Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department, Part A
2014-2015 Academic Year
DEPARTMENT: Pre-College (Pre-College, Continuing Education, and Workforce
Development Division)
There are 15 unique programs in the Pre-College Department reflected in the
blue highlighted banners below.
MISSION:
The Pre-College Department provides programs that motivate, bridge, and immerse diverse
learners in preparation for higher education. This is accomplished through advancing academic
skills and developing essential life skills.
A. DEPARTMENT-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES, 2014-2015
Type of Activity and Topic
Organized,
Presented, or Both
Date
Number
Attending
AHIC “Staying on College” Student Success
Workshop
Both
10/15/14 6
Balancing School, Work and Life Workshop
FASFA and TAP Workshop (for AHIC Program)
Organized
Organized
11/18/14 6
03/25/15 8
CUNY Works Internship - Professional Etiquette
Both
03/26/15 6
At Home in College
College Now
Organized
Two Student workshops at Holocaust Center
Student Orientations for Summer Programs
Both
Both
Fall Student Assemblies
Spring Student Assemblies
Robotics Showcase
4/28/2015 30
12/3/2014 30
6/24/2014 55
Organized
Fall 2014
400
Spring
500
2015
8/11/2014 60
Organized
7/31/2014 140
Theater Production of Two Gentleman of Verona
Both
Professional Development Workshops
Organized
Professional Development with departmental
coordinators
6/5/2015 60
11/4/2014 60
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department, Part A
Type of Activity and Topic
Blackboard and Technology Workshops
Port of Entry
Port of Entry Scholarship Ceremony/ Memorial
Tribute to Michelle Hsin Hui Ho, physical
handicapped student
Organized,
Presented, or Both
Organized
2014-2015 Academic Year
Date
Number
Attending
1/19-1/26 100
2015
Both
2/2/2015 155
Both b
6/1/2015 140
Both
08/26/14 About 100
First BTECH Orientation
BTECH Grand Opening
Organized
10/3/14
250
21st Century Community Learning Center
Urban Word Hip Hop Poetry & the Classics
Organized
10/17/14
10/24/14
11/15/14
22
16
5
3/6/15
3/20/15
1/7 –
1/23/15
5/18 6/10/15
4/74/9/15
7/15/14
10/17/14
1/23/15
5/15/15
9/20/14
1/31/15
32
17
10
Port of Entry Scholarship Ceremony
BTECH
Organized
Post-secondary Planning – presented by Melissa
Hubbard
Organized
Library Skills workshops
Regents Review
Organized
PA College Tour
Organized
Advisory meetings – presented with program
Organized
Parent/student orientations – presented by
Sherri-Ann Terry, Melissa Hubbard, Al Cardinale
Project PRIZE
Organized
9
33
11
10
12
10
25
32
Project PRIZE & 21st Century Parent Workshops
College Readiness for High School Students
Project PRIZE & 21st Century Parent Workshops
Director, Schools
Liaison
October
2014
8
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department, Part A
Type of Activity and Topic
Organized,
Presented, or Both
Director, Schools
Liaison
Choosing the Right College&Scholarship Info
College Focus
Recruitment Assemblies
Both
Summer Program Orientation
Both
Semester End Testing
Both
Both
2014-2015 Academic Year
Date
Number
Attending
February 12
2015
Fall 2014
500
Spring 2015
7/8/2014
75
12/12/2014
5/28/2015
6/2/2015
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
197
70
120
10
10
10
10
Professional Development for Math Teachers
Professional Development for ELA Teachers
Organized
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Organized
Kids & Teens College/ASA/Connect2College
Venture House Educational Gathering
p Presented
8-24-14
30
p presented
Presented
Presented, help
organize
Presented
9-3-14
20
ASA (After School Academy) Parent Orientation
Continuing Ed Open House
CEANY (Continuing Education Association of
New York State) Board meeting
9-6-14
9/11 to
9/12
2014
9-8-14
16
ASA professional Staff Development
Presented
Annual CEANY Conference Syracuse, NY
125
CEANY (Continuing Education Association of
