Title III Grant at Moraine Valley Community College

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Title III Grant at Moraine Valley Community
College
Norma Grassini-Komara Sylvia Jenkins Dr.
Sharon Katterman Dr. Misha Turner
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What are we going to share with you today?

• Overview of Moraine Valley Community College
• Securing Funding for a Title III Grant
• Academic and Student Services Component
  Activities
• Impact of the Center for Teaching and Learning

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Moraine Valley Community College

• Serves 70,000 residents in 26 communities in
  suburban Chicago

• Enrollment over 18,000

• 111 degree/certificate programs

• Accredited by Higher Learning Commission

• One of 12 Vanguard Colleges

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850 credit courses125 online hybrid courses
...Wide variety of programs
Dedicated to student success
Moraine Valley
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At the Vanguard of Learning
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Title III Grant Objectives

• Improve Student Success by Implementing a Center
  for Teaching and Learning.
• Provide Professional Development in Academic
  Programs and Student Services.
• Redesign Academic Programs and Student Services.

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Applying for and Obtaining the Title III Grant
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Securing Title III Funding

• Three submissions
• Key Impact on student success
• Initial activities
• Staffing adjustments
• External evaluator

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Project Implementation

• Partnership Center for Teaching and Learning
  (CTL) Resource Development
• Review grant objectives activities
• Reporting/tracking procedures

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Ongoing Monitoring

• Annual external evaluation
• Annual report
• Budget tracking
• Periodic revisions

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Title III Budget
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Title III Grant Objectives

• Improve Student Success by Implementing a Center
  for Teaching and Learning.
• Provide Professional Development in Academic
  Programs and Student Services.
• Redesign Academic Programs and Student Services.

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Title III Improvement Targets
Instruction
Student Services
Success
Technology
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Title III Approach

• We aimed to identify and improve
• Processes
• Tools
• Student experiences
• We utilized
• Training development workshops
• Pilot programs
• Systems-oriented improvement models
• Instructional Design model
• Student Transition model

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Academic Program Component
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Objective 1

• Provide faculty with professional development
  programs on designing curricula and courses that
  integrate current research on student learning
  styles, cultural/racial differences impacting
  teaching and learning methods and technology into
  course delivery.

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Objective 1 Outcomes

• Delivered one-day workshops relating to teaching
  strategies and technology.
• Delivered five-week Moraine Valley Learning
  Academy (MVLA) courses.
• Delivered a semester-long workshop to teach
  faculty how to create new online courses.
• Assisted faculty on an individual basis on
  selection of teaching strategies and application
  of technology in the classroom.

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Systematic Approach to Instructional Design and
Improvement
Analysis
Design
Development
Evaluation

• Write Performance Objectives
• Develop Assessment Instruments (Assignments and
  Rubrics)
• Organize and Structure Content
• Develop Instructional Method and Learning
  Activities

Evaluate Effectiveness of Instruction
Create and Present Lessons
Learners Instructional Goal Content
Resources Media
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Moraine ValleyLearning Academy
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MVLA Mission

• In the spirit of teaching and learning, the
  Moraine Valley Learning Academy strives for an
  exchange of ideas that reflects applied
  knowledge, methods and technology within an
  interactive and collegial setting.

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MVLA Purpose

• Develop courses aimed at improving instruction
• Select Academy Faculty to model effective
  instruction
• Intended outcomes
• Improved teaching skills
• Higher student retention rate
• Clearinghouse for innovation

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Goals of the MVLA

• Reflect the Learning College Principles
• Creating substantive change
• Engaging learners as partners
• Offering options for learning
• Creating collaborations
• Facilitating based on learners needs
• Documenting improvements

OBanion, T. (1997). A learning college for the
21st century. Phoenix American Council on
Education/Oryx Press Series on Higher Education.  
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What is an MVLA course?

• 90 minutes of seat time per week
• Six weeks
• Series of courses constitutes a program
• Programs have practical outcomes
• Creating a module or activity
• Completing sharing learning objects

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Classes Offered Include

• Active learningCritical thinking
• Integrating technology
• Motivating students
• Teaching to multiple learning styles
• Incorporating multimedia and multidisciplinary
  texts
• Practical strategies for working with students
  from diverse linguistic backgrounds

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Curriculum Development and Assessment

• Academic Departments and Department Chairs
  developed and reported annual reports of
  assessment initiatives and results.

