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 Process

  • 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