Student Support Services Division Council Newsletter
El Camino College
September 2015
Assessment/Testing
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In collaboration with the Mathematical Sciences Division and Supplemental Instruction (SI) to provide “Just in
Time” math tutoring to students prior to taking the math assessment test, a total of 201 students were
serviced between July 27, 2015 and September 4, 2015.
All went well with the Math Academy Testing (overseen by Harnish Patel) on July 30, 2015.
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) Testing was conducted by Kenya Alvarez and Lorena Garcia on
Wednesday July 29, 2015.
Elena Savina, Kenya Alvarez, and Lorena Garcia staffed the Assessment/Testing table on Student Welcome
Day on August 19, 2015.
The Assessment/Testing office English, Math and ESL administered test totals as of August, 2015:
GRAND TOTALS OF ENGLISH TESTS ADMINISTERED 2007-2015
AT EL CAMINO COLLEGE
JUL
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
GRAND TOTAL
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1,937
2,162
202
187
326
533
1,139
666
296
626
1,195
2,155
11,424
2,005
1,887
256
203
343
597
986
1,054
465
847
1,319
2,061
12,023
1,913
2,133
346
228
348
651
913
777
519
735
1,387
2,390
12,340
1,698
1,676
343
215
440
716
998
661
554
844
1,472
2,080
11,697
1,566
1,462
233
218
535
696
871
658
565
987
1,873
1,828
11,492
1,471
1,226
209
264
440
703
815
517
595
1,071
1,727
1,907
10,945
1,481
1,171
191
206
391
858
1,050
560
1,341
950
1,213
1,327
10,739
1,412
1,108
170
192
360
857
816
770
1,333
1,042
981
1,166
10,207
1,335
1,218
GRAND TOTALS OF MATH TESTS ADMINISTERED 2007-2015
AT EL CAMINO COLLEGE
JUL
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
1,838
2,076
193
180
331
558
1,092
654
291
1,945
1,959
222
201
365
573
958
1,059
439
1,849
2,229
337
219
405
702
977
768
518
1,672
1,845
350
199
523
771
929
689
568
1,545
1,575
232
224
654
831
924
676
547
1,467
1,415
210
282
490
781
856
478
575
1,468
1,327
187
228
505
885
1,098
532
1,293
1,542
1,170
185
205
468
863
824
760
1,300
1,586
1,274
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APR
MAY
JUN
GRAND TOTAL
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670
1,285
2,351
11,519
809
1,353
2,352
12,235
763
1,482
2,421
12,670
871
1,559
2,251
12,227
978
1,976
1,928
12,090
1,020
1,800
1,960
11,334
953
1,242
1,387
11,105
1,079
1,076
1,324
10,796
GRAND TOTALS OF ESL TESTS* ADMINISTERED 2007-2015
AT EL CAMINO COLLEGE
JUL
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
GRAND TOTAL
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
2011-12
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
153
251
35
22
72
93
197
116
24
38
129
158
1,288
134
289
32
17
78
71
171
135
14
52
90
154
1,237
148
262
59
21
92
113
150
89
33
39
85
143
1,234
141
249
60
29
90
81
150
77
24
59
80
179
1,219
108
208
28
27
108
75
168
86
21
39
120
109
1,097
91
161
18
36
71
66
142
69
18
26
116
106
920
115
172
28
36
78
78
158
20
21
50
61
105
922
87
189
26
32
89
71
140
27
35
95
84
90
965
91
217
*ESL READING SKILLS (ACCUPLACER)
EOPS/CalWORKs/CARE
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EOPS/CalWORKs/CARE is happy to announce the hiring of their new EOPS/CalWORKs/CARE Assistant
Director, David Brown. His office is located in the CalWORKs/CARE office in SSVC 205B.
The sad news is: Lorena Perez has left El Camino College after 12 years of service. She has accepted a position
in the EOPS/CalWORKs/CARE department at Golden West College.
The two full-time EOPS Counselors will no longer be teaching a Human Development course effective the
second eight week session of the Fall Semester 2015. This will allow both counselors to return to their
counseling assignments full-time to meet with students as outlined and required in Title 5 EOPS
Implementing Guidelines.
Foster & Kinship Education & Adult Education Liaising
Operations / Personnel
 The Foster Care Office located in SSVC 20E has moved to SSVC214.
Foster & Kinship Care Education (FKCE) Program
 Classes offered:
o August - Thirty-four (34) hours of classes were planned and thirty-one (31) hours were completed.
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o Eighty-two (82) students were enrolled and we graduated seventy-five (75).
