MISSION
To commit college-wide staff and resources to the student learning process. To provide educational, cultural, and economic development opportunities to our current and future students and the local and global communities that we serve.
VISION
West Hills College Coalinga strives to become a premiere interactive learner-centered community college recognized for its contribution to the educational, social, cultural, and economic vitality of the region and state.
STRATEGIC PLAN – GOAL 2
We will maintain our focus on excellence, student success, and on being learner-centered.
Key Performance Indicators:
Place student learning and success of the student at the nucleus of all decision making.
Initiate collaborative relationships that encourage dialogue between like- discipline faculty at the college and area high schools.
Evaluate the effectiveness of counseling and advising (exit interviews).
Encourage students to work more closely with counselors in an effort to increase graduation rates.
Cultivate a stronger relationship with our service area high school students.
COUNCIL RESPONSIBILITIES
PURPOSE: To develop, implement, monitor, review, evaluate, and revise student support services in accordance with the College’s Mission, Vision, and Strategic Plan.
1. ACCESS
- Review and provide recommendations for equitable access, comprehensive, reliable services, and delivery of services regardless of location or delivery method.
- Review and provide recommendations for outreach activities, assessment tests, and student orientations.
- Review and provide recommendations for admissions and records; student fees; and financial aid.
- Review and provide recommendations on policies affecting academic regulations, academic honesty, nondiscrimination, transfer issues, grievances and complaints, and sexual harassment.
2. SUCCESS
- Review and provide recommendations on policies affecting students’ success.
- Make recommendations and identify priorities for counseling and academic advising programs.
- Review and makes recommendations regarding grants and outside funding source proposals that impact student support services to verify relationship to student support services and the College’s Mission, Vision and Strategic Goals.
3. ACCREDITATION
- Assist in the development, planning, preparation, supervision, and completion of the accreditation self-study.
- Promote a campus culture that is aware of accreditation.
4. BUDGET
- Develop and monitor the student support services operating budget.
- Prioritize budget requests from program review documents and/or student support services documents.
5. SUPPORT STAFF NEEDS
- Make recommendations and identify priorities for new student services support staff positions annually.
- Develop, review, and revise the Student Handbook annually.
- Assist with mentoring and orientation for new student services support staff.
- Make recommendations regarding assignments and use of office space for student services support staff.
- Promote staff development activities for student services support staff to improve their individual effectiveness consistent with the College’s mission, Vision, and Strategic Plan.
- Make recommendations for Flex Day/Duty Day activities related to staff and improvements for student learning.
- Assist in the improvement of communication between the student services support staff and faculty.
6. PLANNING/RESEARCH
- Review and interpret research data related to student support services.
- Promote the use and understanding of research as a basis for student support services decision-making.
- Assist in the development of the End-of-Year Report, which is presented to the Board of Trustees by the College President.
7. PROGRAM REVIEW
- Develop, review and revise the student support services program review process.
- Review program review documents annually and present a summary of proposed needs, changes and problems to the College Consultation Council.
8. STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Develop, plan and supervise implementation of student learning outcomes for student support services.
- Hold workshops to educate the student support staff on student learning outcomes.
- Collect and review student learning outcome narrative reports each semester.
- Make recommendations to the College Consultation Council and Academic Senate for using assessment results to improve student learning.
9. TECHNOLOGY
- Makes recommendations and identify priorities for technology issues related to student support services.
MEMBERSHIP
- 3 Faculty (one counselor, one coach)
- 4 Administrators (Dean of Student Learning, 3 Associate Deans of Student Learning)
- 2 Classified (one Financial Aid)
- Director of International Students
- 2 Students
CHAIR: One faculty member will serve as Co-Chair with an Associate Dean of Student Learning
TERM LENGTH: 2 years
MEETINGS: Bimonthly
