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Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education

Join us at the SAC-SCE Winter Convocation to hear about the vision and strategic direction for adult education in Santa Ana. Learn about professional development activities, student outcomes, challenges, and opportunities. Discover the community's needs and strategies for growth and success in enrollment.

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Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education

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  1. Santa Ana College School of Continuing Education Winter Convocation

  2. Goal of Meeting • Hear Vision for Adult Education in Santa Ana from our President Dr. Linda Rose • Understand the Strategic Direction for Adult Education • Learn about the professional development activities taking place this week • Get the latest update from cefa

  3. How are we doing?The Good • SAC-SCE operates the most efficient academic program in the district • State leader in student outcomes • State leader in learning gains • Continuous improvement in course completion rates

  4. How are we doing?The challenge • Declining enrolment in core programs • Student outcomes are not where we would like them to be • Significant unmet community need for our services • 38% of our students pass their course in a term • 15 % of our students meet student success educational outcomes within 6 years • Students stop out during their 1st year

  5. Three year data

  6. Persistence rates

  7. What is a FTES and why do they keep talking about it?

  8. Who are our students and what do they want • 25% SAC-SCE students have a 6th grade or less education and 10% hold a college degree • 60% SAC-SCE students report an annual household income of less than $20,000 • 45% SAC-SCE students do not work • The largest goal for our students is complete their high school diploma/ GED - 40% • Nearly 50% are interested in college credit or vocational training • Over 80% of students want to learn computers

  9. The Santa Ana community needs us • Educational attainment is significantly lower for Santa Ana than for California overall • 29% of Households are linguistically isolated, meaning that no one in these households age 14 and over speaks English proficiently • 11% of adults have earned a Bachelor’s degree or higher, compared with 30% statewide • 49% of adults have not completed high school, compared with 20% in California Source: American Community Survey 2005-09, California State Library by Stanford Center on Longevity 9/14/2011

  10. SAC-SCE Strategic Enrollment Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats (SWOT) Analysis

  11. Strategies for SAC-SCE Enrollment Growth and Improved Student Success • Santa Ana College Adult Education Center – focused on meeting students’ educational needs and helping them transition from adult education to VESL, ABE, high school, CTE, or into college credit programs that lead to more employment opportunities • New Adult Education Center - meet an identified community need for English as Second Language, High School Diploma, High School Equivalency Preparation, Adult Basic Education and Career and Technical Education courses • Increased community outreach - SAC-SCE needs to expand its outreach and community partnerships in order to increase FTEs production • Redesigning Academic pathways – there is a need for an accelerated ESL pathway, increased emphasis on the High School Diploma program and a strong need for expanded noncredit career and technical education programs

  12. Strategic Plan Area Goals and ObjectivesStrategic Plan Area I: Student Achievement

  13. Strategic Plan Area 2: Enrollment planning is data driven to maximize efficient use of resources and guide facility development

  14. Strategic Plan Area 3: Student Recruitment and Retention

  15. Conclusion • SAC-SCE needs to continually improve its instructional programs and the student services that it offers • Sac-sce needs to expand its faculties and offerings in the community ensuring that offerings are aligned with community need • Sac-sce needs to ensure that our students have well planned educational objectives and that they meet their goals • Sac-sce needs to always promote a customer service attitude that values each student individually

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