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K12 & Youth

Taryn Williams & �Nathan Shepherd�

Adult Re-engagement�Michal Ann Ure &

Nicole Faber

Onboarding�Byron Ford &

Rheannon Van de Voorde

Males of Color

Rosa Rocha & �

Retention & Persistence

Angel Ruvalcaba & Armando Herbellin

Completion & Post-Completion

Devin Hendricks & Jamie Martin�

Community Engagement

Keep Students on the Path

Getting Students on the Path

Financial Resources: April Tovar Villa & Brad Benjamin

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Student Success Task Force, for real.

K12 & Youth

Adult Re-engagement

Onboarding

Males of Color

Retention & Persistence

Completion & Post-Completion

Financial Resources

SSTF December 1, 2023�Objectives:

  • AGENDA
  • Understand the purpose of the SSTF and the affiliated work groups
  • Understand the action priorities for each work group
  • Team exercise and practical application of pre-and-post analyses for our specialized work

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Help us address a challenge: A Pre-Mortem Analysis.

Most important causes to address

Brainstorm Solutions

Action Plan

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The Challenge: CCP Enrollment Drop - X students completed CASAS testing and were successfully enrolled in CCP for fall quarter, however, they never attended class.

Things to Consider:

  • 60% of these students identified as female
  • The average age of these students is 32
  • 43% of these students indicated a race/ethnicity of Hispanic or multi-racial

What you need to know…

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  1. Group Brainstorm: 10 minutes - brainstorm freely all the reasons why CCP students disengage despite completing an enrollment process that requires high student and high staff engagement.
  2. Organize: 5 minutes - organize the notes into similar themes
  3. Dig Deeper: 10 minutes - look at the themes and ask deeper questions.
  4. Action Forward: 10 minutes - identify an order of importance by group vote

What you need to know…(cont’d)

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Conclusion

Potential causes of Failure

Most important causes to address

Brainstorm Solutions

Action Plan

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  1. Performing a Project Premortem, by Gary Klein
  2. Premortem Template, link
  3. The Business Premortem, video
  4. Guy Kawasaki - Conducting a Premortem, video

Sources