2003 VTEA Title 1B Special Populations Collaborative Project Who was Surveyed? Occupational, Vocational, Workforce Deans 2003 Survey of Programs and Services Serving Special Populations Database of Information from the Survey How to: Information Extraction Activities and Issues Specific Charts The 2003 Survey of programs and services started in July 2003.

The Database and its Contents Contacts for 108 Colleges The database was derived from the survey; a full listing of contact information is on the first sheet tab in the database. All 108 campuses have contact information including position, alternate contact, and their phones and emails.

Activities Reported Dedicated Staff for Special Populations - Staff Development - and Career Counseling Were The Highest Reported Support Services What activities do you provide to assist Special Populations vocational education students. In addition, though not shown here, we asked : Are they funded by VTEA or Other or Both?

Issues Identified Basic Remedial Education and Inadequate Funding are major Challenges. Other Challenges: Low Recruitment – Low Retention – Transportation Problems We asked: What problems have you had in serving the following special populations?

Special Populations Served Half of the Respondents Stated they do not Focus on Single Parents, Displaced Homemakers and Students Pursuing Training Non-Traditional to Gender We asked: On which groups have you focused your attention?

Core Indicator Use Reported 94 colleges responded: Almost one-fifth, (18%) do not use core indicators.

Core Indicator Information The Survey asked Campuses to Check all that Apply We asked: Do you use Core Indicators? Which Core Indicator datum do you use? Check all that apply.

Barrier Plans /Transition Programs We asked: Barrier Plans /Transition Programs We asked: Do you have a plan to overcome barriers? We asked: Do you have a formal vocational education transition program with your local secondary schools to facilitate matriculation of Special Population students? Plans to Overcome Barriers – 71% Yes Transition Programs – 54% Yes Do you have a plan to overcome barriers? Also, Do you have a formal vocational education transition program with your local secondary schools to facilitate matriculation of Special Population students? Barriers: 71% Yes, 29% no or don’t know- Transition Programs: 54% Yes, 37% no.

Languages – Responses from 94 Colleges Thirty-five noted “Other Languages.” 3 campuses omitted that Spanish was spoken in their college. Reporting error.

Economically Disadvantaged In this Special Populations Category Respondents stated whether they provided activities in 13 Activity areas. Transportation and Interpreters received low marks. In the Economically Disadvantaged category respondents stated: As above… note that interpreters and transportation received low numbers.

Funding for Economically Disadvantaged With funding, VTEA funding was highest in Voc-Ed marketing materials. These stacked bars represent where the funding came from if the activity was reported. It is data from 94 responses. For instance, with childcare, 73 campuses reported that they provided childcare. In about 2 of those campuses, it was stated that funding came only from VTEA. 48 – from Other; - 15 both VTEA and Other, a mix; About 8 was noted as not indicated.

Single Parents Including Pregnant Teens This Special Populations category might be compared and contrasted with the pre-ceding category. Here, childcare was reported as: 67.

Funding – Single Parents Here is the funding. Again, not much from VTEA.

Database Information Extraction Research through a “Custom” Filtering of the Data. We filtered for “Greater than Spanish, and equal to or greater than either Sign or Tagalog.” This slide shows campuses where data qualifiers for languages interpreted met the “greater than Spanish, and equal to or greater than Tagalog and Sign,” parameter. De Anza, Marin and Napa offer Spanish and Sign interpreters. Napa offers Tagalog. De Anza and Marin offer Vietnamese. De Anza offers Russian and Amharic, (a Semitic language of Ethiopian origin).

You may find the dB on the Web site: www. casp You may find the dB on the Web site: www.casp.cc Go to Resources ~ File Resources

Database Location on the CASP Web site: File Resources ~ Special Populations Database – Statewide Collaborative Study, then: 2003 Statewide Community College Survey.

The dB Opens in Quick View Plus Open your own copy by clicking on the green X Upper Left for sorting, filtering or viewing charts! The database link opens in Quick View and if you have Excel by Microsoft, click on the green X in the upper left. It will open a new copy for editing. You may then view the charts that are within the database as it is published to the Web site.

Custom Data Searches, Filters and Sorts File Resources ~ Special Populations Database – Statewide Collaborative Study ~ “Filtering Data in the Special Populations Database” This is a step-by-step for you use. It is listed on the Web site in File Resources also.

Database also Available on www.vteabp.org Survey, Database and Presentation by Russell C. Thompson and Associates. 888-719-2050 russthompson_care@hotmail.com 2280 Grass Valley Hwy, # 355 Auburn Ca, 95603