1 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,560 Mary Rees: Good afternoon, We'll, wait just a minute while the 2 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,310 rest, while people come and join the, our, February 3 00:00:13,310 --> 00:00:16,010 8, Moorpark College Campus Update. Good 4 00:00:16,010 --> 00:00:16,610 afternoon. 5 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:45,340 Good afternoon to everyone. We're so glad you 6 00:00:45,340 --> 00:00:48,340 could join us today for our February 8 Campus, 7 00:00:48,490 --> 00:00:52,810 Moorpark College Campus Update. We have a lot of 8 00:00:53,260 --> 00:00:55,930 items to go over today. So it's going to be, I 9 00:00:55,930 --> 00:00:59,710 think, a really informative update. Just want to 10 00:00:59,710 --> 00:01:03,880 remind everyone that the update is recorded and it 11 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,730 will be after the transcriptions are done, it will 12 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,580 be posted on the president's website. So it will 13 00:01:09,580 --> 00:01:14,590 be available for everyone at that location. Also that 14 00:01:14,590 --> 00:01:18,220 the updates are closed captioned. If you are 15 00:01:18,220 --> 00:01:21,430 interested in having a closed captioned, if you go to 16 00:01:21,430 --> 00:01:23,890 the bottom of your screen, you can click where it 17 00:01:23,890 --> 00:01:28,770 says CC for closed captioned. We do have a Q&A, 18 00:01:28,770 --> 00:01:32,910 if you have questions as we go through the webinar 19 00:01:32,910 --> 00:01:35,820 today. Please type in your questions and we will 20 00:01:35,820 --> 00:01:39,300 do our best to try to address those. Good 21 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:41,400 afternoon, Julius. I should, or sorry. I should 22 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,640 mention. Sorry, go back one more minute Matt. Sorry, 23 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,920 just to mention today on the agenda we're going to 24 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,410 be talking about, first of all, updates, and then 25 00:01:49,410 --> 00:01:51,990 we're going to have some information about Early 26 00:01:51,990 --> 00:01:54,390 Alert with Starfish and then some information 27 00:01:54,390 --> 00:01:57,150 presented to us about a presentation coming on the 28 00:01:57,150 --> 00:02:00,360 campus about AB 705. Thank you. So sorry, 29 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:01,320 Julius. Good afternoon. 30 00:02:02,220 --> 00:02:04,080 Julius Sokenu: Hi, Mary. Hi, everyone, 31 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:06,600 welcome and thank you for joining us this 32 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:11,850 afternoon. It's a pleasure to be here with you. I 33 00:02:11,850 --> 00:02:15,950 hope you had a restful weekend. And again, 34 00:02:16,050 --> 00:02:18,990 we are very grateful to everyone who is doing 35 00:02:18,990 --> 00:02:21,510 their very best to help our students be successful 36 00:02:21,510 --> 00:02:24,120 under these challenging circumstances, but more 37 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,500 importantly we are all, equally as important, we 38 00:02:26,580 --> 00:02:28,650 are grateful to the faculty and the staff for your 39 00:02:28,650 --> 00:02:31,800 continued commitment to our students' success. Some 40 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:34,470 of you may have heard that last week, I think it 41 00:02:34,470 --> 00:02:36,900 was Thursday, Thursday or Friday, Thursday, 42 00:02:37,170 --> 00:02:40,230 at Ventura College, the Black History Month event 43 00:02:40,230 --> 00:02:44,670 there was was Zoom bombed by some folks who then 44 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:49,320 displayed some Nazi paraphernalia, as well as 45 00:02:49,950 --> 00:02:54,570 racially offensive imagery and language. I just 46 00:02:54,570 --> 00:02:57,600 wanted to share with you that we do our very best 47 00:02:57,930 --> 00:03:01,290 here at the college to safeguard those Zoom 48 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:03,840 circumstances, particularly when we have 49 00:03:04,170 --> 00:03:08,190 situations like that at Ventura where the intent was 50 00:03:08,190 --> 00:03:11,130 to really engage and allow people to to discuss 51 00:03:11,130 --> 00:03:13,950 and engage in conversation around a very important 52 00:03:13,950 --> 00:03:17,610 topic. Unfortunately, those individuals were able 53 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:22,890 to, you know, disrupt the event with their hate. We know that 54 00:03:22,900 --> 00:03:26,520 hate is not a value that we support and one 55 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,120 that we endorse at this college and in this 56 00:03:30,120 --> 00:03:33,570 district. And so we we ask you to please continue 57 00:03:33,570 --> 00:03:37,950 as you do these programs, work with our folks, work 58 00:03:37,950 --> 00:03:41,310 with the instructional technologist, with Michael 59 00:03:41,310 --> 00:03:44,760 and with Matt, dean, so that we can safeguard those 60 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,400 environments for you. We will predominately offer 61 00:03:48,460 --> 00:03:53,130 these events as webinars and less so 62 00:03:53,130 --> 00:03:56,730 as Zoom meetings, so as to avoid these 63 00:03:56,730 --> 00:03:59,400 kinds of situations. But just wanted to let you 64 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,100 know that we are on top of it here at the college 65 00:04:02,250 --> 00:04:05,040 and we are making sure that those environments are 66 00:04:05,040 --> 00:04:11,130 safe for all involved. Again, it's important for 67 00:04:11,130 --> 00:04:14,340 us as we continue to plan for fall 20-21 68 00:04:14,340 --> 00:04:18,660 that the college community is an active part 69 00:04:18,660 --> 00:04:24,870 of that. And so we are going to allocate some time 70 00:04:24,870 --> 00:04:28,560 during these campus updates for very specific fall 71 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:32,310 20-21 question and answer. We ask 72 00:04:32,310 --> 00:04:35,160 that if you are, if you have specific questions 73 00:04:35,340 --> 00:04:37,770 and you want us to address them during the campus 74 00:04:37,770 --> 00:04:41,280 update, please send an email with those questions. 75 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:44,640 Send them to Linda, Linda Resendiz and please 76 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,090 copy Mary. And so that way we will have those 77 00:04:48,090 --> 00:04:51,030 questions available and we can then address those 78 00:04:51,030 --> 00:04:55,230 questions for you prior to, during the campus 79 00:04:55,230 --> 00:04:58,050 update. If you can send those questions to us by 80 00:04:58,050 --> 00:05:01,080 the Friday before that Friday morning before, we 81 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,900 will do our very best to respond to the questions 82 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:09,090 or concerns on that Monday's campus update. The next 83 00:05:09,090 --> 00:05:11,970 campus update is February the 22nd. Monday, 84 00:05:11,970 --> 00:05:16,680 February 22. Same time and same place. And please 85 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:20,640 so we hope that we can sort of continue the 86 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,040 conversation around what we're doing for the fall 87 00:05:23,220 --> 00:05:26,910 and that people can use this venue as one of the 88 00:05:26,910 --> 00:05:30,720 numerous venues to articulate their need, their 89 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,200 concern, and provide us some valuable feedback so 90 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:36,870 that we can do what's best for everyone involved. 91 00:05:38,100 --> 00:05:41,070 The Spectrum Club, which supports our LGBTQI 92 00:05:41,310 --> 00:05:46,020 community, they sent out an email last week to 93 00:05:46,020 --> 00:05:50,730 faculty and staff inviting you to their M.C. Out slash 94 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,600 Ally Network meeting. This is the first meeting 95 00:05:54,780 --> 00:05:57,570 of the semester. That meeting will take place on 96 00:05:57,570 --> 00:06:00,570 February the 23rd, February the 23rd 97 00:06:00,570 --> 00:06:05,010 from 3:30 to 4:30 pm. A Google 98 00:06:05,010 --> 00:06:08,260 Form was accompanied that 99 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,310 announcement or for that, for that meeting. If you 100 00:06:11,310 --> 00:06:14,820 would please fill out that Google Form and 101 00:06:14,970 --> 00:06:19,110 submit it. Sally Ponce O'Rourke and Ashley Vaughn 102 00:06:19,740 --> 00:06:22,140 are available to answer any questions that you 103 00:06:22,140 --> 00:06:26,340 might have regarding this particular event. Okay. 104 00:06:27,030 --> 00:06:27,870 Next slide please? 105 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,310 As you know, this is, February is Black History 106 00:06:33,310 --> 00:06:36,730 Month, and we continue with the dynamic of, you know, Black 107 00:06:36,730 --> 00:06:41,560 History Month events on campus. Michael has 108 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:45,340 put in the chat a link to our extensive Black 109 00:06:45,340 --> 00:06:47,980 History Month events. Thank you and kudos to the 110 00:06:47,980 --> 00:06:50,470 Black History Month Planning Committee. Some 111 00:06:50,650 --> 00:06:55,570 thoughtful, engaging, entertaining community 112 00:06:55,570 --> 00:06:57,730 building activities have been planned for this 113 00:06:57,730 --> 00:07:00,220 month. And thank you for those of you who attended 114 00:07:00,220 --> 00:07:04,270 the kickoff ceremony on last Monday and 115 00:07:04,900 --> 00:07:08,500 viewed the video celebrating Black History Month 116 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:13,550 and online, as well as through that event. On 117 00:07:14,110 --> 00:07:18,580 Wednesday, February the 10th at 12:00 p.m., 118 00:07:19,060 --> 00:07:21,430 Professor Lauren Swonden from our Film Department 119 00:07:22,090 --> 00:07:26,660 will be presenting and facilitating a talk on 120 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:31,420 Remember the Titans, the movie, and you can see 121 00:07:31,420 --> 00:07:35,080 the...Please watch the movie beforehand so 122 00:07:35,080 --> 00:07:37,210 that you can participate in that 123 00:07:37,210 --> 00:07:41,110 engagement. And then you will certainly have 124 00:07:41,110 --> 00:07:43,900 an opportunity to share with others your insights 125 00:07:43,900 --> 00:07:48,160 from the movie. Again, the whole Black History 126 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:50,770 Month set of events are available to you. You can 127 00:07:50,770 --> 00:07:53,940 go to the Black History Month website and you will see that 128 00:07:53,940 --> 00:07:56,350 that list of programming. And Michael's also put that 129 00:07:56,350 --> 00:08:00,940 in chat to enable you to access those those events. 130 00:08:01,470 --> 00:08:07,720 Okay, so I'm going to pass the torch next to Allison. 131 00:08:07,750 --> 00:08:10,500 I believe Allison will be sharing with us the Covid 132 00:08:10,780 --> 00:08:12,640 data for this past week. 133 00:08:13,905 --> 00:08:16,640 Allison Case Barton: Well, good afternoon. 134 00:08:16,670 --> 00:08:20,870 Happy Monday to everybody. I'm happy to report 135 00:08:20,870 --> 00:08:24,230 that our trends on our campus are going about the 136 00:08:24,230 --> 00:08:28,160 same as our county, and state, and actually nation 137 00:08:28,670 --> 00:08:32,840 where we're sort of on a like a downward trend 138 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:39,140 with our new cases. And everybody is 139 00:08:39,140 --> 00:08:42,560 recovering nicely from their Covid if they've 140 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:46,040 had Covid. Just gives you a little snapshot here of 141 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:49,760 what, what we've experienced over the last week. 142 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,960 This is not to say that it's been easy. Our staff 143 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,840 has been working very hard to do all the contact 144 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:01,130 tracing. We will be having athletes on campus 145 00:09:01,130 --> 00:09:04,040 starting this week. And that's going to add to 146 00:09:04,250 --> 00:09:07,250 some of these numbers probably and definitely add 147 00:09:07,250 --> 00:09:10,430 to our contact tracing. And to help them out, it 148 00:09:10,430 --> 00:09:12,680 would be really nice for you to remind any 149 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:17,910 students coming on campus that they do their at 150 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:20,960 home screening on the app before they come to 151 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:23,360 campus, that they really carefully read the 152 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:26,690 questions and carefully answer them mindfully and 153 00:09:26,690 --> 00:09:31,460 accurately, and that if they end up having a Covid 154 00:09:31,460 --> 00:09:35,630 test, that they upload that on to the app as well. 155 00:09:35,630 --> 00:09:40,640 So those pieces really help a lot with, you know, 156 00:09:40,640 --> 00:09:43,970 the efficiency of our, of our app and our system, 157 00:09:43,970 --> 00:09:47,090 and it really helps with the contact tracing as 158 00:09:47,090 --> 00:09:51,500 well. So those are my little suggestions for today. 159 00:09:51,500 --> 00:09:53,540 And of course, if you have any questions, let us 160 00:09:53,540 --> 00:09:56,090 know at the Student Health Center. The other piece 161 00:09:56,090 --> 00:09:58,370 of it is you could go to the Student Health Center 162 00:09:58,370 --> 00:10:01,730 website and click on "Covid Information" that will 163 00:10:01,730 --> 00:10:04,850 take you to our Covid update website, where this 164 00:10:04,850 --> 00:10:07,610 information is updated each week, but then also 165 00:10:07,610 --> 00:10:11,570 information about vaccines and other kinds of 166 00:10:12,320 --> 00:10:14,990 Covid information is right there for you. Thanks 167 00:10:14,990 --> 00:10:15,760 so much. 168 00:10:17,160 --> 00:10:20,060 Mary: Allison, a question, if we may? Do we still 169 00:10:20,060 --> 00:10:22,890 have to use QR codes when people come on campus? 170 00:10:22,910 --> 00:10:26,030 Allison: Yes, please. Yes, absolutely. So you'll have to 171 00:10:26,030 --> 00:10:28,700 check in at one of the tables, and then when you 172 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:31,310 go to wherever you're going on campus, there's a 173 00:10:31,310 --> 00:10:34,550 QR code. And if you notice that there are not QR 174 00:10:34,550 --> 00:10:37,010 codes where you are going on campus, please let me 175 00:10:37,010 --> 00:10:42,020 know that so that we can replace it. Sometimes the 176 00:10:42,020 --> 00:10:44,780 wind blows them down or whatever. So that's 177 00:10:44,780 --> 00:10:47,600 a very important part of this, because if we don't 178 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,090 know where you went on campus, it's really 179 00:10:50,090 --> 00:10:53,900 difficult to do the the tracing. Yeah. Thank you 180 00:10:53,900 --> 00:10:56,160 for that question. Any other questions? 181 00:10:56,574 --> 00:10:57,260 Mary: Also, one, 182 00:10:57,260 --> 00:11:00,260 if we see on campus, if it talks about checking in, 183 00:11:00,260 --> 00:11:01,960 is that different than screening? 184 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:03,650 Allison: Yes. Thank you 185 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:06,710 for asking that question to me. I think all almost 186 00:11:06,710 --> 00:11:08,540 all of the, I think all of the signs have been 187 00:11:08,540 --> 00:11:12,580 changed, though. So screening is testing, right? 188 00:11:12,950 --> 00:11:16,490 So we took the word screening off of our check in 189 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:20,810 signage. So checking in is what you do when you're 190 00:11:20,810 --> 00:11:23,300 coming on campus to teach or when your students 191 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:27,110 are coming on campus for class. And screening and 192 00:11:27,110 --> 00:11:31,460 testing are what the county does, you know, for 193 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:34,940 the Covid testing. So that was a little confusing, 194 00:11:34,940 --> 00:11:37,550 and it's been rectified in the signage and 195 00:11:37,550 --> 00:11:40,970 hopefully it's clarified for everybody. That's a 196 00:11:40,970 --> 00:11:43,610 good question. Any other questions? 197 00:11:47,940 --> 00:11:51,540 All right, well, thank you very much for asking 198 00:11:51,540 --> 00:11:53,400 those good questions and have a good rest of your 199 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:53,670 week. 200 00:11:57,030 --> 00:11:59,850 Julius: Thanks, Alison. So I forgot to mention that 201 00:11:59,850 --> 00:12:02,850 there's an additional Black History Month program 202 00:12:02,850 --> 00:12:07,620 tomorrow from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. It is 203 00:12:07,620 --> 00:12:11,710 called Hashtag Trust Black Women, and it's an 204 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:16,920 inter-generational conversation amongst Black about 205 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,100 Black women and Black women's activism. Professor 206 00:12:20,460 --> 00:12:26,640 Tammy Coleman has inserted the link on our Q&A. 207 00:12:26,670 --> 00:12:28,920 Thank you so much for calling that out Tammy. I 208 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:32,130 appreciate it. So we do have that program 209 00:12:32,130 --> 00:12:34,620 scheduled tomorrow between 3:00 to 4:30 210 00:12:34,620 --> 00:12:40,920 pm. And I hope you can join that event. Are there 211 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,380 any particular questions for me before I turn it 212 00:12:43,380 --> 00:12:44,100 over? 213 00:12:49,680 --> 00:12:51,520 Okay. If there are none... 214 00:12:53,570 --> 00:12:55,280 we'll pass it over to Jennifer. 215 00:12:55,662 --> 00:12:56,540 Jennifer Clark: It's my turn. 216 00:12:56,660 --> 00:12:59,480 Thank you. Thank you, Julius. And hello, everybody. 217 00:13:00,050 --> 00:13:02,270 Very, very pleased to be with you all on this 218 00:13:02,270 --> 00:13:06,950 beautiful February afternoon. I just have a few 219 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:10,760 updates for you. The one I'm going to focus on and 220 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,750 start with is just to inform our community that 221 00:13:14,750 --> 00:13:18,110 we've unfortunately had a recent uptick in 222 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,480 fraudulent applications and course 223 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:24,410 registration. This is a system wide problem. 224 00:13:24,770 --> 00:13:27,290 Colleges, community colleges are probably across the 225 00:13:27,290 --> 00:13:30,170 nation, I imagine certainly in California have 226 00:13:30,170 --> 00:13:35,870 seen over the last few months, you know, a large number of 227 00:13:35,870 --> 00:13:41,840 fraudulent students, right, registering for classes. But 228 00:13:41,840 --> 00:13:44,780 most importantly, what these fraudsters are after, 229 00:13:44,780 --> 00:13:48,590 of course, is money. So they're, they're falsifying 230 00:13:48,590 --> 00:13:51,260 they're not real students. They're applying 231 00:13:51,260 --> 00:13:55,100 for college. And again, many, many registered at 232 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:59,450 our college, at Ventura, at Oxnard. And they're after, 233 00:13:59,450 --> 00:14:03,440 Pell money or California Promise money or any 234 00:14:04,730 --> 00:14:08,690 sources like that, of course. So I want to take 235 00:14:08,690 --> 00:14:12,500 this opportunity to really help people understand, 236 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:16,190 particularly faculty understand the timing and the 237 00:14:16,190 --> 00:14:20,570 relationship between the census day and when 238 00:14:20,570 --> 00:14:24,410 financial aid disperses. So normally speaking, of 239 00:14:24,410 --> 00:14:28,280 course, with regularly scheduled courses that are 240 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:30,980 like 16 weeks, census day of course, happens 241 00:14:30,980 --> 00:14:33,320 the third week of class. So we have a little bit 242 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:38,060 more time to assess whether or not a student is, if 243 00:14:38,060 --> 00:14:40,610 there's any activity and whether we need to drop a 244 00:14:40,610 --> 00:14:44,810 student. If it's a shorter,if it's a 245 00:14:44,810 --> 00:14:47,060 shorter term course, a late start course, 246 00:14:47,060 --> 00:14:49,310 accelerated, a summer course, whatever you want to 247 00:14:49,310 --> 00:14:53,480 call it, the financial aid disbursement 248 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:57,110 happens very, very quickly. It happens after only 249 00:14:57,110 --> 00:15:00,050 one or two days of class, like the first day, 250 00:15:00,050 --> 00:15:02,720 second day. So if you've got a class that only 251 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:04,730 meets like once a week, financial aid is 252 00:15:04,770 --> 00:15:07,220 disbursement is going to happen like right after 253 00:15:07,220 --> 00:15:10,490 that first meeting. So if you don't see any 254 00:15:10,490 --> 00:15:14,510 activity with those students, please, please, 255 00:15:14,510 --> 00:15:18,710 please drop those students. In a few cases that 256 00:15:18,710 --> 00:15:22,490 didn't happen and we had some we have some 257 00:15:22,490 --> 00:15:25,850 fraudulent applications, some fraudulent 258 00:15:25,850 --> 00:15:29,360 disbursements go through. And so, you know, that's 259 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,570 that's kind of a problem. We're giving away money, 260 00:15:32,570 --> 00:15:36,110 college money, right, right to these people. On 261 00:15:36,110 --> 00:15:40,400 the other hand, if it really is a student and 262 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,220 the student perhaps isn't, doesn't intend to take 263 00:15:43,220 --> 00:15:45,380 the class and they're just sort of waiting to be 264 00:15:45,380 --> 00:15:49,820 dropped, they will receive a financial aid 265 00:15:49,820 --> 00:15:53,210 disbursement after census day for a class that 266 00:15:53,210 --> 00:15:55,910 they don't intend to take, which means that 267 00:15:55,910 --> 00:15:59,750 they're very likely going to be given more money 268 00:15:59,750 --> 00:16:02,330 than they should have. And then there's this very, 269 00:16:02,330 --> 00:16:06,290 very lengthy process by which the student has to 270 00:16:06,530 --> 00:16:09,680 make payments back to the college in order to, you know, pay 271 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,720 back the money that they shouldn't have had 272 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,120 disbursed to them in the first place. So they have 273 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,700 to call and set up a payment plan. And you can 274 00:16:16,700 --> 00:16:20,210 imagine and it's really a pain for our 275 00:16:20,210 --> 00:16:23,630 students. It's a very, very large hurdle for them. 276 00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:26,420 And if, God forbid, something, they missed 277 00:16:26,420 --> 00:16:28,310 something and they thought something was taken 278 00:16:28,310 --> 00:16:31,970 care of and it wasn't. You know, a fifty dollar charge after 279 00:16:32,450 --> 00:16:35,480 a couple of years can become two hundred dollars 280 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,540 because there's this huge, you know, 40 percent 281 00:16:38,540 --> 00:16:41,240 interest that gets charged for unpaid fees, and 282 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:44,330 not to mention IRS can get involved, garnish their 283 00:16:44,330 --> 00:16:48,950 wages. I mean, it can present a very, very massive 284 00:16:48,950 --> 00:16:51,410 problem for our students. So please, please, 285 00:16:51,410 --> 00:16:53,960 please, we implore you it is a best practice to 286 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:59,360 drop those students before or sorry, right, right, 287 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:02,270 after no longer than census day. So right 288 00:17:02,270 --> 00:17:04,910 after that day, drop those students with no 289 00:17:04,910 --> 00:17:09,950 activity. I wanted to go to move to the CARES and 290 00:17:09,950 --> 00:17:13,400 HERF money. Just as a reminder, we are getting a 291 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,660 CARES supplemental, quite a large amount for Moorpark. 292 00:17:17,660 --> 00:17:21,290 It's almost eight million dollars in 293 00:17:21,290 --> 00:17:24,770 additional relief money or Covid relief money. 294 00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:28,880 It's basically a CARE supplement. We have one year 295 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:34,070 to spend it, at this point. So we'll be we're 296 00:17:34,130 --> 00:17:37,190 putting we are furiously putting plans together to 297 00:17:38,210 --> 00:17:41,930 invest in our college, invest in our students for 298 00:17:41,930 --> 00:17:44,000 the long term, right, with the short term money. 299 00:17:44,870 --> 00:17:47,930 So I wanted to also let people know that with the 300 00:17:47,930 --> 00:17:53,340 first CARES money we had of some 2.5 301 00:17:53,360 --> 00:17:56,420 7 1 million of course in student aid. We 302 00:17:56,420 --> 00:17:58,910 are rapidly spending that down, we're almost done. 303 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,010 We've got about three hundred and eighty thousand 304 00:18:01,010 --> 00:18:04,070 dollars left. We've been able to we've been able 305 00:18:04,070 --> 00:18:08,180 to directly disburse to nearly twenty eight hundred 306 00:18:08,180 --> 00:18:11,300 students. And these are grants that these students 307 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:13,610 have received that have really helped them, that 308 00:18:13,610 --> 00:18:17,330 they do not have to pay back. So it's especially 309 00:18:17,330 --> 00:18:21,530 helpful for our students. So but we do expect 310 00:18:22,070 --> 00:18:24,470 certainly by April and that's our time frame where 311 00:18:24,470 --> 00:18:26,270 we have to have that last three hundred and eighty 312 00:18:26,270 --> 00:18:29,000 thousand spent. That will be easily spent spring 313 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:31,460 semester, no problem. And then there'll be a CARE 314 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,430 supplement, as I mentioned a few minutes ago or a 315 00:18:34,430 --> 00:18:37,490 couple of minutes ago, that will additionally will 316 00:18:37,490 --> 00:18:39,470 help our students further for the next year 317 00:18:39,470 --> 00:18:41,990 because some of that money is for student direct 318 00:18:41,990 --> 00:18:44,990 aid. I wanted to just remind everybody we have hot 319 00:18:44,990 --> 00:18:50,350 spots that can be loaned to students if needed. 320 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:55,820 Linda Resendiz is the contact. Please have the 321 00:18:55,820 --> 00:18:58,730 student contact her directly and then she will 322 00:18:58,730 --> 00:19:02,540 shepherd them or she will begin the process for them to 323 00:19:02,540 --> 00:19:06,230 get their hot spot if needed. Laptop as well. We 324 00:19:06,230 --> 00:19:10,670 are continuing to loan out laptops and, and 325 00:19:10,670 --> 00:19:12,950 Allison already reminded everybody about when you 326 00:19:12,950 --> 00:19:17,330 come on campus, filling out the questions 327 00:19:17,330 --> 00:19:19,580 diligently, really reading those questions 328 00:19:19,580 --> 00:19:22,940 carefully before you come on to campus, and then 329 00:19:22,940 --> 00:19:25,490 when you come on to campus, when you go into a 330 00:19:25,490 --> 00:19:29,300 room, a building, please scan that QR code so that 331 00:19:29,510 --> 00:19:32,330 if there is contact tracing that's needed, that 332 00:19:32,330 --> 00:19:35,240 impacts you our student health center folks have 333 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:38,940 a much, much easier time doing it. Thank you very 334 00:19:38,940 --> 00:19:40,970 much. That concludes my update. 335 00:19:43,450 --> 00:19:46,390 Mary: Thank you, Jennifer. A lot of opportunities to 336 00:19:46,390 --> 00:19:50,860 help out our students in that so thank you. This is 337 00:19:50,860 --> 00:19:53,710 as Julius was saying, this is really off to a 338 00:19:53,710 --> 00:19:57,910 wonderful spring semester here. I love the 339 00:19:57,910 --> 00:20:01,600 football. And we're talking about this as a year 340 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:07,360 of lemons and people making lemonade. So I feel 341 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:09,930 like that's what you all have done. It's, we 342 00:20:09,940 --> 00:20:12,730 have more students who are taking less units, but 343 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:16,420 we have more students than last year, last 344 00:20:16,420 --> 00:20:20,170 semester. And we really appreciate the opportunity 345 00:20:20,170 --> 00:20:22,390 that we have to really be making a difference for 346 00:20:22,390 --> 00:20:25,000 these students. We know that, that their 347 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,670 interaction with all of our faculty, and staff, and 348 00:20:27,670 --> 00:20:30,040 administrators really is is helping all of our 349 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:33,190 students move forward towards their educational 350 00:20:33,190 --> 00:20:37,360 goals. So this semester, we have want to make sure 351 00:20:37,360 --> 00:20:39,640 that we're providing all the support we can for 352 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,910 our students. And we're going to be talking today 353 00:20:42,910 --> 00:20:46,840 about some Starfish applications that we have with 354 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:49,810 Early Alert. And for those of you who are thinking 355 00:20:49,810 --> 00:20:52,780 "Early Alert, been there, done that." I want to 356 00:20:52,900 --> 00:20:55,300 we're going to be talking about a whole new Early 357 00:20:55,300 --> 00:20:58,000 Alert. The system is really about wraparound 358 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,170 services. It's about bringing others into the team 359 00:21:01,390 --> 00:21:03,880 to help the faculty support the students. So I 360 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:07,690 think you'll be very interested in what Claudia, 361 00:21:07,690 --> 00:21:11,950 and Monica have to say, and Khushnur on that. Just 362 00:21:11,950 --> 00:21:13,960 a reminder too as we go through the semester, we 363 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,020 have a lot of resources for the faculty and for 364 00:21:17,020 --> 00:21:20,950 the students. Tutoring center is open and we have 365 00:21:20,950 --> 00:21:25,150 tutoring available in such a variety of courses 366 00:21:25,150 --> 00:21:28,060 and time frames. So please encourage your students 367 00:21:28,060 --> 00:21:31,360 to take advantage of all of the opportunities so 368 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:33,490 that we can help all of our students moving 369 00:21:33,490 --> 00:21:37,360 forward this semester. As we move for the semester, 370 00:21:37,360 --> 00:21:39,520 we're going to be wanting to talk about ways that 371 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,640 we as a campus and just know that the campus is 372 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,070 very committed to helping the county with whatever 373 00:21:45,070 --> 00:21:48,030 vaccines we have offered to be a vaccination site. 374 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,070 We don't know if we will be or not, but we are 375 00:21:51,070 --> 00:21:52,660 committed to helping the county... 376 00:21:55,630 --> 00:21:57,760 move forward with whatever is going to be helpful 377 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:01,660 to increase the safety of our whole community. For 378 00:22:01,660 --> 00:22:04,300 fall, as Julius said, each of the updates, we're 379 00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:06,520 going to have a time with any questions and 380 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,670 answers or any new information so that we can all 381 00:22:09,670 --> 00:22:11,650 know that we're all part of the planning that's 382 00:22:11,650 --> 00:22:15,610 going to be going on to try to provide as safe and 383 00:22:16,510 --> 00:22:19,300 efficient and with excellence as Moorpark does 384 00:22:19,300 --> 00:22:21,700 at moving out of helping all of our students with 385 00:22:21,700 --> 00:22:26,130 their education. We're going to have a lot of 386 00:22:26,140 --> 00:22:28,720 more options for students, and for the faculty, and 387 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:32,050 staff looking at ways on how we do bring things 388 00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:34,510 back in the fall. You've been hearing 389 00:22:34,510 --> 00:22:37,570 conversations about high flex, how to do cameras within 390 00:22:37,570 --> 00:22:41,380 the classrooms to increase options there so you 391 00:22:41,380 --> 00:22:44,320 can have both some online and some on ground for 392 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,510 your students. We're going to be looking at 393 00:22:46,510 --> 00:22:49,300 alternate sites. I think you probably know we're 394 00:22:49,300 --> 00:22:51,700 currently using our parking structure very 395 00:22:51,700 --> 00:22:55,330 creatively with dancing on one floor and Music on 396 00:22:55,330 --> 00:22:57,850 another floor. We're going to be looking at 397 00:22:57,850 --> 00:23:02,440 perhaps bringing in air frame tents so that we can 398 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,040 have classes outdoors in a tents area. We'll be 399 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:10,870 looking at whether we can use our the field house. 400 00:23:10,870 --> 00:23:14,050 We're going to be looking at different areas on 401 00:23:14,050 --> 00:23:18,010 campus that we can either put an outdoor structure 402 00:23:18,340 --> 00:23:22,600 or do something differently so that we can provide 403 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,570 safe structures and safe opportunities for 404 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,950 providing on ground opportunities for our students, 405 00:23:29,950 --> 00:23:34,210 faculty, and staff. We're also looking at zero 406 00:23:34,210 --> 00:23:36,610 textbook costs. This is the time to make sure that 407 00:23:36,610 --> 00:23:40,270 if you have that option, want to make sure that we 408 00:23:40,270 --> 00:23:43,240 mark it on the classes for summer and fall. 409 00:23:43,660 --> 00:23:45,370 This is a real access 410 00:23:47,750 --> 00:23:50,570 piece for our students, so if we can provide them 411 00:23:50,570 --> 00:23:53,870 with free textbooks, it really helps our students 412 00:23:53,870 --> 00:23:58,370 out. One of our other options here on campus that 413 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,820 we're going to be looking into is we're going to 414 00:24:01,820 --> 00:24:04,880 have a PRT visit. And many of you will remember 415 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:08,180 this from a couple of years ago. It's a peer 416 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:11,450 review team. The state gives us an opportunity to 417 00:24:11,450 --> 00:24:14,330 identify an issue or something that we want 418 00:24:14,330 --> 00:24:17,840 support on, on the campus, and then they put 419 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,840 together a team from all over community colleges 420 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,570 all over the state to come and work with us on 421 00:24:23,570 --> 00:24:27,170 campus, through positive questioning, gives us an 422 00:24:27,170 --> 00:24:30,440 opportunity to meet and to talk together on how to 423 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:34,460 address these two concerns. And then we get money 424 00:24:34,460 --> 00:24:38,360 from the state to look and work on trying to deal 425 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:41,180 with these two areas. The two areas that Moorpark's 426 00:24:41,180 --> 00:24:44,360 identified that we would like help from, from 427 00:24:44,360 --> 00:24:49,430 our peers on, is one is how do we take all of our 428 00:24:49,430 --> 00:24:52,310 work that's going on with our diversity, equity, 429 00:24:52,310 --> 00:24:55,250 inclusion, and make sure that these changes and 430 00:24:55,250 --> 00:24:57,050 these what we're working on is going to be 431 00:24:57,050 --> 00:25:02,270 sustainable. So how do we look at our developing 432 00:25:02,270 --> 00:25:05,300 an anti-racial culture and a culturally competent 433 00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:07,670 culture on campus and make sure that all of this 434 00:25:07,670 --> 00:25:10,850 is sustainable? So help us deal with some of these 435 00:25:10,850 --> 00:25:14,930 very difficult and complex issues. The second area 436 00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:17,690 that we want to focus on is making sure that we 437 00:25:17,690 --> 00:25:22,220 develop a distance ed plan with an equity lens. So 438 00:25:22,220 --> 00:25:25,460 we want to look at both of these two areas and 439 00:25:25,460 --> 00:25:28,550 reflect as a campus, as well as get outside 440 00:25:28,550 --> 00:25:31,120 experts to give us, help us with this reflection. 441 00:25:31,670 --> 00:25:33,920 So many of you, depending on what committees 442 00:25:33,920 --> 00:25:37,610 you're on and what areas you have be engaged in on 443 00:25:37,610 --> 00:25:41,570 campus, probably will get a request to join this 444 00:25:41,570 --> 00:25:44,480 PRT visit. They're going to be coming February 445 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:47,900 26. They'll be joining us virtually on 446 00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:51,620 Zoom the whole day. So if you get an invitation, 447 00:25:51,620 --> 00:25:53,960 I really hope that you'll be part of that, those 448 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,510 conversations so you can help us deal with both of 449 00:25:56,510 --> 00:25:57,920 these kind of concerns. 450 00:26:02,140 --> 00:26:04,810 So, Amanuel, do you have some updates for us as 451 00:26:04,810 --> 00:26:05,360 well? 452 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,950 Amanuel Gebru: Yes, Mary, thank you so much. Good afternoon, 453 00:26:09,950 --> 00:26:12,980 everyone. Great to be here with you all this week. 454 00:26:13,190 --> 00:26:17,660 Happy Monday. Just a few updates from our Outreach 455 00:26:17,660 --> 00:26:21,200 team who continues to support our community with 456 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:25,070 our outreach efforts virtually, they're offering 457 00:26:25,070 --> 00:26:28,010 weekly workshops every Wednesday from 2:30 458 00:26:28,010 --> 00:26:31,340 to 5:00 p.m., via Zoom to help returning and 459 00:26:31,340 --> 00:26:34,580 prospective students apply to Moorpark College. And 460 00:26:36,070 --> 00:26:38,870 also they'll have some fun virtual events 461 00:26:38,870 --> 00:26:42,140 coming up this month for prospective students and 462 00:26:42,140 --> 00:26:45,230 the community as well. In addition to that, they 463 00:26:45,230 --> 00:26:48,620 will be also doing parent night, which will be on 464 00:26:48,620 --> 00:26:53,210 February 17 from 5:30 to 6:30 and 465 00:26:53,210 --> 00:26:56,150 another parent night on the 25th from 5:30 466 00:26:56,150 --> 00:26:59,600 to 6:30 that will be in Spanish for our 467 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,260 Spanish speaking communities. And so Alejandra and 468 00:27:03,260 --> 00:27:06,770 her team will be doing that work outreach efforts. 469 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,500 And then also in March, they will be holding a 470 00:27:09,500 --> 00:27:13,070 student open house on March 4 from 5:30 471 00:27:13,070 --> 00:27:15,950 to 6:30. So a lot of activity happening in 472 00:27:15,950 --> 00:27:19,100 terms of ways we can work with our community, high 473 00:27:19,100 --> 00:27:22,310 schools, and also adult populations to engage them 474 00:27:22,310 --> 00:27:25,100 in our outreach efforts and help with enrollment 475 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:27,080 for the summer and fall semester. 476 00:27:29,410 --> 00:27:31,180 And then the next slide, just want to remind you 477 00:27:31,180 --> 00:27:33,700 about, you know, our college continuing to support our ACCESS 478 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,200 students. So this is from our ACCESS team and Silva. 479 00:27:38,140 --> 00:27:40,810 Just a lot of workshops. Accommodations can be 480 00:27:41,380 --> 00:27:44,050 different from what they were before, since Covid 481 00:27:44,050 --> 00:27:46,390 has brought up a lot of new limitations for 482 00:27:46,390 --> 00:27:49,510 students. So if you have students who mention any 483 00:27:49,510 --> 00:27:53,200 medical or mental health care concerns, please 484 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,320 refer them to the ACCESS Office, but also to the 485 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,940 health center. If students who identify having 486 00:28:00,490 --> 00:28:04,030 learning disability or ADHD, please have them 487 00:28:04,030 --> 00:28:08,140 contact the ACCESS Office or when in doubt, always 488 00:28:08,140 --> 00:28:10,780 just contact Silva, who's willing to assist you in 489 00:28:10,780 --> 00:28:14,650 some of the next steps. In addition, ACCESS has 490 00:28:15,010 --> 00:28:17,230 student success workshops for all students 491 00:28:17,230 --> 00:28:20,470 throughout the spring semester. The topics and 492 00:28:20,470 --> 00:28:23,350 Zoom links will be in the ACCESS website. The 493 00:28:23,350 --> 00:28:25,750 flyer will be included in the chat, so please get 494 00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:28,900 a chance to refer students to the ACCESS Office 495 00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:32,080 and provide them these wonderful resources as they 496 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:36,370 transition into their spring semester. Also want 497 00:28:36,370 --> 00:28:40,900 to take the time to thank Kristen, who provides 498 00:28:40,900 --> 00:28:43,630 leadership for our Student Activities Office, for 499 00:28:43,630 --> 00:28:46,900 kicking off our MC LEADS workshop last week there 500 00:28:46,930 --> 00:28:49,750 were over 70 students who were in attendance 501 00:28:49,750 --> 00:28:52,690 virtually. We were hoping to do this in person to 502 00:28:52,690 --> 00:28:54,670 provide leadership opportunities for all of our 503 00:28:54,670 --> 00:28:57,790 students. So this is still happening virtually. 504 00:28:58,030 --> 00:29:00,070 And I want to thank Kristen for her leadership in 505 00:29:00,070 --> 00:29:03,010 executing this, but also want to thank all the 506 00:29:03,010 --> 00:29:06,400 faculty and staff who continue to do workshops in 507 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:08,620 providing leadership workshops for our students 508 00:29:09,130 --> 00:29:12,100 across campus. Thank you, Mary, and I'll pass it 509 00:29:12,100 --> 00:29:14,110 back to you. And I know we have some presenters. 510 00:29:19,470 --> 00:29:22,560 Mary: We certainly do Amanuel before we get into those 511 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,960 two presentations, there were two additional 512 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,980 questions that probably we'll deal with first. One 513 00:29:28,980 --> 00:29:32,850 is was mentioned about the student athletes 514 00:29:32,860 --> 00:29:35,430 be coming back on campus. They'll be coming back on 515 00:29:35,430 --> 00:29:37,710 campus just for conditioning. We are still 516 00:29:37,710 --> 00:29:41,430 following Ventura County Public Health guidelines. 517 00:29:41,820 --> 00:29:46,020 And so the student athletes would be coming for 518 00:29:46,740 --> 00:29:50,420 conditioning at this stage. So we are just a case 519 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:52,920 to answer that concern. The... 520 00:29:56,830 --> 00:30:00,330 The other concern was about the vaccination, Julius, 521 00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:02,650 I don't know if you want to address that, but the 522 00:30:02,650 --> 00:30:03,880 question was about 523 00:30:06,580 --> 00:30:09,490 the requirements or I think the first question is 524 00:30:09,490 --> 00:30:12,160 probably about availability of vaccines and then 525 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,130 requirements for faculty and staff and then 526 00:30:15,130 --> 00:30:16,870 students. And I understand those are very 527 00:30:16,870 --> 00:30:17,840 different questions. 528 00:30:17,900 --> 00:30:20,680 Julius: Sure. So in terms of 529 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:25,270 requirements for faculty and staff, the district's 530 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:29,350 position and I think it's very well informed, is 531 00:30:29,350 --> 00:30:32,740 that we will require that faculty and staff who 532 00:30:32,740 --> 00:30:37,120 are on campus for work and supporting our students 533 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,970 get vaccinated and that vaccinations will be a 534 00:30:39,970 --> 00:30:43,870 prerequisite for being on campus to work. As far 535 00:30:43,870 --> 00:30:47,800 as students are concerned at this point, we're 536 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,040 not, we don't have assurance that we can mandate 537 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:53,350 that students get vaccinated before they can come 538 00:30:53,350 --> 00:30:56,560 on campus. But what we do know is that we can 539 00:30:57,010 --> 00:31:00,760 begin to develop campaigns towards students so 540 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:03,610 that when vaccines become available, that then 541 00:31:03,730 --> 00:31:06,880 students can get vaccinated and it will help to 542 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:10,720 mitigate the risk of transmission on campus. In 543 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:14,330 terms of availability of vaccines, as you know, we 544 00:31:14,330 --> 00:31:16,690 are in the education sector and in the education 545 00:31:16,690 --> 00:31:19,780 sector we are part of phase one, tier one, phase 546 00:31:19,780 --> 00:31:24,910 one B, the county is still in tier one, phase one, 547 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:29,830 phase one A at the moment. So they're barely moving 548 00:31:29,830 --> 00:31:33,340 into the latter half of that phase. The goal is 549 00:31:33,340 --> 00:31:37,960 that the county will speed up its vaccination of 550 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,650 folks in the previous category and that we can 551 00:31:41,650 --> 00:31:44,590 then get to vaccination for folks in education, 552 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:48,460 hopefully in the next month or so. But that is all 553 00:31:48,460 --> 00:31:51,340 really kind of speculation right now, because, as 554 00:31:51,340 --> 00:31:54,310 you all know, the logistics of vaccine 555 00:31:54,310 --> 00:31:57,690 distribution has been rather slow. And so our 556 00:31:57,700 --> 00:32:00,520 county, like all of the counties, are struggling 557 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:05,350 with meeting the need. Having said that, Ventura 558 00:32:05,350 --> 00:32:11,260 County has gotten 90 percent of the vaccines 559 00:32:11,590 --> 00:32:16,240 they've received into people and into people of the 560 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:20,290 particular category that they are servicing at 561 00:32:20,290 --> 00:32:22,860 that particular point in time. They immunize them in 562 00:32:22,870 --> 00:32:25,300 that particular point in time. So the county is doing 563 00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:29,890 reasonably well in comparison, but again, we hope 564 00:32:30,130 --> 00:32:34,390 that the speed can be accelerated, so that by the 565 00:32:34,390 --> 00:32:37,840 time we start school in August, our staff and 566 00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,100 our faculty, and administrators will be vaccinated and 567 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:45,400 that folks who are students of ours will have 568 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,490 begun vaccination hopefully by the end of the 569 00:32:48,490 --> 00:32:52,750 fall semester, we will have a campus of students 570 00:32:53,110 --> 00:32:55,630 who are fully vaccinated or at least very close to 571 00:32:55,630 --> 00:32:55,900 that. 572 00:32:59,650 --> 00:33:03,250 Mary: Thank you for that clarification, Julius. Claudia 573 00:33:03,250 --> 00:33:05,660 has some really exciting information for us. 574 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,600 Claudia, good afternoon. 575 00:33:08,779 --> 00:33:11,620 Claudia Sitlington: Hi, Mary, thank you. I 576 00:33:11,620 --> 00:33:14,400 just want to thank everyone for having me today, 577 00:33:15,010 --> 00:33:19,090 and I'm here to provide some updates and really 578 00:33:19,090 --> 00:33:23,020 some preliminary information on early alerts in 579 00:33:23,020 --> 00:33:26,410 Starfish. Could you go to the next slide, please? 580 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:31,600 Thank you. So Starfish is the product that we 581 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,660 utilize a lot of us on the Student Support side 582 00:33:34,660 --> 00:33:38,980 are utilizing this product in order to make the 583 00:33:38,980 --> 00:33:41,050 appointments for students. As you know, students 584 00:33:41,050 --> 00:33:43,060 can go online, they can go into their portal and 585 00:33:43,060 --> 00:33:45,850 they can click the little Starfish icon and they 586 00:33:45,850 --> 00:33:47,860 can schedule appointments with their counselors, 587 00:33:47,860 --> 00:33:52,990 with their coaches. So it's extremely easy way, an 588 00:33:52,990 --> 00:33:55,840 accessible way for students to be able to make 589 00:33:55,840 --> 00:34:00,100 their appointments, but not only is it that it's 590 00:34:00,100 --> 00:34:03,510 also a tool that can be utilized for Early Alert. 591 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:06,760 And so I'm here today to just really give and what 592 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:10,960 I'm calling it is a bird's eye view of what this 593 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,500 is going to look like as we move forward. And just 594 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:16,330 to give everybody idea of a little bit of a 595 00:34:16,330 --> 00:34:20,050 timeline. So when I started on the campus, which 596 00:34:20,050 --> 00:34:24,310 was July of 2019, and we were having 597 00:34:24,460 --> 00:34:28,090 phone calls every week regarding Starfish and 598 00:34:28,090 --> 00:34:30,550 Early Alert and what we can utilize this product 599 00:34:30,550 --> 00:34:32,860 for and how it's going to help our students. So, 600 00:34:32,860 --> 00:34:35,050 of course, as we know, as we're trying to move our 601 00:34:35,050 --> 00:34:37,540 agenda forward with equity and being able to 602 00:34:37,540 --> 00:34:41,260 provide our DI populations with additional support 603 00:34:41,530 --> 00:34:43,720 and not only additional support, but targeted 604 00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:46,780 support, which is extremely important, that's 605 00:34:46,780 --> 00:34:48,490 where this is going to come into play and of 606 00:34:48,490 --> 00:34:52,480 course, help us with our agenda for retention as 607 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:55,780 well. So really what we are doing is I would get 608 00:34:55,780 --> 00:34:57,730 flags that come in and I'm going to be able to 609 00:34:57,730 --> 00:34:59,950 give a visual on a little bit here. But as flags 610 00:34:59,950 --> 00:35:03,280 come in and those flags need to be distributed and 611 00:35:03,290 --> 00:35:06,370 need to be able to identify what is it that the 612 00:35:06,370 --> 00:35:09,250 student needs, and is that something that can just 613 00:35:09,250 --> 00:35:12,940 be taking care of via phone call or does that need 614 00:35:12,940 --> 00:35:17,380 to entail layers of support? And that's what we're 615 00:35:17,380 --> 00:35:20,820 all here for. So really, that's kind of what, you know, Mary 616 00:35:20,830 --> 00:35:22,690 was saying with the whole idea of the wraparound 617 00:35:22,690 --> 00:35:27,100 services. So next slide, please? So with that 618 00:35:27,100 --> 00:35:29,980 being in mind, just to give you all a little 619 00:35:29,980 --> 00:35:33,130 bit of kind of like I said, that bird's eye view 620 00:35:33,130 --> 00:35:36,340 of what Early Alert is and how we can utilize 621 00:35:36,350 --> 00:35:39,760 Starfish, it can allow an instructor to notify a 622 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:44,080 student if there is a concern about performance or 623 00:35:44,650 --> 00:35:46,630 it's important for us to keep in mind it doesn't 624 00:35:46,630 --> 00:35:49,120 just have to be a problem. It can also be if 625 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,280 they're successful. So you are able to send a 626 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,280 kudo's, you know, "Hey, you're doing well." And as we 627 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:58,480 know, those kind of motivational efforts go a 628 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,700 really long way, because then that tells the 629 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:02,920 students, "You know what I'm doing well and I want to 630 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:07,060 strive to do even better." And it's also an early 631 00:36:07,060 --> 00:36:10,450 warning tracking tool and that is able to collect 632 00:36:10,450 --> 00:36:12,730 information and, of course, share it with the 633 00:36:12,730 --> 00:36:17,710 individuals that are built in as point individuals. So 634 00:36:17,710 --> 00:36:20,920 each area selects point people, maybe it's one or two 635 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,020 individuals, maybe it's more than that, depending 636 00:36:23,020 --> 00:36:27,790 on the area, to be able to assist with helping out 637 00:36:27,790 --> 00:36:31,620 the student. If a student begins to struggle in 638 00:36:31,620 --> 00:36:34,590 the course and you're noticing, you know, they're 639 00:36:34,590 --> 00:36:36,450 not coming to class, they're not turning in 640 00:36:36,450 --> 00:36:39,170 assignments, that's when that flag can be raised. 641 00:36:39,180 --> 00:36:41,610 And that's what we call the early warning. And 642 00:36:41,610 --> 00:36:43,920 that's going to give them that first notification 643 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:47,400 that they are not on track as far as what you're 644 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,010 expecting of them based on the syllabi and based 645 00:36:50,010 --> 00:36:54,750 on the overall expectations of the class. Also, 646 00:36:54,750 --> 00:36:57,990 it's going to assist with the help they need 647 00:36:57,990 --> 00:37:01,530 outside of the classroom. As we know, working with 648 00:37:01,530 --> 00:37:03,690 the students there's that time with them during 649 00:37:03,690 --> 00:37:07,140 class, but then what happens after class? And so 650 00:37:07,140 --> 00:37:11,250 being able to utilize Starfish in a way that is 651 00:37:11,250 --> 00:37:13,620 going to be able to keep that communication 652 00:37:13,620 --> 00:37:17,010 consistent and that's going to assist referrals, 653 00:37:17,010 --> 00:37:19,230 as you see here. So whether those referrals are 654 00:37:19,230 --> 00:37:22,350 for tutoring, counseling, coaching, financial aid, 655 00:37:22,950 --> 00:37:25,770 so on and so forth, it will depend on what that 656 00:37:25,770 --> 00:37:29,170 student is actually going to need. And I briefly 657 00:37:29,170 --> 00:37:32,200 mentioned this earlier, but Starfish also does 658 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,860 allow the instructor to raise the kudos. And 659 00:37:35,860 --> 00:37:38,740 again, I want to mention that because if you have 660 00:37:38,740 --> 00:37:41,200 a student that's doing exceptionally well or maybe 661 00:37:41,200 --> 00:37:43,090 if a student wasn't doing so great and then they 662 00:37:43,090 --> 00:37:45,280 got back on track, it does give them that 663 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:49,030 motivation to be able to persist and say, "You know 664 00:37:49,030 --> 00:37:53,020 what, I got this. I can do this." Could you go to the next 665 00:37:53,020 --> 00:37:54,730 slide, please? So that's just the overall that's 666 00:37:54,730 --> 00:37:58,630 just the main idea of what we're going to be 667 00:37:58,630 --> 00:38:01,690 utilizing Starfish for. But most importantly, I 668 00:38:01,690 --> 00:38:04,120 wanted to be able to identify and share with 669 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:08,230 everybody what the various flag types are, and a 670 00:38:08,230 --> 00:38:10,480 lot of this, of course, when I go into 671 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,400 Starfish and I look at all the different areas, 672 00:38:13,900 --> 00:38:16,270 there's filtering and they're being able to sift 673 00:38:16,270 --> 00:38:18,910 out all of the information and the main ones that 674 00:38:18,910 --> 00:38:21,040 when I go in and I look for this information, this 675 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:22,990 is what I'm looking for. So as you can see, 676 00:38:23,650 --> 00:38:26,770 there's low test scores, missing assignments, 677 00:38:27,100 --> 00:38:30,200 three plus flags. I'll explain what that is momentarily. 678 00:38:30,460 --> 00:38:32,620 There's a general concern flag and then there's 679 00:38:32,620 --> 00:38:36,040 also intervention needed. I want to take a second 680 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,740 here to explain the three plus flag. And that's 681 00:38:38,740 --> 00:38:40,750 exactly what it sounds like. So if a student 682 00:38:40,750 --> 00:38:44,590 receives three one more flags, whether it be in 683 00:38:44,590 --> 00:38:48,160 one course or in several courses. As soon as we 684 00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,580 see the three plus flag, then it really is a 685 00:38:51,580 --> 00:38:55,500 matter of going in and that immediate contact. And 686 00:38:55,510 --> 00:38:58,330 so it's emailing the student. It's calling the 687 00:38:58,330 --> 00:39:01,810 student and really needing to figure out what 688 00:39:01,810 --> 00:39:06,160 exactly is going on so that we can intervene as 689 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:11,340 early as possible. The next slide and, I apologize 690 00:39:11,340 --> 00:39:14,550 if the font is going to be a little no, I made it 691 00:39:14,550 --> 00:39:17,410 a bit larger, so I hope that everyone can see this 692 00:39:17,430 --> 00:39:23,640 okay. So basically per this flowchart. I started 693 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,490 with the red at the top because we're alerting we 694 00:39:26,490 --> 00:39:28,860 need to be able to identify what's going on. And 695 00:39:28,860 --> 00:39:30,900 then as you start to see that it goes down in 696 00:39:30,900 --> 00:39:33,660 tiers, we go kind of into the yellow category and 697 00:39:33,660 --> 00:39:36,990 into the green. I want to make sure I'm on 698 00:39:36,990 --> 00:39:39,600 time as well. So you can follow along with me. The 699 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,400 very first thing that's going to happen is a 700 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:45,450 faculty member is going to raise a flag. And if 701 00:39:45,450 --> 00:39:48,900 you go to the left, if it's less low test scores 702 00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:51,990 or a missing assignments, then that's something 703 00:39:51,990 --> 00:39:54,120 that the student and the professor are going to 704 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,160 talk about. What is it that the student needs to 705 00:39:56,160 --> 00:40:00,210 do in order to get back on track? Now, if I notice 706 00:40:00,210 --> 00:40:02,640 that students have a three plus flag, which is 707 00:40:02,650 --> 00:40:05,970 general concern or intervention needed, that's 708 00:40:05,970 --> 00:40:08,490 where you're going to see that next step comes in 709 00:40:08,520 --> 00:40:11,040 is I'm going to go in and triage and then I'm 710 00:40:11,040 --> 00:40:13,800 going to assign. The very first thing that I do is 711 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,800 I check to see if a student is in a special 712 00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:19,860 population. And if they are, then I immediately 713 00:40:19,860 --> 00:40:23,400 refer them to that area. So whether it be EOPS., 714 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:26,910 perhaps ACCESS, perhaps Athletics, you'll see that 715 00:40:26,910 --> 00:40:29,460 that first yellow box goes to the left, I'm going 716 00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:31,260 to go ahead and I'm going to send it to that 717 00:40:31,260 --> 00:40:35,400 individual. And then those services are going to 718 00:40:35,430 --> 00:40:37,410 reach out to the student and assist them. And I 719 00:40:37,410 --> 00:40:40,590 kind of do. It's a two way check I refer in 720 00:40:40,590 --> 00:40:43,770 Starfish, and then I send a quick email as well. 721 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,760 If they are not in a special population, then what 722 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:51,300 happens is the success coaches will email the 723 00:40:51,300 --> 00:40:55,680 students and they will let them know, you know, "We're here to 724 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:58,500 help you. We want to be able to assist," and they 725 00:40:58,500 --> 00:41:00,860 provide them with all of the different services. 726 00:41:01,170 --> 00:41:04,170 So whether it be workshops, coaching appointments, 727 00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:07,890 and sometimes it does have to turn into an 728 00:41:07,890 --> 00:41:11,910 additional referral. So if a student, if we 729 00:41:11,910 --> 00:41:13,980 determine that the student needs a different 730 00:41:13,980 --> 00:41:15,990 referral, perhaps they need to meet with a 731 00:41:15,990 --> 00:41:18,390 counselor, perhaps they need to meet with a 732 00:41:18,390 --> 00:41:21,120 different area on campus, we're going to go ahead 733 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,160 and we're going to make that appropriate referral. 734 00:41:24,210 --> 00:41:26,370 You're going to see here that if the 735 00:41:26,370 --> 00:41:29,040 individual need is determined, we will send it 736 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:32,340 to a counselor assistant. And then from there, the 737 00:41:32,340 --> 00:41:35,820 counselor assistant will either work with that 738 00:41:35,820 --> 00:41:39,030 student, refer to a counselor, again, provide 739 00:41:39,030 --> 00:41:42,870 additional services, workshops, dependent on what 740 00:41:42,870 --> 00:41:45,240 they need. And then you see at the very bottom 741 00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:47,760 here, we need to make sure that those flags are 742 00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,890 being cleared. What does it mean when the flag has 743 00:41:49,890 --> 00:41:52,530 been cleared? It means that the student has been 744 00:41:52,530 --> 00:41:54,330 sent to the appropriate area. 745 00:41:56,930 --> 00:42:00,440 I know that was kind of a lot all at one time, but 746 00:42:00,470 --> 00:42:04,670 we're all going to be in this process, really 747 00:42:05,060 --> 00:42:08,390 working together to learn what the process is 748 00:42:08,390 --> 00:42:09,950 going to look like. I know there have been 749 00:42:09,950 --> 00:42:13,010 discussions about and being able to provide us 750 00:42:13,010 --> 00:42:16,550 with a training so that we can really see this at 751 00:42:16,550 --> 00:42:19,460 a larger scale. Again, I've been working with this, 752 00:42:19,460 --> 00:42:22,850 but it is a much smaller scale. So I just wanted 753 00:42:22,850 --> 00:42:24,920 to be able to come here today to present the 754 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:28,190 preliminary information. And hopefully that gives 755 00:42:28,190 --> 00:42:33,230 everybody a, you know, clearer idea of what our efforts are 756 00:42:33,230 --> 00:42:34,910 going to be utilizing this tool. 757 00:42:38,570 --> 00:42:41,060 Mary: Thank you, Claudia, appreciate it. There was a 758 00:42:41,060 --> 00:42:43,370 question asking whether student services could 759 00:42:43,370 --> 00:42:44,780 also flag a student. 760 00:42:47,060 --> 00:42:49,910 Claudia: I would have to look into that, and I don't see 761 00:42:49,910 --> 00:42:53,810 why not, because as long as each individual has 762 00:42:53,810 --> 00:42:57,290 the correct access and we have the right point people, 763 00:42:57,290 --> 00:42:59,660 there shouldn't be any reason why you wouldn't be 764 00:42:59,660 --> 00:43:00,230 able to. 765 00:43:06,630 --> 00:43:09,120 Mary: And we have a wonderful question asking if people 766 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:14,360 can do this now?...Can they use Early Alert now? 767 00:43:15,148 --> 00:43:15,400 Claudia: So 768 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:18,940 it will open up and I might I might defer to 769 00:43:18,970 --> 00:43:23,380 Khushnur on this, but I don't believe it's been 770 00:43:23,380 --> 00:43:26,530 opened up just yet for this current semester. I 771 00:43:26,530 --> 00:43:28,180 don't know if we're just going to do a whole new 772 00:43:28,180 --> 00:43:30,370 fresh start for the fall. Khushnur, would you be 773 00:43:30,370 --> 00:43:31,360 able to answer that? 774 00:43:31,737 --> 00:43:33,310 Khushnur Dadabhoy: Yes, it'll open up in a 775 00:43:33,310 --> 00:43:34,120 couple of weeks. 776 00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:37,440 Claudia: Okay, perfect. So, yes. 777 00:43:38,218 --> 00:43:39,180 Mary: Thank you 778 00:43:39,180 --> 00:43:41,190 all very much, appreciate that. It's going to be a 779 00:43:41,190 --> 00:43:43,480 great tool for our students. Thank you. 780 00:43:43,498 --> 00:43:44,090 Claudia: Thank you. 781 00:43:47,770 --> 00:43:48,450 Mary: Monica, 782 00:43:50,570 --> 00:43:52,780 is going to tell us now a little bit about this 783 00:43:52,780 --> 00:43:54,430 wonderful program that's going to be coming, 784 00:43:54,430 --> 00:43:56,570 talking about AB 705, right? 785 00:43:59,550 --> 00:44:03,510 Monica Garcia: Good afternoon, Moorpark family. I am Dean Garcia and 786 00:44:03,510 --> 00:44:07,680 I am the administrative lead of the racial 787 00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:10,890 and social justice work group on civic engagement 788 00:44:12,330 --> 00:44:17,730 theme three and we invite you we're actually very, 789 00:44:17,730 --> 00:44:21,210 very excited to invite you to an event on February 790 00:44:21,210 --> 00:44:25,140 19th at 1:00 to have a conversation with 791 00:44:25,140 --> 00:44:29,610 Assembly member Jacqui Irwin, who authored the AB 792 00:44:29,610 --> 00:44:33,150 705 bill. And with the Campaign for College 793 00:44:33,150 --> 00:44:37,090 President Michele Siqueiros who actually sponsored 794 00:44:37,090 --> 00:44:42,300 the bill. The AB 705 bill changed the landscape 795 00:44:42,810 --> 00:44:46,770 of our English, Math, and ESL offerings by 796 00:44:46,770 --> 00:44:50,850 eliminating placement tests and remedial courses. 797 00:44:51,570 --> 00:44:54,360 So we would like to invite you all to have a 798 00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:56,430 dialogue and ask the question, you know, 799 00:44:56,530 --> 00:45:00,480 accelerating success in Math and English to close 800 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:03,350 the equity gaps in, and has it worked? Did it work? 801 00:45:03,720 --> 00:45:07,680 So the link is in the chat if you'd like to 802 00:45:07,680 --> 00:45:10,500 register to the event. Also, you have all been 803 00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:14,190 invited through your calendar Outlook to register 804 00:45:14,190 --> 00:45:17,370 there if you'd like. If you do it, and we would love 805 00:45:17,370 --> 00:45:19,650 for you to join us, and when you do register, 806 00:45:20,010 --> 00:45:22,620 there is an opportunity to be able to ask a 807 00:45:22,620 --> 00:45:26,250 question to our guest speakers. So please do so if 808 00:45:26,250 --> 00:45:28,710 you care to ask any questions that you'd like 809 00:45:28,710 --> 00:45:34,050 about AB 705. The social justice 810 00:45:34,050 --> 00:45:37,260 work group Civic Engagement is very excited to 811 00:45:37,260 --> 00:45:40,560 have you join us and we look forward to all of 812 00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:42,870 your wonderful questions and hope to see you all 813 00:45:42,870 --> 00:45:47,070 there on February 19 at 1:00. Thank you. 814 00:45:51,730 --> 00:45:53,980 Mary: Thank you, Monica. This is really quite an 815 00:45:53,980 --> 00:45:57,490 opportunity for all of us on campus to be hearing 816 00:45:57,490 --> 00:46:02,200 from these two very strong, influential women, 817 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:06,910 which is another key and two, we do have next month is 818 00:46:07,090 --> 00:46:12,250 Women's History Month. So if anyone has any ideas 819 00:46:12,250 --> 00:46:14,890 on presentations, I think Tammy Coleman is looking 820 00:46:14,890 --> 00:46:19,390 for helping to coordinate that. So if you have any 821 00:46:19,390 --> 00:46:23,620 ideas on that. The AB 705 meeting should 822 00:46:23,620 --> 00:46:26,440 be a really a wonderful opportunity for all of us. 823 00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:31,060 Julius, do you have any additional comments or 824 00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:32,720 points for us today? 825 00:46:33,343 --> 00:46:35,860 Julius: I just wanted to say again, 826 00:46:36,220 --> 00:46:39,850 thank you and ask you to please continue to be 827 00:46:39,850 --> 00:46:43,390 safe as you interact on and off of campus wherever 828 00:46:43,390 --> 00:46:47,140 you go. And as you can see, we have a plethora of 829 00:46:47,470 --> 00:46:51,070 wonderful programming this month, whether it be 830 00:46:51,070 --> 00:46:53,530 around AB 705, or Black History Month, 831 00:46:54,430 --> 00:46:57,790 or reaching out to help support our LGBTQI students 832 00:46:58,450 --> 00:47:02,470 and our colleagues. So please take advantage and 833 00:47:02,770 --> 00:47:06,790 participate in these activities. I know that the 834 00:47:06,790 --> 00:47:09,520 members of our social justice work groups continue 835 00:47:09,790 --> 00:47:12,340 to meet and work towards their goals for this 836 00:47:12,340 --> 00:47:17,350 spring semester, and we look forward to the 837 00:47:17,350 --> 00:47:20,020 presentations to us and the programs that they'll 838 00:47:20,020 --> 00:47:22,150 be providing over the course of the semester, but 839 00:47:22,150 --> 00:47:25,230 also at the end of the semester, at our other 840 00:47:26,410 --> 00:47:29,260 spring planning retreat, we can hear from the 841 00:47:29,260 --> 00:47:32,710 group and from you what we're doing well and what 842 00:47:32,710 --> 00:47:35,650 we need to improve upon in this particular area. 843 00:47:36,850 --> 00:47:39,550 Please, again, make sure that if you have any 844 00:47:39,550 --> 00:47:41,680 particular questions or concerns about the fall 845 00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:45,250 semester, send us questions ahead of time or else 846 00:47:45,250 --> 00:47:48,130 save them for the campus update on the 22nd 847 00:47:48,130 --> 00:47:50,230 and we can answer those questions at that 848 00:47:50,230 --> 00:47:52,630 time. Thank you so much. Have a great rest of the 849 00:47:52,630 --> 00:47:52,870 day.