Early Warning Referral System
The Early Warning Referral System is designed for Navarro College students who are experiencing academic and attendance problems. This system is set up and funded by the Student Support Services grant as a method of allowing the Counseling Center to intervene in the face of student issues through the assistance of counseling, tutorial referrals, and/or agency referrals.
Each office of the assistant deans is provided with a limited number of Early Warning Referral forms. Instructors are encouraged to utilize the Electronic Referral procedure. This system is used to make students aware of our concern when they are showing low attendance or having problems with in-class or test performance. This form may be completed and either mailed directly to the student or handed to the student, with a copy sent to the counseling center. Upon receiving the counseling copy, the official Early Warning Counselor will determine the need for further intervention and initiate appropriate action.
We feel that the Early Warning program can be a valuable retention service both to the students and to Navarro College. This program is expected to enhance academic excellence, to help create greater success for the students, and to increase course completion and graduation rates. It takes each of us working together to make this a successful program.
Any student failing to meet the standards listed in the 2005-2006 Navarro College Catalog, as quoted below, would qualify for assistance under the program. However, individual instructors should feel free to employ their own judgments in determining whether a student would benefit from the Early Warning Referral System.
Minimum Standard of Work: A cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better on a 4.0 scale is required for a student to graduate from any degree or certificate program within the College. Because it is necessary for a student to maintain this average in order to graduate, a 2.0 GPA is considered the minimum standard of work at Navarro College. Failure to maintain this minimum standard results in a student being placed on scholastic probation. It is the responsibility of the student to know whether he or she is eligible to continue enrollment in the College. An ineligible student who nevertheless registers shall be dropped by the College and shall not be entitled to special consideration on a plea of lack of knowledge of scholastic status.
Attendance: Regular and punctual class attendance is expected at Navarro College since it is assumed that students are enrolled for the serious purpose of furthering their education. Excessive absenteeism is defined as being equivalent to two weeks of instruction in a sixteen week semester and may result in failure or being dropped from the course.