COMMUNITY NEEDS
TEAM
Presented By: Nelda Luis
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Team Members Responsibilities &
Participation:
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NELDA
Responsibility:
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Team Leader
Executive Summary
Participation:
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Organize team (schedule
meetings, phone calls, etc.)
Facilitation
E-mail proposal assignments to
instructors
Gave input & ideas for
project
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Team Members Responsibilities &
Participation:
SERGIO
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Solution Statement
Participation:
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Provided location for first
team meeting
Gave input & ideas for
project
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Team Members Responsibilities &
Participation:
MANUEL
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Needs Statement
Participation:
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Facilitated
Typed & made copies of Team
Survey Questionnaire
Gave input & ideas for project
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Work Plan
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We met as a team
We Developed Questions for The Faculty Interview
We Interviewed The Faculty
We Developed Questions For Student Survey
Discovered The Students Need
We Came To An Agreement On The Solution
Criteria Chart
We Developed Questions For Our Team Survey
Team Process
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Steps To Acknowledging Needs
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Defining what sector of the community to
collect data from
Creating questions to know what needs the
community has
Interviewing Academy Teachers
Surveying Academy Students
Results of both, tell us what our needs are
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Who Is In Need?
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Students
Families
Faculty
Academy
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Main Need: Family
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More family
involvement &
participation
Students being able to
contribute & give back
to family
Not losing knowledge
of culture
Fulfilling the goals
family has for us
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Whom To Collect Data From?
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Academy Teachers
Academy Students
Team Members
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What Did We Cover In Questions
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Teachers
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Future changes to the
academy?
Ways to help students?
How can classes be
improved?
Students
How can you contribute
to our community?
Is family important to
your success?
What kind of skills have
you gained since entering
the academy?
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Results
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Since enrolling in the Academy have you had an
impact on your family?
More
Comm.
16%
No Diff.
10%
60%
notsure
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Evidence
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Although 80% Of
Academy Students
Said They Had Family
Support, Some
Students Have
Mentioned They Don’t
Have Enough
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
Support
No Support
Some
Don't Know
20%
10%
0%
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When Is Need Evident?
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When students fail due to lack of outside
occurrences
When family doesn’t support the student
When academy students can’t seem to work
as a single unit
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Consequences Of Not Meeting Needs
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Students drop-out
Academy is unsuccessful
Academy doesn’t improve each passing
semester
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WDBA Community
Solutions
Created By:
Sergio Campos
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Proposed Solutions
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Invite Family To Academy Orientation
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Invite Family To Class Presentations
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Family discovers the Academy’s Mission
Family witnesses students accomplishments
Have An Open House
Family Peer Support
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Parent (s) give presentations
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How they supported their student
Challenges they faced
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Criteria
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Family Involvement
Family Support
Family Awareness
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Criteria
Criteria
Family attend
Academy
Orientation
Family invited Have an open
to final
house
presentation
Family Peer
Support
Is staff
available?
Yes
Instructors
Yes
Yes
Instructors
Possible
Is there
funding?
N/A
Yes
Yes
Yes
Are there
collaborators?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Are facilities
available?
Yes
Classroom
Yes
Forum
Yes
Classroom
Yes
Classroom
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Goals
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Help students receive
more family support
Educate families about
student’s academic
goals
Include families in
mentoring others
Help students to
succeed
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Objectives
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Family Awareness Of Academy’s Mission
Family Awareness Of Financial Aid, BOG,
EOPS, Etc.
Invite Family/Friends To Final Presentation
Have An Open House
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Outcomes
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Students stay in school & accomplish their
academic goals
Improved communication & relations with
family
Students mentor future WDBA students
Families mentoring future WDBA families
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TEAM PROCESS
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Team Challenges & Set Backs
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Team started with 5
members
2 Team members dropped
Cabrillo
Team was left with 3
Members
Team members not showing
up for scheduled meetings
Team members not
completing work
Blaming others
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Improving Team Challenges
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Team members not dropping
Cabrillo
Team members attending
scheduled meetings
Team members completing
work
Improve time management
Taking responsibility for
Self
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Helping Each Other
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Cesar helped Nelda with leading
& facilitating
Manuel helped Nelda with ideas
for project
Manuel helped Sergio with ideas
for PPT slides
Sergio helped by providing
location for first Team meeting
Everyone helped by providing
input & ideas for our topic
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Team Facilitation
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The team was facilitated by
Cesar & Nelda
Improvements:
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Having more direction on
assignments
Better understanding of the
topic & assignments
Having more time
Having Less Assignments Due
On The Same Day
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End of Slides
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