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BSI Outreach |
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Description |
Hire/Appoint outreach
coordinator/team and increase services/connections to local high schools to
facilitate transition and success of basic skills students, examine Middle
College concept, create diverse outreach team with wide student appeal to:
attend outreach events, parent nights, visit individual classes, provide
informational workshops on a bi-monthly basis to feeder high schools, provide
other consistent on-going connections with local high schools beyond one-time
presentations, expand Hermano’s Program, and also visit non-high school locales
(i.e. malls, churches, junior high schools), provide practice placement test
preparation, guide students in future careers in connection with Skyline,
provide DSPS testing, give learning skills assessments, provide information on
financial aid, concurrent enrollment, vocational program. Explore concept of having dedicated
counselors for each local high school.
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Related BSI Proposals & FYE
Recommendations |
BSI REC's: 14, 16
FYE REC's: II.A, II.F, IV.C
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Members |
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Lead
To Be Confirmed: |
Team
Confirmed: |
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Meetings |
Met: Mon, Feb 11th
11-12:30pm
2/11/08 meeting purpose:
To further define and clarify action plan and designate potential BSI outreach team
members
Met: Weds, Feb 20th 4-5pm
2/20/08 meeting purpose: to select one full-time counselor to lead
outreach
Meetings: Tues, March 25th 1-2pm
in room 2220
Tues, April 29th 1-2pm in room tba
To discuss the
following:
*To develop a Student Outreach Ambassador Team
(advertising
the positions, ambassador selection process, training, outreach coordination,
costs)
*Further developing the usage of the Outreach Sharepoint
website
*Identify proactive approaches in establishing partnerships with
high schools and local community organizations
who
work directly with middle-school and high school youth.
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Activities |
Current
outreach activities underway for Spring 2008:
* Forming new outreach
team with Nate Nevado as lead and Kenny Gonzalez coordinating high school
outreach (http://sharepoint.smccd.edu/SiteDirectory/SKYHighSchool/default.aspx)
* Recruiting a
Student Outreach Ambassador team (advertising positions, interviewing
candidates, selecting Student Outreach Ambassadors, training the ambassadors,
coordinating the ambassadors for outreach projects). Call for student ambassadors
email with job description.
* Developing the
Outreach Sharepoint site
* Organizing and
attending all outreach events: http://sharepoint.smccd.edu/SiteDirectory/skyoutreach/default.aspx
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End of the Semester Update |