THIS WEEKat Southern State Community College

Week of January 24, 2011EMPLOYEE NEWSLETTER

This winter, Southern State Community College will, once again, participate in a national survey focusing on teaching, learning, and retention in techni-cal and community colleges.

The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) is a versatile, research-based assessment tool with mul-tiple uses.

The results from the survey are useful for diagnosing practic-es, benchmarking performance, and monitoring progress of im-provement efforts.

For example, our 2009 survey revealed a concerning disconnect among our students and career counseling services and satisfac-tion with job placement services which resulted in immediate ac-tion to realign the services of-fered in that area.

While this is just one example of data-based decision making, there are others which address academic preparation, engage-ment with faculty, participation in class discussions and the like.

The survey sample is selected using random sampling proce-dure based on our entire course inventory for the winter term.

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Student inputneeded for major research survey

The Patri-Tots Learning Cen-ter at Southern State Commu-nity College’s North Campus in Wilmington recently passed its state licensing inspection with 100-percent compliance. This is a feat, in and of itself; however, this is the second time the center has achieved this goal. In February 2010 the center obtained its first 100-percent rating.

“I am so excited that we were able to achieve 100-percent com-pliance for two years in a row,” said Karee Shaw, North Campus site administrator. “Our teachers put a lot of effort into educating the children.

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Patri-Tots at North repeats perfect rating

Pre-Kindergarten teacher Heather Jenkins discusses families from various cultures with her students at SSCC’s North Campus Patri-Tots Learning Center in Wilmington, which just received its second 100 percent compliance rating.

NICOLE ROADESExecutive Director of Planning

Respiratory Care honors 18 graduatesSouthern State Community

College’s fourth graduating class in the respiratory care program was honored during a ceremony held Dec. 11, 2010. Eighteen stu-dents successfully completed the

program which began in 2005 and graduated its first class in 2007.

SSCC President Dr. Kevin Boys provided the welcome, fol-lowed by SSCC Program Director Chyane Collins, who addressed the

graduating class. The 2010 com-mencement speaker, a member of SSCC’s respiratory care first grad-uating class, was Tonya Howard, AAS, RCP, RRT.

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The fourth graduating class of Southern State Community College’s respiratory care program includes (front, l-r) SSCC Director of Clinical Education Jennifer Mattachione, Mark Cope, Beth Kegley, Carly Womble, Bridget Ferrell, Ashlee Crouse, Emily Hughes, Jennifer Smith, SSCC Program Director Chyane Collins; (back, l-r) Kari Singleton, Haley Blair, Jessica Halye, Lyndsey Vaughn, Jennifer Parsons, Deanna Dowler, Marla Weber, Mindy Conklin, Nicole Brown and Kelly Snively. Graduate Caylah Pritchett is absent from the photo.

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UPCOMINGEVENTS

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Comments or submissions?Contact Director of Public RelationsKris Cross at kcross@sscc.eduor call 1-800-628-7722, ext. 2676.

Meet the Author:

Carol Cartaino, “Myths

& Truths About Coyotes”

6 p.m., Feb. 3, 2011

Learning Resources Center

South Campus, Fincastle

Master Gardener Series:

Pest/Disease/Animal Control

6 p.m., Feb. 17, 2011

Learning Resources Center

South Campus, Fincastle

OCAC Basketball Tournament

Feb. 17-19, 2011

The Patriot Center

Central Campus, Hillsboro

SSCC Theatre: “Pygmalion”

March 4-6, 2011

Edward K. Daniels Auditorium

Central Campus, Hillsboro

Brown-Bag Lecture on

Canning and Freezing

6 p.m., March 17, 2011

Learning Resources Center

South Campus, Fincastle

Cabin Fever

March 19, 2011

South Campus, Fincastle

National Library Week

April 10-16, 2011

All SSCC Campus Locations

SSCC Theatre: “Trifles”

June 1, 2011

Edward K. Daniels Auditorium

Central Campus, Hillsboro

SSCC Theatre: “The Little Prince”

Aug. 5-7, 2011

Edward K. Daniels Auditorium

Central Campus, Hillsboro

GRADS/Cont’d from Page 1The presentation of graduates

and diplomas was directed by Dr. Ryan McCall, SSCC Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Dr. Carry DeAtley, SSCC Dean of Technical and Career Education. Jennifer Mat-tachione, SSCC Director of Clinical Education, presented the class hu-mor awards. Graduate Marla Weber delivered the health care oath and graduate Beth Kegley presented the closing comments and introduction of the class video.

