A Year at a
Glance
Presented to the New Transfer Center Directors Training
December 2014
By Naomi Grisham, Director, Transfer Services
San Diego Miramar College
You’ve Been Named
Transfer Center
Director…..
Now What?!?!?!
Relax…Start with a Foundation!
• Chancellor’s Office “Getting Started” Website
http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/StudentServices/Transfer/Trainin
g/TCDGettingStarted.aspx
• Ed Code and Specifically Title 5 (See required services)
http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/StudentServices/Transfer/Trainin
g/TCDGettingStarted.aspx
• Transfer Center Recommended Guidelines (See P. 10 for Functions)
http://counselors.cccco.edu/Portals/2/assets/Documents/rec_trans_
guidelines07_06.pdf
• Recent Legislation such as SB1440 , SB 440 and SB 1456 (Student
Success Act)
Based on the
Foundation….Build Your
Calendar of Events
and To Do’s
Transfer General’s Warning:
Your yearly events may vary based on campus size, scope of
Transfer Center, regional demands, internal and external factors,
your personal discretion, and your sanity level.
July
It’s all about the planning……
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CSU GE/IGETC Certifications for Fall Admits
Develop calendar for new year
Schedule facilities for major events/fairs
Update website
Annual Report
Transfer Website Must Have’s
Transfer Website Must Have’s
• The Basics
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About Us
Location
Hours
Contact information (phone and email)
• Basic Transfer and Application Information
(including application deadlines)
• Calendar of Events
• Transfer Programs (AA-Ts, WUE, TAG, Honors, etc.)
• Links to Resources (Articulation, Assist.org, etc.)
• Transfer Financial Aid Basics
• Related offices on campus (Career Services,
Counseling, Student Services)
Don’t Forget to Periodically
Check for Bad Links
August
Fall is here……
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Schedule university representative visits.
Send invitations to college fairs.
Transfer Workshops
Donation solicitation
September
It’s conference , TAG and workshop time!
• Attend UC Counselor Conference.
• Attend CSU Counselor Conference.
• Attend Regional TCD Meeting (if
applicable).
• Transfer Workshops
• Begin TAG reviews for UCSC, UCD,
and UCI
• CSU/UC Application Workshops
• Personal Statement Workshops
• Continue to work on TC Annual
Report
• Communicate with CSU AA-T/AS-T
applicants
October
Application time……
• Complete TC Annual Report
(due by 10/31)
• Complete UCD, UCSC, and
UCI TAG Review by 10/15.
• CSU/UC Application
Workshops.
• Personal Statement
Workshops.
• University Tours
• Transfer Day College Fair
• Send invites for Transfer
Advisory Committee
Meeting
November
This is where you lose your sanity or at least a few brain cells….
• CSU/UC Application
Workshops
• Personal Statement
Workshops
• Walk in personal
statement/application
assistance (or appointments)
• University Tours
• Schedule Financial Aid
Workshops for
January/February
• Attend Regional TCD
Meeting
December
Dig out and recover!
• Attend TCD Regional Meeting
• Transfer Center Advisory Committee Meeting
• Possibly offer Private School/Common
Application workshops
• Invite university reps for spring tabling
• Get to all the other stuff you put aside in the
earlier fall months!
January
Spring planning, updates and data!
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Develop/review spring calendar
Begin preparations for Year End Transfer Event
Plan/schedule spring campus tours
Email invites to spring college fair
Receive UC data for fall applicants
Common Applicant/Private University Workshops
Financial Aid/Scholarship Workshops
UC and UC Berkeley application update assistance.
Supplemental applications assistance.
February
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• Financial Aid/Scholarship Workshops
• Attend Regional TCD Meeting
• Communicate with UC applicants via data
• Communicate with CSU AA-T/AS-T applicants
March
Next Steps!
• Send invites to Transfer
Advisory Committee
Meeting
• Attend Regional TCD
Meeting
• Next Steps Workshops
• Request Funding for
upcoming year from
Associated Students,
Perkins
April
Acceptance and Denial….
• Schedule rep visits for summer
• Attend TCD Regional Meeting
• Next Steps Workshops
• Continue planning for Transfer Event
• Appealing Admissions Workshops
May
Decisions, decisions……and Celebration!
• Transfer Achievement
Celebration Event
• ETS Conference
• Transfer Advisory Committee
Meeting
• Appealing Your Admissions
Decision Workshops
June
Phew!
• WACAC Conference
• Graduation
• Program Review Due
• CSU GE/IGETC
Certifications