Office of the Provost

Retention Programs (Community Colleges)

Athlete Mentoring, North Country Community College

Program Objectives and Design

Mission Statement

The North Country Community College Athlete Mentoring Program is designed to monitor, assist, and retain our Student- Athletes. The main goal is to insure that our Student-Athletes progress successfully in their academic, athletic, and personal endeavors.  The desired outcome for our athletes is to earn a degree, maintain eligibility, and continue their academic, professional, and athletic careers at a four year institution if desired.

AMP Committee

The AMP Committee is chaired by the AMP Coordinator, Larry McFaddin. Larry was the Men's Soccer Coach, Women's Soccer Coach, and Assistant Men's Hockey Coach during his 23 years with the Athletic Department and now is the Coordinator for the Sports and Events Management Program. He continues to contribute to the success of our athletes in his new role.  The Committee consists of six other members listed below:

Heather Conger, Director of Athletics
Innam Dajany, Coordinator of the Learning Assistance Center
Don Paulson, Assistant Professor of Computer Information Studies
Meredith Chapman, Enrollment and Financial Aid Counselor/Head Women's Softball Coach
Dan Heims, Assistant Director of Campus and Student Life
Anthony Cameron, Student-Athlete Representative

Annually the Committee welcomes new members and at any time a member of the College Community is welcome to attend a Committee meeting to offer insight.

Rationale

The AMP is designed to assist and support our Student-Athletes in their academic endeavors. In order for the AMP to be successful we must collect information pertinent to our Student-Athletes success and have a process where we can intervene quickly, efficiently, and in a timely manner. Effective collaboration exists between the College Administration, Faculty, Institutional Research, and the Learning Assistance Center. The Program is very cost effective with only the Coordinator having it in his Academic Load and the Committee members serving on a volunteer basis. The rest of the institutional support is provided as part of the normal College's business operations.

Primary Program Design

The Athlete Mentoring Program is a computer based Student-Athlete tracking and reporting system. The reports are filed through the Faculty Portal via the faculty class rosters and concentrate on attendance, behavior, homework, test, quiz, and grade issues.

1. Every Friday instructors report on the progress of Student-Athletes in their courses.
2. The AMP Coordinator forwards all AMP reports to the NCCC coaches and Student- Athletes within one day of receiving them.
3. The NCCC coaches will meet with their Student-Athletes within three business days of receiving a report to discuss that report and formulate an action plan. The NCCC coaches will email the AMP Coordinator and the Athletic Director to confirm that meeting.
4. Upon a Student-Athlete receiving a second report in any combination the NCCC coaches will direct that Student-Athlete to meet with the AMP Coordinator within five business days of receiving that report.  The Athletic Director will also email the Student-Athlete to request that meeting. The NCCC coaches will email the AMP Coordinator and the Athletic Director to confirm that discussion.
5. During this mandatory meeting the AMP Coordinator and the Student-Athlete will formulate an Action Plan that may include but not limited to consulting with the faculty, meeting with Learning Assistance Center [LAC] to set up tutoring and academic help, or work in the library.  Upon the conclusion of this meeting the Student-Athlete will be required to accomplish all conditions set forth during the meeting, and all the required paperwork will be returned to the AMP Coordinator within five business days.
6. If a Student-Athlete fails to comply with the conditions set forth in the Athlete Mentoring Program's Timeline and Sequence document for any period of two weeks they will be removed from the program. The Athletic Department and the Coaches may also implement further sanctions at their discretion.

Other Committee Responsibilities

The Committee also takes on other responsibilities that include preparing Student-Athlete advisement guidelines, orientation suggestions, appreciation luncheons for faculty and staff, as well as the Student-Athletes and as a liaison to our Vice President of Academic Affairs regarding certain academic issues that may arise.

The Committee is also presently working on establishing a Faculty Advisor Program.  Each program will be assigned a Faculty Advisor that will serve in different capacities and will be another resource for the Student-Athletes.

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