ifalcon title v grant year one interim performance report april 2010
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iFALCON Title V History
• Spring 2009: Application written by Cheryl Shimazu, Steve Clifford, Laurie Kristinat
• September 2009: Notice of grant award
• Year One: October 1, 2009-September 30, 2010
• Fall semester 2009 reduced staffing start-up
• Spring semester 2010 fully staffed
• Year One Interim Report Due to Dept. of Education on April 27, 2010
iFALCON Title V Staff
• Project Director: Steve Clifford• Activity II Director: Lynn Serwin• Activity III Director: Francie Quaas-Berryman• Activity IV Director: Bryan Reece• Counselors: Marvelina Barcelo and Evelyn Ryozaki• Math Coordinator: Angie Conley• Project Assistant: Liz Quintero• Media/Web Specialist: Sarah Ramirez• External Evaluator: Dawn Person (CSUF)• 2 Hourly assistants housed in HSS and Grants office• Faculty Senate President: Deb Moore (unfunded)
Activity I: Web and CounselingOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010
• Website 2.0 highlights www.cerritos.edu/ifalcon• 25 new success videos
• Most successful element of online presence• Interactivity: • academic success polls• iFALCON Blog• Library RSS feed• iFALCON Club info
• Social networking (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter)• Facebook provides average of 400 visits weekly
Activity I: Web and CounselingOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010
• Website 2.0 focus group: December 2009• Students drawn from iFALCON Club, Counseling classes, developmental
ed. classes• Students want:
• More videos and more interactive features and updates• More content• Brighter, more engaging color scheme• Links to admissions/enrollment assistance• Page that resembles new college home page
• Website 3.0 planned for August 2010 release• “Pathway to Enrollment”• New faculty/staff/student featured bloggers• Access to weekly calendar and updates• Other features TBA
Activity I: Web and CounselingOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010
• Counseling initiatives• Appointment Card outreach• “Pathway to Enrollment”
• Website providing step-by-step guidelines to assist new students in• Admissions• Counseling• Financial Aid
• Content• Student videos• Links to enrollment resources
• Projected beta version August 2010
• Co-Sponsor, January 2010 Orientations Workshop• Summer 2010: Integrating iFALCON and Summer Connections
Activity II: Professional DevelopmentOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010
• Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIGs)• 6 groups, up to 5-6 participants in each group• Spring 2010 participants creating FALCON portfolios• Presentations at May 14 final FIG event
• Professional Development Activities• 5 brown bag presentations/workshops• Presentations at department, division, program, Academic Excellence
Awards, STAR, and Student Senate meetings• Present iFALCON at Strengthening Student Success Conference, San
Francisco, October 2009• June 2010: Staff Development workshop
Activity II: Professional DevelopmentOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010
• iFALCON Resource Center• Physical location: Innovation Center
• Beginning relationship with Innovation Center to provide professional development support to faculty and staff• Liz Quintero housed in Innovation Center as iFALCON resource
• Virtual location: www.cerritos.edu/ifalcon• Development of professional development resources to be
available on website• Syllabi• Class lessons• Activities• Self-study resources
Activity III: Developmental EducationOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010
• Integrating iFALCON into dev. ed. classes• Spring 2010: piloting one class each English 52 and Math 40 to develop
integration model • content- and skills-specific videos• course materials (syllabi, assignments, samples, activities)
• Fall 2010: add faculty participants in English and Math courses• 6 new participating classes• English 20 and 52; Math 40 and 60• scale up each semester to include participation of Reading and ESL
depts.
•Co-sponsor, Success Centers Workshop, March 2010• Participant in ongoing Success Centers conversation
Activity IV: Community OutreachOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010
• Creation/Advising of iFALCON Club (ASCC)• Raised funds for 2 $500 iFALCON Scholarships to be
awarded at May 2010 Awards Banquet
• E-Mail Outreach Campaign (HSS Pilot)• 7,000 students weekly; 1-3% rejection rate• Full campus pilot in planning for Fall 2010• E-mails originate with area deans or dean of
counseling
Activity IV: Community OutreachOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010
• Counseling Appointment Cards• iFALCON one side, Counselors on other• Fall 2010 cards include DSPS, EOPS, and Transfer Center
• iFALCON Information Centers• 50 classroom/building installations• iFALCON success skills (permanent)• Successful Alum Spotlight (permanent)• Dean’s/President’s Lists (rotating)• Mid-semester rotating w/Transfer info, other guides to academic
support services
Program Outcomes and EvaluationOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010
•ARCC Data• Spring 2010 ARCC data too soon to show impact of Title V• Spring 2011 ARCC data first meaningful ARCC measurement
• Program Evaluation by External Evaluator• Create evaluation baseline for grant by:
• surveying 500 participants in 2009 Summer Connections and 500 new student non-participants• surveying 6 dev. ed. classes (3 FALCON/3 Non-FALCON)• surveying 6 transfer-level (3 FALCON/3 Non-FALCON)• Focus groups interviewing
• Participants in Task Force (faculty/staff/student)• Faculty participating in above surveys• Students randomly selected from student survey data
• Baseline data collected April-May 2010