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1 OGLALA LAKOTA COLLEGE Pass Creek College Center Annual Report Year: 2014‐2015 1. Describe your unit’s/department’s Mission or Purpose. Mission: The Pass Creek College Center is committed to meeting students’ academic needs so they can become an integral part of the professional workforce. Vision: The Pass Creek College Center strives to meet the educational needs of its community by providing the highest quality of education for the students in attaining a degree in higher education. 2. 2014‐2015 Budget: $223,456.00 3. Personnel Data: Name Title Years of Service Leslie Heathershaw Center Director 1.5 years Angela Martinez Office Assistant/Janitor 6 years Sandra Shot With Arrow GED Tutor/Counselor 2 years Curtis Conroy Janitor/Driver 8 months 4. Personnel Changes. In the 2014‐2015 academic year, Leslie Heathershaw was Acting Director until July of 2014 when she was hired full‐time. Curtis Conroy was hired as the new Janitor/Van Driver in October and Angela Martinez was moved to a full time Office Assistant. 5. Local Board Name Title Sharlene May Phoebe Tallman Lucy Cottier Caroline Richards President Board of Trustees Member Vice President Secretary 2 6. Student Org Name Mercy Washington Beulah High Bear Tyler Dubray Zoey Shaw Title President Vice President/Secretary Student Senate Student Representative 7. Describe any special accomplishments of your staff. The PCCC staff is committed to furthering their own higher education. This year Angela Martinez, Office Assistant, earned 6 credit hours towards her degree in Social Work. Angela’s goal is to graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. Sandra Shot with Arrow, Counselor/Tutor received the Tutor of the Year award and received her AA degree in Office Technology. 8. Describe your unit’s Professional Development Activities. Sandra Shot with Arrow attended COABE training in Denver, CO in April of this year and also took college courses. Angela Martinez also took college courses. No other Professional Development activities were provided. 9. Describe your unit’s Professional Development Needs. Our new van driver, Curtis Conroy needs transportation training. He has been studying to take his CDL, and was unsuccessful in his first attempt. 10. List the number of customer service concerns/complaints you have received for the year. Summer Fall Spring Total Concerns received 0 7 3 10 Complaints received 0 0 1 1 11. Describe four most common customer service concerns/complaint and how you addressed them. The most common customer service concerns were academic in that students couldn’t get the courses they needed and that they were having problems with the instructor. One complaint was concerning staff but this was due to the students’ personal health problem. 3 12. List the number of individuals you have served for the academic year (dependent upon the purpose of your unit). Academic year # served Summer Fall Spring Total # students 0
33
36
69
# faculty 0
8
8
16
# staff 3
4
4
11
# community members 20
150
150
320
In the Fall 2014 semester, PCCC had 2 new freshman and 31 returning students, with 27 students
persisting and 6 students stopping out. Of these 6 stop-outs, 2 students were due to personal
problems, 2 due to employment, and 2 due to health reasons. In the Spring 2015 semester,
PCCC had 2 new freshman, 2 transfer students and 32 returning students. We served a total of
69 students, 320 community members this academic year. Four staff members were maintained
throughout the academic year and eight faculty members instructed 10 courses each semester.
13. Course Schedule report. Fall 2014 Course Schedule: COURSE SECTION COURSE NAME TIME INSTRUCTOR ROOM # CS 103 10 PC ETHICS IN THE WORKPLACE W 5:00 – 8:00 PM RED FOX SANCHEZ 107 ENGL 103 05 PC FR. ENGLISH II W 5:00 – 8:00 PM PAULA NELSON 108 T 12:30 – 3:30 PM JUDITH GRAHAM 107 T 5:00 – 8:00 PM ROBERT TWO CROW 108 LIT 203 07 PC LPSY 323 09 PC INTRO TO LITERATURE NATIVE AM. PSYCHOLOGY MATH 083 03 PC BASIC MATH I M 5:00 – 8:00 PM THEDNA ZIMIGA COMPUTER LAB MATH 093 04 PC BASIC MATH II M 5:00 – 8:00 PM THEDNA ZIMIGA COMPUTER LAB MATH 103 08 PC ELEMENTRY ALGEBRA T 5:00 – 8:00 PM JOSEPH BUSH 107 RW 083 01 PC BASIC ENGLISH I M 1:00 – 4:00 PM JULIE JONES COMPUTER LAB RW 093 02 PC BASIC ENGLISH II M 1:00 – 4:00 PM JULIE JONES COMPUTER LAB SOSC 103 06 PC INTRO TO SOCIAL SCIENCE T 1:00 – 4:00 PM SAMUEL SANDERS (PICTEL) DISTANCE LEARNING LAB 4 Spring 2015 Course Sch
hedule: COURSE SSECTION COURSE NAM
ME TIME INSTRUCTOR ROOM # Math 083 Basic Math
h I M 5:0
00 – 8:00 PM
M Angella Sam COMPUTER
R LAB Math 093 Basic Math II M 5:0
00 – 8:00 PM
M Angella Sam COMPUTER
R LAB RW 0
083 BASIC ENGLISSH I M 1:0
00 – 4:00 PM
M JULIA JONES COMPUTER
R LAB RW 0
093 BASIC ENGLIS
B
SH II M 1:0
00 – 4:00 PM
M JULIA JONES COMPUTER
R LAB LAK 1
103 LAKOTA LANG. I T 1:0
00 – 4:00 PM
WARREN
N YELLOW HA
AIR 107
OED 103 BA
ASIC COMPUTERS
T 5:0