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Instructional Technology Infrastructure

• Two Labs are fully integrated in the CTL and have
  cutting-edge software and hardware.
• Media Lab used for one-on-one instruction
• Instructional Lab used for group instruction

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Student Development Services Component
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Two Major Student Services Objectives

• Audit Student Services
• Improve student success by strengthening the
  quality and responsiveness of MVCC student
  services
• Develop a Comprehensive Professional Development
  Program
• Improve student success by strengthening student
  services through the integration of current
  methods, strategies and technology into services

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Student Services Specialists Role

• Worked collaboratively with student development
  leadership to accomplish the objectives of the
  Title III Grant
• Served on the Student Development Leadership Team

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Objective 1

• Comprehensive Review and Assessment - Milestone
  Approach to Student Transition and Success
• Based on the Learning-College Philosophy
• Identified and defined the critical milestones
  that students go through at the college
• Documented the desired impact of services on
  student learning and success to include student
  satisfaction

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Milestone Approach to Student Transition and
Success
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Process Improvement What All Student Service
Providers Need to Know

• Based on top 4 identified service process
  improvements
• Include responses to Most Frequently Asked
  Questions from Students
• Training for all Student Development Departments
  Certification of Attendance and Online Mastery
  Test
• Won the MVCC Innovation of the Year Award

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Milestone Approach Goals and Outcomes

• Identified both student learning outcomes and
  process outcomes
• Two major questions asked
• What impact do we want to have on our students
  at each phase?
• What do we want them to know and be able to do
  as a result of the student services and programs
  that we provide?

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Objective 2

• Professional Development Program
• Needs Assessment Focus Groups
• Offered under Six Themes
• Close to 100 workshops offered
• Over 1,000 faculty and staff attendees
• Topics Learning Styles, The Millennial
  Students, Nontraditional Students, Access
  Database for Student Tracking, Student Retention,
  Assessment in Student Development Services

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What our Faculty are Saying about the Center for
Teaching and Learning
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The Center for Teaching and Learning here at
Moraine Valley Community College has been an
invaluable resource to me in my neophytic
teaching career. I have picked up several
practical tools and strategies that have helped
me to present my lessons to my students in a way
that maximizes both interest and retention. Not
only has my teaching been impacted, but my very
understanding of the students with which I work
has been greatly ameliorated. Mario
BorhaMathematics Instructor
My involvement with the CTL Department has been
very rewarding!  All of the CTL Workshops that
Ive enrolled in, for the past four years, have
been instrumental to my success as a community
college instructor!  Ive not only learned how to
become an effective facilitator, but also how to
create innovative lesson plans that inspire
students to learn course material, while at the
same time practice several skills necessary to be
successful in life! Gina Miceli-Hoffman, Art
HistorianArt Department Instructor
The CTL for me has been an outstanding resource
of talented people, up-to-date equipment for us
to work with in the Lab, and a multitude of
seminars for knowledge and enrichment.
Additionally, the L243 Lab has served us well in
providing a computer lab with a podium filled
with AV equipment and the means to hold a
teleconference for our medical terminology
faculty in September. This was great!Colette
M. Schrank, MA MT(ASCP) Phlebotomy and Medical
Terminology Instructor
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Title III Grant Participants and Contributors

• Sylvia Jenkins Title III Grant Activity
  Director
• Sharon Katterman Title III Grant Coordinator
• Misha Turner Former Student Services Specialist
• Norma Grassini-Komara Instructional Designer
• David Deitemyer Curriculum Specialist
• Neil Holman Former Curriculum Specialist
• Kristine Christensen Director of Faculty
  Development
• Joe Chaloka MVLA Committee Co-Chair
• Leslie Warren - MVLA Committee Co-Chair
• Susan McNulty CTL Secretary
• Nancy Spaulding Former CTL Secretary
• Melissa Born Former CTL Secretary

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For Further Questions, Please Contact

• Sylvia Jenkins
• jenkins_at_morainevalley.edu 708-974-5294
• Sharon Katterman
• katterman_at_morainevalley.edu708-974-5205
• Misha Turner
• turnerm_at_morainevalley.edu708-974-5207
• Norma Grassini-Komara
• komara_at_morainevalley.edu 708-974-5502

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Kudos to the Title III Grant

• for lighting our path to improving
• student success