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Building Communities of Active Learners
Southwest Regional Learning Communities Conference
February
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COMBINED SESSION:
FACILITATOR: Maria Hesse, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Maricopa Community Colleges
Central Arizona College
Flint Anderson, Shay Cardell, Maren Wilson
We designed the learning environment around at-risk and developmental students, wanting to offer the best possible learning experience for new students. More specifically, we sought to deconstruct traditional approaches, including academic assessment testing prior to enrollment. We attempted to apply what we believed were the best of learning models and make such available to students as their first college experience. We have also brought student services into the classroom as an integral part of the instructional team. The majority of entering students are first-generation from a rural copper mining region of about 50% spanish-speaking population. Our model is a nine credit block, which meets Mondays and Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. We have integrated math, social science, and success skills.
contact information:flint_anderson@python.cac.cc.az.us NOTE: this session is combined with the following session
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Vanessa F. Sandoval, Rulon Parker, Marcy Perzanowski
The facilitators will show how cooperative learning, technology, and teaching/learning styles are incorporated with required curriculum in seamless courses known as COMPASS. This interactive presentation will give conference participants the "student experience" in a learning community atmosphere, by taking part in classroom activities, hearing a former student's perspective, and witnessing how a learning community classroom functions. Activities may involve the following teaching techniques: interactive lecture, reflective writing, blackboard discussion board, and/or response writing. The facilitators have been a COMPASS teaching team since the fall of 1999. The Community Participation for Student Success (COMPASS) Learning Community has more than a five-year history of assisting students to acclimate to Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The fall semester combines English (ENG061 Basics of Writing and ENG071 Fundamentals of Writing) with Counseling and Personal Development (CPD150 Strategies for Student Success) to integrate writing with study skills, college orientation, and career development. The spring semester expands the integration of writing with interpersonal skills, small group dynamics, and public speaking, by combining English (ENG071 Fundamentals of Writing and ENG101 first-year Composition) and Communication (COM100 Introduction to Communication.)
contact information:vanessa.sandoval@cgcmail.maricopa.edu
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