Title V Cooperative Grant

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Title V Cooperative Grant

• Reedley College/North Centers/Fresno City College
• 2004 - 2009

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Grant Activities

• Activity One Extended Learning Centers
• To improve the success of Hispanic Serving and
  low income students through the development of
  tutor-based writing centers at Fresno City
  College, Reedley College and North Centers
• Activity Two Improving Online Distance Education
  Services
• To improve technological resources (AR),
  improve online counseling, increase student use
  of online orientation, offer Online Associate
  Degree, provide online tutorial program and
  increase the number of faculty using online
  resources.

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Student ServicesOnline Counseling Committee

• Mario Gonzales Reedley College
• Dr. Erica Johnson North Centers
• Renee Harris Fresno City College
• Steve Jones Reedley College
• The committee has been meeting regularly to
  discuss an implementation plan for providing
  online counseling district-wide.
• Currently, Steve and Mario handle Reedley
  College online counseling inquiries.

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Agenda Items

• Developing a policies and procedure manual.
• Develop Best Practices model for SCCCD
  (accreditation guidelines)
• Develop Webpage design for Blackboard portal.
• Discuss and analyze counseling issues, challenges
  and concerns to be considered in the development
  of online counseling.
• Discuss and analyze technologies available for
  developing online counseling (e-advising)

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Three-Tier System proposal

• 1. Counseling/Advising
• Tier System of providing online counseling
• a. 1st tier send students to FAQs
• b. 2nd tier send students to general online
  questions (not student specific)
• c. 3rd tier allows students to ask specific
  questions, i.e. academic record, allows for
  asynchronous and synchronous communication
  between student and counselor.
  (must be secure)

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Proposed Priority Online Counseling Components

• Direct Student counseling contacts
• Interactive FAQ system that allows for a text
  search as well as a topical search
• Three-Tier system for online counseling
• Electronic educational plans that can be modified
  and shared between counselor and student
  (individual based)
• Course planning/advising workshop for students in
  1st year orientation classes (GS 53, 54, 120)
• General AA/AS degree requirements advising
• Workshops assessment instruments in assessing
  learning style, motivation, college readiness and
  other tips in making college experience
  successful.

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Orientation

• 2. Online orientation information
• a. New student orientation must be
  comprehensive and cover all matriculation
  guidelines
• b. Insure that when student completes
  orientation, results will interface with Datatel
  (clear registration holds at FCC)
• c. Student preparedness to accessing online
  services (how to use the Blackboard portal
  system)

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Counseling Support Services

• 3. Special Programs/Centers
• Transfer General transfer information workshop
• Career Career planning workshops self
  assessment, career exploration, career
  decision-making, deciding on major
• DSPS, EOPS, SSS programs, Idile,Puente etc. . .
• Probation workshops - Academic (A1/A2) Progress
  (P1/P2)
• Employment resource center (FCC) Basic job prep
  and internship readiness workshops that is
  self-paced

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Assessment

• 4. Student assessment
• a. Online placement testing (if protocol is
  possible)
• b. Student access to placement results with an
  overview of how to read them and understand the
  English/Math sequence
• c. College Student Inventory assessment (CSI)
• d. Other Career/Interest Inventories

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Other Student Services areas (Links to online
counseling webpage?)

• 5. College activities
• a. Develop sense of community via student polls
  online, accessing calendar of on-campus events,
  student newspaper online
• b. Recording speaker presentations held
  on-campus and posting them online for distance ed
  students for viewing.
• c. College Relations outreach create website
  and include services they offer
• d. Bookstore order books online
• e. Pay class fees online
• f. Financial Aid complete fee waiver, access
  financial aid status and award summary online

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Supplemental/Auxiliary Resources to support
online counseling

• Master calendar of events sponsored by counseling
  and its programs
• Counseling information of services offered in
  counseling, role of counselor and how to prepare
  before working with a counselor
• Transfer
• a. Expand FAQs on transferring to UCs and
  CSUs
• b. Links to the UCs/CSUs and most common
  private universities
• c. Transfer survival handbook or checklist

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Cont.

• Veterans counseling information handbook on how
  to prepare before working with a veterans
  counselor
• Athletic Counseling
• a. eligibility requirements
• b. Dates and deadline information
• c. Residency and financial aid information
• CalWORKs general information about their
  services