Program graduates include Haley Blair of Highland County, Nicole Brown of Fayette County, Mindy Conklin** of Fayette Coun-ty, Thomas Mark Cope* of Ross County, Ashlee Crouse of Adams County, Deanna Dowler of Fayette

County, Bridget Ferrell of Highland County, Jessica Halye of Clinton County, Emily Hughes of Clinton County, Beth Kegley** of High-land County, Jennifer Parsons of Highland County, Caylah Pritchett of Adams County, Kari Singleton* of Highland County, Jennifer Smith of Fayette County, Kelly Snively of Fayette County, Lyndsey Vaughn** of Highland County, Marla Weber** of Ross County, and Carly Womble of Fayette County (*denotes magna cum laude honors; **denotes cum laude honors).

“I would like to extend our thanks to Fayette County Memorial Hospital,” said Collins. “Last sum-mer, the hospital donated a pulmo-nary function testing machine to the respiratory program. Tony Taylor,

a therapist from FCMH was able to visit our respiratory lab and ori-ent our instruction team to the PFT machine.”

To learn more about the respira-tory care program at Southern State Community College, informational sessions will be held 10 a.m. Thurs-day, Feb. 24, and 10 a.m., Friday, March 11, in the Community Center on Southern State’s Fayette Campus, 1270 U.S. Route 62 SW, Washington C.H. Topics to be covered include pre-entrance requirements, job out-look, clinical requirements and more. RSVP to Toby Gavin at 740-333-5115, ext. 5622, or tgavin@sscc.edu. Information is also available on the Southern State Community College web site at www.sscc.edu/academ-ics/degrees/respiratory_care.htm.

SURVEY/Cont’d from Page 1Roughly 55-65 course sections

will be selected to participate. No-tification will arrive to the faculty member of the particular course and scheduling will follow. Survey administration will begin mid-Feb-ruary and continue through the end of the term.

Southern State is intent on being a first-choice college and this survey can assist us in identifying where we are and what further action may be helpful in our continuing work to support and strengthen teaching and learning.

Your cooperation and participa-tion in this exciting national survey

are sure to enhance our educational programs and services to students.

You may learn more about CC-SSE from the project Web site at www.ccsse.org. If you have any questions about the CCSSE project, please contact Nicole Roades.

PATRI-TOTS/Cont’d from Page 1Their goal is to instill a life-

long love of learning, in addition to preparing the children for life. I am proud of them for their part in making this a high-quality program and to have the state validate what we already know is just more kudos for everyone. I cannot thank them enough for all of their hard work and dedication. Additionally, I want to thank Kathe Chaney (Central Cam-pus site administrator), her staff, our families and the community for their support of our program.”

Shaw reported that the state in-spector said she was very pleased with the quality of the program. A copy of the recent Patri-Tots pre-sentation to Southern State’s Board of Trustees (presented in December 2010 by Shaw and Chaney) was given to the inspector for the centers’ files.

The inspector said she was quite im-pressed with the presentation and plans to share it with her supervisor and others in the department.

The Ohio Department of Job & Family Services, overseer of the cen-ter’s licensing, enforces strict guide-lines which, first and foremost, are concerned with children’s safety. The ODJFS’s Bureau of Child Care & Development makes sure the state’s childcare centers follow a strict set of rules, policing student/teacher ratios, food and nutrition require-ments, emergency procedures and equipment safety, as well as back-ground checks and educational re-quirements of the centers’ teachers.

Southern State Community Col-lege houses Patri-Tots Learning Cen-ters at Central Campus in Hillsboro and North Campus in Wilmington. Both child-learning centers are li-

censed by the ODJFS and are open five days a week serving community members and college students, fac-ulty and staff. The Hillsboro location accepts children from 18 months to 12 years of age and the Wilmington location accepts children from 18 months to 5 years of age. There are both part-time and full-time space options at each location.

Developmentally appropriate ac-tivities within a preschool setting are provided by qualified teachers who have aligned their curriculum with the Ohio Early Learning Standards.

For more information about SSCC’s Patri-Tots Learning Cen-ters, contact Shaw (Wilmington site) at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 4629, or Chaney (Hillsboro site) at 1-800-628-7722, ext. 2629. To learn more about Southern State Community College, please visit www.sscc.edu.