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ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO START AUGUST 16TH, REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
[1.01 Roll Call]
BOARD PRESIDENT SHIN LIU HERE.BOARD VICE PRESIDENT SANDRA SALAZAR HERE.
BOARD CLERK MARIANA PACHECO IS ABSENT.
TRUSTEE JAMES CODY BIRKEY PRESENT TRUSTEE.
STUDENT TRUSTEE. JACKIE STONE.
SCOTT IS ABSENT AND PRESIDENT.
SUPERINTENDENT PIERRO PRESENT.
OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]
TRUSTEE PEREZ, CAN YOU LEAD FOR US? ALL RIGHT. PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.I PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
SO WE MOVE ON TO ANYONE ANY TRUSTEE WANT TO DO THE AGENDA ORGANIZATION.
[1.03 Agenda Organization]
OR I SEEING NOW WE WILL CARRY THE CURRENT AGENDA.ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO DO THE COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]
OUR DENISE FALCON.I JUST SHAKE MY HEAD. NO, IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
OKAY. HONORED BOARD MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, COLLEAGUES AND STAFF AND GUESTS ONLINE.
WELCOME TO THE FIRST BOARD MEETING.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SEMESTER, FALL 2023.
HARD TO BELIEVE. I WANTED TO START THIS ONE AND MAKE THIS REPORT AN OFFICIAL BEGINNING.
SO I WANTED TO JUST GO OVER VERY QUICKLY THE ROLE OF THE FACULTY SENATE.
SO I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE FOR THE MOST PART IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT WE DO.
BUT JUST TO GET IT ON THE RECORD AND TO INTRODUCE THE INSTITUTION, THE BODY THAT I REPRESENT.
AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THE ACADEMIC FACULTY SENATE IS TO CONSULT COLLEGIALLY WITH THE DISTRICT WHEN ADOPTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ON ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL MATTERS THAT AFFECT FACULTY AND OF COURSE, OUR STUDENTS, WHICH ARE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
THE PURVIEW OF THE FACULTY SENATE IS DEFINED BY WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE TEN PLUS ONE.
AND BECAUSE I'M A REBEL, DOTTIE, I LIKE TO CALL IT THE 11.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DON'T JUST CALL IT THE 11, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO CURRICULUM DEGREES AND CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS, ACCREDITATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MORE.
IN THIS WAY, FACULTY ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN PROMOTING SHARED GOVERNANCE OF THE DISTRICT.
THE FACULTY SENATE WORKS COLLEGIALLY WITH THE OTHER CONSTITUENT GROUPS ON CAMPUS, INCLUDING THE CLASSIFIED STAFF THROUGH THE CSA AND AGAIN THROUGH THE FACULTY BARGAINING AGENT, THE CERRITOS COLLEGE FACULTY ASSOCIATION.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT I'VE WORKED VERY WELL WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH OF THOSE BODIES.
I AM PRIVILEGED TO REPRESENT THE FACULTY SENATE AS ITS PRESIDENT, ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES ON THE SENATE EXECUTIVE TEAM, AND THEY DESERVE WAY MORE RECOGNITION AND THANKS THEN I THINK THEY GET MOST OF THE TIME.
SO I'M HAPPY TO GET THIS OPPORTUNITY NOW.
AND WITH THAT, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL 2023, 24 ACADEMIC YEAR.
AND IF THE FIRST DAY OF THE SEMESTER ON MONDAY WAS ANY INDICATION, DR.
FIERRO AND EVERYBODY THAT WAS HERE THAT DAY, IT WAS AN AMAZING START.
THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE IN THE GYM WITH FAMILY AND PETS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES WITH THAT, I REALLY FELT AN ENERGY AND A BUZZ AND A PROMISE THAT I HAVEN'T FELT ON THIS CAMPUS IN A VERY LONG TIME.
NOT THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS BRING IT.
BECAUSE EVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC WE DID, WE BROUGHT IT.
AND THERE ARE MORE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS THAN THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS JUST WALKING AROUND.
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THEN HAS BEEN FOR YEARS NOW.AND I'M VERY EXCITED AND I CAN'T HELP TO GET TO WORK.
I CAN'T LOOK FORWARD TO GET TO WORK ANY MORE THAN I AM.
GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES, ADMINISTRATION AND COLLEAGUES.
WITH THE FIRST WEEK OF 2023, 2024 ACADEMIC YEAR.
FIRST, I'M EXCITED TO WELCOME 25 NEW FULL TIME FACULTY MEMBERS.
THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST CLASSES IN RECENT MEMORY.
IN EACH OF THESE SESSIONS, THE EXCITEMENT WAS VERY NOTICEABLE.
I AM SURE THAT OUR NEW FACULTY ARE DESTINED FOR GREAT SUCCESS ON OUR CAMPUS BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH MENTORS, COLLEGE RESOURCES AND EACH OTHER.
BECAUSE OF THIS TEAM OF DEDICATED FACULTY IN 2223 AS THE DISTRICT, WE DO NOT LOSE A PORTION OF MONEY DUE TO THE LOSS OF ENROLLMENT BECAUSE WE APPLY FOR EMERGENCY CONDITIONS ALLOWANCE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR EMERGENCY CONDITION ALLOWANCE, THE COLLEGE HAS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CVC CONSORTIUM AND OUR FACULTY PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE TO MAKING IT HAPPEN.
LOOKING FORWARD, CCF IS ANTICIPATING A FALL SUNSHINE FOR OUR 2427 SUCCESSOR CONTRACT ALREADY AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE DISTRICT SHARES OUR COMMITMENT TO CLOSING NEGOTIATIONS ON TIME.
HERE'S TO A SUCCESSFUL 2324 ACADEMIC YEAR AND 2427 CBA NEGOTIATIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OH, OKAY. SO WE MOVE ON TO THE OPEN SESSION AGENDA.
[2.01 POSTPONED: Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Classified/Confidential Employee of the Month]
THE FIRST ONE WAS POSTPONED THAT THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH WAS POSTPONED.[2.02 Institutional Presentation - Recognition of Best Cosmetology Program]
OKAY. SO THIS WILL BE BY.SO COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM, AS WE KNOW, HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY A VERY GOOD PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS.
FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE GOTTEN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RECOGNITION.
AND THAT OBVIOUSLY GENERATED A LOT MORE INTEREST FOR OUR PROGRAM THAN IT USUALLY HAS.
AND RECENTLY WE WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE PRESS TELEGRAM OR THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS CALLED THE READER'S CHOICE AWARD AND OUR COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM WON THE BEST READER CHOICE AWARD, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS VOTES BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AND THEY AWARD DIFFERENT THINGS BASED ON THE SERVICES AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT OUR PROGRAM WAS THE BEST READER CHOICE, ESSENTIALLY THE BEST OF ALL SERVICES, BUSINESSES AND SO ON WHEN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. I HAVE A GREAT RELATION WITH A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.
MICHAEL MUNOZ, WHO HAPPENS TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF LONG BEACH, AND THIS IS THE PRESS-TELEGRAM IN LONG BEACH, AND THEY ARE NAMING US THE BEST PROGRAM NOT TO MIKE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR PROGRAM AND THE EFFORTS, THE
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AND THE EFFORTS THAT ALL OUR FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS THAT OVERSEE THE PROGRAM PUT FORWARD EVERY YEAR, PARTICULARLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, WAS CHALLENGING, VERY CHALLENGING FOR THEM, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CTE PROGRAMS. BUT SOMEHOW THEY MANAGE TO COME BACK TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS HAD WHAT THEY NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND AND MAKE IT WORK DESPITE THE CHALLENGES.AND ALL THOSE PROGRAMS REALLY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND DOING THEIR WORK.
NOW, AT THIS TIME, OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T GET TO ENJOY THE SALON BENEFITS OF OUR COSMETOLOGY PROGRAM.
THOSE OF YOU THAT DO NOT KNOW, WE HAVE A SALON IN WHICH THE PUBLIC GO HAVE BEEN THERE A FEW TIMES FOR SERVICES NOT TO VISIT. AND AND THE GOAL AND THE STUDENTS GET TO PRACTICE ON THE CLIENTS AND OBVIOUSLY THE CLIENTS GET EXCELLENT SERVICE AND AND PRODUCTS FOR A VERY VERY LOW COST RIGHT NOW NEITHER WE OUR COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS THIS ALONE BECAUSE WE ARE RENOVATING THE ENTIRE BUILDING AND OUR FACULTY, STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS THERE WILL HAVE A BRAND NEW AREA TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OTHER STUDENTS AND SERVE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AS WE KEEP REPEATING OVER AND OVER, WE INVEST IN THE BEST, WE HAVE THE BEST, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD TO SUPPORT OUR FACULTY, STAFF AND OBVIOUSLY THE BENEFITS THAT THAT BRINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OR GUESTS HERE TO SAY A FEW WORDS AND AND, YOU KNOW.
WHAT? SO THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TONIGHT.
I WANTED TO SAY THAT TWO OF THE NEW FACULTY, OUT OF ALL THE FACULTY THAT DR.
WONG WAS TALKING ABOUT, TWO ARE FROM COSMETOLOGY.
YOU KNOW, IT HAS A VERY GOOD REPUTATION LOCALLY AND EVEN BEYOND.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO DRIVE FROM REALLY FAR AWAY, ESPECIALLY FOR ESTHETICIAN PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE WORKED HARD TO IMPROVE OVER THE YEARS AND IS NOW RECOGNIZED BY EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE STUDENT, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TONIGHT.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
SO DO YOU WANT EVERYBODY? YEAH, SO EVERYBODY.
I WAS JUST. YOU LOSE YOUR FIRST.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE MAKING EVERYBODY SO PROUD AND, WELL, YOU KNOW. SO HOW CLOSE ARE YOU GUYS TO GETTING.
SOMETIMES WE JUST SEND OUT A FLIER JUST LISTING ALL THE ONES, NUMBER, TWOS, FIVES.
SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR COMING.
THANK YOU. SO NEXT INSTITUTION PRESENTATION IS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR.
