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Seattle Community Colleges START NEXT QUARTER. The training you need fo r the job you want!. 2013 Peer Learning Group: Working the Continuum South Seattle Community College, Georgetown Campus Presented by Greg Alvarado, NSCC Thursday, March 14 th 2013.
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Seattle Community Colleges START NEXT QUARTER The training you need for the job you want! 2013 Peer Learning Group: Working the Continuum South Seattle Community College, Georgetown Campus Presented by Greg Alvarado, NSCC Thursday, March 14th 2013 One of the Seattle Community CollegesCENTRAL | NORTH | SOUTH | SVI • Funded in part by the Walmart Brighter Futures Projectwww.seattlecolleges.edu/wrp
Overview of Presentation • Start Next Quarter initiative • Website demonstration • Educational planning workshops
Start Next Quarter Initiative • Goal: Make Workforce Education funding more accessible to students. • Developed by district-wide team • Educational planning workshops implemented July/Aug 2010 • SNQ website implemented Oct 2010
www.startnextquarter.org • Online funding eligibility tool and portal to workshops • Students quickly learn if they pre-qualify for funds • Messages tailored to reflect campus programs • Backend administrative features free up staff time
Funded in part by the Walmart Brighter Futures Project www.seattlecolleges.edu/wrp
The college has tools to add workshops, set workshop capacity, and take other actions. • Funded in part by the Walmart Brighter Futures Project www.seattlecolleges.edu/wrp
Educational Planning Workshops at the colleges • A comprehensive model for all incoming students • Introduction to Seattle Community Colleges • Workforce Education Funding • Start Next Quarter Checklist • Workshops, CBO’s, Wrap around services • One on One Advising
Educational Planning Workshops at the colleges • Results to date • — Higher test scores • — Fewer drop-outs • — More efficient use of staff time
Questions? • Funded in part by the Walmart Brighter Futures Project www.seattlecolleges.edu/wrp