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Texas Academic Advising Network NACADA State Conference
February 22-24, 2006
San Antonio, Texas
How
data-driven software can make advising more effective and
produce and measure student outcomes
Friday,
February 24th from 11:00-12:00 p.m.
Lead
Presenter: Sarah Oglesby, El Centro College
Co-Presenter:
Michael Taft, ZogoTech
Abstract:
In this
presentation we will look at how one school, El Centro College,
has used ZogoTech’s Estudias student tracking and
reporting software to lessen advising workloads, improve
effectiveness, and make data-driven decisions. We will start
off with a round table discussion about participants’ data needs
for advising students more effectively. We will see how the
Estudias software addresses many of these needs through
several scenarios including at-risk intervention. We will
conclude with a question / answer period and general advice on
how to bring in new technology to an existing advising program.
Background /
Round Table
(5-10 minutes)
Questions
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What kind
of information do round table participants have currently? Need?
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Which
tools do participants use in process of advising? File?
Database? Printout?
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What does
advisor have before student comes in? During? After student
leaves?
Possible Issues
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May only
have self-reported data
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Currently
advisors see the outcome (i.e. student drops out), but don’t
see the other factors that may have caused that outcome
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Staff
resistance to tracking (not necessarily to technology)
Software
Demonstration (30
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General
Overview
What if can
cross-reference contact data: (why? how? when?) with outcome
data: retention, graduation, GPA, etc. Which services most
effective? |
Estudias
Scenario: Enrollment Management.
Identify, Contact At-Risk Students
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Easier
contact management, easier reports = Less work
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Coordination across departments to improve outcome
(Retention). see:
Enrollment
Management
Estudias
Scenario: Internal Assessment
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Time /
effort charts -- Counts (duplicated, unduplicated)
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How
change internal processes? Staffing? Spending time on
most important tasks? Which services most
effective?
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Re-evaluate services
Coaching / Tips / Advice
(10 minutes)
When bring in new technology, what do advisors need to consider?
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Possibly change / improve existing process
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Customize software to work with
existing, effective
processes
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How
discern what is different between products?
Questions
(10 minutes)
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