00 – 8:00 PM
JOSHEPPH BUSH COMPUTER
R LAB 00 – 4:00 PM
M W 1:0
MUAL SAM
SAUN
NDERS PICTEL RO
OOM 00 – 8:00 PM
M W 5:0
JEFFERYY JONES 108
PSY 1
103 ENG 103 GENERAL PSYCHOLOG
GY FRESHMAN
N ENGLISH II BIO 1
103 HUMAN BIOLO
H
OGY M 5:0
00 – 8:00 PM
M CARLA
A WITT 107
OMATH
H 113 OCCUPATION
NAL MATH W 5:0
00 – 8:00 PM
M THERESA STRU
UFFERT 107
5 14. Describe number of activities you held within your department. Table 46. Activities at Pass Creek College Center. College
Center
Description of activity
Pass Creek
College
Center
Welcome Back/Encouragement Ceremony –
August 29, 2014
Wellness Day - September 16, 2014
Encouragement /Wellness Day – November 13,
2014
Zombie Walk – October 30, 2014
Indian Taco Fundraiser – October 10, 2014
Thanksgiving Dinner/Encouragement Ceremony
– November 25, 2014
Student Org Meetings X 5
Pass Creek Pow Wow Booth Fundraiser – July
2014
End of the Year Student/XMAS Dinner – Dec.
12, 2014
End of the Year – Student Bowling – December
12, 2014
Menudo Sale – Fundraiser – December 5, 2015
Welcome Back/Student Orientation – February
6, 2015
Financial Literacy – March 19, 2015
Indian Taco Sale – March 19, 2015
Flee Market – March 27, 2015
Tipi Raising/Cultural Workshop, April 10, 2015
PCCC Career Day – April 30, 2015
Flee Market/Indian Taco Sale – May 8, 2015
End of the Year Dinner/Honoring of the
Graduates
Total Participants
#
participat
ed
16
Student Org.
Sponsored
15
27
X
X
96
30
25
X
X
25
50
X (x5)
X
20
X
11
X
50
12
X
9
30
5
28
21
60
31
X
X
X
X
561
19
Center by
Sponsored
X
X
X
X
X
X
4
District center
Pass Creek
Total
Number
Overall
Student
Other
Participants
Org.
Center
Activities
Totals
Sponsored
Sponsored
4
561
19
4
4
561
19
4
6 Table 19. Lakota Ceremonies held at Pass Creek College Center College Date
Type of activity
Participants
Center
Pass
Creek
# served
August 29, 2014
Welcome
Back/Encouragement
Ceremony
Students and Staff
16
November 25, 2014
Encouragement
Ceremony/Thanksgiving
Dinner
Students and Staff
25
February 6, 2015
Welcome
Back/Encouragement
Ceremony
Students and Staff
12
April 10, 2015
Tipi Raising/Cultural
Workshop
Students and Staff
28
Total
81
15. Describe your unit’s most significant accomplishments. Our biggest accomplishment this year is in our advising and tracking our data. We have been able to show what amazing tasks that our staff provide for our students. (See table below). District Centers
Pass Creek
Academic
advising
Fall 2014
New
student
60
Existing
student
278
Academic
advising
Spring 2015
New
student
73
Existing
student
329
Academic
advising
Total
New
student
133
Existing
student
607
District Centers
Pass Creek
Academic
advising
Fall 2013
New
student
8
Existing
student
37
Academic
advising
Spring 2014
New
student
32
Existing
student
146
Academic
advising
Total
New
student
40
Existing
student
183
7 16. Describe your unit’s Significant Challenges. Provide data that supports the challenge identified. One of our biggest challenges is finding instructors for our district center. Our center has to resort to finding adjunct instructors that are qualified to teach our courses and with little pay. Our adjuncts complain that the pay isn’t worth the amount of work required as an instructor but they continue as they are committed to the students of OLC. Another struggle is getting the student the courses that they need here in our small center. The higher level courses are only taught in the larger centers and the students are required to travel. This year in the spring semester we were provided a new transportation van to transport students. This resolved travel issues for some of the students but not all. 17. Describe your unit’s Critical Needs. I believe one of our biggest critical need is professional development for our staff. As new staff members in our position we need conflict resolution, stress management, counseling and advising training. Another critical need is finding mental health and disability resources for our students. 18. Describe how you plan to address the challenges during the upcoming year. Keeping our students interest in activities is always a challenge, and we plan to recruit more and advertise more with our activities. Our student organization dwindles towards the end of the semester which makes fundraising difficult and the staff end up doing most of the work. Also, we plan to continue to use our data to help our students be successful and to guide our center and staff. 19. If applicable, how did you address the HLC identified needs of persistence, retention, graduation, and long range planning. The staff at the PCCC have learned to track data and keep binders of everything we do. We also have done a better job with student status sheets and in providing the courses needed by our students. We’re doing a better job of prepping our students to take the accuplacer and students are testing more accurately. We are dedicated to continue this in the long range and to meet the needs of our community and students. 8