New York State) Board meeting
Presented, organized 114,5,6,7
2014
Organized/presented 12-1314
Organized/presented 12-1714
Organized/presented 12-2314
Attended/ presented 1-22,2315
ASA Science Fair Community & School
Organized/presented 1-26-15
25
Kids & Teens College Open House/Registration
Information & Technology HS Tour
ASA play for Community & school
8
20
45
30
16
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department, Part A
Type of Activity and Topic
CEANY (Continuing Education Association of
New York State) Board meeting
2014-2015 Academic Year
Organized,
Date
Number
Presented, or Both
Attending
Attended/ presented 3-12,13- 16
15
Williamsburg HS for Art Design & Architecture
Tour
Learning from Light Lab w/ Astronomy & Service
Learning
CEANY Regional Meeting/Professional
Development
ASA/Music Dept service learning-midterm &
final at ASA
Organized/presented 4-15-15
40
Organized
5-2-15
15
Organized/ Attended
5-7-15
90
Organized/ Attended
50/50
CEANY (Continuing Education Association of
New York State) Board meeting
Attended/ presented
3/26 &
5/21
2015
6-4,5
2015
ASA/PS 98 end of year celebration Festival
Presented
Organized the ASA
part of it
Organized/ Attended
6-19-15
75
Service Learning projects with the ASA 12-2,12-3
2014 and 3-26,30,4-20, 5-21
16
B. INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITIES/ACHIEVEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT’S ADMINISTRATIVE
STAFF, 2014-2015
Name
Achievement type
Citation
Semester
At Home in College
Coaching youth through
employment continuum
Fall 2014
Gurpreet Kaur
Training attended
Gurpreet Kaur
Workshop
attended
Spring
2015
Web site
development
Fall 2014
and Spring
2015
November
2014
Mental health
College Now
Alexa Vlachos
Arlyne Helfenbein
Attended
Workshop at SPS
for ACCESS
database pilot
Queensborough Community College
Name
Alexa Vlachos
Mary Anne Meyer
Alexa Vlachos, Arlyne
Helfenbein, Mary Anne Meyer
Port of Entry
Florence Tse
Florence Tse
Florence Tse
Eric Feng
Dolores Hopkins
Allison Puntino
Scott Reccardi
Florence Tse
Florence Tse
Non-teaching Department, Part A
Achievement type
Curriculum
Development
Presentation to
CCHS
(Citywide Council
for High Schools)
Attended CUNY
Central Retreat
Service to
Community Coordinated the
Flushing Lunar
New Year Parade
Indoor
Celebrations
Creative
achievement –
Coordinated the
21st Annual Asian
Cultural Festival
Workshop
Attended- TOEFL
Institutional
Testing Program
(ITP) organized by
Educational
Testing Service
(ETS)
Awards –
Outstanding
Education Service
Award presented
by New York
Community Times,
Chinese Weekly
Awards –
Inspiring
Leadership Award
presented by
Bayside Senior Key
Luck Club
2014-2015 Academic Year
Citation
Academic Senate Approved
Curriculum
Semester
September,
2014
June 2015
April 2015
2/21/2015
Spring
4/29/2015
Spring
3/31/2015
Spring
4/26/2015
Spring
5/30/2015
Spring
Queensborough Community College
Name
Non-teaching Department, Part A
Achievement type
2014-2015 Academic Year
Citation
Semester
BTECH
Conference,
SAPPHIRE: SAP
Ashley Legitime/Denise Ward workshop, training Annual User Conference
attended
st
21 Century Community Learning Center
Sherri-Ann Terry
Service to college
BTech TIE committee
Spring
2015
Al Cardinale
Training attended
Fall
Al Cardinale
Training attended
Melissa Hubbard
Conference
attended
Conference
attended
Training attended
Training attended
Conference
attended
Conference
attended
Training attended
Resource Center – Giving
Effective Feedback
Resource Center – Family
Engagement
Boost Out of School Time
Beyond School Hours
Spring
CAFCP
Edgar
21C Kickoff - NYC
Spring
Fall
Fall
21c Kickoff - Albany
Fall
TASC kickoff
Fall
21C end of year conference
Spring
Project Management
Best Practices
October
1st, 2nd, 3rd,
2014
Brought 2 Games to be
Taught by Project’s Math
Team Instructors
January
16th, 2015
Effective Leaders. What
Kind of Leader are You?
