Implementation (Ongoing)

College Success Initiative Plan (08-09)

College Success Initiative Update (09-10)

Twenty-eight initiatives are underway as a result of considerable input from over a hundred faculty, staff, and administrators last year. Listed below are some of the major projects, with people to contact if you'd like to get involved.

• Achieving College Success (ACS) Learning Community-- Michael Hoffman, Mathematics, hoffmanm@smccd.edu
• Early Alert Program-- Carla Campillo, Counselor, x4315
• College and Career Orientation Course (Career 410)-- Virginia Padron, Counselor, x4314
• Welcome Day at Skyline-- Nate Nevado, x4388
• Basic Skills Research-- Rob Johnstone, Dean of Research, Planning, & Institutional Effectiveness, x4454
• Outreach-- Nate Nevado, Counselor, x4388
• Professional Development-- Phyllis Taylor, Speech Communications, x4233
• Counselor's Summer Institute-- Jacquie Escobar, Counselor, x4305, & Rick Wallace, Dean of Counseling, x4124 
• Contextualized Curriculum-- David Hasson, Mathematics, 378-7301 x19206, Leigh Anne Sippel, ESOL Professor, x4408, & Lucia Lachmayr, English/Reading Professor & CalPass Coordinator, x4416
• Middle College-- Murrell Green, Counselor, x4235
• ESL Institute-- Leigh Anne Sippel, ESOL Professor, x4408
• Transitional Learning Communities-- Jacquie Escobar, Counselor, x4305, & Rick Wallace, Dean of Counseling, x4124
• The Role of Emotions in Learning-- Leslie Shelton, Director of the Learning Center, x4161, & Beverly Muse, Psychology Services Counselor, x4459
• Supplementary Instruction-- Connie Beringer, Dean of Language Arts,x4343, Mike Williamson, Dean of Science, Math, & Technology, x4221, & Leslie Shelton, Director of the Learning Center, x4161