The Foster and Kinship education department are collaborating with FASD and OTTP to host upcoming
trainings in the month of September.
PS-MAPP
 The contract has been renewed for the 2015-2016 school year. Staff attended a refresher with The
Community College Foundation training regarding the requirements for the first day of the training.
Student Advocacy and Support
 During the month of August our office was visited by 14 students seeking assistance with enrollment,
financial aid and registration.
 We are working in partnership with The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Torrance office
Transitional Coordinator. Collectively we have been establishing contact with identified students to assist
them in completing the enrollment and registration process for the fall semester. The Transitional
Coordinator will be on campus in SSVC 216 to assist students on:
o September 3, 2015
o October 8, 2015
o November 5, 2015
o December 3, 2015
 We continue to work with the John Burton Foundation around Priority Registration. The purpose of this
project is to develop strategies to better inform and support foster youth access priority registration.
Adult Education Liaising
 We continue to respond to the students who contact us. Their needs vary. The students are referred by the
Adult Schools and they are supported wherever they are in their process to successfully transition into El
Camino College.
Financial Aid
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The Financial Aid line is shorter now compared to the first two weeks of fall semester, with the exception of
the normal busy period between 12pm - 2pm.
The Financial Aid office is in process of running Summer Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) calculations for
students who attended Summer 2015 sessions.
The El Camino College Financial Aid Office disbursed over $5 million in Pell Grants and Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) to eligible students during the first week of the fall semester, two
days earlier than anticipated.
The El Camino College Compton Center Financial Aid Office disbursed over $1 million in Pell Grants and SEOG
Grants to eligible students during the week prior to the start of the fall semester, one day earlier than
anticipated.
The Financial Aid Office is working with Financial Aid Television (FATV) to review the contract for service for
the next year. The contract will be forwarded to Rocky Bonura in Purchasing for his review and
approval. FATV offered to provide at no charge up to five FATV videos that El Camino College and El Camino
College Compton Center plan to use to advertise the changes to Board of Governors Fee Waiver (BOGFW)
eligibility and to translate some pre-existing English language videos into Spanish, including closed captioning
which is compliant with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA).
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The Financial Aid Office is working with the Chancellor’s Office, the California Student Aid Commission
(CSAC), and Information Technology Services (ITS), to initiate, award, and disburse the new Full-Time Student
Success Grant (FTSSG). The new grant program provides supplemental grants to community college Cal
Grant B recipients who are enrolled full-time (12 units or greater) for the 2015-2016 Award Year. El Camino
College and El Camino College Compton Center will each receive an allocation for this new grant program.
The Financial Aid Offices at El Camino College and the El Camino College Compton Center will be hosting an
all-day joint retreat on Friday, October 16, 2015. The event will take place on the Torrance campus in the
Administration Building, Room 131.
The Financial Aid Office is awaiting further guidance from the Chancellor’s Office about how to respond to
the recent passage of California Senate Bill 725 which allows for 2015 high school seniors without the
California High School Exit Examination to receive high school diplomas. This new legislation will have
implications for California Assembly Bill 540 students and students who had reported on their admission
application that they were not going to receive a high school diploma.
Outreach and School Relations
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There are 5,588 students (data base was purged of students enrolled this past year) currently in our
Prospective Student Database. Contact Robin Dreizler if your program wishes to use this database for
program recruitment.
New Student Welcome Day on August 19th was a huge success. 350 students were anticipated but nearly
500 attended. Plans to expand NSWD are already being discussed.
Outreach Counselors will be assigned their respective high schools this month. Counselors will begin meeting
with and contacting high schools to set up regularly scheduled events and contact times.
Fall college fairs begin this month. To date, Outreach has already agreed to attend more than 30 college fairs
both in the region and out of state. Additionally, a significant number of information sessions, campus tours,
and application workshops are already calendared.
Student Development/ASO/ICC/AGS
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The first Associated Students Organization meeting on the school year took place on Thursday, September
3rd.
The Associated Students Organization did a great job recruiting new members during welcome week. They
are holding interviews and will appoint new members at the next ASO meeting on Thursday, September 17th.
Club Rush will be held on the Library Lawn Tuesday, September 8th through Thursday, September 10th from
10am-2pm. Forty-nine clubs have signed up to participate.
Club Mixer will be held in the East Lounge, Activity Center on Friday, September 18th from 12pm-2pm.
Contributors:
Sharonda Barksdale, Robin Dreizler, Alexis Estwick, Lorena Garcia, William Garcia, Sharilyn Thomas,
Ngoc Tran, and Breanna von Stein