Student Services and Support Program (SSSP)
Advisory Committee meeting
April 14, 2015
2:00 – 3:30pm
MINUTES
Attendees: Shawna Crawford, Katrin Field, Rachel Ugale, Emmanuel Lopez, Stacey Moore,
Rozen Bondoc, ValJean Dale, Paulette Lino, Noell Adams, Stacey Followill, Jeanne
Wilson, Mike Lai
Shared Governance
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SSSP Workgroup evolve into Advisory Committee because we worked on SSSP plan
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Chancellor’s office called group working on SSSP as SSSP Advisory Committee.
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Paulette attended a PRBC meeting a month ago there was a proposal to merge SSSP,
Student Equity and Basic Skills into one group.
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SSSP group agreed that they are a workgroup and not a shared governance
committee.
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Shared governance needs an assigned representative from each Senate (Academic,
Classified, Student)
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Quarterly workgroup meeting with Student Equity, Basic Skills, and SSSP
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Pro: Knowledge of each group expenditures, report for each group for
familiarize of each group’s tasks
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Con: More people less productivity.
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SSSP group proposed for a quarterly informational meeting with Student
Equity and Basic Skills Committee.
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Val Jean will represent SSSP tomorrow, April 15 to PRBC
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would like a recommendation for tomorrow
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Feedback:
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keep the integrity of the group
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we should develop a process for accepting proposals from noncore representatives.
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Example of a non-student service department using SSSP funds Expansion of peer advisors - Sean McFarland, Tom DeWitt: peer
advisors ere recruited to assist high school student to pathways
to Chabot. English faculty and match requirement of SSSP.
Merging with Peer Advisor Program. Funding given up from
SSSP than Student Equity. Student serving students, outreach
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SSSP plan needs to be published on our website.
Noell - people can send out their recommendations to PRBC.
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showed Classified Senate recommendation of SSSP work group, classified
perspective - more a categorical fund and didn’t need more venting from
different parts of campus.
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Student Equity should be more a shared governance because of funds for
various groups and less restricted and include Basic Skills
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Noell showed allowable use of funds PowerPoint slide from Chancellor Office’s
SSSP training 2014.
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Noell suggested that people interested in specific areas
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Rozen will post SSSP plan on website.
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Mike suggested to include that we are looking to a new online orientation system to
present to PRBC.
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SSSP coordinator as defined by the state is the Dean of Counseling.
Recommendation for Shared Governance
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SSSP is a workgroup, not a committee. Classified Senate and Staff Development
Committee also support this recommendation.
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SSSP, Basic Skills, and Student Equity should have a quarterly meeting.
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First meeting, May 5 - 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
SSSP funds are categorical (link to PTT + non-public SSSP plan). SSSP workgroup is
already composed of key players responsible for achieving main objectives of SSSP
(orientation, assessment, SEP, and follow up services)
2014-2015
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Review status of proposed expenditures
2015-2016 SSSP Funds
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We should develop a process for accepting proposals from non-core representatives.
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Core representatives should review current SSSP plan and identify services they’d like
to enhance. Does this require more SSSP funds for 2015-16?
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Consider Assessment Center.
Registration
Special circumstance for DSRC students.
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loss of priority registration
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Shirley needs to meet with Paulette about DSRC registration issues
Items for next meeting
SSSP goals and timeline