[2.03 Institutional Presentation: Key Performance Indicators]
THAT WILL BE DR.[00:15:08]
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYONE.OH, SORRY. I GOT IT OR SOMETHING.
YOU DO THERE. THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS IS A PRESENTATION THAT IS CONNECTED TO YOUR BOARD GOALS.
AND BASICALLY THIS IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD DURING OUR RETREAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GOALS THAT YOU WANTED TO SET AND THE HOMEWORK WAS TO REVIEW THIS, TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEANED UP AND THAT IT MAKES SENSE.
SO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH A NUMBER OF ITERATIONS OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE.
AND I THINK TO THIS POINT AT THIS POINT, IT DOES MAKE SENSE BASED ON WHAT WE DISCUSSED DURING OUR RETREAT AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE WHEN WE GET TO THE GOALS.
A NUMBER OF GOALS THAT WE ADOPTED FOR THE YEAR AS WE TRADITIONALLY DO, WHAT WE HAVE IS ONE SINGLE MAIN GOAL, AND THIS MAIN GOAL IS GOING TO LAST FIVE YEARS.
BUT TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET VARIOUS SPECIFIC MILESTONES.
NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT GOING TO WORK IN ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THIS IS OUR MAIN GOAL.
THAT IS, FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND OUR TRADITIONAL GOALS THAT WE DO FOR THE NORMAL OPERATION OF THE CAMPUS, WHICH YOU SEE IN THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU WILL LATER ON REVIEW FOR CONSIDERATION TO APPROVAL.
SO THE FIRST GROUP, THE THEY WILL SEE THIS PRESENTATION.
AND OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU DECIDE TO ADOPT THIS GOAL AND THE KPIS AND THE REST OF YOUR GOALS, WE ARE PREPARED TO START MOVING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT GROUPS ON CAMPUS TO BEGIN WORKING ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS GOAL.
THE GOAL THAT WE HAVE IS JUST THE ONE GOAL.
AND THE ONE GOAL THAT WE HAVE IS VERY SIMPLE, AND I HOPE IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER.
OUR GOAL IS TO GRADUATE 50% OF OUR STUDENTS.
WENT IN NO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
SO LET'S SAY OF ALL THE STUDENTS THAT REGISTER.
TODAY, LET'S SAY THERE WERE 4000 OF THEM THAT REGISTERED OR GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT 2000 OF THEM COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE IN NO MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
SIMPLE, RIGHT? I HOPE IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER.
SO WE HAVE JUST THAT ONE GOAL.
BUT LET'S SAY FOR THE SAKE OF ARGUMENT, 64 UNITS THAT TRANSLATE INTO WHAT STUDENTS COMPLETING ONLY.
15 UNITS OR LESS, BETWEEN 12 TO 15 UNITS.
PERDERE, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY ARE ENROLLING BASICALLY IN 4 OR 5 UNITS.
PER SEMESTER, INCLUDING THE SUMMER AND ROLLIN AND COMPLETING.
WE TEND TO CLASSIFY THEM AS SIX, ESSENTIALLY 11 TO 0.
THEIR PROGRESS TO THAT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE FOR THEM BECOMES VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF PART TIME.
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INCLUDING THE SUMMER THAT IS VERY LITERALLY BELOW THE NUMBER SIX THAT WE TRADITIONALLY CONSIDER THE MINIMUM FOR PART TIME ENROLLMENT.SO THE GOAL ISN'T NECESSARILY HARD TO ACHIEVE.
IT JUST REQUIRES US TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE DO AS WE ENROLL STUDENTS, ADVISE THEM, MENTOR THEM, TUTOR THEM AND ENSURE THAT THEIR PATH OF SUCCESS IS CLEARLY OUTLINED.
THEREFORE, THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE LCS, SO THE SUB GOALS THAT WE HAVE THERE, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY ARE LEADING INDICATORS OF SUCCESS, IS THE OVER 75% OF OUR FIRST TIME FALL 2024 COHORT WILL EARN 15 DEGREE APPLICABLE UNITS BY THE END OF THEIR SECOND YEAR.
THERE ARE A LEADING INDICATOR.
MORE THAN 50% OF THE FIRST TIME FALL 2024 COHORT WILL EARN ALL ATTEMPTED CREDITS IN THEIR FIRST FIVE COURSES AS CERRITOS COLLEGE.
WHY ARE THOSE INDICATORS IMPORTANT? BECAUSE WHEN YOU PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER AND WE DO THE MATH, THAT WILL LEAD INTO A FIVE YEAR COMPLETION RATE TO THAT, WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO RETAIN THE STUDENTS.
WE HAVE TO ADVISE THEM CORRECTLY.
ESSENTIALLY WE'LL CHOSE THE PROGRESSION OVER TIME OF WHEN DO WE GRADUATE THE STUDENTS, HOW WE GRADUATE, THE STUDENTS AND THE GAPS THAT EXIST IN OUR GOAL TODAY.
LEADING IS AS TO HOW AND HOW MANY STUDENTS WE NEED TO GRADUATE TO CLOSE THAT GAP.
50% OF ALL STUDENTS WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF LESS.
OKAY. SO JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT, LOOKING AT GRADUATION RATES OVER TIME.
SO EACH BOTTOM FALL 13 IS THE FIRST TIME FALL START COHORT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT COHORTS OF STUDENTS.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THE YELLOW BAR AT THE TOP, WHICH IS OUR FIVE YEAR GRADUATION RATE, WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENTLY LESS THAN 30% OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATING WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
29% WAS OUR HIGHEST FIVE YEAR GRADUATION RATE, WHICH WAS IN FALL 2018.
IN FALL 2013, THAT COHORT, 28%, GRADUATED WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
SO WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS WITHIN TWO YEARS TIME TO COMPLETION.
SO WE'VE MADE SOME MOMENTUM WITH TWO YEAR GRADUATION RATE.
BUT THE THREE, FOUR AND FIVE YEAR HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY STAGNANT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
SO WHEN WE DISAGGREGATE THIS DATA BY RACE.
OH, YEAH, I'M SORRY. THE LIKE THE REMAINING NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T GRADUATE.
YEAH. SO LIKE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE FALL 2018, THAT'S 20.
ONLY 29% OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE.
1 IN 5. SO WHAT ABOUT SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE? WE GET TO ABOUT 4,445% AT BEST WHEN WE HIT SIX.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY WITH THAT IS THAT AFTER THE FIFTH YEAR, WE START LOSING MOMENTUM SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE POINT THAT THE STUDENTS THAT PASSED THAT POINT ARE LESS AND LESS AND LESS LIKELY TO GRADUATE.
THANK YOU. SO WHEN WE DISAGGREGATE THIS DATA BY RACE ETHNICITY, THE THREE GROUPS DISPLAYED REALLY REPRESENT THE OVERALL TRENDS WE SAW IN THE LAST SLIDE.
SO IF WE LOOK AT THE FALL 13 COHORT, THEY'VE INCREASED ONE PERCENTAGE POINT COMPARED TO THE FALL 18.
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SO FOR EXAMPLE, OUR LATINX STUDENTS, 28% OF THE FALL 13 COHORT GRADUATED WITHIN FIVE YEARS, COMPARED TO 29% FOR THE FALL 18 COHORT. SO AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS TO GET 50% OF OUR FIRST TIME STUDENTS TO GRADUATE WITHIN FIVE YEARS AND CLOSE THAT GAP.SO YOU CAN SEE SOME GROUPS HAVE MORE TO GO THAN OTHERS.
WE SEPARATED THE ETHNICITIES INTENTIONALLY BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE HOPING THE OVERALL WE GET TO 50%, THE 50% OF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE IN FIVE YEARS OR LESS, OR INTENTION IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GAPS THAT YOU SEE THERE DISAPPEAR OR BECOME MATHEMATICALLY EVEN. MEANING THE ONCE WE AVERAGE.
WE CALCULATE SIZE OF THE POPULATION, THEY ARE THE SAME.
THE OTHER PART THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT HERE IS TO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STUDENTS OF COLOR, PARTICULARLY BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC, LATINO STUDENTS, THOSE MAKE THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENT POPULATION.
AND THAT IS THE BIGGEST GAP WE HAVE TO CLOSE REGARDLESS.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT ACADEMIC MOMENTUM, WHICH WE KNOW IS A LEADING INDICATOR OF GRADUATION WITHIN FIVE YEARS, SO STUDENTS ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GRADUATE WITHIN FIVE YEARS IF THEY COMPLETE 15 UNITS BY THEIR SECOND YEAR.
SO 45% OF THAT FALL, 21 COHORT COMPLETED 15 UNITS WITHIN TWO YEARS.
SO LIKE DR. FARRELL MENTIONED, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY A CLASS A SEMESTER.
SO ONE CLASS IN FALL, SPRING, SAME FALL, SAME THE NEXT SPRING, AND THEN MAYBE ONE SUMMER AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE OUR GOAL SET AT 75%.
SO GETTING STUDENTS ATTEMPTING MORE UNITS SO THEY CAN COMPLETE MORE UNITS AND.
IT IS. YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING IN YOUR HEAD.
YOU SAID 15 UNITS THE FIRST YEAR AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING 15 UNITS BY THE SECOND YEAR.
THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT HERE IS THAT THOSE ARE DEGREE APPLICABLE, WHICH MEANS THE DURING THE FIRST FEW SEMESTERS OR THE STUDENTS NEED TO HAVE NINE DEGREE APPLICABLE UNITS TO BE MAKING PROPER PROGRESSION FOR GRADUATION.
AND BY THE SECOND YEAR THEY NEED TO HAVE 15 DEGREE APPLICABLE UNITS IN ADDITION OF THE OTHER COURSES THAT ARE NEEDED FOR DEGREE, RIGHT? SO TOTAL UNITS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 30 BY THE SECOND YEAR.
THE DEGREE APPLICABLE MEANS THAT THEY ARE TAKING THE CLASSES THAT THEY NEED TO MEET THEIR MAJOR OF STUDY SO THAT AFTER TWO YEARS THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY.
