poverty. Pp7 and 27

Page 9: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

First Stop – Spring and Summer 2012:

• New Advising Leadership: New Model• Cohort Advising• Move to having students grouped

into cohorts• Advising staff included:

• 4 full time advisiors• 9 part time 30 hour advisors• 10 supplemental faculty advisors

• Advisors to meet in cohort groups to create advising syllabus and activity plans

Page 10: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Developmental Cohort Advisors

• First meeting• Cohort includes 1 FT, 3 PT, and 2 supplemental advisors• Advisors to meet with students taking developmental reading and writing courses• Two advisors go into two sections of reading to present a Photo Imaging

presentation• Advisors begin spending 15-20 hours per week in the Language Skills office at a

table in the lobby

• Two Advisors attend NACADA Summer Institute Summer 2012• Developmental Advising Syllabus creation• SDEV 135 identified as the classroom visits to increase in the fall• Time spent in Language Skills Department to increase in the fall

Page 11: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Second Stop – 2012/2013 Academic Year

Spring 2013• 3 visits to SDEV 135• 1 visit to SDEV 101• Table in CLT staffed

every day including Saturday morning

Fall 2012• 3 visits to SDEV 135 • Development of

Advising Syllabus• Staffing of table in

Center for Transitional Learning (CTL) formally Language Skills

Summer 2013• No classroom visits• Limited table

coverage in the CLT• 4 sections of SDEV

135• 1 section of SDEV 101

Page 12: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Third Stop – 2013/2014 Academic Year

Fall 2013• 32 sections SDEV 090• 24 sections SDEV 101• 1 FT, 3 PT, 2

Supplemental advisors• Advising table 12 hours

weekly

Summer 2014• No Classroom visits• Instructors

encouraged to use video created for SDEV 101• No table in the CTL• End of Cohort

Advising• 4 sections SDEV 090• 2 sections SDEV 101

Spring 2014• 15 sections SDEV 090• 11 sections of SDEV 101• 1 FT, 3 PT, 2

Supplemental Advisors• Advising table 4 hrs.

weekly• 10 FT advisors hired

March 14, 3 of the FT are dedicated to the Developmental Cohort

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The journey continues….

Fall 2014• No Table in the CTL• 3 FT advisors • Advisors decide Developmental

students need more love even without cohort advising• 23 sections of SDEV 090 each continue

to get 3 visits• 15 sections of SDEV 101 each continue

to get 1 visit• EDP video available for on-line or face to

face courses

Spring 2015• 12 sections of SDEV 090• 6 sections of SDEV 101

Page 14: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Bumps along the way…

• Development of advising syllabus• Development of materials• Creation of presentations• Elimination of cohort advising• Increase number of sections

decreasing number of advisors • Non flexible enrollment

minimums

• New leadership with a non-advising background• Dean who moved on to new

academic pursuits• Remodel and move to new

temporary space• New financial aid regulations• Personality conflicts between

assigned advisor and instructor

Page 15: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Reflection, Evaluation, Challenges, Change…• Revisit the items that make us

bump• Losing staff – feeling

overwhelmed• Talk of “no more cohorts”• Talk of “using cohorts”• Lack of formal evaluation –

currently evaluation is only anecdotal in nature

• Operation 100% and lack of knowledge of developmental students• Federal Financial Aid regulation

changes

Page 16: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Advisors take the Lead

• Continued partnership with Director and Faculty in the Center for Transitional Learning• Continued scheduling of advising

visits to all SDEV 090 and 101 courses• Development and updating of

information provided in the packets that are presented

• Other advising activities scheduled based on work of the developmental cohort• Continued revisiting of the

policies and procedures that impact the developmental student• Collaboration at conferences

(State and National) with member of the CTL

Page 17: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

The Magical Packet

• Includes:• Career Development• Passion• Networking• Interviews• Time Management• Levels of Education• Costs of Education• List of Majors at LCC• Transfer agreement• Educational Development Plan

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From Undecided to completing an EDP

• Material developed for Undecided students• Based on Packet prepared for

Developmental cohort• More information available to

students on D2L

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Questions?

Page 20: Leading the Advising Journey for the Underprepared student Lisa Alexander and Eva Menefee Lansing Community College NACADA National Conference 2014

Thanks for coming!

Lisa Alexander [email protected] (517) 483-1197

Eva Menefee [email protected] (517) 483-9674