[VPAAEtal] Early Intervention Initiative

[Academic Affairs]

"I want to thank you in advance for your help with the Early
Intervention Initiative.  Regrettably, each year American colleges and
universities lose approximately one-half of enrolled freshmen and
sophomores, an incalculable loss to our strength and vitality as a
nation.  When we act individually as faculty and administrators to
salvage one or more student's potential for a successful and rewarding
life as an educated, autonomous adult, we are rewarded collectively.
Thank you again for your assistance."    - G. Peer, Interim Provost/VPAA

 

 

Faculty,

 

This is the completion of the 4th week of the semester and the early
intervention electronic reporting process will be in place early next
week. Faculty will identify freshmen and sophomores

students in their classes at risk of doing poorly or failing due to
non-attendance, poor test grade, low scores on assignments, or symptoms
of personal problems. Campus student support

services have as their mission to support struggling students.
Identifying these students provides the opportunity to talk with them,
check on barriers that may be preventing them from being

successful and connecting them to the appropriate campus services. Early
intervention may get them headed in the right direction allowing them to
continue toward their pursuit of an

education.  Because data indicates a large percentage of sophomores
leave the university, beginning this semester Early Intervention process
is expanding to include them.

 

The electronic reporting process asks you to report only freshman and
sophomore students in need of assistance; therefore, you will no longer
need to report on all students in your class. This

change will reduce the amount of reporting required and allow you to
focus your efforts on those students about whom you've noticed academic
performance or behaviors that indicate a need

for intervention.  Should you have a class for which you have no student
concerns, you may mark the check box at the top of your roster
indicating that you have reviewed your roster.

 

Thank you all for your continued efforts to identify and work with
students who need a little extra encouragement or understanding of the
content field.  Early Intervention efforts, including

FSS classes and adhering to admission requirements, have resulted in an
increase from 59% retention, fall to fall, to 66%.  Should you have
questions or problems with Early Intervention

reporting please contact Wendy Gruver via e-mail at
Wendy_Gruver at tamu-commerce.edu or by phone at 903-886-5122.

 

Wendy Gruver

Director of Assessment, College Readiness, and Retention

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.tamuc.edu/pipermail/vpaaetal/attachments/20090213/d3658f41/attachment.htm