CORRECT. SO BY THAT POINT, TECHNICALLY, THEY SHOULD HAVE BETWEEN 28 TO 30 UNITS COMPLETED.
SO PASSING RECOUNTING AS A, B, C OR PASS.
SO WE WANT 50% AS OUR GOAL TO GET US THERE.
DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I MEAN, I'M JUMPING AHEAD, BUT I'M LIKE.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THE GOAL? YEAH, YOU ARE JUMPING AHEAD.
SO WE KNOW THESE ARE PREDICTIVE OF THE FIVE YEAR GRAD RATE.
OUT OF CURIOSITY, HAS THERE BEEN A COMPARISON WITH LOCAL DISTRICTS JUST TO SEE WHERE OUR STUDENTS STAND WITH COURSE SUCCESS VERSUS LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS, COMPTON, LONG BEACH ESPECIALLY?
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UM, A CAVEAT HERE.SO THIS IS FIRST TIME DEGREE SEEKING STUDENTS.
SO THIS IS NOT OUR ENTIRE STUDENT POPULATION.
WE TEND TO DO A LITTLE BETTER WITH THOSE RETURNING STUDENTS AS THEY COME WITH A LITTLE BIT OF UNITS AND SO ON, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE SEEN SOME OF OUR NUMBERS GET BETTER WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY CORE COMPLETION COURSE COMPLETION.
I AM VERY SAD TO SAY THAT WE RANK IN THE BOTTOM TEN ACROSS THE STATE.
NOW WE'RE BETTER THAN MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, AS I HAVE SAID EARLIER.
BUT. WE ARE NOT LONGER LOOKING AT OUR NEIGHBORS AS OUR TARGET BECAUSE WE ARE BETTER THAN THEY ARE.
WE'RE LOOKING AS TO HOW WE RANK ALREADY ACROSS THE STATE AND THE NUMBERS ARE NOT THAT GREAT.
WHERE'S THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER WHEN WE NEED IT? WE'RE BETTER THAN OUR NEIGHBORS.
DR. TRUSTEE, ARE THERE ANY COLLEGES THAT ARE IN THE TOP TEN? IF YOU'RE SAYING FROM OUR NEIGHBOR AREA.
NO, PASADENA. I THINK PASADENA IS THE ONLY ONE.
AND THE LOCAL AREA. YES, BUT OUR BENCHMARK IS ACTUALLY IMPERIAL VALLEY COLLEGE.
THEY JUST WON THE ASPEN PRIZE AND IT'S A VERY SIMILAR POPULATION TO OURS.
HOWEVER, THEIR LOCAL ECONOMICS ARE VERY, VERY MUCH DEPRESSED.
SO IN REALITY, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ACCESS TO RESOURCES, HIGHER EDUCATION TRANSFER INSTITUTION, WE ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE AND MORE, MORE, MORE PRIVILEGED THAN THEY ARE.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE FOR A MINUTE? YEP. SO YEAH, I AGREE WITH TRUSTEE.
AS A BOARD, WE'VE LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE ON BOARD.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN STABLE SINCE 2013 AND WE'RE ASKING TO JUMP FROM 45 TO 70 5 IN 3 FIVE YEARS. FIVE YEARS.
RIGHT. AND IS EVERYONE ON CAMPUS LIKE IN.
RIGHT, LIKE FACULTY ADMINISTRATION, RIGHT.
THAT WE'RE ALL IN TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, RIGHT.
I MEAN, I THINK. WELL, HOW TO GET THERE.
RIGHT? RIGHT. HOW TO GET THERE.
BUT THEN WHAT CAN WE DO IN ORDER TO.
SO NO ONE CAN SAY, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW.
LIKE, HOW DID YOU KNOW? MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYONE LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO GET TO THIS? IT'S UNPRECEDENTED, RIGHT? WE HAVE NO ONE TO COMPARE TO.
EXCEPT PASADENA, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF DIFFERENT THAN US AND.
WELL, RIGHT, BUT. BUT IN THE AREA, RIGHT IN IMPERIAL VALLEY, IT'S NEAR AND NEAR THE BORDER.
AND AND LIKE NOT LIKE IN OUR AREA.
AND SO I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, I'M TRYING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS LIKE UNPRECEDENTED, RIGHT? AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO.
WE'RE BETTER THAN OTHER PLACES.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FOCUS THAT THIS IS A SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION, BUT IT'S A VERY LARGE SEGMENT OF OUR POPULATION WHICH ARE BASICALLY FRESH HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOLERS GRADUATING, THAT WE PROBABLY SERVE THEM BETTER IF WE SERVE THEM VERY WELL THE FIRST TIME. SO THEY GRADUATE BECAUSE WE DO QUITE WELL WITH THOSE THAT COME BACK.
AND THAT IS PARTIALLY WHY OUR NUMBERS HAVE GOTTEN BETTER OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
BUT THESE ARE FIRST TIME IN COLLEGE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THEM BETTER THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST. I AGREE.
THEY FOCUS A LOT ON GRADUATION RATES AND NOT NECESSARILY COLLEGE READINESS.
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SO WE AREN'T RECEIVING THESE KIDS WHO MIGHT NOT BE PREPARED.RIGHT. SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS AND AS WE RECEIVE THESE.
YES. YOUNG ADULTS TO MAKE SURE THEY SUCCEED, RIGHT? YEAH. NO, AND THOSE ARE VERY GOOD POINTS.
AND WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION A LOT OF VARIABLES AS TO HOW WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS.
AND ULTIMATELY WHAT WE DECIDED TO SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT VARIABLES THAT WE CAN CONTROL.
THEY ARE UNDER OUR JURISDICTION.
BECAUSE, WELL, WE COULD PARTNER MORE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE ONLY HAVE UP TO A CERTAIN LEVEL OF CONTROL IN OUR PARTNERSHIP.
IF YOU LOOK BACK, YOU'RE PROBABLY SEEING A TREND OF LITTLE PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT ARE DATA ABOUT THE STUDENTS, DATA ABOUT WHAT WE DO ON CAMPUS, DATA ABOUT THE INITIATIVES.
SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT PIECES THAT WE CAN CONTROL.
AND THAT WE HAVE ANSWERS FOR QUESTIONS.
MEANING OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
WHICH ONE WORKS? CAN WE CONTROL IT? CAN WE GROW IT? AND IS IT WORKING? AND IF IT ISN'T, WE HAVE THE DATA TO SHOW THAT MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T INVEST QUITE AS MUCH THERE.
AND IF IT IS, HERE IS THE DATA.
MAYBE WE SHOULD FOCUS THE EFFORTS THERE, WHICH HAS LED TO WHAT WE WILL PRESENT NEXT, THAT ARE THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, WHICH ESSENTIALLY ARE PRACTICES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED WITH OUR OWN DATA ON CAMPUS.
THE STUDENTS THEY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO.
THOSE SPECIFIC PRACTICES TEND TO DO BETTER AND THE IDEA IS TO MEASURE OUR PERFORMANCE.
COUPLE OF TIMES DURING THE SEMESTER.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING MEANINGFUL STEPS TO GET THERE.
THE SAMPLE I THINK WE CAN ALL RELATE TO.
WE'RE GOING TO LOSE WEIGHT AND YOU CAN SAY, I'M GOING TO LOSE 10 POUNDS BY DECEMBER, BUT IF I DO NOT IN BETWEEN, WHEN I SET MY GOAL AND DECEMBER GETS HERE AND THEN I WEIGH MYSELF, I SAY, OOPS, I DIDN'T GET TO THE 10 POUNDS, BUT IT'S NOTHING I CAN DO AT THAT POINT VERSUS IF I SAID EVERY MONTH I'M GOING TO LOSE TWO, AND IN ORDER TO LOSE TWO, I'M GOING TO HAVE TWO SERVINGS OF VEGETABLES AND I'M GOING TO WALK A MILE.
SO EVERY DAY YOU CAN CHECK THOSE THINGS.
SINGLE GOAL. 50% OF OUR STUDENTS WENT IN FIVE YEARS INTO SMALLER BITES THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRACK TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO GET TO OUR GOAL.
THE OTHER PART THAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS THE IS NOT THAT WE JUST DO IT ONCE AND TRACK A SINGLE GROUP OF STUDENT BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY WON'T GET RIGHT THE FIRST TIME AROUND.
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT FROM THIS POINT ON FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS TO EVERY INCOMING GROUP OF STUDENTS.
I THINK THIS ALL MAKES SENSE TO ME.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WOULD MAYBE BE HELPFUL AS WE PRESENT THIS DATA BECAUSE I THINK FOR ME SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PARSE OUT WHAT PARTICULAR SLICE OF THE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC WE'RE LOOKING AT AND HOW BIG OF A.
COULD WE MAYBE PULL OUT WHEN WE GO BACK THROUGH THESE IN THE FUTURE? JUST SAY, OKAY, THIS REPRESENTS 82% OF OUR STUDENTS OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE I THINK IT MAKES A TON OF SENSE TO FOCUS ON CERTAIN OPPORTUNITY GROUPS.
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AND I THINK WE'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.I JUST WANT TO KIND OF MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL THINKING ABOUT THE SAME THING AND ON THE SAME PAGE.
WHEN WE LOOK ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3500 TO 4000 STUDENTS DEPENDING ON THE YEAR.
BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING THE INCOMING CLASS.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, THIS YEAR, I THINK 70% OF ALL THE STUDENTS SAID, I WANT TO TRANSFER.
THAT'S MY GOAL. SO THE NUMBERS EVERY YEAR RANGE BETWEEN 35 TO A LITTLE OVER 4000.
IS THAT PRE OR POST COVID OR DURING.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE NUMBER FOR THIS YEAR? IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE SECOND SLIDE.
SO HERE'S THE COHORT SIZES ON THE BOTTOM.
SO FALL 22, WE HAD ALMOST 4000 STUDENTS AS WELL.
I THINK THIS YEAR, MAYBE A LITTLE OVER 4000.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT IT RANGES.
