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Northern College Student Retention & Success Strategies

Northern College Student Retention & Success Strategies. Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology Timmins, Ontario. Mary-Anne Martin Coordinator / Professor Tina Thibault-Lambert Professor. Northern College. Fast facts (Fall 2004) 4 main campuses students

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Northern College Student Retention & Success Strategies

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  1. Northern CollegeStudent Retention & Success Strategies

  2. Northern College of Applied Arts and TechnologyTimmins, Ontario • Mary-Anne Martin • Coordinator / Professor • Tina Thibault-Lambert • Professor

  3. Northern College • Fast facts (Fall 2004) • 4 maincampuses • students • 1,276 full-time • 7,298 part-time • faculty • 80 full time • 120 part-time • Communities • Graduates

  4. Northern College • Michael Hill, President • Vision-Mission Statement • Vision: A Northern Educational Community Network • Mission: To ensure accessible, quality educational experiences that meet the unique needs of our communities. • Motto: Transforming your future.

  5. Northern College • Commitment: • Supporting, nurturing and celebrating learners’ and employees’ contributions and accomplishments. • Maintaining a caring, friendly atmosphere.

  6. Attrition Rates * * Based on November audits

  7. Current Student Success Strategies • Student Success Centre • Study skills workshops • Peer tutors / Community tutors • Faculty-lead tutorial sessions • Study group formation • Consult with Centre for Students with DisAbilities • Individual learning plans • New initiatives for fall 2005

  8. The Student Success Centre (SSC) • Created as a result of our new vision-mission • Created to address unacceptably high drop out rate among first semester students • Began programs and services September 2001 • Reduced our attrition rate to well below the provincial average. • Assisted students to realize their academic goals

  9. Learning Resource Centre Student Success Centre • Location • Staff

  10. Student Success Centre

  11. Student Success Centre

  12. Student Success Centre “When You Succeed, We Succeed”

  13. SSC PHILOSOPHY • Every student can be a better student • Every student has his/her own definition of success • We help students in whatever way we can • We make referrals to other college and community services

  14. Faculty in the SSC • The SSC is staffed by faculty for 20 to 35 hours/week as part of their workload • Students can ‘drop-in’ or make an appointment to speak with faculty • Our function is two-fold • Content resource (tutoring and mentoring) • Student success resource

  15. FALL 2003 STUDENT SUCCESS CENTRE STAFF SCHEDULE

  16. SSC - Summary • The Student Success Centre is a student, faculty, and support staff-driven initiative that is fully endorsed and supported by our administration.

  17. Study Skills Workshops • Orientation workshop • Study and test taking skills • Time management and anxiety management • Introduction to and tour of the SSC and Northern College

  18. Study Skills Workshops • Test skills seminars • test / exam taking strategies offered twice each semester • Tutor seminars • Introduces nature/scope of tutoring position • Offers tutoring/teaching strategies training

  19. Tutoring • Peer tutoring services • Community tutoring services

  20. Tutoring Statistics • Fall and Winter semesters (2003-2004) • 185 tutorees and 75 tutors • Fall 2004 • 106 students requested tutors • 96 assigned tutors • Winter 2005 • All students who requested tutoring were assigned tutors

  21. New Initiatives • Summer 2005 • Math tutoring • Fall 2005 • AccuPlacer

  22. Faculty-lead tutorials • Faculty-lead math tutorials in technology (on SWF) • Fall 2005 • Faculty-lead remediation

  23. Individual Learning Plan • Initiated by coordinators • Student Plan 14 – 29 – 44 • Learning Plan for at-risk students

  24. Final Thought • “In the future, the new illiterate will be the person who has not learned how to learn.” (Anonymous) • We must do all we can to help students to become successful learners.

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