EL CAMINO COLLEGE
STUDENT SUCCESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
DATE: August 14, 2014
Present: F. Arce, R. Bell, S. Blake, R. Dreizler, W. Garcia, I. Graff, S. Griffin, J. Ishikawa, C. Jeffries, S.
Kunisaki, G. Miranda, J. Nishime, D. Reid, J. Sims
Other Guests: Preston Reed
The meeting began at 1:03 p.m.
I. INFORMATION
A. Notes of May 8, 2014: Distributed and reviewed with the following revisions:
1. Corrections: (Page 1, A1) – “Shateo Griffin is the new Coordinator of Student Support
Success Services & Programs at CEC.”
B. Meeting Dates 2014-15: January 8, 2015 Student Success Advisory Committee meeting will be
rescheduled. Faculty will not be on campus due to the winter holiday break.
II. DISCUSSION/ACTION
A. SSSP Plan Review – J. Nishime/F. Arce
1. Core Services – Orientation
a) D. Reid will verify that the 12 adjunct academic counselors listed include counselors and
Student Services Advisors.
b) G. Miranda will verify the amount of part-time faculty in the Human Development
department and provide a budget for the Human Development 8 course.
c) J. Nishime will provide the cost to hire year-round adjunct academic counselors.
2. Core Services – Assessment and Planning
a) W. Garcia and I. Graff will provide an estimate of the future target student audience.
3. Core Services – Counseling, Advising, and Other Educational Planning Services
a) School Partnerships: Include school partnerships that provide counseling, advising and ed
planning services along with a description of how each partnership assists in providing
these services. Partnerships that do not offer counseling, advising and ed planning
services should not be listed.
b) Grant Partnerships: Describe the pre-graduation checks counselors are performing. TRIO
STEM Grant and Math Academy should also be included. Describe how counselors are
developing ed plans and what they do to advise students.
c) Provide details on the campaign used to encourage students to create an ed plan. When is
the initial ed plan created? When is the comprehensive ed plan?
d) C. Jeffries and D. Reid will revise the Virtual Counseling description.
e) C. Jeffries will describe the process for how abbreviated ed plans are created by outreach
counselors at high school sites.
f) What is the role of HD courses in helping students develop a comprehensive ed plan? Do
we plan to send students email messages or letters if they do not have a comprehensive ed
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plan after two semesters or 15 units? Will we initiate registration blocks?
g) The only positions that should be listed are positions that provide ed plan services.
h) Include the costs of all technology tools used for education planning and the fees for
those tools.
III. NEXT MEETING
The next Student Success Advisory Committee Meeting will be held on September 11, 2014 at 1:00
p.m. in Library 202.
The meeting adjourned at 2:05 p.m.
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