YEAH. THE INCOMING NUMBER OF STUDENTS RANGES FROM 3500 TO 4200.
IT'S NOT LIKELY TO GET ANY BIGGER.
WHAT I WOULD SAY, THOUGH, IS BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN ME A MINUTE TO DIGEST SLIDE TWO, IT LOOKS LIKE.
WE'RE DOING BETTER IN TERMS OF GRADUATION RATES YEAR OVER YEAR.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS THAT FINISH IN UNDER TWO YEARS, CORRECT? BUT THE THREE YEAR GRAD RATE HAS REMAINED STAGNANT.
THAT IS A THAT IS A VERY GOOD OBSERVATION.
THE REST OF YEAH, WE HAVE DOUBLED DOWN EQUALLY FROM ALL THE GROUPS.
THAT'S GOOD. WE HAVE DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT GRADUATE WENT IN TO AND WENT IN THREE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE STUDENTS, WE HAVE INCREASED BY ABOUT A THIRD, 30 SOME PERCENT.
BUT AFTER THAT THEY REMAINED PRETTY STEADY.
AND ONCE YOU HIT THE YEAR SIX, THEY START DROPPING DRASTICALLY.
I MEAN, I'M KIND OF SKIPPING AHEAD TO, TO ONE OF YOUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR.
IS THAT COMPLETION LEVEL OR TRANSFER LEVEL MATH AND ENGLISH, RIGHT.
THAT'S REALLY KEY TO THIS SUCCESS.
RIGHT. AND I'D BE CURIOUS IF YOU LOOKED AT SOME OF THOSE SUCCESS RATES FOR THE GRADUATION RATES, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE DID COMPLETE THAT ONE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS REALLY THE KEY.
UM, WE CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU.
I WANT TO ALSO SAY YES, MATT IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN THAT REGARD.
BUT I ALSO WANT US TO LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE TWO YEAR MARK.
WE HAVE DOUBLED THE NUMBERS THERE AND WE HAVE DONE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 33% ON THE THREE YEAR MARK THAT RELATES TO SUCCESS IN MATHEMATICS.
SO THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE.
THE SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN ALREADY DONE IS WHAT IS ALLOWING PARTIALLY TO TRANSLATE TO THAT INCREASE THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING TO A SCALE THE GOOD PRACTICES THERE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PLACE THE STUDENTS IN THE CORRECT CLASSES TO BE ABLE TO TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT.
AS A FIRST TIME FALL COHORT, USUALLY A JUST OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.
A LOT OF STUDENTS DROP OUT MATH MUCH EARLIER.
SO I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING, TOO, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TRY TO BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN THE K THROUGH 12 AND THEN WHEN THEY COME HERE? WE CONTINUE TO CREATE THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DISTRICTS TO OPEN POSSIBILITIES OF DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES AND AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
BUT. THE INTENTION NOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT PART.
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THEREFORE, WE'RE NOT TRACKING.THE THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WENT INTO THESE METRICS.
BUT BECAUSE WE WANT THIS TO BE A PROJECT THAT IS.
THEY BRING TO ALL OF US A HIGH LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT BUT AGAIN, MY SON IS A SENIOR THIS YEAR.
ONLY 20 STUDENTS ARE IN CALCULUS.
I MEAN, THAT JUST SHOWS YOU STUDENTS ARE NOT TAKING MATH AFTER.
AND EVEN THE STUDENTS WHO I WOULD CONSIDER ARE MORE COLLEGE PREPARED.
THEY'RE NOT TAKING MATH EITHER, RIGHT? I MEAN, AGAIN, ONLY 20 STUDENTS ARE TAKING CALCULUS, AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST MATH YOU CAN GET TO.
SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL US? YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, LIKE, I JUST THINK WE JUST CAN'T.
SO BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WE CAN SOLVE.
RIGHT. BUT YES, THROUGH 12 DISTRICTS.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND. BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST MAKING SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THE REALITY.
AND BUT AGAIN, LIKE THAT IS THE REALITY OF OUR STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.
LIKE THERE ARE 20 KIDS IN CALCULUS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS LIKE I TAKING MATH LIKE WHY I DON'T NEED TO I DON'T NEED TO LIKE I MEAN, THEY ONLY TAKE FOUR YEARS OF ENGLISH. DR.
I MEAN, THEY'D BE LIKE TAKING ELECTIVES OR NOT GOING TO SCHOOL PAST THE FIVE PERIODS.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE REALITY.
AND AND AGAIN, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO AS MUCH AS I UNDERSTAND, WE CAN'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S THE LEAST I FEEL LIKE WE KNOW THAT.
I'M TELLING YOU IT'S HAPPENING.
SO WE NEED TO STEP UP AND DO MORE OF THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY IS OCCURRING.
SO, MADAM PRESIDENT, SPEAKING OF SOMEONE WHO AVOIDED MATH WHERE POSSIBLE IN MY CAREER, I TOOK A AP OR NOT AN AP STATISTICS CLASS THROUGH CAL STATE FULLERTON AND NEVER TOOK ANYTHING FURTHER THAN PRE-CALCULUS BECAUSE CALCULUS IS HARD AND I NEVER WANT TO.
I MEAN, THAT'S PROBABLY A SIMILAR STORY THROUGHOUT ALL THE REST OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
RIGHT. AND WHAT'S IT CALLED? STATS AND ACTION MOTION.
SO SOMETHING SIMILAR OR EVEN IN FINANCE CLASS, MUCH LESS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TO TO STUDENTS TO WHO GO ON TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM ALL DAY AND SEE, OH, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, LEARNED CALCULUS AND I NEVER HAD TO DO Y EQUALS MX PLUS B FOR ANYTHING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
RIGHT? IF YOU'RE NOT DOING A STEM MAJOR, THAT IS RIGHT.
BUT THINK ABOUT HOW TO BRING THE REQUIREMENTS TO THE STUDENTS IN A WAY THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY WANT TO COME TO LEARN IT RATHER THAN BEING FORCED TO DO IT AND HAVE IT SHOVED DOWN THEIR THROAT, THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE A MATH, OTHERWISE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SUCCEED.
AND. DON'T JUST REFUSE TO DO IT.
AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THE DATA IF WE'VE DONE ANY SURVEYS IN THE PAST.
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ACCESSIBILITY IN THE WORLD, BUT HAVING THE CONTENT AND THE MATERIAL BE SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY BE CLAMORING TO TAKE IS ANOTHER KEY PIECE THAT WILL HELP BRING US UP TO THE NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES THAT WE WANT TO TAKE.SPEAKING OF SOMEONE WHO DID NOT WANT TO TAKE CALCULUS EVER AGAIN OR EVER.
AND JUST TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE, BACK IN THE 90S I WAS PRE-MED AND I DID NOT TAKE CALCULUS.
IN HIGH SCHOOL I TOOK PRE CALCULUS BECAUSE I WAS DEATHLY AFRAID OF TAKING CALCULUS.
IT'S GOING TO BRING DOWN MY GPA, WHAT COLLEGE AM I GOING TO GO TO.
SO I TOOK PRE CALCULUS SO YOU KNOW TRUSTEE PEREZ BRINGS A GOOD POINT BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT OF WHAT IF THEIR LAST MATH CLASS WAS THREE YEARS AGO OR TWO YEARS AGO LIKE HOW YOU KNOW I DON'T YEAH WE CAN'T FIX THE DISTRICTS BUT DURING OUR, YOU KNOW, PARTNERSHIP MEETINGS HAS THIS BEEN BROUGHT UP? IS THERE ANY WAY TO GET DATA? LIKE DO THEY IS THIS DATA PUBLIC TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, TO SEE IF WE CAN TACKLE THE PROBLEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER PREPARED? I DON'T KNOW IF IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AT OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, BECAUSE I CAN ONLY IMAGINE CONSIDERING THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF OUR STUDENTS AND WHAT WHO'S COMING IN THAT THE DATA IS PRETTY BAD.
SO WE, WE TRY TO MAKE IT A POINT TO TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION ON THE SIDE OF THE THE MAT OR HOW RECENT THE MATH THEY TOOK. WELL THE RECENCY OF THE COURSE IS IMPORTANT.
WHAT THE STATE DATA IS SHOWING IS THE LEVEL THEY TOOK REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY WHEN THEY TOOK IT.
SO THERE IS A COMBINATION OF THE TWO.
THE LESS WE DO IT, THE HARDER IT BECOMES.
BUT ALSO PROBABLY SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH THE STUDENT THAT WHEN THEY GET TO A HIGHER LEVEL MATH, EVEN IF THEY HAVE A GAP OF THE SAME LENGTH OF SOMEONE, THEY HAD A LOWER LEVEL MATH.
SO ALL THIS TO SAY THAT WE WE ARE INVESTED IN CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
WE ARE INVESTED IN ENSURING THAT WE PROVIDE THE DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TAKE FULL OWNERSHIP OF THE STUDENT.
IT'S A PHRASE THAT I LIKE THAT IS NOT MINE.
THAT IS JUST SIMPLY A TITLE OF A BOOK THAT I READ THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY GOOD.
AND IT'S EXTREME OWNERSHIP AND EXTREME OWNERSHIP MEANS THAT THOSE STUDENTS COME HERE.
AND REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY GOT HERE, IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER AT CERRITOS COLLEGE AND THE LAW SAYS THAT I HAVE TO PUT THEM IN A CLASS, I'LL PUT THEM IN A CLASS, AND WE OWN THE STUDENT THE WAY THEY COME, REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE.
AND OUR JOB IS TO GET THEM TO THE FINISH LINE.
NOW, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT AT SOME POINT THE STUDENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO THE WORK, BUT IF THEY CAN'T DO THE WORK BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO OURS, THAT IS ON US, NOT ON THE STUDENT.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CLASS AVAILABLE.
THAT WASN'T THE STUDENT'S FAULT.
SO OUR JOB SHOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO OBSTACLE.
A NO PREJUDICE AGAINST THE STUDENT WHEN THEY GET HERE.
MADAM PRESIDENT. I JUST I AGREE.
