ACME

Alignment & Completion of Math & English

• Michael Buccilli MBuccilli@commnet.edu CT State
• Joseph Cullen JCullen@commnet.edu CT State
• Kimberly Dragan KDragan@nwcc.commnet.edu Northwestern
• Amy Feest AFeest@commnet.edu CT State
• James Gentile JGentile@mcc.commnet.edu Manchester
• Forrest Helvie FHelvie@ncc.commnet.edu Norwalk
• Miah LaPierre-Dreger MLaPierre-Dreger@ccc.commnet.edu CT State
• Amanda MacTaggart AMacTaggart@commnet.edu System Office
• Jesse-Douglas Mathewson JMathewson@commnet.edu CT State
• Laura McCarthy LMcCarthy@nwcc.commnet.edu Northwestern
• Francine Rosselli-Navarra FRosselli-Navarra@mcc.commnet.edu System Office
• Michael Stefanowicz MStefanowicz@commnet.edu CT State
• Hannelore Moeckel-Rieke HMoeckel-Rieke@ncc.commnet.edu Norwalk
• Andrew Sottile ASottile@mcc.commnet.edu Manchester
• Tamara O'Day Stevens TODayStevens@commnet.edu CT State
• Andrew Pelletier APelletier@hcc.commnet.edu Housatonic

Both the Core Steering Committee and the Advisory Council continued to meet in spring 2022 in small workgroups to complete tasks necessary for fall 2023 implementation.

• Feb 8, 2022 - Agenda
• Dec 7, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes
• Oct 19, 2021 - Minutes
• Sept 21, 2021 - Minutes

• Amanda Sweeney, Gateway Math, Co-chair CMAC
• Amit Savkar, UConn Mathematics
• Melanie Majeski, ESL Council
• Elizabeth Hart, SCSU Math Faculty
• Michelle Breaker, Transitional Council
• Jennifer Meny, Admissions Council
• JD Mathewson, Institutional Research
• Andrew Pelletier/Brian Cleary, Tutoring
• Jason Scappiticci, Pre-matriculation programs
• Susan Murphy/ Ron Chomicz, Learning Disabilities
• Kerry Beckford, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Robin Avant, Academic Student Affairs Dean
• Mike Buccilli, Advising
• Jill Rushbrook, First Year Experience
• Ajit Gopalakrishnan, SDE
• Mike Stefanowicz, Interim AVP of Academic and Student Affairs
• Fran Rosselli-Navarra, Interim AVP of Academic Affairs
• Mike Rooke, Interim President of CT State
• Miah LaPierre-Dreger, Interim Provost of CT State
• Amy Feest, Associate VP of Programs and Curriculum
• Tamara Day-O’Connor, Associate Vice President of Teaching and Learning
• Joe Cullen, Director of Program Review and Assessment
• Manuel Gomez, Associate Vice President of Academic Operations
• Amanda MacTaggart, Associate Director of CSCU Student Success Center
• Georgette E. Hyman, Assistant Director, Disability Services & Testing Coordinator

Both the Core Steering Committee and the Advisory Council continued to meet in spring 2022 in small workgroups to complete tasks necessary for fall 2023 implementation.

• May 10, 2022 - Agenda
• Feb 8, 2022 - Agenda, Minutes
• Dec 7, 2021 - Agenda, Minutes

• Sept 13, 2022 - Reimagining Gateway Math, English, and ESOL Courses in CT State

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that CT State Community College will begin implementing the Alignment and Completion of Math and English (ACME) Policy to scale in Fall 2023. Approved by the Board of Regents in May 2021, this policy aims to increase completion of English 101 and the appropriate college-level gateway math course during a student's first year through implementing corequisite education. All students will begin their community college education in English 101 and the college-level gateway math course most appropriate for their program with the corequisite supports as needed. This policy also directs the offering of accelerated English as a Second Language (ESL) sequence, which has been piloted at some colleges.

Between 2018 and 2021, as part of the Guided Pathways work in CSCU, and led bythe CSCU Student Success Centerand its Guided Pathways Managers, hundreds of faculty, staff, and administrators collaborated on recommendations that set the foundation for the BORACMEpolicy. Over the past year, faculty working groups, with continued support from national experts from the Dana Center, have dedicated hundreds of hours to readying the components of theACMEpolicy for implementation. Over the coming year, much work remains ahead of us that will see faculty working groups studying and refining the implementation ofACMEto ensure that at scale it meets the BOR expectation of advancing equitable student success.

James Gentile and Andrew Sottile lead the English faculty workgroup, Debora Rimkus leads the math faculty workgroup, and Hannelore Moeckel-Rieke leads the ESL faculty workgroup. Each discipline workgroup consists of faculty members from across the CT State Colleges and Universities, all of whom contribute to the design and implementation ofACME. TheACMECore Steering Committee coordinates the activities of the discipline workgroups, and it developed a website to share information aboutACMEwork:ACME. It serves as a repository for meeting information, presentations, and other resources and links to discipline-specific webpages.

ACMEand corequisite education provide a fundamental shift from our current practice of prerequisite developmental education. Gateway math and English courses are prerequisites or corequisites for many courses. Therefore, all faculty must consider the implications of this policy on their programs and courses over the coming academic year. The leads for each discipline group are preparing professional learning opportunities and resources to support faculty and staff during this transitional period.In the meantime, the leads are available to answer questions as needed and will keep faculty updated on developments through CMAC, CCET and ESOL councils.Faculty teaching corequisite courses will receive targeted outreach and professional development opportunities to support successful implementation of these courses.

Thank you once again to everyone who has helped make this equity-informed, faculty-led, and student-centered work a priority. I look forward to the rollout in Fall 2023 but recognize that the work is far from done. I encourage all faculty and staff to become actively involved in the rollout, so that together, we deliver the best possible corequisite supports to our students.

Miah LaPierre-Dreger, EdD
Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
CT State Community College
mlapierre-dreger@ccc.commnet.edu