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Student Services Program Review-Spring 2010 - Shasta College

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will lead program design and counseling activities. Myra Urbanski, Staff Secretary,will coordinate the administrative, reporting and tracking functions associates withthe project.The <strong>Student</strong> Support <strong>Services</strong> <strong>Program</strong> has an excellent staff that is well versed inprogram requirements and strongly believes in the mission of the SSS <strong>Program</strong>.Currently, Kate Mahar oversees program budgets and compliance, but much of theday to day operations are left to Jeannette Velasquez. Jeanette is a facultymember with release time to serve as Project Director for 50% of her load. Sheserves as an SSS Counselor for the remaining 50%. Keri Hom supports theremaining counselor obligations as a .4 FTE. Her remaining load is with the EOPSProject. Myra Urbanski assumes a great deal of responsibility for the SSS projectas Staff Secretary. The SSS team also includes two work study students andtutoring staff as needed.Table 1: StaffingName Position FTE Fiscal AgentKate Mahar Interim Director 5% <strong>Shasta</strong> <strong>College</strong>Keri Hom Counselor 40% <strong>Shasta</strong> <strong>College</strong>Myra Urbanski Staff Secretary 100% <strong>Shasta</strong> <strong>College</strong>Jeanette VelasquezAssistant DirectorCounselor50%50%<strong>Shasta</strong> <strong>College</strong>As stated above, the SSS program will report to Sandra Hamilton Slane, Directorof EOPS/DSPS <strong>Program</strong>s for the next fiscal year. This will allow for increasedcollaboration between the SSS, EOPS and DSPS <strong>Program</strong>s. This move isauthorized under the revised Higher Education and Opportunity Act which allowsgrants to assume additional administrative costs of a non-SSS Director if theadministrator is relieving the work load of the SSS Director and tasks given to theadministrator are clearly delineated. Jeanette will remain as SSS lead for programpurposes and continue to serve as the liaison with the US Department ofEducation. Keri Hom will return to EOPS as a 100% EOPS counselor.This staffing structure is adequate to support the goals and responsibilities of theSSS grant. However, the SSS program would be better served if the current SSSStaff Secretary was reclassified as a paraprofessional position.2. Materials and Equipment<strong>Student</strong> Support <strong>Services</strong> personnel routinely use computers with Microsoft OfficeSuite as the most common software. Outlook is used for e-mail and calendaring,Access and Excel for data storage and tracking. Word and PowerPoint arecommonly used for documents and presentations. Datatel allows program staff toset and monitor program budgets. Laptops and Proxima projectors are used forfinancial aid awareness events, parent outreach activities and workshoppresentations. All of our program staff use computers at their worksites.Computers, printers and other equipment bought with federal funds are inventoriedby <strong>Shasta</strong> <strong>College</strong>. All equipment has <strong>Shasta</strong> <strong>College</strong> tags containing inventorynumbers that are tracked by Kathy Miller, Senior Staff Secretary of the GEARUP/TRiO department.- 327 -

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