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Student Services Program Review-Spring 2010 - Shasta College

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B. <strong>Student</strong> Success and ReadinessThe Counseling Center is working closely with the Basic Skills Initiative program toprovide supportive services to basic skills students, including a specializedorientation, follow up counseling and consultation with instructional staff. Inaddition, all counselors use multiple measures when helping students to chooseclasses in an effort to place students accurately so that they meet with earlysuccess and progress steadily toward their goals.The Counseling Center faculty members stay current on UC and CSU transferrequirements and are diligent in incorporating this information into educationalplans. Members frequently receive training regarding the requirements of ourvocational degrees. Recent changes in degree requirements will present somechallenges for the next few years as we evaluate transcripts for degree completion,using catalog rights appropriate to each student. To help with this, we havecreated degree audit sheets. Counseling is often the first contact for re-entrystudents who are turning to education to help them meet career goals.C. Partnerships for Economic and Workforce DevelopmentCounselors often make referrals to these non-credit programs and/or provide thestudent with information regarding related fields in the credit programs. Weprovide counseling liaisons to many of the divisions on campus so that we staycurrent with changes in the vocational fields. In addition, one of the counselingcenter faculty members transferred to EWD to support them in their efforts toprovide excellent service to their students and to other agencies with whom theycollaborate.How does your program meet or integrate with the goals and plans of <strong>Shasta</strong> <strong>College</strong>?The Counseling Center contributes enormously to each of the five themes: I. <strong>Student</strong>Learning and Growth; II. Quality Staffing; III. Fiscal Integrity; IV. Community Connection;V. Positive Campus Climate.I. <strong>Student</strong> Learning and GrowthThe Counseling Center faculty members support the Early Alert <strong>Program</strong> bycontacting each student who receives an Early Alert notice from an instructionalfaculty member. In addition, we meet with each probationary student to develop a<strong>Student</strong> Success Plan. We review the demands of on-line classes with studentsduring orientation and individually when they ask for assistance in planning theirprograms. We work closely with the four year universities, providing support toNSTI students, hosting representatives from the four year institutions and seekingtheir help on our Transfer Advisory Board. We have provided information to thefour year institutions regarding the need for various academic programs at ourUniversity Center. We use the Communication Manager of Datatel to notifystudents of important deadlines and workshops.We have fully implemented SLOs and SAOs and have led the way in meetingaccreditation standards in this area.- 51 -

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