Obtained completion of 3
hours of supervisory
leadership Certificate
April
17th
2015
4 Selected Students
Participated in College
April
9th, 10th,
Al Cardinale & Sherri-Ann
Terry
Sherri-Ann Terry
Sherri-Ann Terry
Al Cardinale & Sherri-Ann
Terry
Al Cardinale & Sherri-Ann
Terry
Al Cardinale & Sherri-Ann
Terry
Sherri-Ann Terry
Conference
attended
Liberty Partnership - Project PRIZE
Yicel Nota-Latif
Mandated SED
Professional
Development
(Albany)
Yicel Nota-Latif
CUNY Gaming
Conference,
Graduate Center(
NYC)
Yicel Nota-Latif
PASE-Partnership
for After School
Education
Supervisory
Leadership Session
(NYC)
Yicel Nota-Latif
Mandated SED
+ One Project’s Staff Member Summit Youth
Spring
Spring
Spring
Queensborough Community College
Name
Non-teaching Department, Part A
Achievement type
Conference
(Albany)
2014-2015 Academic Year
Citation
Tours, Career Exploration,
and Cultural and Social
Enrichment Workshops.
Project Management
Updates on State’s
Mandate, grant contract,
and budget, for the new
program year.
Update on operation of the
mechanism to transmit
data from our site to the
state, data collection and
management and reporting
requirements
Semester
11th
2015
CUNY SPS
Fall 2014
Conducted
Workshops
Kids & Teens College/ASA/Connect2College
Jacqueline Montgomery
Scholarly
achievement
Disabilities
Jacqueline Montgomery
Workshop with
Commissioner of
the Mayor’s
Office for people
with Disabilities
Victor Calise
Jacqueline Montgomery
Annual UCP
Conference
Jacqueline Montgomery
ACE Seminar on
Instruction
College Success Workshops
through CARA
Summer
2014
Advanced certificate in
Disability Studies
Attended
June, 2014
Attended
11-2-14
Attended
12-2-14
Jacqueline Montgomery
Received certificate of
recognition
Received the James C. Hall
Exemplary Program Award
for Non-Credit Program
Development-The After
School Academy
6-3-15
Yicel Nota-Latif
Mandated SED
Professional
Development
(Albany)
Yicel Nota-Latif
SED Data and
Transmission
system
(Albany)
College Focus
Mary Anne Meyer
Presented
Alexa Vlachos
Jacqueline Montgomery
Service Learning
Breakfast
Annual CEANY
Conference
Syracuse, NY
June 25,
2015 17th ,
18th, 19th
2015
Schedule
for July
22nd 2015
Grant
year’s end
is August
31st
10-14-14
11-4,5,6,7
2014
Queensborough Community College
Non-teaching Department, Part A
2014-2015 Academic Year
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Book - authored
Book – edited
Newspaper/Magazine Article
Journal Article, other
Journal Article, peer-reviewed
Book, Chapter
Conference Presentation, other
Conference Presentation - published as proceedings
Book, introduction, preface, etc.
