Combine curriculum redesign, in-person counseling and mentoring, and technology platforms to support health career students¶

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Description¶

Virginia RETHINKS pursued student success in health sciences through a bundle of strategies: redesigning and creating curriculum in developmental education and health-related courses, offering in-person counseling and mentoring to help students navigate careers and succeed in the classroom, and launching technology platforms to help students navigate careers and coursework and help faculty and staff support students. The report examines implementation, challenges, successes, sustainability approaches, and lessons learned across these strategies.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Funding for coaches, curriculum development, and technology platforms across the college system

Constraints¶

• Sustaining the coaching connections and technology platforms requires additional resources after the grant period

Target Learners¶

• community college students in developmental education and health-related programs

Target Learning Goals¶

• career navigation, classroom success, and preparation for health care employment

Affordances¶

• Virginia Rethinks Three Goal Grant Design

Related Strategies¶

• Use multi-college consortia funded through TAACCCT to build career pathways for dislocated and low-skilled workers

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Margaret Sullivan, Brittany English, Alyson Burnett, Jillian Berk. (2015). Implementing the Virginia RETHINKS Health Sciences Education TAACCCT Grant. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/implementing-the-virginia-rethinks-health-sciences-education-taaccct-grant