Student Services Mission Statement Organization - Centralia College

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Standard Three 52diagnostic information) to help the student be successful. During theadvising times the special needs director is available to assist at theAdvising Fair.A special grant program at the College, Student Support Services, alsohelps advise students who are low income or first generation collegestudents (i.e., neither parent graduated with a baccalaureate degree).Student Support Services recruits over 200 students each year from theCollege population who meet the Department of Education criteria, andintensely advise and counsel them through this college program.Moreover, special programs and workshops are provided targeting thesestudents, but other students on campus also benefit from them.Specific advisor responsibilities are defined, published, and available tostudents through the catalog. This information includes suggestions sostudents can prepare for the advising process. Advisor lists are located inall academic buildings on campus to help students locate their advisors atany time and the Faculty Handbook defines the faculty responsibilities inArticle 10 D-3. In addition, the quarterly schedule publication “Who WillHelp Me?” includes information about services to help students.AnalysisThe College commits extensive resources to advising matriculatedstudents. Advising for non-matriculated students is sporadic,unstructured, and is largely student initiated. Staff work hard to helpstudents identify realistic goals and accomplish them. Last year adetailed educational planning tool was provided to students at thebeginning of their college career.Copies of these plans are available in the mailroom, a focal point for theentire campus, and in the Counseling/Career Center. Faculty developedthese tools to help students develop long-range plans while seeing thebig picture. Matriculated students receive appointments to discussdegree information and registration about two weeks before mid-quarteradvising to prepare them for the advising process. Faculty periodically
Standard Three 53receive a list of their advisees and many remind the students to sign upfor advising appointments by letter or phone calls.Counseling and PlacementA variety of options are available to students and community memberswho wish to explore careers which are consistent with their values,interests, and skills. Exploring career options prior to enrollment, duringenrollment, or after graduation is possible. Some advisors include careerplanning in their academic/educational planning sessions to help studentstransition into work environments. In fact, many of our technicalprograms include job search and resume writing segments in theircurriculum as do special programs for dislocated workers (New Chance),Teen Parent, Adult Basic Education Transition, and Families That Work, acollaborative program with the Department of Social and Health Services.The Counseling/Career Center has begun offering short afternoon andevening non-credit workshops this past year, but persons who wish to domore extensive exploration have the option to work individually with acounselor or in a class for credit. This credit-bearing class is offered eachterm through Student Services and provides an opportunity for astructured exploration of values, interests, and skills, the job market,occupational information, and decision making. Standardized testing ispart of the class. The College also offers the class throughcorrespondence with a workbook and three meetings with a careercounselor.For those who are interested, personality, career interest, and careerability tests may be taken in conjunction with career counseling. Anumber of computerized career exploration tools can be usedindependently or in conjunction with counseling services.The Counseling/Career Center provides resources necessary to researchjobs and employers. These resources include the WashingtonOccupational Information System (WOIS), Vocational Biographies, andmany other books on various careers. Pamphlets and career sheets arealso located in the center. A web page on career services has been
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