Navigate

The Navigate teams are wrapping up a very successful semester of pilots and we have several people to thank for their great work. Julia McGuire from the School of Biology and Ecology and Todd Zoroya and Jennifer Tyne from Math and Statistics participated in the first pilot of progress reports and early alerts in the Navigate staff platform. 366 students were included in the progress reports and 102 alerts were issued across three report periods. An expanded pilot will take place this spring, including courses enrolling 1,000-1,500 students. 

Additionally, we want to thank the advisors who have participated in the pilot of the Navigate staff platform for appointments:

• College of Education and Human Development: Faith Erhardt, Dominick Varney, Jesse Kaye-Schiess, Emily Boutin, and Sydni Cosgrove. 
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences: John Mascetta, Michelle Gayne, Tobby Bragdon, Sarah Dyer, Sara Lello, and Bill Osmer.
• Maine Business School: Cindy D’Angelo, Jody Loper, Amanda Paradis, and Jackie Leonard.

These advisors scheduled 2,963 appointments in Navigate this semester and helped us test platform functions including campaigns, appointment summary reports, group appointments, drop-in appointments, and more. 

Both of these pilots were guided largely by the Specialist Leaders Team, composed of members from each of the five colleges as well as the Division of Lifelong Learning and Athletics. Special thanks to the members who have served on this team, meeting three hours per week all summer long and continuing to meet throughout the fall semester; Niya Bond, Amanda Cupps,Cindy D’Angelo, Faith Erhardt, Julie Eubanks, Michelle Gayne, Ann Maxim, Tiffany Peterson, and Dominick Varney.

The Navigate teams are looking forward to full implementation of the staff platform in the spring semester and continued development of the student app. In January, Student-Initiated Appointment Scheduling will be added to the app.  Now that this important functionality is in place, we will expand promotion of the app beyond the first-year class. Our Navigate goals for spring 2020 include developing additional training materials for advisors as well as expanding Navigate access to include Student Life, Office of International Programs, and Tutor Programs. We will continue to incorporate units across campus, supporting a holistic approach to student success. As faculty and staff begin to utilize Navigate, OIRA will evaluate this first-year pilot through a combination of process and outcome metrics pertaining to  student success, persistence, and retention.