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State of the College Address. Dr. J. Laurel Jones Fall 2010. “ It is today we must create the future” Eleanor Roosevelt. New Leadership. Who is Dr. Laurel Jones. Beginnings……. Southern California. Married to Junior High School Sweetheart. Two children….many dogs…. Educational History.
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State of the College Address Dr. J. Laurel Jones Fall 2010
“It is today we must create the future” Eleanor Roosevelt New Leadership Who is Dr. Laurel Jones
Beginnings…… • Southern California
Married to Junior High School Sweetheart • Two children….many dogs….
Educational History • Discipline: English • Doctorate: Educational Leadership • Teaching: Fulltime faculty at Mount San Antonio College for 14 years Professional History • Classified Teaching Assistant • Adjunct Faculty • Dean of Instruction • Vice President of Instruction
Areas of Interest • Reading: Especially nonfiction • Movies: Love Turner Classics • Exercise: Ex Marathoner and Triathlete now confined to walking and hiking • Travel • Writing
STARS Outcomes 2010 Enrollment: avg increase of 4%; avg efficiency of 570 Retention and Success:DEMC committee goal (identify the most successful intervention strategies for student retention) Collaboration: all GAP work from last year including re-organization
STARS Outcomes Continued Accreditation: reaffirmation Budget reduction: met the direction of the district Revenue: hospitality facility renovation for increased revenue in the upcoming two years STARS outcomes will be summarized and vetted through GAP for formal documentation and review
Fall 2010 Start Up Information Construction/Facilities: Hospitality Management Phase 1 Infrastructure Upgrade Completion District Fire Alarm Systems Replacement Childcare Replacement Update Information Systems Facility Update Main Building Replacement Update EIR Mitigation Updates Solar Array Project Updates
Fall 2010 Start Up • Budget • Reductions were completed and sent to the district: CBAC will be reviewing • Appears to be federal ARRA funds that will come to the district/Mission College % will be allocated and this has categorical flexibility to be spent directly on students and student services
Budget Continued 3. One time monies rollover due to funded projects not being completed or initiated: have asked Vice President Negash to work with CBAC on tenets for one time monies expenditures and for an institutional timeline for expenditure review: We Need to Spend our Money! 4. Rollover dollars to go back to Instruction and Student Services
Fall 2010 Start Up Continued Safety/Security: Currently working with Security on best practices that can be disseminated to the Safety/Facilities Committee for review and dissemination to the campus Emergency Response Plan currently under discussion with the district
President’s 100 Days Learn and Reflect Back 1. Listening Tour 2. Community Perceptions/Partners 3. Selected Interviews to learn the culture of the college 4. District / Board Planning/Goals 5. Student Interviews
President’s 100 Days Continued 6. Department visits/classroom visits 7. Campus walk around and drop in Summary: From the Learning Process 1. Determine areas of consensus and summarize them to the college, district and where appropriate the community 2. Determine presidential goals and submit to the college for input
“It is today we must create the future” Eleanor Roosevelt Forge the future
Today to Tomorrow We have laid the foundation, now we must set the plans to build…. In the Silicon Valley our future is today – as stewards of the citizens of the future we must be ready for tomorrow or what Emily Dickinson calls “Dwelling in Possibility” As a Learning Institution our strengths must be utilized collaboratively As we plan for tomorrow: understand and respect our history, provide plans that address the data of today and the trends of tomorrow, enjoy the process of building together
Break Outs The work we do today as a college is part of how we plan for tomorrow Introduce Tim and Norma