iFALCON Title V GrantYear One Interim

Performance ReportApril 2010

iFALCON Title V History

• Spring 2009: Application written by Cheryl Shimazu, Steve Clifford, Laurie Kristinat

• September 2009: Notice of grant award

• Year One: October 1, 2009-September 30, 2010

• Fall semester 2009 reduced staffing start-up

• Spring semester 2010 fully staffed

• Year One Interim Report Due to Dept. of Education on April 27, 2010

iFALCON Title V Staff

• Project Director: Steve Clifford• Activity II Director: Lynn Serwin• Activity III Director: Francie Quaas-Berryman• Activity IV Director: Bryan Reece• Counselors: Marvelina Barcelo and Evelyn Ryozaki• Math Coordinator: Angie Conley• Project Assistant: Liz Quintero• Media/Web Specialist: Sarah Ramirez• External Evaluator: Dawn Person (CSUF)• 2 Hourly assistants housed in HSS and Grants office• Faculty Senate President: Deb Moore (unfunded)

Activity I: Web and CounselingOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010

• Website 2.0 highlights www.cerritos.edu/ifalcon• 25 new success videos

• Most successful element of online presence• Interactivity: • academic success polls• iFALCON Blog• Library RSS feed• iFALCON Club info

• Social networking (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter)• Facebook provides average of 400 visits weekly

Activity I: Web and CounselingOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010

• Website 2.0 focus group: December 2009• Students drawn from iFALCON Club, Counseling classes, developmental ed.

classes• Students want:

• More videos and more interactive features and updates• More content• Brighter, more engaging color scheme• Links to admissions/enrollment assistance• Page that resembles new college home page

• Website 3.0 planned for August 2010 release• “Pathway to Enrollment”• New faculty/staff/student featured bloggers• Access to weekly calendar and updates• Other features TBA

Activity I: Web and CounselingOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010

• Counseling initiatives• Appointment Card outreach• “Pathway to Enrollment”

• Website providing step-by-step guidelines to assist new students in• Admissions• Counseling• Financial Aid

• Content• Student videos• Links to enrollment resources

• Projected beta version August 2010

• Co-Sponsor, January 2010 Orientations Workshop• Summer 2010: Integrating iFALCON and Summer Connections

Activity II: Professional DevelopmentOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010

• Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIGs)• 6 groups, up to 5-6 participants in each group• Spring 2010 participants creating FALCON portfolios• Presentations at May 14 final FIG event

• Professional Development Activities• 5 brown bag presentations/workshops• Presentations at department, division, program, Academic Excellence

Awards, STAR, and Student Senate meetings• Present iFALCON at Strengthening Student Success Conference, San

Francisco, October 2009• June 2010: Staff Development workshop

Activity II: Professional DevelopmentOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010

• iFALCON Resource Center• Physical location: Innovation Center

• Beginning relationship with Innovation Center to provide professional development support to faculty and staff• Liz Quintero housed in Innovation Center as iFALCON resource

• Virtual location: www.cerritos.edu/ifalcon• Development of professional development resources to be available

on website• Syllabi• Class lessons• Activities• Self-study resources

Activity III: Developmental EducationOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010

• Integrating iFALCON into dev. ed. classes• Spring 2010: piloting one class each English 52 and Math 40 to develop

integration model • content- and skills-specific videos• course materials (syllabi, assignments, samples, activities)

• Fall 2010: add faculty participants in English and Math courses• 6 new participating classes• English 20 and 52; Math 40 and 60• scale up each semester to include participation of Reading and ESL depts.

•Co-sponsor, Success Centers Workshop, March 2010• Participant in ongoing Success Centers conversation

Activity IV: Community OutreachOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010

• Creation/Advising of iFALCON Club (ASCC)• Raised funds for 2 $500 iFALCON Scholarships to be

awarded at May 2010 Awards Banquet

• E-Mail Outreach Campaign (HSS Pilot)• 7,000 students weekly; 1-3% rejection rate• Full campus pilot in planning for Fall 2010• E-mails originate with area deans or dean of counseling

Activity IV: Community OutreachOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010

• Counseling Appointment Cards• iFALCON one side, Counselors on other• Fall 2010 cards include DSPS, EOPS, and Transfer Center

• iFALCON Information Centers• 50 classroom/building installations• iFALCON success skills (permanent)• Successful Alum Spotlight (permanent)• Dean’s/President’s Lists (rotating)• Mid-semester rotating w/Transfer info, other guides to academic

support services

Program Outcomes and EvaluationOctober 1, 2009-March 31, 2010

•ARCC Data• Spring 2010 ARCC data too soon to show impact of Title V• Spring 2011 ARCC data first meaningful ARCC measurement

• Program Evaluation by External Evaluator• Create evaluation baseline for grant by:

• surveying 500 participants in 2009 Summer Connections and 500 new student non-participants• surveying 6 dev. ed. classes (3 FALCON/3 Non-FALCON)• surveying 6 transfer-level (3 FALCON/3 Non-FALCON)• Focus groups interviewing

• Participants in Task Force (faculty/staff/student)• Faculty participating in above surveys• Students randomly selected from student survey data

• Baseline data collected April-May 2010