Future Plans

GRANT SUPPORT

• We are seeking grant support from several funding agencies. Funding, if acquired, will be used primarily to support research efforts and dissemination to other schools.

Partner Schools

• We are seeking other community colleges in Maryland that would like to develop their own ALPs
• We are also seeking additional schools including four-year schools and schools outside of Maryland who are interested in developing ALP courses

2009-2010

• Offer 40 sections of ALP to 320 students
• Work with partner schools to plan their ALPs for fall 2010
• Revise and expand handbook for teaching ALP
• Improve techniques dealing with behavioral issues and grammar, punctuation, & usage
• Conduct surveys of students
• Collect data on persistence and success, including long term persistence and degree completion
• Conduct focus groups
• Faculty reports on behavioral issues
• Presentations proposed for the following conferences
   
  • Council of Writing Program Administrators (Minneapolis, MN)
  • National Association for Developmental Education (Columbus, OH)
  • CCCC (Louisville, KY)
  • League for Innovation (Baltimore, MD)
    
    
• Conduct Summer Institute on Accelerated Learning
• Propose permanent status for ALP at CCBC

2010-2011

• Offer 80 sections of ALP at CCBC
• Conduct random assignment study in fall 2010
• Partner schools offer first pilot sections
• Work with additional partner schools to plan for pilot sections in fall 2011
• Permanent status for ALP at CCBC
• Conduct Summer Institute on Accelerated Learning