Program Review: Classified Staffing Request(s) including Student Assistants [Acct. Category
2000]
Unit: Puente Project
Division or Area to Which You Report: Interdisciplinary Program – Student Services & Language Arts
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Ramon C. Parada & Kristin Land
Date: 3/10/2011
Audience: Administrative Staff
Purpose: Providing explanation and justification for new and replacement positions for full-time and part-time regular (permanent) classified professional
positions (New, augmented and replacement positions) AND student assistants (tutors, learning assistants, lab assistants, supplemental instruction, etc.).
Instructions: Please justify the need for your request. Be sure to include reference to Goals/Objectives from Part II, and Strategic Planning Priorities.
Please cite any evidence or data to support your request. If this position is categorically funded, include and designate the funding source of
new categorically-funded position where continuation is contingent upon available funding.
Justifications should include rationale for requesting the position. Rationale should include specific reference to, where
necessary and appropriate. [Reminder, student assistants are not to replace Classified Professional staff.] Please list
staffing request(s) on your Resource Request spreadsheet.
1. Rationale for your proposal. Please include the rationale from your program review and unit plan. Rationale should include
things such as student learning and service area data and outcomes, difficulty in serving students, health and safety
concerns and/or any other information that speaks to the criteria listed previously.
Request: To hire a full-time counseling assistant who will strengthen the Puente Project’s organizational ability to serve Puente students,
Puente faculty, Puente mentors and on campus and off-campus communities.
Strategic Goals: This position relates specifically to Goal 8 – Maintain or Increase Enrollment, Objective(s): 8b, 8c & 8l; Goals 10 and 11 & 13;
Objectives: 2 & 4.
Rationale for need: Enhance and develop Puente’s ability to serve all stakeholders and gatekeepers (see above) by providing a full-time
counseling assistant whose expertise in specialty areas of program support, organizational functionality and student data management are vital to
its service delivery. Specifically,
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Support day to day office management, communications between students and program faculty; strengthen communications between
college campus programs and keep communications across functional areas in Student Program and Services Division
Schedule program activities on an on-going basis, especially those requiring high level of communications with Puente gatekeepers such
as local legislators, city administrators and community leaders who support the Puente Program
Maintain and provide data keeping systems for reporting to the State Puente Office under the University of California MOU; internally
follow-up with our Chabot Office of Institutional research in order to prepare reports on student persistence, retention and transfer
Request: To hire a .5 supplemental instructional assistant who will rovide on-going writing, language, technology, and other academic
support for students in and out of the classroom. The SI would work with both faculty in both the English and Psychology-Counseling courses
Rationale for need: As stated in the Program Review, , we hope to increase the persistence and success rates of our English Language Learners,
our AB 540 students and Latino male students between the ages of 18-21. Success in English 102 and English 1A as well as in the Puente PSCN
courses are strong indicators of transfer preparedness, our goal. Based on the Student Engagement Survey Results aggregated for the Fall 2010,
“student engagement in learning is higher in class sections with Learning Assistants than in the average class section
across campus….Students in sections with Learning Assistants were more likely to ask questions, participate in both large and small group class
discussions, talk about the topics outside of class, join a study group, and work hard in the class (see chart). While a majority (66%) of Chabot
students in average sections participate in small group discussions, being in a section with a Learning Assistant and working with that Learning
Assistant made it more likely (79%) that they would participate
2. Statements about the alignment with the strategic plan and program review are required. Indicate here any information from
advisory committees or outside accreditation reviews that is pertinent to the proposal.
Having a full-time counseling assistant will enable us to provide 5-day, full-day office face-to-face service to our students, community, and the
Puente service delivery components which are vital to student success in such areas as persistence, retention and transfer. Allows cocoordinators to maintain Puente’s mentoring program and community-business partnerships that ultimately serve the community and the college.
Having a supplemental instructional assistant will support student learning and personal development and may increase participation in
students’ civic engagement as well.
Resource Requirements:
ACTIVITY BUDGET CATEGORY AND
NO.
ACCOUNT NUMBER
Personnel (staffing and benefits for
1
professional experts, reassigned
time, classified personnel).*
Supplies
DESCRIPTION
See submission by Dean of Special Programs and Services
COST
$23,765.40
Other
Total
Proposed personnel workload may be covered by:
x New Hires:
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Faculty # of positions ____________
x
Classified staff
# of positions _____.5___
 Reassigning existing employee(s) to the project; employee(s)' current workload will be:
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Covered by overload or part-time employee(s)
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Covered by hiring temporary replacement(s)
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Other, explain __________________________________________________________________
At the end of the project period, the proposed project will:
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Be completed (onetime only effort)
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Require additional funding to continue and/or institutionalize the project (obtained by/from):
_________________________________________________________________________________
Will the proposed project require facility modifications, additional space, or program relocation?
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No
x
Yes, explain: ___________________________________________________________________________
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Will the proposed project involve subcontractors, collaborative partners, or cooperative agreements?
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No
x
Yes, explain:
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Do you know of any grant funding sources that would meet the needs of the proposed project?
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No
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Yes, list potential funding sources: