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Creating & Expanding Your Planning for College Success Program

Learn why PFCS is important, get started with PFCS at KU and MSU, promotion ideas, funding options, and dealing with problems.

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Creating & Expanding Your Planning for College Success Program

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  1. Creating and Expanding Your Planning for College Success Program Shane Colvin NLC VP of PFCS, and Executive VP Montana State University-Bozeman Kimberly Duensing 2006-2007 VP of PFCS, University of Kansas and Exemplary Scholar 2007

  2. Why is PFCS so important? PFCS at KU and MSU Getting Started Promotion Ideas Funding PFCS So, you want to do a March to College Day? Dealing with Problems Contacting PFCS at KU, MSU, and Nationally Overview

  3. Why is PFCS so important? • Signature program • Incorporation of Integrity

  4. The PFCS Program at University of Kansas • In 2006-2007: • Partnered with 19 different K-12 schools in Lawrence, KS • PFCS is its own KU student organization with a staff of 8 • Average 125 active tutors per semester • Logged over 1200 tutoring hours

  5. PFCS at Montana State University • In 2006-2007: • Held 4 March to College Days (over 500 students total) • Presentations by 40 different professors • Over 70 college volunteers, including a 15-person MTCD committee • Over a dozen University offices assisting

  6. Getting Started On Campus • The most important thing is to take advantage of the fact that you are students at your university. Think about what attracts you as a student – do you look mostly at posters? Chalkings? Emails? Facebook events? All of the above? • Once you have jotted down a few ideas, get your staff to help you begin your outreach to students on your campus. • You also might consider fundraising to help pay for good advertising and publicity.

  7. Getting Started • In The Community • Contact the Superintendent’s office (central office). • Then contact principals, vice principals, counselors. • Each school is different in how they incorporate PFCS! • Keep in contact and maintain those relationships!

  8. Using the Resources Already Available • NSCS and the NLC! • Big Brothers/Big Sisters • Leadership institutes • School districts • Community Education programs • Student activities offices • OTHER CHAPTERS

  9. Planning for College Success • Training your tutors: As easy as 1-2-3! • Volunteers sign up for a school and day/time • Volunteers come in for completion of training • Volunteers sign a tutor agreement/contract with a PFCS staff member and the cooperating teacher is notified of their availability

  10. Making STAR Status with PFCS • For Silver STAR status: • Provide schedule of PFCS mentoring visits; submit to National Office • Hold a March to College Day Event: • A minimum of 10 NSCS members must be present and • At least 15% of PFCS students who are registered with the program participate. • For Gold STAR status: • Provide schedule of PFCS mentoring visits; submit to National Office • Hold a March to College Day Event: • Guest Speaker(s) • A minimum of 15 NSCS members must be present and • At least 30% of PFCS students who are registered with the program participate.

  11. Promotion • Posters on campus • Use colorful, bright, big but readable fonts • Emails • Department listservs, Facebook messages, friends, classmates • Most of my emails have contained information about training sessions for tutors and a tone of desperation on behalf of the students who need help – this tends to work. • Meeting announcements • NSCS, other honor societies, service organizations • Classroom announcements • If you talk to your professor, they’ll let you talk about it in class – this is particularly beneficial if you are in a huge lecture class! • Media • Newspaper ads, radio announcements, televised school board meetings, etc.

  12. Funding • Large PFCS programs should consider registering as a separate organization to obtain funding from Student Senate. • Apply for funding from your student activities offices • Solicit parents and local honor organizations (i.e. Lions Club or Rotary organization)

  13. Planning • Form a March to College Day committee • Contact partner school(s) with proposals in hand • Recruit presenters and volunteers • DELEGATE

  14. Dealing with MTC logistics • Legal (MOU) • Teachers • Professors • Recruiting • Retaining • Recognizing • Parents and Chaperones • University and partner school support

  15. Execution—Literally if you are not prepared March to College can hurt or help your reputation • Back-up plan • Maps, schedules, and contact information • Flexibility

  16. Follow-up • Member feedback • Thank you’s • Surveys

  17. Dealing With PFCS Problems • Success stories and Horror stories • Most issues that happen at schools can be solved by talking with the administrators in that school. • You can always talk things over with your NLC VP of PFCS if you are in a difficult situation.

  18. Kimberly Duensing; Former VP for PFCS at KU Email pfcsku@gmail.com (program email) Kimberly.annamarie@gmail.com (personal email) Website http://groups.ku.edu/~pfcs Phone 785-393-3517 (personal cell phone) Shane Colvin; NLC VP for PFCS, Executive VP at MSU Email shanefc@gmail.com(personal email) colvin@nscs.org(program email) Website www.nscs.org www.montana.edu/nscs Phone 406-209-5338 (personal cell phone) Contact Information Adam Labay; NSCS Scholar Ambassador ambassadors@nscs.org

  19. THANKS MEMBERS • Questions?

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