and continuing conducted at the end of the students, 182 attended workshops and were asked what and 138 utilized their information they would like priority registration covered in future presentations. date (76%). Of 122 Our first action taken in response who did not attend a to the surveys resulted in a workshop, only 35 FAFSA/Scholarship workshop, registered on their coordinated with the financial aid priority date. This put office. Our plan is to establish a the non-attending yearly calendar of workshops, students at (29%). The coordinated with other campus 76% figure for departments as needed, to provide “new is our students with a variety of student” attendees higher than the 60% useful information throughout the program average. academic year. Preliminary numbers RESULTS: EOPS has partnered for spring 2015 with Title V, STEM, SSS indicate that out of 474 Career/Transfer Center and students, 266 utilized created a calendar providing priority registration for student success workshops in a 56% rate. However, various subjects areas and/or 81% had registered Topics for success. within a four-week window from their priority registration date. EOPS assistant will develop data for continuing students EOPS versus “new” *See Ia, b, and c for brief outline students. of Aiming for Success Workshops In order to improve opportunity for success, the EOPS program conducts students’ workshops aimed at addressing the unique needs of first-year program participants. Several of the workshop topics included Priority Registration, Aiming 4 Success, and CARE workshops. One of the issues first semester students encounter is that they are not familiar with available campus resources and/or campus technology (e.g.,WebAdvisor, student services etc. . .). Our fall semester Priority Registration workshops’ objective is to bridge this knowledge gap early on so that students can utilize any available campus resource they may need. This workshop provides our students with an overview of available campus resources and a live demonstration of how to search and register for classes online through WebAdvisor. * I) The Aiming for Success workshops covered concepts on learning behaviors for student success. The following is a brief outline of workshop content. What is Success? Define success Engage students have them give examples of success – Show EOPS stress importance of services we provide and utilize “success rate” – our staff in helping them reach their educational goals Obstacles for college success
and continuing students, 182 attended and 138 utilized their priority registration date (76%). Of 122 who did not attend a workshop, only 35 registered on their priority date. This put the non-attending students at (29%). The 76% figure for “new student” attendees is higher than the 60% program average. Preliminary numbers for spring 2015 indicate that out of 474 students, 266 utilized priority registration for a 56% rate. However, 81% had registered within a four-week window from their priority registration date. EOPS assistant will develop data for continuing students versus “new” EOPS students. conducted at the end of the workshops and were asked what information they would like covered in future presentations. Our first action taken in response to the surveys resulted in a FAFSA/Scholarship workshop, coordinated with the financial aid office. Our plan is to establish a yearly calendar of workshops, coordinated with other campus departments as needed, to provide our students with a variety of useful information throughout the academic year. RESULTS: EOPS has partnered with Title V, STEM, SSS Career/Transfer Center and created a calendar providing student success workshops in various subjects areas and/or Topics for success. *See Ia, b, and c for brief outline of Aiming for Success Workshops In order to improve students’ opportunity for success, the EOPS program conducts workshops aimed at addressing the unique needs of first-year program participants. Several of the workshop topics included Priority Registration, Aiming 4 Success, and CARE workshops. One of the issues first semester students encounter is that they are not familiar with available campus resources and/or campus technology (e.g.,WebAdvisor, student services etc. . .). Our fall semester Priority Registration workshops’ objective is to bridge this knowledge gap early on so that students can utilize any available campus resource they may need. This workshop provides our students with an overview of available campus resources and a live demonstration of how to search and register for classes online through WebAdvisor. * I) The Aiming for Success workshops covered concepts on learning behaviors for student success. The following is a brief outline of workshop content. What is Success? Define success Engage students – have them give examples of success Show EOPS “success rate” – stress importance of services we provide and utilize our staff in helping them reach their educational goals Obstacles for college success
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