Retention
Increase English and Math Enrollment in First Year
Clarify ‘new student’ pathway to encourage English and math completion as soon as possible. Students are putting off enrollment in math and English which impacts their progress and our SCFF funding. Currently, there is no focus on the importance of completing math and English in the first year within high school outreach or orientation. Working with the Office of Outreach and the Office of Communications, we will update student onboarding materials and messaging (printed and web-based) for new students at the high schools and integrate the new messaging into the orientation process.
Plan Timeline
Winter 2024
Spring 2024
Fall 2024
- Conduct an inventory of onboarding materials for new students and determine where updated messaging needs to be integrated.
- Meet with the Office of Communications to develop a strategy and communication message for enrolling in English and math in the first year.
Winter 2025
- Continue to work with the Office of Communications on the strategy and messaging for new students.
- Work with the Dean of counseling on a strategy to message to counselors the importance of Math and English in the first year.
- Develop training material to train other support service areas through workshops and presentations at meetings and in-service training (MPS, EPS, Guided Pathways, etc.) and with discipline departments (math, English) to encourage students to start English and math in their first year.
Spring 2025
- Finalize materials.
- Translate materials into multiple languages.
- Begin to incorporate the new messaging and materials into on-boarding and communication to new students to be ready for summer recruitment.
- Using the new materials, deliver training material to train other support service areas through workshops and presentations at meetings and in-service training (MPS, EPS, Guided Pathways, etc.) and with discipline departments (math, English) to encourage students to start English and math in their first year.
Fall 2025
- Ensure all new messaging and training is in place for fall 2025.
- Deliver ongoing training to counselors and support programs in the summer quarter ahead of fall registration.
Winter 2026
- Continue ongoing training.
- Monitor changes in student enrollment and completion of English and Math in first year.
- Evaluate the strategy and materials, make adjustments as necessary.
Spring 2026
- Implement any changes and continue training.
Fall 2026
- Implement any changes and continue training.
Winter 2027
- Implement any changes and continue training.
Spring 2027
- Implement any changes and continue training.
Fall 2027
- Evaluate the rate at which students are enrolling in math and English in their first year.