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HELPED OUT BY THE THE SYSTEMS, THE HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEMS, K THROUGH 12 SYSTEMS THAT WERE GETTING ALMOST ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FROM ESPECIALLY IN REGARD TO MATH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE HOW THAT IS OFTENTIMES A KEY ISSUE FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING IS FEAR OF MATH CLASSES OR NOT TAKING THE RIGHT MATH CLASSES OR TAKING EVERYTHING BUT MATH AND THEN JUST DECIDING NOT TO GRADUATE BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO TOO SCARED OF IT.WE CAN ADVOCATE FOR A CHANGE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND WE SHOULD.
BUT THERE'S A LIMITATION IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH INFLUENCE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ON THAT.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME LEVEL OF CREATIVITY LIKE TRUSTEE LEWIS SAID, MODELING AFTER, YOU KNOW, EXPERIMENTAL SUCCESSES LIKE THE ATHLETES AND MATH IN MOTION OR STATS, MAYBE MATH.
BUT I AGREE, LIKE THINKING ABOUT PERSONAL FINANCE AND WAYS THAT WE CAN TEACH BUT DO IT DIFFERENTLY AND CREATIVELY SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY'RE AT AND ADDRESS THE GAP BECAUSE WE WE CAN'T JUST KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND HOPING, HOPE IT GETS BETTER.
BUT THERE'S A WHOLE SLEW OF THINGS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE AND WE NEED TO EXPLORE THEM ALL.
YEAH. AND DR. WANG JUST WROTE A COUPLE OF GOOD POINTS THAT I DID NOT REMEMBER TO BRING.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE NEW LAW, THE ESSENTIALLY SAYS IF YOU HAVE HIGH SCHOOL ALGEBRA WITH A C OR BETTER A TWO, ALGEBRA TWO WITH A C OR BETTER, THEY CAN GET AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE WITHOUT TAKING MATHEMATICS AND A CLASS.
BUT THERE IS A PATH FOR THOSE STUDENTS, WHICH IS WHEN I TALK ABOUT ADVISING AND PLACING THE STUDENT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE, THAT IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION. SO I THINK NOW WE'RE GETTING TO THE TO THE MOMENT THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THAT IS THE KPIS.
AND WE HAVE A DASHBOARD FOR THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL ACCESS TO IT.
BUT WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE CALLING KPIS.
WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE TRACKING AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACT TO TO WHAT YOU SEE THERE? BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THOSE ARE THE EXAMPLES THAT I WAS SAYING, TWO SERVINGS OF VEGETABLES AND WALKING TWO MILES A DAY TYPE OF DEAL THAT ARE GOING TO LEAD INTO US ACHIEVING THAT GOAL.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT PERSISTENCE AND PERSISTENCE FALL TO SPRING AND FALL TO FALL.
WE DO WELL BETTER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE AND PERSISTENCE.
BUT IF WE ARE TO GRADUATE 50% OF OUR STUDENTS, WE NEED TO GET BETTER AT PERSISTENCE TOO, BECAUSE BY THE THIRD YEAR, ROUGHLY, WE ONLY HAVE KEPT ABOUT 45% OF OUR INCOMING STUDENTS, WHICH MEANS THAT BY THAT POINT, EVEN IF EVERYONE IS DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING, WE WON'T GET 50%.
GETTING TO THIS GOAL IS NOT AS EASY AS IT SOUNDS BECAUSE REQUIRED A LOT OF EFFORT ON ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED ON CAMPUS SO THEY CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION.
AND WE HAVE SEEN THE DATA MULTIPLE TIMES WITH CERRITOS COMPLETE THE THOSE STUDENTS AND CERRITOS COMPLETE THE FINISHED MATH AND ENGLISH COMPLETE AT A HIGHER RATE, HAVE MORE CREDITS IN THE FIRST ACADEMIC YEAR AND GRADUATE SOONER THAN THEIR PEERS.
WE ALSO HAVE SEEN THAT WITH 20 STUDENTS, THEY HAVE A SIMILAR STRUCTURE.
SO SO WE KNOW THAT PUTTING THOSE CLASSES UP FRONT WORKS THAT IS BACKED BY OUR OWN DATA AT CERRITOS COLLEGE STATE DATA AND NATIONAL DATA. NINE UNITS FOR CTE ON THE FIRST YEAR.
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PROBLEM IS THAT WE LET THEM TAKE OTHER CLASSES IN BETWEEN SO IT TAKES LONGER FOR MANY OF THEM TO FINISH.UH, 45 AND 30 APPLICABLE UNITS.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS THE MATH THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
IF THEY ARE ON TRACK TO GRADUATE IN FIVE YEARS OR LESS BY THE FOURTH YEAR, AT THE VERY MINIMUM, THEY HAVE THE 45 UNITS, 15 DEGREE APPLICABLE UNITS, 15 DEGREE, 15 APPLICABLE UNITS ON THE FIRST TERM AND THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT ED PLAN.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT OUR NUMBERS.
SO OUT OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE GIVE A COMPREHENSIVE ED PLAN WITHIN THEIR FIRST YEAR.
THEY ARE ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF MORE LIKELY TIMES MORE LIKELY TO GRADUATE.
WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH TRANSFER LEVEL MATH AND ENGLISH IN THEIR FIRST YEAR.
SO THE BIGGEST COMPONENT THERE TO START WITH IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, MEANING A PLAN OF STUDY WITH A MAJOR. AND THAT IS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST GOALS TO BE ABLE TO GET US TO WHERE TO TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
IF THE STUDENTS HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THEY ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE THE 15 TRANSFERABLE UNITS BY THE END OF THE SECOND YEAR BECAUSE THE PLAN SAID SO.
CAN WE NAME IT? SOMETHING LIKE GRADUATION PLAN.
THIS IS A DIRECT ROAD TO SUCCESS, I GUESS.
AND IF WE DON'T TELL THEM WHAT TO TAKE, WELL, OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO ENROLL SOMEWHERE.
BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE CLASS THEY NEED.
WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE DOING THAT NOW, WHO ARE COMPLETING A COMPREHENSIVE STUDENT ED PLAN IN THE FIRST YEAR? THERE'S SOMEWHERE I BELIEVE WAS 42%.
AND I THINK THIS SEMESTER, I MEAN, WE JUST STARTED, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 35%.
HOW DO WE GET THAT ONE UP? BECAUSE I THINK TO GET TO SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES, WE'D HAVE TO GET THAT.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR 12 YEARS.
SO THAT IS PART OF OUR THAT IS PART OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE I MEAN, OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.
IT IS PART OF THE WORK THE WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING AND WE ARE ACTIVELY EXPLORING WAYS TO MAKE IT EASIER NOT ONLY FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT FOR THE COUNSELORS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE PLANS.
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FIND A WAY IN WHICH THE ACCESS TO THE PLAN IS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, BECAUSE THE MORE POINTS OF FRICTION THAT WE HAVE, THE LESS LIKELY THOSE THINGS ARE TO HAPPEN.
BREMER'S GOALS FOR THIS SEMESTER IS TO GET US TO A 6,560%.
OF PLANTS, BUT OUR ACTUAL GOAL IS 80%.
AND TO DO THAT, WE ARE LOOKING ON TECHNOLOGY, DIFFERENT STRUCTURE, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE BACKUP AND HELP AND SUPPORT TO THE COUNSELORS.
SO WE REMOVE AND REDUCE THE POINTS OF FRICTION BECAUSE TO GET AN AID PLAN, I HAVE TO SHOW UP.
TO SHOW UP, I NEED TO GET AN APPOINTMENT AND TO GET AN APPOINTMENT.
RIGHT. AND LET'S SAY THAT ALL THESE THINGS HAPPEN IN CONJUNCTION.
THEN IF I COME IN AND I'M NOT READY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNSELOR, THAT MAKES IT A LOT HARDER FOR THE COUNSELOR TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS IT THAT I NEED TO GIVE YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME ANSWERS.
SO IF WE REMOVE A LOT OF THOSE FRICTION POINTS, WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE PLANS.
AND NOW WITH THE LCP'S, IF AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR THE STUDENT GOT THAT PLAN BUT HE OR SHE ISN'T QUITE THERE, IT WILL BE EASIER FOR THE COUNSELOR TO SAY, OKAY, MAYBE I MOVED YOU HERE AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO EXPERIENCE A LOT OF CREDIT OR THESE CLASSES WILL CONTINUE TO WORK, BUT THESE WILL
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BECOME ELECTIVE. SO YOU'RE STILL GOOD AND IT'S STILL ON TRACK.I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. DO WE HAVE ANY SORT OF SOCIAL MEDIA PLAN TO GET SOME OF THESE KPIS OUT BY OUR STUDENTS? BECAUSE SOME OF THESE WOULD MAKE REALLY GOOD TIKTOKS AND AGAIN, TRYING TO REACH AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
I MEAN, JUST EXPLAINING WHAT SOME OF THEM ARE.
I MEAN, I FOLLOW PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE'S PAGE.
I TRY TO I TRY TO LIKE IT EVERY TIME I WANT IT.
AND AGAIN, BREAKING IT DOWN TO MAKE IT FROM A STUDENT TO A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, WHY I NEED TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT WITH THE COUNSELOR OR WHY I NEED TO MAKE SURE I TAKE THAT TRANSFER LEVEL MATH OR ENGLISH CLASSES AGAIN.
I MEAN, JUST TRYING TO REACH THEM AT A DIFFERENT AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL.
SO YEAH, SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LAYERS OF COMMUNICATION.
AND THE FIRST ONE, AMBER, ROBIN AND FRANK ALREADY HAVE THEIR SHOW AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO HIT THE ROAD ON A STAGE NEAR YOU, I BELIEVE NEXT WEEK AND TOMORROW.
AND I THINK IF YOU APPROVE THIS, THEY'RE TAKING THESE ON THE ROAD AS THE FIRST STAGE BASICALLY TO EVERY AREA WITHIN THE COLLEGE.
