The problem addressed in this study was that teachers have been challenged to implement effective strategies in recent years at a local community college in the southern region of the United States with a 47 to 49% student failure rate in developmental English. The purpose was to investigate the challenges encountered by developmental English instructors in their current practices and their suggestions for improved teaching approaches. This study was guided by Gagne's conditions of learning and Mezirow's transformative learning theory as the conceptual framework. Two research questions addressed how community college developmental English instructors perceived the value of their current instructional strategies in facilitating student achievement and their suggestions for improving student outcomes. Ten developmental English instructors were interviewed in this basic qualitative research study. HyperRESEARCH was used to code and analyze the data from the audio interviews. The results revealed seven major themes: preparing students for success, implementing teaching methods, using effective instructional strategies, eliminating ineffective instructional strategies, engaging students during instruction, helping students with the writing process, and ensuring student success. This project study is significant in that it may help to increase the passing rate amongst students in the developmental English course by identifying specific teaching methods that faculty, based on their experience, believe are effective in improving student success. The findings of this study indicate specific teaching methods that may increase the passing rate among students in the developmental English course. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]