2011 Annual Report - Kankakee Community College

RETENTION COMMITTEE
Learning Community Sub-Committee
End-of-Year Final Report
2010-2011
The learning communities subcommittee has reviewed the text Creating Learning Communities which outlines
different methods for developing a learning community. With learning communities, faculty loads are
tracked differently and salaries are more expensive due to lower class size. The expense would be necessary
if KCC is to align itself with what other community colleges are doing. Committee members suggest
that the subcommittee work with the Faculty Growth and Development Committee and check to see if other
faculty members are interested. A webinar DVD entitled Developmental Student Success at the Community
College: Leveraging the Learning Community was purchased (in lieu of hosting the webinar as there was a
scheduling conflict for most invitees). This DVD has been added to the Teaching and Learning Center library
in an effort to have developmental course instructors view, discuss and consider collaborating to form
learning community curriculums as some developmental education courses work very well together and
could help students become more successful. The subcommittee needs to know whether administration
wants to pursue this further before any more work goes into the learning community project. The Honors
program is waiting for feedback on a recommendation for a learning community model.
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