Author: Adelfa Lorenzano

TITLE V - HSI GRANT

TITLE V TEAM

WHAT IS TITLE V?

Diana Banuelos / Director of Grants
Adelfa Lorenzano / Acting Coordinator
Michelle Stricker / Acting Counselor
Linda Reither / FAST Coordinator (Jan. 11)
Beginning January 2011 / Transfer Alliance Counselor / Bibliographic Librarian

UPCOMING EVENTS!
FRESH START FOR FRESHMAN
January 5, 2011 9:30 a.m.—12 p.m. Student Center
Spring 2011 Career Workshops begin January 12, 2011 “I Know I Need a Major, Now What?” 1 p.m., STC104
The TITLE V Office is currently located in STC108. If you have any questions, please call, Ext. 3666/3105.

The Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program provides grants to assist HSIs to expand educational opportunities for, and improve the attainment of, Hispanic students. The HSI Program grants also enable HSIs to expand and enhance their academic offerings, program quality, and institutional stability.

COMMUNITY LINKS AND CENTERS

There are four different components to Title V:
ACTIVITY 1
Community links to increase college readiness:
K16 Bridge
The program is about building relationships between elementary, secondary, and post-secondary institutions. Through technology, training and ongoing support the K-12 will become active participants in the transition to higher education. Standards based K-16 Bridge lessons are taught in core classes with the results of the lessons stored in each students’ e-portfolio. Parents are given access to information and are made an active participant in the program.
Padres Como Compañeros
This bilingual program will give parents the opportunity to be partners in their child’s college future by educating them of the educational process. For example, curriculum may contain: Financial Aid Information, Community Service Projects, Homework Tips, and Salaries and Benefits of a college education. This program will also host an annual, “Parents as Partners=Student Success” conference.
ACTIVITY 2
New Centers to Promote Student Success:
Career Center
A new career center will be implemented, and a new Career Counselor will be dedicated to developing on-campus and outreach strategies to provide information for Reedley College students and partnering K16 Bridge high schools.
Transfer Center
Expansion of the transfer center will take place to allow for increase in services, accommodate more staff, and serve more students and families needing additional information on the transfer process.

COHORTS AND LIBRARY COMPONENTS

ACTIVITY 3
New cohort programs to improve retention and goal completion:
FAST Track to Success
The Freshman Academic Success Team will focus on continuous contact with students that have transitioned from the K16 Bridge program, but will be accessible to all Reedley College students. The focus of the program will be assisting students’ transition from high school to college, and staff will reach out to students by coordinating visits with FAST Tutors, orientations and online components.
Alianza de Transferencia
This program will focus on connecting Reedley College Hispanic students and their families to support mechanisms and education planning tools to make their dreams of transfer a reality. Parents of participating students will be invited to attend bilingual meetings regarding the benefits of attending a baccalaureate institution.
ACTIVITY 4
Strengthening the library’s ability to serve Hispanic students:
Library Laptop Loan
Program
A laptop lending program will be implemented, which will allow Reedley College students to research or write papers, view email, use applications, all in a “one-stop-shopping” environment.
Bibliographic Instruction Librarian
A librarian will be dedicated to teach students how to locate needed information quickly and effectively such as; the library’s system of organizing material, structure of literature, and research methodologies appropriate to disciplines, and other resources and tools.