Student Success

The following Strategic Plan Objectives will be this year’s priority efforts:

Increase professional development opportunities for all employees that are focused on student success outcomes and based on a review of student needs, capture rates, and achievement gaps.

Establish and implement a plan that promotes student completion of their basic skill courses as outlined in their educational plan.

Develop and implement a comprehensive follow-up and retention plan for those students who have been identified as “at risk” and/or are on academic probation.

Help to nurture a college wide adoption of Progress Report!

Create Programs of Study for undeclared majors.

Develop a plan to embed student support services into instruction.

On behalf of the Student Success Coordinating Committee, we hope you will continue to support these efforts by providing your expertise and talents. Join us if you have not already.

AVID for Higher Learning

• Learn AVID pedagogy that can be implemented in any of your classes.
• Integrate high engagement instructional strategies to increase student success in any discipline.
• Contact mduffy@saddleback.edu or mengels@saddleback.edu

College Tip of the Week

• Find the Tip of the Week in Blackboard.
• Reinforce the Tip of the Week in your classes.
• Write the Tip of the Week on your dry erase board.
• Display the Tip of the Week in your Division/Department.
• Contact: mmoreno30@saddleback.edu or call EXT. 4584

Embedded Tutoring

• Students who spend 6 or more hours in the LRC tutoring have 10% higher success rates than their peers!
• Request an embedded tutor for your basic skills class.
• Contact: chinkle@saddleback.edu

Institute for Teaching & Learning

• Participate in paid professional development offered throughout the semester aimed at increasing student success in your classroom. Faculty from all disciplines are welcome. Space is limited.
• Contact: chayter@saddleback.edu

College Pride Tuesday

• Pick up your free “We Believe in You” college shirt and wear it on Tuesdays--or any other day, for that matter!
• On Tuesdays, show college pride and wear our Saddleback College colors: cardinal and gold.
• Contact: mmoreno30@saddleback.edu

E-portfolio

• Help your students create an electronic portfolio that highlights your class’s capstone assignments and SLOs. Soon, all Saddleback College students will leave our college with a portfolio featuring their work, which can be used for transfer and employment.
• Contact: ccesareo@saddleback.edu

Freshman Advantage Fridays

• Be a part of the 2016 Panel of Experts and speak to new students and their families about your programs.Prepare incoming students for the transition from high school to college early, during the spring semester.
• Contact: ltran85@saddleback.edu or call ext. 4584

Leadership Lab: 7 Habits of Successful College Students

• Learn how you can incorporate the 7 Habits into your classroom or encourage your students to attend the new Leadership Lab.
• Contact: ebello@saddleback.edu

EAB (Education Advisory Board)

• This work group is a resource to help guide the college with student Success data driven decisions based on evidence and research.
• Contact: pskaff@saddleback.edu

CPR Work Group (Completion, Persistence & Retention) Join a group of faculty working to develop strategies to increase student success by transforming basic skills. Contact:  chayter@saddleback.edu Student Success Mentors Request a Student Success Mentor presentation for your classes. 10-minute presentations on new, required student success mandates that all students need to know about! Contact: mmoreno30@saddleback.edu or call ext. 4584

A place where everyone knows your name!

• Wear your college name badge daily, so students know you are here to help.
• Order your college name badge online under faculty & staff support on our college website.

Progress Report (It’s here!)

• Help us continue to improve our new Progress Report!
• Learn how to establish that faculty, student, counselor connection!
• Contact: pskaff@saddleback.edu or jgaston@socccd.edu

One Book, One College

• Join the entire campus in a college- wide reading movement with a full year of classroom activities and book club gatherings, plus an author lecture during spring semester.
• Contact: ccesareo@saddleback.edu

OER (Open Educational Resources)

• High-cost textbooks are a major barrier to college for some students. Join us in promoting student success by exploring Open Educational Resources (OER) to reduce the cost of textbooks and materials for students.
• Contact: jpakula@saddleback.edu or nmajor@saddleback.edu