SO BY THE TIME THEY FINISH TRAVELING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND COMMITTEES AND WHAT I MEAN, DEPARTMENTS, I MEAN, ALL THE WAY ALL THE ALL THE WAY TO FACILITIES, RIGHT? BECAUSE BEFORE THE STUDENT MAKES IT THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO SOMEONE IN FACILITIES.
PART OF THIS IS OUTREACH TO THE STUDENTS.
AND THE FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THIS TO THE STUDENTS IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN OCTOBER 8TH.
IS IT? THE STUDENT CONVOCATION, I THINK IS A STUDENT OCTOBER DATE.
I CAN REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, BUT THE STUDENT CONVOCATION WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
AND OBVIOUSLY THIS NEEDS TO BECOME A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION CONSISTENTLY.
WE ONLY HAVE ONE GOAL, AND THAT IS TO GRADUATE 50% OF OUR STUDENTS WITHIN FIVE YEARS OR LESS.
SO TO BREAK THIS DOWN AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
SO OUR ONE GOAL, THE TARGET IS GRADUATE 50% OF OUR INCOMING FIRST TIME STUDENTS WITHIN FIVE YEARS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE A COHORT OF 4000 STUDENTS IN YEAR ONE, WE HAVE A GOAL OF 50% OF THOSE STUDENTS PASSING THEIR FIRST FIVE COURSES THEY ATTEMPT. THAT'S 2000 STUDENTS.
IN YEAR TWO, WE'LL BE TRACKING COMPLETION OF 15 UNITS.
WE WANT STUDENTS TO COMPLETE 30 UNITS OR MORE.
AND THEN IN YEAR FOUR, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT COMPLETION OF 45 OR MORE UNITS WITH A GOAL OF 55%.
AND THEN THAT WILL GET US TO OUR GOAL IN YEAR FIVE, WHERE 50% OF THOSE STUDENTS ACTUALLY GRADUATE.
SO IF WE'RE NOT HITTING ONE OF THESE BENCHMARKS IN YEAR TWO AND YEAR THREE, WE KNOW RIGHT AWAY AND THEN WE HAVE CATCH UP, WE HAVE TO DO SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN YEAR TWO, IF ONLY 50% OF OUR STUDENTS COMPLETED 15 UNITS, WE KNOW THEY HAVE MAKEUP TO DO IN YEAR THREE AND YEAR FOUR TO GET US TO THAT FIVE YEAR GRADUATION RATE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER ONE GOAL.
50% OF THE STUDENTS WENT IN FIVE YEARS.
AND IF NOT, WE HAVE TO ADJUST.
THERE ARE THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WILL GET ACCESS TO.
THERE WILL BE REGULARLY UPDATED.
THEY'LL BE UPDATED AT LEAST ONCE A SEMESTER.
SO AND THEN AT THE END, SO YOU'LL SEE AT LEAST TWO UPDATES.
BUT ON THINGS, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE.
LIKE COMPREHENSIVE PLANS AND SO ON, THOSE COULD BE UPDATED MORE REGULARLY AND THE UNITS TAKING THOSE COULD BE UPDATED A FEW MORE TIMES THAN ONCE A SEMESTER BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT STARTING TIMES DURING THE SEMESTER.
SO THE IDEA IS FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY AND OWNERSHIP ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS GOAL.
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THAT. PROBABLY YOU WERE THINKING WHY I WAS GETTING ALL RILED UP WITH THIS.BECAUSE FOR ME, THIS PART IS PRETTY PERSONAL, RIGHT? I FEEL THAT IF IT WASN'T BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO FINISH COLLEGE, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SIT IN THIS TABLE.
AND I THINK THE TRUTH IS THAT MOST OF US HERE, IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT EDUCATION, THEY WILL NOT REALLY BE SOCIAL AND UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 55% OF OUR STUDENTS BEING FIRST GEN.
OTHER THAN THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE WHATEVER OR THEY MAY NOT COME TO CLASS.
I. AND IF THEY DON'T ACHIEVE A DEGREE, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I WAS AT THE PUENTE OPENING AND WE WERE TELLING THE STUDENTS THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER AND WE SAID THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH CALFRESH AND WE HELP THEM SIGN AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THEIR ELIGIBILITY TO RESOURCES AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST FOR THAT.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT SERVICE.
AND BUT BEFORE I SEND MY KID TO SIGN FOR THESE, IS HE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CALFRESH LATER ON IN LIFE WHEN HE NEEDS IT AGAIN? AND. I WAS CONFUSED WHEN SHE ANSWERED, ASKED THE QUESTION.
BUT IMMEDIATELY YOU JUST HIT THAT BECAUSE LIKE MANY OF US CAME FROM.
THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THAT KID PROBABLY IS GOING TO FOLLOW THE SAME STEPS.
HE CAN NOW BE ELIGIBLE LATER ON FOR CALFRESH WHEN HE NEEDS IT.
I'M NOT GOING TO PUT HIM IN CALFRESH.
WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT WHAT TO DO SO YOU CAN LATER ON GET THE HELP.
WHERE WE COME IN IS IF YOU COME HERE, YOU COMPLETE, YOU TRANSFER, YOU'LL GET A JOB.
YOU ARE WAY LESS LIKELY TO EVER NEED THE HELP AGAIN.
ON OUR JOB SHOULD BE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS.
WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE HAVE THE BIGGEST POSSIBILITY THEY CAN TO KNOW NEED THAT HELP AGAIN.
IT IS NICE TO BE IN A DISTRICT THAT, YOU KNOW, RECEIVE A LOT OF FINANCIAL AID, BUT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS THAT THE POPULATION THAT WE SERVE. SHOULD KNOW NEED THAT HELP IN THE NEXT GENERATION IF WE'RE DOING OUR JOB RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. SO ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT IS PUBLIC HEARING.
[2.04 Public Hearing: Initial Proposal of the California School Employees Association (CSEA), Chapter #161, to the Cerritos Community College District for Negotiation of the CSEA-District Collective Bargaining Agreement for Re-opener for the Period of July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023]
IT'S FOR THE CSA TO CERRITOS COLLEGE NEGOTIATION DURING THE PERIOD OF JULY 1ST, 2022 TO JUNE 30TH, 2023.THERE'S NO. OKAY, SO THERE'S NO PRISON.
YEAH. YEAH, WE JUST OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OKAY, SO. IS ANYONE IN? HE. NO COMMENTS AND NO OBJECTION.
OKAY. NOW WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE CONSENT ITEMS.
[3. Consent Items]
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PULL ANY ITEM.I WOULD LIKE TO PULL AND WE CAN TAKE THEM ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL RELATED.
OKAY, SO WE ARE GOING TO ANYONE WE A MOTION THE REST OF THEM EXCEPT 3.083.09 3.10.
[3.08 Revised Contract Management Job Description for the Executive Director, Foundation and Institutional Advancement Position]
[3.09 Reorganization of Public Affairs Department, and Revised Management Job Description and Updated Salary Range for the Director of College Relations, Public Affairs, & Governmental Relations]
[3.10 Revised 2023-2024 Contract Management Salary Schedule with Updated Salary Range for Executive Director, Foundation and Institutional Advancement]
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YOU WANT? SURE.FARROW. YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN YOUR VISION HERE WITH THESE THREE CHANGES.
TRUSTEE PEREZ. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OR ADVOCACY EFFORTS, WE HAD REALIZED THE THAT WE NEEDED TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND BE ABLE TO TO REALLY EXPAND MORE TIME LOOKING AT LEGISLATION, GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND POTENTIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AS WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WHICH THE FIRST STEP OF THAT WAS WHEN WHEN ANDREA APPLIED TO RECLASSIFICATION, BEFORE THAT WAS COMPLETED, A PART THAT WAS ADDED TO HER JOB WAS TO ASSIST THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS WITH THE EXPANSION OF LEGISLATIVE WORK, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING UP TO THIS POINT.
HOWEVER, WITH THE DEPARTURE OF MY WHAT I AMBITION IS THAT WE SEPARATE THE JOBS BECAUSE THE JOB GOT TOO BIG FOR ONE PERSON TO OVERSEE PUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING, COMMUNICATION AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. SO THE CURRENT PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS FOR SOMEONE TO SEE ONLY COMMUNICATION, PUBLIC RELATIONS, AND MARKETING IN ONE PLACE WITH THE HOPE OF IN THE FUTURE SEPARATE THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS POSITION AS A STANDALONE POSITION THAT IS ONLY WORKING NOT ONLY, BUT THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE WORK IS ON STATE AND FEDERAL WORK ON LEGISLATION.
IT DOES MAKE SIGNIFICANT SENSE FOR US TO REALLY PUT PERMANENT FOCUS INTO THAT PART.
SO AS WE CONTINUE TO RESHAPE THE POSITION, WE WANTED TO BEGIN BY SIMPLY SEPARATING THE FUNCTIONS AND GET WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING AHEAD OF TIME BEFORE WE WE, WE ADDRESS THE THE OTHER COMPONENT OF IT.
THE FOUNDATION AS WE HAD A FAILED SEARCH LAST TIME AROUND, WE WENT BACK AND REVENGE OUR COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE AT THE SAME LEVEL AS OUR NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS.
AND I BELIEVE THE NUMBER AND THE RANGE THAT IS BEFORE YOU, IT MAKES IT WITHIN THE AVERAGE OF THE OF THE COMPENSATION WITHIN OUR COMPARABLES.
THERE ARE SOME THEY ARE GOING TO PAY LESS AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE GOING TO PAY MORE.
BUT WITH OUR PREVIOUS COMPENSATION, WE WERE IN THE BOTTOM BASED ON WHAT WE WERE OFFERING.
AND THIS POSITION CONTINUES TO BE A CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, NOT REGULAR MANAGEMENT POSITION.
SO ESSENTIALLY IT'S THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD TO MEET.
SO ANY MORE QUESTION? SO ARE WE GOING TO MOTION TO.
WE MOVE ON TO ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF ANNUAL BOARD AND PRESIDENT GOALS.
