Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
counselors are assigned to Athletics and Physical Education to serve sports counseling needs
of student athletes.
Since the previous Institutional self evaluation, full-time counselors, each semester, provided
assigned time to meet either with the then Director, the eventual lead faculty member, or the
now Vice President for continued training, professional development, and to attend important
conferences. In 2011, formal training programs for all existing and new part-time counselors
were established and were required before Counselors assumed full counseling
responsibilities (II.B.36) Each part-time counselor has been assigned a full-time counselor to
serve as a mentor. This mentor–protégé relationship ensures that part-time counselors benefit
from the experience and wisdom of full-time, tenured counselors. In addition, each full- and
part-time counselor received a comprehensive reference binder providing the very latest data,
information, and procedures relating to courses, majors, transfers, matriculation, appeals,
education plan development, and other topics. Further, every full-time counselor was
provided with the latest edition of the listing of social and emergency services available in
the college‘s service area, known as the SAM‘s Guide. (samsresources.com/mcguide.html)
Each part-time counseling office (at the Main Campus and at both education centers) was
also provided with a copy. Referring to the resources in these binders enables counselors to
better assist students in need.
TRIO Student Support Services counselors provide a centralized structured student
development and retention program for students as they earn a two-year Associate of
Arts/Science degree from Hartnell College and transfer to a university. The counseling
services provided by Hartnell College TRIO/Student Support Services Program are
specifically designed to offer a highly coordinated intrusive model of counseling and tutoring
students until the TRIO student‘s graduation with an associate degree and transfer to a
university. The organizing principle of the TRIO Counseling Program is to foster and
develop a supportive academic community and campus climate both within the TRIO
Program and throughout the college community at large.
Counseling services are evaluated in several ways. For all full-time counselors, whether
―general‖ counselors or those assigned to categorical programs, counselors are evaluated
according to their faculty status. Their classes are observed, their students are surveyed, and
other evaluation measures are applied. In 2012, full-time counselors developed a student
survey so that students could evaluate the efficacy of specific aspects of their counseling
interaction (i.e., guidance, assistance with educational planning, help with personal issues,
transcript evaluations, etc.). As part of the PEER evaluation of counseling services in 2005-
06 and the PEER evaluation completed during the 2011-12, comprehensive student
achievement and success data are being collected, particularly for those students served by
counseling services. (II.B.37)
Self Evaluation
Since 2007, Counseling Services at Hartnell College have continued to provide key services
to current and future students. Thousands of students are counseled annually via counseling
appointments and express counseling sessions. Thousands of educational plans are
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