Presenting………
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Maria Fernandez-Team Leader
• organized and compiled group ideas
• developed the executive summary
Erik Zepeda-Financial Needs Reporter
• compiled data
• developed the financial needs slides
Roxanna Fernandez-Solution Developer
• compiled group ideas of solution
• developed the solution
slides
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Rosario Martinez-Team Process Analyst
•analyzed data
•developed the team process slides
Brenda Betancourt-Proposal Process Evaluation Analyst
•analyzed data
•developed the proposal process slides
Maribel Fernandez-Action Plan Developer
•prepared the action plan
•created the action plan slides
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Sources of Information…..
Data was collected from surveys
completed by 26 students that were
currently enrolled in the Watsonville
Digital Bridge Academy in the fall
semester of 2003, in Cabrillo College.
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Expenses students have while in school
Utilities
15%
Telephone
15%
Car Insurance
10%
Rent
14%
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Gas
24%
Food
22%
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Most of the income students
depend is on what they get from a
job or if they get any financial aid.
Self
38%
Financial Aid
39%
Parents
23%
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More than 50% of the students
have not applied for scholarships.
Some don’t know how to apply.
Need help
in applying
21%
No
62%
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Yes
17%
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Facts
• There is a strong need for money management
skills.
• There is a need for skills on applying for
scholarships and FAFSA.
• There is a need for cooking skills, including
making lunches and snacks for breaks at school.
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Solution #1
Provide Training Workshops on:
A. Applying for Financial Aid & Scholarships
B. Reaching out to organizations in the
Community
C. Learning financial management skills
a) Creating a budget
D. Exploring affordable methods of
transportation
E. Preparing quick and inexpensive meals
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Solution #2
Description
 Gather information for topics A-E of
Solution #1
 WDBA Students create handouts
and flyers with the information
 WDBA students distribute the
handouts and applications for
financial assistance.
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Outcomes
There will be more students:
– applying for Financial Aid
– getting more financial assistance
– getting funds from scholarships
– learning to spend less and save more
– saving money by making their own lunches
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Objective 1: New Students get
Financial Aid
Activities
Deliverables
Completion
Date
Person’s
Responsible
Introduce
Take FAFSA
FAFSA(financi application to
al aid) to
student.
students and
family
Feb. 2004
Team members
Students
apply for
financial aid
Help student
with application
Feb. 2004
Team members
Make sure
student
qualifies for
financial aid
Keep track of
Feb. 2004
student and
their application
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Objective 2: help new students learn
skills through workshop (money
management)
Activities Deliverables
Completion
Date
Plan for a
workshop
Get ideas from
team
Before school Team members
starts or at the
beginning of
the semester
Get
information
about the
topic
Interview people Before school Team members
who knows best starts or at the
about the topic beginning of
the semester
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Responsible
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continuation of objective 2
Activities Deliverables Completion Person’s
Date
Responsible
Prepare the
information
Get all
information
together and
make it into a
presentation
At the
beginning of
the semester
Team
members
Get
workshop
Introduce
At the
information
beginning of
and suggest to the semester
apply it.
Team
members
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Objective 3:Help New Students get other
Financial Resources
Activities Deliverables Completion Person’s
Responsible
Date
Determine
sources of
other
financial
resources
Get list of
resources
Before
Team leader
semester starts.
Understand
criteria of
other
agencies
Read
information
Before
Team members
semester starts.
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continuation of objective 3
Activities
Deliverables Completion Person’s
Date
Responsible
Determine if
they qualify
Review all
applications
Have student
apply for
programs they
qualify for.
Second
Make
appointment week on
next
s to see if
semester
students
qualify
depending
on their
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of next
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Team
members
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The Process……
• Make sure we had all pieces to the
proposal. (all assignments)
• Assign everyone a role.
• Gather all information.
• Meet to make sure that we had all of the
assignments on task.
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Challenges and Set Backs….
•
•
•
•
•
•
Being on time
Needed more focus
More team participation
Understanding how to do the assignments
Viable solution slide set
Get point through to other members.
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How the team worked together…..
• Giving ideas
• Feedback
• Group meetings
• Discussing individual assignments
• Lots of talking
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How each member participated….
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
By doing work
Brain storming
Asking questions
Going to meetings
Responsible
Focus on assignments
Helping each other
Giving ideas
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Team members helping each other……
•
•
•
•
•
Answering each others questions
Giving each other feed back
Supporting each other
Brain storming as partners
Sharing information when a person was
absent.
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Behaviors that helped/
behaviors that did not help……
• Helped:
–
–
–
–
• Did not help:
paying attention
giving out ideas
helping team mates
turning in individual
work
– not giving up
– having patience
– playing around
– talking while someone
else was talking
– not focusing
– laughing when not
appropriate
– not doing individual
work
– not turning in
individual work
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What the team can do next time….
•
•
•
•
Be more organized
Focus more
Meet more often
Be more strict with teammates (work
wise).
• Making sure that all team mates
understand the assignment.
• Being a little more responsible
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Elements to developing the
Proposal…….
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•
•
•
•
Understand the topic
Attend group meetings
Make a plan
Be on-time
Participate
Do your part of the assignment
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Process….
A. Talked about the topic
B. Decided who was doing what part of the proposal
(executive summary, needs, solution, team process, proposal process
evaluation and action plan)
C. Created surveys and had students complete them
D. Compiled the data and created graphs
E. Created slides to point out results
F. Met as a team to create a solution
G. Created more slides to show the objectives and
activities for our goal
H. Created slides to show the team and proposal process
I. Presented the information
to the audience
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Where Did The Group Get
The Information For The
Proposal Process
Evaluation?
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
surveys
meetings
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Challenges
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
understanding
more time
getting the
work done
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Assignment Improvements
•
•
•
•
•
Less work
More time
More specifics about the work
Better class organization
Fewer slides sets
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What can be changed for next
time?
•
•
•
•
Interest in the topic
More communication
More time
Less individual work
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How Faculty Can Help Improve the
Proposal Process
• Giving more time
• Provide more specifics
• Not giving too many assignments to turn-in
on the same day
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