[4.01 Consideration of Approval of Annual Board and President Goals]
RIGHT. SO, DR.AGENDA JUST SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE THE GOALS.
SO WE WE HAVE SEPARATED THESE INTO COMPONENTS.
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THE GOAL THAT WE JUST COVERED DURING THE PRESENTATION, THAT IS THE INCREASE OF OUR GRADUATING 50% OF OUR STUDENTS WITHIN FIVE YEARS OR LESS. WE OUTLINED THE TWO LEADING INDICATORS.WE DID NOT OUTLINE THE KPIS THAT WILL MAKE A LONG DOCUMENT, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE INDICATORS AND OUR CAMPUS WIDE OPERATIONAL GOALS ARE WITH SOME TWEAKS.
BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK FROM LAST TIME, WHAT WE DISCUSSED DURING OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, THESE ARE A LITTLE WIDER THAN THE THE ONE GOAL THAT WE MENTIONED BEFORE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE OPERATIONAL PIECES THAT WE NEED TO STILL NEED TO ACCOMPLISH IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE ACADEMIC EFFORTS.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE AGAIN THE COMMITMENT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND VALUE LEARNING CAREER PATHWAYS AS AN ENGINE OF ACHIEVING THE REST OF OUR GOALS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN THAT INCORPORATES THE EDUCATIONAL MASTER PLAN FACILITIES, MASTER PLAN AND TECHNOLOGY MASTER PLAN.
THIS IS A TEN YEAR PLAN WITH A REVIEW POINT AT THE MIDPOINT OF THE FIVE YEAR.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE GOING TO EMBARK IN A IN A COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN THAT COVERS ALL FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF THE CAMPUS ON THE BACKBONE OF THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT, MEANING THE THE DRIVER OF THE PLAN ARE OUR EDUCATIONAL GOALS, NOR THE FACILITIES, NOR THE TECHNOLOGY.
WE WE FIND THE TECHNOLOGY AND FIND THE FACILITIES BASED ON OUR EDUCATIONAL GOALS.
AND AS YOU SEE THE LAST ONE THERE, WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND BEGAN ALREADY THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OUTREACH PLAN ON CAMPUS TO ENHANCE OUR LEGISLATIVE ARM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT THIS PLAN.
ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE REPORT AND COMMENTS FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICIAL.
[5.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]
LET'S START FROM TRUSTEE LEWIS, PLEASE.WHEN WAS THE LAST BOARD MEETING? IT WAS JULY 19TH.
I WENT TO A TAYLOR SWIFT CONCERT AT SOFI STADIUM.
SIX NIGHTS IN A ROW WITH 3.5 HOURS STRAIGHT.
ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL PERFORMER.
YEAH. SHE'S BEEN A ROBOT THIS WHOLE TIME, SO JUST ASK ALL HER EX-BOYFRIENDS.
AND YEAH, NO, OTHER THAN THAT, I WENT TO THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AT LA MIRADA WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBER PACHECO AND TRUSTEE PACHECO HERE AS WELL. SO.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO REPORT.
SALAZAR JUST WANTED TO THANK DR.
ROCK AND DR. FIERRO FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S SCARY, BUT EXCITING AND GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE TO KIND OF PAVE THE WAY.
IT'S FOREVER AND IT'S GENERATIONAL.
SO I THINK, YEAH. LOOKING AT THE BIG PICTURE, WE'RE LOOKING AT NUMBERS, BUT THE BIG PICTURE IS THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE FIRST GENERATION, AND THIS EDUCATION CAN CHANGE THEIR LIFE FOREVER AND THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
AND I LIKE HOW YOU ENDED WITH THAT STORY, JUST TO REMIND US, BECAUSE IT SEEMS A LITTLE DAUNTING, BUT BUT WE'RE HERE AND IT'S EXCITING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DATA BECAUSE I THINK THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS IS TO LOOK AT DATA, LOOK AT NUMBERS AND BENCHMARKS, AND REALLY KIND OF SEE HOW WE'RE MOVING ALONG THE WAY. SO THE FACT THAT YOU KIND OF PUT THAT ALL IN PLACE IS REASSURING.
SO THAT AND ALSO A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT COVID SURGE IS IN FULL EFFECT.
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AND IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING AS AS WE WERE ALREADY SEEING IT AT WORK.AND I GUESS WHAT'S DIFFERENT IS PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED LIKE YOU HAVE COVID.
OH, DO I, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'VE BEEN OUT FOR THREE DAYS.
AND SO JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS, TEST YOURSELF, THERE'S TREATMENT, ISOLATE BECAUSE AS THE STUDENTS MOST STUDENTS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL, LIKE THE K THROUGH 12, THEY'RE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL WITHOUT A MASK.
SO WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO PROPAGATE ALL OF THIS.
AND I'M GUESSING IT'S GOING TO HIT CERRITOS PRETTY STRONG AS WELL.
AND PEOPLE WILL BE OUT IF IT HASN'T ALREADY.
BUT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.
IT'S IT'S NOT GOING TO PEAK FOR A WHILE.
WHAT DID I DO LAST WEEK? OH, STREET FEST.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF GREAT CIVIC EVENTS THIS LAST FEW WEEKS, AND IT'S THURSDAY EVENINGS.
WE HAD THE LAST ONE WAS A TRIBUTE TO SELENA.
AND THEN TOMORROW NIGHT YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO CATCH BELLFLOWERS VINYL STREET FEST OF THE YEAR IN DOWNTOWN BELLFLOWER, 80S CELEBRATION IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
LIVE MUSIC. ALSO, I WANT TO ECHO TRUSTEE SALAZAR.
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF I WAS LOOKING THROUGH A LOT OF THE STATS ON THIS AND WE HAD THIS REALLY AMAZING KIND OF STEADY INCREASE IN COMPLETION OF MATH AND ENGLISH, FOR EXAMPLE, OVER THE ENTIRE TENURE SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND THEN HIT KIND OF LIKE THIS SLUMP WITH WITH COVID.
AND NOW'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PICK BACK UP.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF MOMENTUM ALREADY, RIGHT? LIKE WE'RE NOT STARTING FRESH.
I THINK WE'RE STARTING WITH SOME FRESH GOALS.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE YEARS OF WORK THAT HAVE LED US TO BE ABLE TO TO NOT BE COMPLETELY SCARED, JUST A LITTLE BIT SCARED ABOUT TRYING TO ACHIEVE THESE THINGS.
AND IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE YOUR STRATEGIES, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TACTICS.
BUT I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR A NUMBER OF US TRUSTEES THAT WE'RE OKAY WITH SHAKING THINGS UP AND DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY AND AND EXPERIMENTING WITH THINGS OR MAKING HARD CHOICES THAT MIGHT NOT BE POPULAR WITH SOME PEOPLE WHO LIKE THE WAY THE THINGS ARE ALREADY, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL OF THE MIND THAT THE WAY THINGS ARE ALREADY IS ALREADY NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
SO WE'RE WE'RE PUSHING THE ENVELOPE, BUT IT'S FOR THE OUTCOMES THAT WE'VE JUST DESCRIBED, RIGHT? AND THE IMPACT OF THIS COMMUNITY IS TOO LARGE AND THE POTENTIAL IS TOO TOO SIGNIFICANT TO NOT TAKE THOSE RISKS.
TRUSTEE GREEN. YES, SHORT REPORT, BUT I WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT DR.
FERRERO AS HE ADDRESSED THE DOWNEY CITY COUNCIL WITH THE CERRITOS COLLEGE UPDATE.
SO I WAS PLEASED TO BE THERE AGAIN TO SUPPORT DR.
FERRO. I WANT TO GIVE A WARM, HEARTFELT WELCOME BACK OR JUST WELCOME TO ALL OF THE NEW FALCONS, RETURNING FALCONS, TEACHERS, STAFF, EVERYONE HERE A PART OF THE CERRITOS COLLEGE VILLAGE.
WISHING EVERYONE A WONDERFUL 2324 ACADEMIC YEAR.
ALSO SHOUT OUT TO, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ALL THE EDUCATORS OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE WE HAVE A A VERY IMPORTANT JOB TO EDUCATE AND TO SHAPE THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOLARS, AS WE PREPARE THEM WITH THE ADEQUATE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I KNOW THE COSMETOLOGY DEPARTMENT HAS LEFT, BUT YESTERDAY I ACTUALLY MET SOMEONE AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WAS AN ESTHETICIAN AND SHE JUST FINISHED A PROGRAM.
AND SO I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WHERE DID YOU GO?
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GUESS WHERE SHE WENT.CERRITOS AND SHE WAS A RECENT GRAD AND SHE SPOKE VERY HIGHLY OF THE PROGRAM.
BUT I DIDN'T EVEN TELL HER I WAS AFFILIATED WITH CERRITOS OR ANYTHING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE PROGRAMS ARE DEFINITELY MAKING AN IMPACT ON ON THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO AGAIN, SHOUT OUT TO THE COSMETOLOGY DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU, TRUSTEE PEREZ THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.
LIU. ALSO JUST WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY, AS TRUSTEE MENTIONED, BACK TO SCHOOL.
REALLY EXCITING TO SEE EVERYBODY BACK HERE AT SCHOOL AND EXCITED FOR THEIR NEW SEMESTER.
FIERRO'S PRESENTATION TO THE CITY OF HAWAIIAN GARDENS.
THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL THE EMPLOYEES WORK, SO THAT WENT REALLY, REALLY WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE A NEW ABC UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR HAWAIIAN GARDENS, ONE OF OUR NEW PARTNERS.
SO WE WERE ABLE ANDREW AND I WERE ABLE TO GO TO HIS RECEPTION.
SO HE'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR FORMER STUDENTS.
SO IT'S EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH HIM IN HIS NEW ROLE AS A FELLOW TRUSTEE.
