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Retaining Underprepared Students: Building a Comprehensive Developmental Education Program

Registration Fee: $295.00

Description

On-Demand Training: Retaining Underprepared Students: Building a Comprehensive Developmental Education Program

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· No One To Waste: Why Developmental Education is Essential

· Retaining Underprepared Students: Creating a Comprehensive Developmental Education Program

· Empowering Developmental Student Success: Integrating Learning Assistance and Student Development Services with Alternative Instructional Approaches

· Best Practices in Learning Support Centers: Increase Student Retention and Academic Success

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Description

Gwen Braun and Leanne Frost, who serve as both administrators and teachers in the Academic Support Center at Montana State University-Billings, will share the successes and challenges experienced during the last five years as the developmental education program (DevEd) expanded. The presentation will promote collaboration between the DevEd program and other departments (housing, security, financial aid, registrar, disciplinary action committee, Disability Support Services, SOS/TRIO, and academic departments) to meet the expressed and demonstrated needs of underprepared first-year students. The presenter will also share assessment data collected over the five-year period and show how it has been used to predict needs and validate changes.

Quote from our speaker

“Underprepared first-year students cannot succeed alone; neither can the developmental education program that serves them. Collaboration and assessment are essential for the academic success and retention of at-risk students.” ~ Gwen Braun

Objectives

Participants will learn a step-by-step approach to building a campus network of support for underprepared first-year students.
Using a simple matrix, participants will analyze their own programs for ways to improve retention with no-cost/low-cost techniques, including identifying student needs and collaborative partners.
Participants will recognize the importance of quantitative assessment to enhance their programs, improve student services, add validity to programs and recommendations, and celebrate successes.

Who Should Attend?

Instructional and Student Services Deans
Instructors in DevEd courses
Administrators of DevEd programs
Non-DevEd program directors looking to retain first-year students
Administrators and others concerned with retaining first-year students
Skeptics of the value of DevEd programs
Student Success Specialists
Advisors and Counselors
Student Support Professionals
Anyone interested in improving retention rates for underprepared students

Who Are the Speakers?

Gwen Braun, M.Ed. Educational Technology
Montana State University-Billings

Program Director

A career educator and technology expert, Gwendolyn K. Braun’s teaching experience includes elementary school, and math in junior high and high school before joining postsecondary education. She has presented regionally and nationally for NADE, CRLA, and AMATYC, and serves as a regional consultant for ACT, Inc. As Director of the Academic Support Center and Developmental Education at Montana State University-Billings, she was instrumental in bringing the developmental math and writing courses together into one program. She holds a Master of Education in Educational Technology from MSU-Billings and a Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary Education and Secondary Mathematics from Lincoln University. She attended the Kellogg Institute to earn certification as a Developmental Education Specialist and recently received the Staff Recognition Award for Excellence in Administration at Montana State University-Billings.

Leanne Frost, M.Ed. Reading

Montana State University-Billings

Program Asst. Director

A national presenter and soon-to-be published author on using quantitative assessment to improve student success, Leanne H. Frost has spent the past two years collecting and analyzing data on the university’s transitional students. Her findings of a correlation between incoming reading performance and retention led her to develop a reading instruction course for Fall Semester 2006. She also collects data and manages a database of more than 1,800 at-risk students, identifying trends and unmet student needs, to improve developmental education. She currently teaches developmental reading and developmental writing.

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How does it work?

1. We email you a link and password that will give you access to the On-Demand Training presentations
2. You distribute the link and password to your entire faculty and staff via email
3. You will have access to these links indefinitely

What are the benefits of on-demand trainings?

Accessible: Email the trainings to your entire faculty and staff, so they can take advantage of training opportunities anytime, anywhere. They can watch in the comfort of their office, their home or while traveling.
Cost-Effective: No travel required. An innovative way to provide your entire faculty and staff with a variety of professional development opportunities for one low price! The more you train – the more you save, as the registration fee is per institution, not per person.
Easy: It’s as easy as point, click, participate. And if you run into any problems, we’re always here to help.
Practical: Our training sessions focus on the most critical and relevant issues facing educators today. Our primary goal is to provide participants with the information, training and skills necessary to immediately implement positive change at their institutions.
Top-Notch Speakers: Our speakers are subject matter experts and recognized in their field.
No Expiration: When you purchase an On-Demand Training, it is yours indefinitely. You can use it whenever and as often as you want, offering consistent training to all of your hires.
Satisfaction Guaranteed: Our On-Demand Trainings are 100% guaranteed. Thus, there is no risk. If you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your money in full.

How will we use these trainings?

Hybrid Professional Development: Distribute an On-Demand Training to faculty and staff at the beginning of each month and plan a discussion session at the end of the month to determine how you will implement the strategies presented.
Online Faculty and Staff Learning Communities: Distribute On-Demand Trainings to faculty and staff so they can watch anytime, anywhere. Contact Innovative Educators at val@ieinfo.org and we will create an online discussion group specifically for your institution at no extra charge.
In-Service Training: Plan a day and time to show an On-Demand Training in a lecture hall or large conference room and invite faculty and staff to attend – debrief immediately following the presentation.
Staff Recognition: Develop a program around the On-Demand Trainings with monthly themes and recognize the staff members that implement the best idea related to the theme.
Team-Building: Utilize these On-Demand Trainings to develop cross-functional and cross-discipline teams to foster collegiality.
New Employee Training: Include these trainings as part of your new employee training program to ensure consistency.
Implementation and Follow-Up: Use the guide and evaluation materials provided by Innovative Educators to plan, implement and track your progress.

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