Lecture (Invited)
Art Exhibit Curated
Art Exhibited (juried show)
Service to department, College, University,
community, and/or professional society
Web Site Development
Other (scholarly or creative achievements comparable
to previous categories)
Direction/Choreography/Dramaturgy/Design (dance,
theater, film)
Performance (music, dance, theater)
Music Composition Published/Performed
Play Produced/Performed
Review/Commentary (including Blogging)
Awards
Patent
Materials Development
Grants awarded (title, awarding agency, amount and
period of award)
Curriculum or laboratory development, workshop
conducted
Works submitted/accepted/in press or in progress;
works reprinted/republished
Service as a reviewer/editor/consultant
Conference, workshop, training attended
Other (please explain)
C. DEPARTMENT CHANGES, 2014-2015
Type
Description of
Change
Reason for
Change
Date/Semester
Evaluation of
Change*
At Home in College
Personnel
Counselor
Replacement
Gurpreet Kaur
Resignation
Office Assistant
Workload
3/2015
Positive thus
far
Teacher
replacement
Teacher
replacement
Staff replacement
Filling the
positions
resignation
Fall, 2014
Good
Spring, 2015
Satisfactory
resignation
Summer, 2015
Good
Fall, 2015
Enrich
Student
understanding
04/19/15;
Spring
N/A
College Now
Personnel
Port of Entry
Personnel
Personnel
Personnel
Service change
Provide counseling Information on
at the Flushing site college admission
is needed
Queensborough Community College
Type
Description of
Change
Non-teaching Department, Part A
Reason for
Change
BTECH – No Updates
21st Century Community Learning Center
Addition of middle The other middle
Project Change
school partner
school wasn’t
JHS192
meeting its
enrollment
Project Change
Elimination of
Low enrollment
non-credit courses
Project PRIZE
Personnel
2014-2015 Academic Year
Date/Semester
Evaluation of
Change*
September/Fall Enrollment
2014
was met as a
result
Fall 2014
Increased
enrollment in
credit bearing
courses and
more course
offerings
Hosted 1 NYU
School of Social
Work Intern
Additional help in
academic and
personal
assessment of
students
conducted by the
project’s social
worker and
academic
counselor was
needed
Fall 2014
&
Spring 2015
Work load was
processed
faster and
quality time,
individually
and group
increased for
each student
enrolled in the
program. The
intern got a
passing grade
in her field
placement
class, as her
faculty’s
hourly and
assignments
mandate was
met
College Focus
Personnel
Added one p/t CA
Workload
Spring 2015
Program
Expansion
Demand
Fall 2014
Too soon to
tell
positive
Queensborough Community College
Type
Description of
Change
Relocation
Space
Non-teaching Department, Part A
Reason for
Change
Learning Center
expansion
Kids & Teens College/ASA/Connect2College
Personnel or
ASA Coordinator
Pregnancy/
organizational
resignation Amelia resignation as
change
Tartaglia
well
Personnel or
organizational
change
Personnel or
organizational
change
Personnel or
organizational
change
Kids & Teens
College
resignation
Angelica Sheffer
Additional
departmental
responsibilities
Jacqueline
Montgomery
Kids & Teens
Coordinator Judy
McDermott
2014-2015 Academic Year
Date/Semester
Summer 2014
Evaluation of
Change*
Positive since
there are
three
programs we
now have a
sufficient
number of
offices for all
programs
May 1, 2015
N/A
New full time job
June 1, 2015
N/A
Connect2College
(Career
Clusters)no longer
funded
September
29,2014
Increased
number of
high schools
partnerships
Replaced former
coordinator
June 29, 2015
N/A
*Please note that, if change has been too recent to evaluate, you may indicate NA.
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Type of change
Personnel or
organizational change
Service, program, or
project change
Facilities/space
Equipment
Other
Description
New personnel, retirees, resignations, organizational changes, addition of departmental
responsibilities, CCAS (13.3b), reclassification, merit increase, etc.
Changes to the number, volume, or type of services, programs, or projects
Renovations or development of new facilities (i.e., computer laboratories or relocation)
Acquisition of new or disposition of old equipment
Other changes affecting the department not included above and including interactions
with other departments