WE ALSO TALK TO THEM ABOUT CHANCELLOR CHRISTIAN'S GOAL TO HAVE EVERY SINGLE NINTH GRADE STUDENT COMPLETE ONE COLLEGE LEVEL COURSE AND HOPING TO REALLY ENGAGE HAWAIIAN GARDENS AND THE RESIDENTS THERE THROUGH ARTESIA HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY'RE DOING SOME AMAZING WORK ALREADY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH ON THAT NOTE, I DID SPEAK TO COLLEEN MCKINLEY, AND SHE WANTS TO DO A PRESENTATION TO UPDATE ALL OF US.
SO SHE SAID SHE TO TALK TO YOU.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON.
SO I TOLD HER I'D BRING IT UP.
I ALSO WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW MY SON IS TAKING ENGLISH 100 CERRITOS COLLEGE DR.
MIXON SO HE WILL BE THERE TAKING IT STARTS SEPTEMBER 9TH.
IT IS DURING THE SCHOOL HOURS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S A DISCOURAGEMENT FOR SOME WHO DON'T WANT TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL OR COME IN TOO EARLY, BUT TO COME A LITTLE EARLY TO COME AT 8:00, WHICH IS ONLY 30 MINUTES EARLIER.
HE ONLY HAS TO GO TO SCHOOL THREE DAYS.
AND IT DOESN'T START UNTIL SEPTEMBER 7TH.
SO ALL THE DIFFERENT CELLS MADE IT VERY EASY.
BUT I WAS CALCULATING RIGHT NOW THAT ONCE HE FINISHES THIS CLASS, HE WOULD HAVE COMPLETED SIX OUT, SIX CLASSES, 18 CREDITS AT CERRITOS COLLEGE MAINLY.
THIS IS, I THINK WILL BE HIS FIRST REALLY IN-PERSON CLASS.
BUT AGAIN, LIKE I THINK CHANCELLOR CHRISTIAN IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD REALLY BE PUSHING FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT COLLEGE LEVEL EXPERIENCE AND KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE.
AND IF THEY WORK HARD, THEY CAN.
SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HOW ENGLISH 100 WORKS.
AND I THINK ALSO HE SIGNED UP FOR SOCIOLOGY NEXT SEMESTER.
I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER CERRITOS COLLEGE SOCIOLOGY CLASS.
SO AGAIN, LIKE SOME OF OUR K THROUGH 12 DISTRICTS ARE REALLY HAVE EMBRACED THIS.
AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
ARTESIA HAVING MIDDLE COLLEGE THIS YEAR AS WELL TOO.
SO I WANTED JUST TO SHARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS.
SO AGAIN, I NEEDED TO THANK ESPECIALLY OUR STUDENTS WHO REALLY IDENTIFIED TRANSIT AS ANOTHER BARRIER THAT THEY WANT TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, BY AGREEING TO RAISE THEIR FEES AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP. BUT JUST WE GOT THE THE DETAILS ALREADY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYONE'S GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.
SO METRO HAS 274,950 STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE GO PASS PROGRAM.
AND THAT HAS INCREASED METRO STUDENT RIDERSHIP BY 43% OVER PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS.
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PARTICIPATING STUDENTS SAVE ANNUALLY $312 ON TRANSIT FARES BY PARTICIPATING IN A GO PASS PROGRAM.SO AGAIN, IT'S REALLY SO HELPFUL FOR A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS, AND I THINK SO MANY OF THEM ARE SO DEDICATED TO REALLY BEING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS AND TAKING PUBLIC TRANSIT AND WALKING AND BIKING AND ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO JUST TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR STUDENT LEADERS, ESPECIALLY, WE'VE HAD SO MANY TRUSTEES WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK WITH AND ASK PRESIDENTS WHO'VE ALWAYS IDENTIFIED THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY A REALLY KEY THING TO WORK ON.
SO IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL THEIR WORK IS REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE WITHIN HERE IN L.A.
TRUSTEE. LEWIS. THE THE FIRST IS TO GIVE A BIG, BIG SHOUT OUT TO THE STUDENT SERVICES TEAM.
WELCOME. THERE WAS A HUGE SUCCESS AS PRESIDENT FALCON MENTIONED.
UM, WHEN I GOT TO THE TO THE GYM, IT WAS PACKED AND THE LINE WAS ALL OUT TO THE PARKING LOT THAT WE HAVE TO OPEN THE SECOND PART OF THE GYM, WHICH MADE US LATE TO BEGIN.
AS FRANK MENTIONED TODAY DURING OUR MEETING, LIKE FRANK, I HATED TO SEE THE LINES HERE ON ON ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS AND FINANCIAL AID BECAUSE TO ME, THE STUDENTS NEED TO BE READY AND IN CLASS THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS RATHER THAN WAITING IN LINE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THROUGH A LOT OF WORK, THOSE LINES DISAPPEAR.
BUT I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE LINES ON BOTH ENDS AND AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE.
SO A BIG, BIG THANK YOU FOR THE ENTIRE STUDENT SERVICES TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
FACILITIES FOR MOVING SO QUICKLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXTRA STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
BECAUSE AS DENNIS MENTIONED, THERE WAS THE PARENTS, THE COUSINS, THE UNCLES, THE GRANDFATHERS, THE PETS, LIKE EVERYONE WAS ON CAMPUS, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE. WE HAD I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE RIDES ON THE CAR TO STUDENTS THAT WERE FRESH OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, FIRST TIME.
AND A STUDENT THAT I PICKED UP THERE WAS A LADY KIND OF HAVING A HARD TIME WALKING.
SO I SAID, YOU NEED A RIDE? OH, SURE. I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GOING? WELL, I'M GOING TO THE FINANCIAL AID.
AND SHE COULD HAVE BEEN MY GRANDMOTHER.
BUT SHE'S LIKE, OH, I'M GOING TO STUDY.
I WANT TO I WANT TO LEARN COMPUTERS AND I WANT TO DO THIS AND DO THAT.
SO SHE WAS SO EXCITED ALSO TO BE ON CAMPUS.
SO IT HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD START OF THE SEMESTER.
BASICALLY EVERYONE THAT WE HAD RUN INTO EXCITED TO BE BACK SO BIG.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT TRANSITION AND WELCOMING OUR STUDENTS SO STRONGLY.
CONVOCATION AUGUST 31ST THE CERRITOS 500.
SO PLEASE WEAR YOUR RACING GEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THE AUDITORIUM FROM 11 A.M.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS EARLIER WITH JOSH WEINER FROM THE ASPEN INSTITUTE.
HE'S GOING TO TALK TO US. AND HE'S ONE OF OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS FOR THE MAIN CONVOCATION AND ALSO DR.
CHRISTIAN, THE CHANCELLOR OF THE SYSTEM.
SO THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COMPLETION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TO ATTEND MERCEDES.
I BELIEVE SHE SENT AN EMAIL TO CAMPUS OR TO THE MANAGERS TODAY ENCOURAGING THE MANAGERS TO EITHER CLOSE THE OFFICE OR ALLOW THEIR EMPLOYEES TO ATTEND TO THE EVENT AND QUALIFIED AS A SCHOOL BUSINESS BECAUSE IT IS LITERALLY A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY.
WE ARE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS WE CAN IN A BUSINESS MEETING, BUT IT IS IT IS ABOUT HOW WE MAKE OUR STUDENTS SUCCESSFUL, HOW WE ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.
UM. AND THANK YOU TO THE ENTIRE BOARD FOR THE INITIAL DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD DURING OUR RETREAT
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AND AND COMING OUT WITH GOALS AND THE IDEAS AND WHAT WE NEED TO GO AND OBVIOUSLY FOR APPROVING THE THE FINAL PRODUCT OF THAT RICH DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE A FEW MONTHS AGO.I THINK IT IS I THINK IT IS VERY MUCH AN ACHIEVABLE GOAL.
IT IS NOT EASY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT IS AN ACHIEVABLE GOAL.
I THINK WE HAVE THE TALENT, WE HAVE THE PEOPLE, WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO GET US THERE.
IT JUST TAKES A LOT OF INTENTIONALITY.
SO, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 75% OF OUR STUDENTS ENROLLING IN 15 UNITS OR ACTUAL NUMBER, I THINK IS 78, NEARLY 80% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ALREADY ENROLLING IN THOSE CLASSES.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT BENCHMARK, THAT IS A BENCHMARK THAT WE CAN EASILY MEET.
THE CHALLENGE IS WHICH CLASSES THOSE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED INTO, WHICH IS THE INTENTIONAL PART.
THE WE'RE RETAINING THE STUDENTS.
YES, WE'RE RETAINING OVER 70% OF THE STUDENTS THAT FIRST SEMESTER, WHICH MEANS THAT WE KNOW HOW TO RETAIN THE STUDENTS, HOW WE TRANSLATE THAT INTO THE SUBSEQUENT SEMESTERS AND EARLY WINS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
BUT BUT I DO THINK THAT WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER TODAY.
I'M SORRY. YESTERDAY WE WERE ANNOUNCED AS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF EXCELLENCE FOR FOR THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE TO REMOVING STUDENTS BARRIERS ON THE SIDE OF BASIC NEEDS.
THIS IN PARTICULAR IS WITH THE FALCON NEST AND THE VILLAGE.
AND THE DATA IS CLEARLY SHOWING THAT THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE RECEIVING THOSE SERVICES DO BETTER.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THAT OUR PROGRAM NOT ONLY PROVIDES HOUSING TO OUR STUDENTS, BUT ALSO HELPS TO IMPROVE THEIR ACADEMICS.
SO WE'RE BEING SHOWCASED THERE.
AND I THINK THE CELEBRATION FOR THAT IS SOMEWHERE AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER IN IN DC.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THAT.
THEY HAVE TO DO WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
THE WE ARE FINALIZING SECURING DUE TO WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING EARLIER, STATE AND FEDERAL ADVOCACY.
SO THOSE ARE COMING UP AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEW OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES ON CAMPUS PRESENTING WELL, HOPEFULLY PRESENTING SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHECKS TO THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DO SOME OF THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK TO THE COLLEGE AND HAPPY FIRST WEEK OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CLOSED SESSION AND WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS.
[6. Closed Session]
AND HOW MANY? NO.SO THAT'S THE END OF THE OPEN SECTION.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.