Workshop Series College Partners
How college partners want students to experience adult education:
as a starting point and resource, as a partner
SOAR: Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Resilience
already established connections
counselors at adult school, communication
SB 554
alignment of services, duplication?
Possible goals and strategies
Build out smooth transitions through direct connections with success counselors and faculty – college tours and career expos
outreach both ways
more opportunities for dual enrollment
Consider two-way support (e.g. offering math classes at adult school that support college students) – Offer college classes at adult school – alignment
Workshop 2.1 - SB 554 as an effective strategy to support more equitable transitions to college (on Zoom)
Join us for a conversation about our future. If interested, please contact umaschke@guhsd.net.
February 24, 11 am - 1 pm
AGENDA
Welcome and Introductions
Meeting Objectives
SB 554 and its local implementation at East Region Adult Education (CPAP - The College Path Acceleration Program) - A year later
Taking Stock
Purpose (Senate Bill No. 554)
CPAP Data
Best Practices
Next steps to consider
SB 554 from the Admissions and Records' perspective
Updates
Best Practices
Next steps to consider
SB 554 from the perspective of
Counseling
Program/Course Faculty
Student Services
Outreach
Library Services and Other Resources
Streamlining the Process and Expanding Communication and Partnership
Workflow
Individualized Support Structures
Analytics
Effective Strategies to support more equitable transitions
Next Steps
Quarterly meetings?
Community of Practice?
Consider a regional dual enrollment exchange
MEETING SUMMARY
Participants agreed on the benefits of this program and are open to implementing additional steps in support of a smooth workflow.
A&R is working on identifying tools/a platform to automate the enrollment and status-check process. For now, the coding process (SB 554 student referral form, non/resident check/fee waivers) will remain a manual one and includes the exchange of several documents via email. We acknowledged that this makes this time-sensitive process somewhat vulnerable and person-dependent. (I hasten to add that both A&R offices are very supportive.) Participants generally welcomed the idea of a communication plan and added some more college-specific suggestions:
Grossmont College (present: Shawn Hicks, Courtney Williams, Gary Johnson, Linda Elia, Aaron Starck, Nancy Saks, Marshall Fulbright)
Would like to see students connect to the colleges' success coaches.
Coaches could either get a list of students before the start of the semester and then reach out to SB 554 students, or coaches could attend a welcome session (hosted by the consortium) for introductions.
Generally, Grossmont College meeting participants voiced hope that students would reach out to their professors first.
Cuyamaca College (Greg Vega, Martha Galvan, Kevin Brown, Agustin Orozco)
Augstin and Marsha suggested to connect to the newly established position "Inreach Coordinator"
Outreach/student support services could play a role in the communication plan
Communication plan should be considered
CPAP/ERAE team (Heather Westgaard, Joyce Liou, Ute Maschke)
Would like to set up a communication flow with both success coaches and department chairs (or designated person)
Courses most often selected by CPAP students: ENG, HIST, BIO, COMM, PSYCH, EARTH SC
Will prepare an official document to include timelines and persons of contact
Would like to start as soon as possible