MAT1033 SUPPORT ACTION PLAN

Core Team Members:Rene Barrientos, Chair, KendallJermaine Brown, Chair, IACCaridad Castro, Chair, HialeahAlina Coronel, Faculty, KendallOswald Durand, Faculty, HialeahJorge Cuellar, Associate Instructor, Kendall

COMMON PRACTICES

• Initial assessment during the first week of class.

• Additional monitored online support and pre-test review sessions.

• Learning assistants and math lab support.

DEFINITIONS

• Initial assessment must be short and provide the student with the opportunity to assess their potential to succeed in MAT1033.

• Additional support consist of monitored periodic online assignments and pre-test review sessions run by the assigned Learning Assistant.

• Learning Assistants are lab personnel assigned to sections and will coordinate review sessions for faculty to whom they are assigned.

COMMUNICATION PLAN• Flyers and other printed announcements in labs and

academic areas.• Use of LA’s to visit classrooms during the first week of

classes and before exams. These visits will be brief and coordinated by the instructor of record, and their purpose will be simply to remind students of the LA’s schedule, as well as lab hours.

• Instructor announcements via their academic management systems.

• Language in the syllabus will include additional support Information; an example of this language is as follows:

COMMON LANGUAGEOn Campus Support: In order to better assist you to succeed in this course, the campus has academic support labs where you may meet with tutors and receive additional assistance with your course work. In addition, your section has been assigned a Learning Assistant who will conduct review sessions before exams. He/she will be visiting your classroom in the first weeks of class to provide more information

The math Lab | Location: room _________ | Operating hours:

Monday – Thursday: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PMFriday, Saturday: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

TIMELINE5/30/14

•Identify resources needed.•Identify software platform.•Meet with student services to open the line of communications.

6//15/14•Create diagnostic instrument.•Complete flyers for labs and academic areas.•Complete information presentation for new student orientation.

6/30/14•Diagnostic instrument completed.•Rewrite syllabi to include new resources. •Identify Learning Assistants.

7/15/14 •Complete training of LA's.•Provide lead advisors information capsule.

7/30/14 •Assign L.A's to sections.•Complete information capsule for adjunct faculty orientation.•Communicate with adjunct faculty to inform upcoming orientation.

8/15/14 •Complete preparations for orientation. •Send information capsule to students via email.

FEEDBACK/QUESTIONS