Counseling in the 21 st Century Stephanie Dumont, Area D Representative, Golden West College Miles Vega, Counseling, Porterville College Janice Johnson, AO, Grossmont College Michelle-Grimes Hillman, South Representative, Mt. SAC

Students today During the Academic YearDuring the Academic Year Demographics: White 30%, Hispanic 34%, Asian, 11%, African American, 8%Demographics: White 30%, Hispanic 34%, Asian, 11%, African American, 8% Females 53%, Males 45%Females 53%, Males 45% Over 79,000 EOPS studentsOver 79,000 EOPS students Total financial aid (BOG) delivered: $384,671,088Total financial aid (BOG) delivered: $384,671, ,446 credit students received Student Education Plan (SEP) Counseling during the Spring 2011 term169,446 credit students received Student Education Plan (SEP) Counseling during the Spring 2011 term 235,527 credit students received Counseling/Advisement Services during the Spring term.235,527 credit students received Counseling/Advisement Services during the Spring term. Source: CCCO Data Mart

Students Tomorrow The system will be asked for the first time to serve more than 2 million students each fall term, beginning in fall 2016The system will be asked for the first time to serve more than 2 million students each fall term, beginning in fall 2016 There will be dramatic increases in the number of Latino students, first- generation college students and students from low-income families that are graduating from high school and seeking to enroll in collegeThere will be dramatic increases in the number of Latino students, first- generation college students and students from low-income families that are graduating from high school and seeking to enroll in college Budget cuts are likely to increase the number of students under prepared for college level workBudget cuts are likely to increase the number of students under prepared for college level work Source: California Postsecondary Education Commission, Ready or Not: Here They Come, draft September 2009 Ensuring Access with Quality to California's Community Colleges, by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education in May 2004

Consider……. What adjustments in counseling have been made to accommodate today’s and tomorrow’s student?What adjustments in counseling have been made to accommodate today’s and tomorrow’s student? Do you see counseling different today?Do you see counseling different today? Paraprofessionals and Instructional advisors?Paraprofessionals and Instructional advisors? Counselor’s Use of Technology?Counselor’s Use of Technology? Students’ Use of Technology?Students’ Use of Technology? Now Consider the Student Success Task Force Recommendations…… Now Consider the Student Success Task Force Recommendations……

2. Strengthen Support for Entering Students 2.1 Develop and implement common centralized diagnostic assessment2.1 Develop and implement common centralized diagnostic assessment 2.2. Require students to participate in diagnostic assessment, orientation and the development of an educational plan.2.2. Require students to participate in diagnostic assessment, orientation and the development of an educational plan. 2.3 Develop and use technology applications to better guide students in educational process.2.3 Develop and use technology applications to better guide students in educational process. 2.4 Require students showing a lack of college readiness to participate in support resources.2.4 Require students showing a lack of college readiness to participate in support resources. 2.5 Require students to declare a program of study early in their academic careers.2.5 Require students to declare a program of study early in their academic careers.

3. Incentivize Successful Student Behaviors 3.1. Adopt system wide enrollment priorities reflecting core mission of community colleges Require students receiving Board of Governors fee waivers to meet various conditions and requirements Provide students opportunity to consider attending full time Require students to begin addressing Basic Skills deficiencies in their first year.

8. Align Resources with Student Success Recommendations 8.1. Consolidate select categorical programs.8.1. Consolidate select categorical programs.

Useful RESOURCES Role of Counseling Faculty, ASCCC, 1995Role of Counseling Faculty, ASCCC, 1995Role of Counseling Faculty, ASCCC, 1995Role of Counseling Faculty, ASCCC, 1995 Consultation Task Force on Counseling, ASCCC, 2003Consultation Task Force on Counseling, ASCCC, 2003Consultation Task Force on Counseling, ASCCC, 2003Consultation Task Force on Counseling, ASCCC, 2003 Standards of Practice for California Community College Counseling Faculty and Programs, ASCCC, 2008Standards of Practice for California Community College Counseling Faculty and Programs, ASCCC, 2008Standards of Practice for California Community College Counseling Faculty and Programs, ASCCC, 2008Standards of Practice for California Community College Counseling Faculty and Programs, ASCCC, 2008 Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges, RP Group, Revised 2007, pages Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges, RP Group, Revised 2007, pages Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges, RP Group, Revised 2007, pages Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges, RP Group, Revised 2007, pages California Community Colleges Matriculation Program Handbook, CCCCO, 2011California Community Colleges Matriculation Program Handbook, CCCCO, 2011California Community Colleges Matriculation Program Handbook, CCCCO, 2011California Community Colleges Matriculation Program Handbook, CCCCO, 2011