Enrollment Services Division Council Newsletter
November
2011
Planning / Budgeting
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Almost all Enrollment Services departments have rolled over their 2011 – 2012 program plan to
create their 2012 – 2013 program plan. Work should be under way to remove content that is no
longer relevant or unattainable. All goal statements use the Strategic Initiative wording. Key staff
are involved in the review/discussion and in some cases editing of the plan. The program plan
must be submitted before leaving for the December holiday break.
Receipt of state taxes have been lower than projected for the past couple of months. The
Chancellor’s Office has been predicting that there will be budget reductions for this year. Official
word is expected by the middle of December. At this time we expect to see a reduction of about
$1.8M for ECC which the college will most likely take from the reserve instead of passing the
reduction on to departments. There is talk in Sacramento of the potential for more mid-year cuts
due to lower than expected tax receipts for the remainder of the year and the threat of losing a
few major lawsuits. We should know more on this by the middle of January when the Governor
releases his budget for 2012 – 2013.
Assessment/Testing
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A new Placement Test request form was developed to email or fax to students requesting their
placement test results.
The Test of Essential Academic Skills (TEAS) for nursing students is scheduled for November 15th
at 8am and November 18th at 1pm. The TEAS measures reading comprehension, English skills
(such as grammar and punctuation), reading rate, basic math skills, and science knowledge. It's a
test given by invitation only by the Nursing Department.
The office is getting busier with students applying for both Winter and Spring sessions, but mainly
for Winter.
First Year Experience (FYE)/Learning Communities/
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On October 29th we took a group of 38 FYE students to UCLA to participate in the Challenge
Course. The UCLA Challenge Course offers unique adventure experiences designed to facilitate
group and individual development. The Challenge Course uses a variety of elements and obstacles
to present challenges to groups and individuals in a supportive and safe environment. By
providing experiential-based (learn-by-doing) activities, the Challenge Course instills participants
with confidence and enthusiasm, providing lessons and realizations critical to success in
classrooms, the workplace, and in life.
 The FYE Canned Food Drive was launched the week of November 7th. All collected items will be
donated to St. Paul’s Church in Redondo Beach in support of “Project Needs” a program providing
food, groceries and clothing to the homeless. “Bring your canned foods to First Year Experience
by November 21, 2011”.
Upcoming Events:
 FYE Scholarship Workshop – Nov. 15, 2011
o Location: Humanities Bldg., Room 107
o Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
 FYE Holiday Luncheon Celebration – Dec. 6, 2011
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o Location: East Dining Room
o Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Outreach and School Relations
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Currently, there are no Spring 2012 high school classes being offered.
Outreach Metrics – Students who tested at their high schools through the Office of Outreach and
School Relations and the percentage who enrolled in classes.
2011 Online Testing at Local High Schools
310 of the 432 (71.8%) high school seniors who tested at their
high schools in the Spring 2011, enrolled in ECC classes for the
Summer or Fall 2011 semesters
2011 - 310 of the 432 (71.8%)
2010 - 274 of the 375 (73.1%)
2009 - 502 of the 723 (69.4%)
2008 - 458 of the 589 (77.8%)
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Outreach Metrics – Students in the Prospective Student Database who applied and registered for
classes:
Prospective Student Database - Contacts to Applicants to Enrollees
(Yield rate is percentage of applicants who enroll/register)
PRSP Database update – 9/01/10 to 9/12/11
o 5,136 Contacts (includes 609 ‘12 grads or younger)
o 4,527 Contacts (excluding ‘12 grads or younger)
o 1,919 Applicants (42%)
o 1,015 Enrollees/registered (52.8% Yield rate)
PRSP Database update – 9/01/09 to 9/16/10
o 4,050 Contacts (includes 1,085 ‘11 grads or younger)
o 2,965 Contacts (excluding ‘11 grads or younger)
o 1,135 Applicants (38.3%)
o 382 Enrollees/registered (33.7% Yield rate)
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Prospective Student Database – There are 10,138 students currently in the Prospective Student
Database. The database was purged of students who have registered, or, have been in the
database for more than two years with no admissions activity. Contact Robin Dreizler if your
program wishes use this database for program recruitment.
The next Ambassador Training Meeting is scheduled for 12/2/11. The training topic that will be
covered: Helping students who are undecided about majors and careers.
Outreach and School Relations has moved! OASR is now in SSVC 206.
Planning for Winter Welcome days has commenced.
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Student Development/ASO/ICC/AGS
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Congratulations to the IDEAS in Art Club who won the Banner Contest!
Congratulations to Homecoming King, Ricky Gonzalez (Honors Transfer Program) & Homecoming
Queen, Alexis Higginbotham (Alpha Gama Sigma)!
ASO sponsored National Recycling week (November 7th- November 10th). Congratulations to
Women in Technology Club who won the recycling contest! Thank you to all the ECC Offices that
participated.
We received three petitions form a new club and one to reactivate a club:
o New:
 Simba Club
 Project Success Club
 CARE/Parents Achieving Higher Education Club
o Reactivate:
 Business Marketing Club
K. Breanna von Stein will be attending 2011 NASPA Regional Conference in San Diego, CA (Nov.
17th-19th)
ICC will start planning for the Children’s Holiday Party. 100 students from Inglewood head start
program are expected to attend. This event is a great way for our students to give back to the
community.
SCA Area Council Updates
Meeting: November 8, 2011
Representative for Enrollment Services- Breanna von Stein, SDO
ACCREDITATION UPDATE:
 El Camino must apply for accreditation on behalf of the Compton Center. There are 21 eligibility
criteria that must be met. The Center is not ready in these areas:
o Fiscal
o Capacity
o Facilities
 The midterm progress report was completed for ECC in October and the accreditation committee
will review in June.
2012/2013 PROPOSED SCHOOL CALENDAR:
 There will be another calendar committee meeting held on November 17th. Two Calendars will be
submitted for approval: one with winter session and one without.
o If calendar without winter session is accepted, Spring would be moved up to the third
week of January and session would end May 11th, with two summer sessions.
STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS:
 This is a draft of recommendations to be used as a common assessment nationwide for Education.
 The goal would be to have common federal standards national wide linking H.S. & College
standards.
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Calendar of Events
Date
Event (Department)
Time
Place
NOVEMBER
2
College Night (OaSR)
6pm-9pm
West HS
2
Information Session (OaSR)
9:30-10:45am
3
AB540 Presentation (OaSR)
9am-10am
Morningside HS College Ctr
Hawthorne HS
3
5
Westchester College Fair (OaSR)
5:30pm8:30pm
6:30am2:30pm
9:30am-3pm
CSULB Pyramid
4
Career/College Exploration
Night (OaSR)
Transfer Conference (OaSR)
9
Campus Tour - Rancho del Mar
(OaSR)
Campus Tour - Hawthorne MS
(OaSR)
Information Table (OaSR)
9am-10am
Lot C - Vans
9am-10:30am
On Campus
12pm-1pm
Torrance HS - Career
Center
18
30
Westchester HS
Contributors:
Theresa Clifford, Lorena Garcia, Julieta Ortiz, Arvid Spor, and K. Breanna von Stein
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