Porterville College WSSN Update The Working Students Success Network: An Affiliate of the National Working Families Success Network Spring 2017 – Flex Day January 13, 2017 Insert College Name where the placeholder is.

Internal Strengths of WSSN at Porterville College Committed Campus Leadership - Achieving the Dream (ATD)Task Force comprised of college level administrators, faculty, and staff that provide evidence to improve policies, programs & services Alignment of WSSN Services & Funding with SSSP, Equity, & Other Categorical External High School/Adult School Partners are actively supporting WSSNCC –Increased the number of first time students who receive assessments, counseling, one on one advising, and follow up. Provide a short summary of a few key strengths in your college’s WSSN program in 1-2 sentences. Your college’s presenter has 5 minutes to present this slide. Remember that you can expand on the strength verbally, so it will be helpful to strive to be concise and clear.

Internal Strengths of WSSN at Porterville College

Internal Strengths of WSSN at Porterville College

Internal Weaknesses of WSSN at Porterville College Campus participation in low and high touch services (bundled) – Students are not actively being referred or seeking high touch follow-up financial literacy services. Future Plans – Develop a Campus Resource Center to expose students to a one stop shop for services. Expansion of external partner supporting engagement – Partners are conducting workshops (low touch) but have limited opportunities for personal interaction (high touch). Future Plans – Develop a Campus Resource Center to house external partners monthly/weekly on-campus outreach. For each weakness you share for WSSN’s internal programming, please share any future plans or goals your college has for addressing this weakness. It could be a specific deliverable, training, or technical assistance focused.

Porterville College’s External Opportunities for WSSN Expansion of Dual Enrollment Students in Workforce Development Courses– Curriculum has been designed that embeds career/life planning skills within the CTE certificate and degree courses. Future Plans – Deans are meeting with high school principals (P8) to discuss expansion of college course to all area (feeder) high schools to aid student in receiving college course credit. Online Student Orientation System – EAB program is being piloted to embed financial literacy into orientation sessions. Future Plans – We are using the software to direct students to support services based on their profile and responses during the session. Provide a short summary of a few key external opportunities (i.e. outside funding or a community partner) for WSSN that your college is considering in 1-2 sentences. Your college’s presenter has 5 minutes to present this slide. Remember that you can expand on these verbally, so it will be helpful to strive to be concise and clear. For each external opportunity you share, please share any future plans or goals your college has for seeing the potential of this opportunity come to life.

Porterville College External Threats for WSSN Reduction in Categorical Funding – Sustainability of WSSN services, support staff, and funding are tied directly to State funding. Any reduction in funding will impact ability to provide student support. Future Plans – We are exploring grant opportunities to diversify funding services. Provide a short summary of a few key external threats (i.e. state level policy, community partners, funding sources from outside organizations) for WSSN that your college is keeping an eye on in 1-2 sentences. Your college’s presenter has 5 minutes to present this slide. Remember that you can expand on these verbally, so it will be helpful to strive to be concise and clear. For each external threat you share, please share any future plans or goals your college has for addressing this threat, or if it’s a threat that need to be monitored and does not require action you can state that during your presentation.

Summary of WSSN SWOT Report Internal Strengths Committed Campus Leadership Alignment with Categorical External High School/Adult School Partners Support Internal Weaknesses Campus participation in low and high touch services Expansion of external partner support External Opportunities Expansion of Dual Enrollment Online Student Orientation System External Threats Reduction in Categorical Funding (INSERT INFO: Please add in a brief summary of each area of your college’s SWOT analysis)

Sticky Issue, Goal, or New Opportunity New Opportunity - Identification of additional funding sources to continue benefit access and financial literacy initiatives. (INSERT INFO: What is one specific opportunity, goal or issue that you would like peer feedback on? We will discuss this with your WSSN Peers using a mentor for a moment model. Use this slide to present the most important background of the opportunity, goal or issue. You will have 2 minutes to present this slide before we move into questions and feedback.)