First Annual Student Success Summer Institute

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First Annual Student Success Summer Institute
Engaging Students for Student Success

June 11, 2009 - June 12, 2009
Bill J. Priest Institute Room 1530

The Dallas County Community College District Office of Student Retention, presented the First Annual Student Success Summer Institute: “Engaging Our Students for Student Success.”

This Institute was designed to be interactive and engaging, while participants and fellow team members focused on the overall mission of our institution: Student Success. The keynote speakers and institute presenters shared some successes of programs in student engagement occurring in our District and across the country.

Topics covered such areas as successful developmental studies practices, successful techniques to engage students in the classroom, understanding data in the quest for student success, practices with first-time-in-college student, and many other helpful strategies.

Presentations presented by Keynote Speakers

Learning by Design (PDF - 273KB)
Presented by Sanford Shugart
Strenthening Student Success: Doing What We Know (PDF - 573KB)
Presented by Kay McClenney, Ph.D.

Breakout Sessions

Designing Effective Evaluations for Your Student Success Interventions (PDF - 399KB)
Presented by Pam Millsap, Ph.D.
Designing Effective Evaluations for Your Student Success Interventions (Logic Model) (PDF - 360KB)
Presented by Pam Millsap, Ph.D.
Developmental Mathematics Initiatives for Student Success (PDF - 898KB)
Presented by Julie Phelps
Developmental Writing Course Redesign (PDF - 273KB) (PDF - 2496KB)
Presented by Doug Wilson
Finding and Using Data for Decision-Making: How to Ask for What You Need (PDF - 247KB)
Presented by Dr. Claire Gauntlett
Resources for Finding Data (PDF - 15KB)
Resources provided by Dr. Claire Gauntlett
Improving a First Year Seminar (PDF - 266KB)
Presented by Lisa Theriot and Karen Stills
LifeMap: A Learning-Centered system for student success (PDF - 1573KB)
Presented by Dr. Joyce C Romano
Student Success, Retention and Persistence (PPT - 1227KB)
Presented by Rene Prupes and Jim Corvey
The Institution as Learner: A Tale of Institution Transformation (PDF - 1125KB)
Presented by Dr. Julie Phelps
Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy Proposal (PDF - 79KB)
Presented by Anna M. Mays
Uniform Recruitment and Retention Strategy (URRS): Program Evaluation Annual Report (PDF - 287KB)
Resources provided by Anna M. Mays
Web Conferencing: An Alternative Strategy to Engage Learners Off Campus (PDF - 779KB)
Presented by Lester L. Owens, MAIT

Program Agenda

The program agenda outlines this event with information about our keynote speakers, institute presenters, and interactive sessions.

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Resource Reading Booklet

The Resource Reading Booklet has sources of information concerning student success and engagement, assessment, lessons from the field, and math education.

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Photo Gallery

Please view the photos of the First Annual Student Success Summer Institute.

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