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Allan Hancock College, Allan Hancock Joint Community College District 6 of 61Matriculation Plan: Orientation ComponentThe orientation component at Allan Hancock College is presented in four formats: 1) an online virtualorientation for all students who take the computerized placement test (CPT); 2) a forty-five minute oralpresentation to ESL students who take the paper-pencil tests; 3) an on-campus orientation program at thebeginning of fall and spring semesters; and 4) various Personal Development course offerings. Theorientation covers such areas as registration, degrees and certificates, transfer information, career andmajor selection, and student support services. Student rights and responsibilities are outlined, includingthe right to appeal prerequisites and other matriculation components. Students also receive a studentplanner, a class schedule and relevant handouts and directions for their use.A Personal Development course, Success in College, is designed primarily for new and high-risk studentssuch as EOPS, GAIN, Re-entry, student athletes, and students on probation. Personal Development 101,Success in College, covers a variety of topics including study skills, support services, self-esteem andother relevant human relations skills. Other courses which cover the same or similar material are PersonalDevelopment 105, Student Athlete Success, Personal Development 110, College Success Seminar, and aseries of half unit Personal Development classes aimed at providing orientation information specific totransfer students. In addition, Personal Development 100, Career and Personal Exploration assistsundecided/undeclared students to make appropriate career and major choices.Goals for the Orientation Component:1. Provide basic orientation information to as many students as possible.2. Continually monitor and evaluate the ESL orientation to meet the needs of ESL students moving intonon-ESL courses.3. Make orientation activities available to local high schools.4. Explore the creation of a dedicated location for all matriculation services. Ideally, a building ortrailer which would house a welcome/reception area for students, an assessment and orientation areato accommodate 200 students with small break-out rooms for follow-up workshops, staff offices, andequipment areas.5. Recruit and train staff to conduct orientations.6. Orient area high school counselors and student services staff to fully understand the programs andservices offered at Allan Hancock College.7. Continue to evaluate orientation activities and to improve services.8. Publicize in all relevant college publications the availability of English and Spanish newstudent online orientations on the college web site.Activities for the Orientation Component:1. The statement: “Students are strongly encouraged to attend a new student orientation and to seekcounselor assistance in course selection" appears in all written documentation regarding matriculation(schedule of classes, permit to register, college catalog, etc.). Verbal endorsement forall matriculation components is expressed by counselors, advisors, faculty and staff wheneverpossible, regardless of the students' exemption status. (1, 3, 8)
Allan Hancock College, Allan Hancock Joint Community College District 7 of 612. An orientation program called “AHC Connect” is presented at the beginning of fall and springsemesters. This program provides students with information regarding students services, a campustour, locations of their classrooms, and a chance to meet other new students to help establish a supportnetwork. Each semester, all information, dates and times for this orientation program are advertised inthe schedule of classes. In addition, information and an online registration form are also posted on thecollege web site. (1, 2, 10)3. The college provides printed resources such as the student planner, financial aid applications, thecollege catalog and the current class schedule. These resources cover college services; programs andprocedures; instructions in the use of the student planner; discussion of college expectations forstudent success, including review of student rights and responsibilities; explanation of the right toappeal and the processes for appealing the matriculation regulatory provisions, including pre- or corequisites;and a description of facilities and grounds. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)4. Exempt students who elect not to participate in the orientation component may obtain a copy of thestudent planner from the counseling department. Written definitions of student rights andresponsibilities are published in the college catalog and in a condensed version in the schedule andthe student planner. The Matriculation Board Policy is included in the student planner, the catalogand the schedule of classes, in abbreviated format. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8)5. If a student believes that assessment, orientation, counseling, course prerequisites, or any othermatriculation procedure or service is being applied in a discriminatory manner, an appeal may befiled with the Dean of Counseling and Matriculation. The student will be notified within ten (10)working days of the receipt of the appeal; of the college's proposed response to the complaint; andany additional steps which must be taken. (4, 5)6. Orientations are offered at all three campus centers on an ongoing basis as part of the STARTassessment testing process. An extended orientation class, Success in College, is offered.Orientations are provided to area high school juniors and seniors during spring visits to campus. Aone-week Noncredit Summer Bridge Institute is provided to new EOPS students. In addition, specialorientations are provided for students in the ESL program, the Learning Assistance Program, andother specific student interest groups, (e.g. nursing, theater, athletes, etc.) Special accommodationsfor orientation services will be made for other students as needed. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10)7. Additional orientations may be recommended to students through enrollment in Success in College,Career Awareness or Personal and Career Exploration courses. Study and library skills classes, Careerand Transfer Center programs, and ongoing counseling/advising provide additional orientations of amore specific nature. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10)8. On campus assessment, orientation and advising are scheduled for participating feeder high schools.Additionally, students are provided special interest tours of selected departments and the campus as awhole. (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10)9. Counselors attend college night programs at high schools to present parents and students withrelevant information. An extended orientation program for high school juniors and seniors and theirparents is presented at feeder high schools on Parent Nights. (1)10. Local high schools are furnished with catalogs, handbooks, and current articulation agreements. (1,4, 5, 7, 8)
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