Transcript San Bernardino Valley College

AHSIE 7TH BEST PRACTICES
CONFERENCE
A Grant Team’s Perspective on
Leading an HSI-STEM Project
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MARCH 8-11, 2015
Grants Team
 Dr. Haragewen Kinde,
 Vice President of Instruction
 Dr. Kathleen M. Rowley,
 Director, Grant Development and Management
 Mr. Henry Hua,
 Dean of Mathematics, Business, and Computer
Technology
 Mr. Marc Donnhauser,
 Project Director, HSI-STEM PASS GO Project
San Bernardino Valley College
 Steps leading up to the award included a previously
funded Department of Education CCRA grant, and a
short period of no funding for services and programs
while we worked on the PASS GO application.
 In late September 2011, San Bernardino Valley College
was awarded a Cooperative HSI STEM and
Articulation grant. We named the project PASS GO.
Perspective of the VPI
 Original team – evolution to new grant and facility
 Addressing program and student needs
 What does it mean to be highly effective as a team?
Team and Project Vision
Focused on the vision
Willingness to change
Committed to collaboration
Hiring:
Worked together to get “the right people on the bus”
Building the STEM Dream Team
Perspective of the Director of Grants
 Holding the project together during the transitions
 Working with the VPI
 Working with the three interim deans before a
permanent hire
 HR issues: Getting the new staff on board
Grants Training
 Each individual assigned as a project director or
principal investigator receives one-on-one training.
 Meets one time per month for the first six months with the
Director of Grants; also meets with the Dean and VPI
 After that, as agreed upon between the project director
and the grant director
Grant Management Tool
 Project Director Handbook Developed
 Answers basic questions as new project directors
assume leadership of their grant
 Provides forms and description of internal processes
 Serves as a reference
 The Project Director Handbook is on your flash drive.
Partnership Aspect
 Working with our partner on the cooperative grant,
California State University, San Bernardino
 Dynamics of the evolving partnership
 Activities at both sites
Year 3: New Project Director
 Restructuring the vision of HSI STEM PASS GO
 Staffing and relationship challenges
 Building a cohesive team with existing and new staff
 Willingness and flexibility
 Redefining our roles based on strengths
 Assessment of faculty buy-in
 The silo effect
 Initial academic support numbers and courses
Transitions and Changes
 Working within district and college constraints
(HR, fiscal)
 Communication with the federal program
officer (as officers changed during the grant
term)
 Budget
 Buy-in from internal and external partners,
including the Board of Trustees
Highlights from HSI STEM PASS GO
 A central component of the HSI STEM PASS GO
project is Supplemental Instruction (SI) Training:
 SI pairs faculty with trained student leaders to offer
intensive support to students in gateway courses.
 PASS GO has developed unique enhancements to SI to
help motivate both the student leaders (SIs) and
students.
This PASS GO activity is supported by funding from a
U.S. Department of Education
Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) STEM and Articulation
Cooperative grant
This Boat Has Sailed
 You are watching the boat sailing away and
you are still on the docks wondering, what
happened?
 Middle of Year 3 and Year 4 is slowly
approaching, now what??
 Have a network of friends and colleagues
whom you can count on for support
 Find LEVITY in the situation - Smile. Where’s
Waldo??
 View the situation as an opportunity for
growth.
PASS GO Impact
 Identifying internal partners to move the project forward:
faculty, new staff (willing and trainable)
 Pre-Assessment Workshops
 Community Outreach Events
 CTE-STEM Integration Program
 Key project activities implemented (Veterans’ resource
specialist, publisher and program collaborative, articulation
pathways)
 Established constant communication at all levels
Together We Achieve More
….Much, Much More!!
Matter of Perspective
 I can DO this!!
 NO, We can DO this!!
 “People don’t care how much you know until they
know how much you are.”
 – John Maxwell, Author & Leadership Expert
Our San Bernardino Valley College
STEM Dream Team II
Rekindle the Passion for
Communication
 Communication is KEY
 Seek Input
 Take Responsibility
 Work Together
 This definitely means Faculty, Federal Program Officer
and all involved in your grant!!
 Speak in such a way that others love listening to you.
Listen in such a way that other love speaking to you.
Moving Forward to Rebuild Trust
Trust is the foundation in any
relationship
Strategic trust
Personal trust
Organizational trust
I may not have the boat, but WE have
a Lifeboat
 Set a worthy goal – meet the
challenge
 Two-sided coin – Teach. Learn.
 Nourish – Resiliency resources
Serve
 Attitude of gratitude
Gilligan’s Island
 STEM Action Committee
 What does STEM mean to SBVC?
 Find your Champions – Faculty and Student Retreat
 Grant Innovations Committee
 Allow our institutional vision and mission to determine
opportunities
 Have Faith in What You Know, but Never Come in with Blind
Faith
 We found Waldo!!
 More faculty involvement and administrative collaboration
than ever before
 Increased Community Involvement and partnerships
 Stable Leadership
 Unified Vision
Success in Numbers
Spring 2014
Biology
Chemistry
Math
Basic Skills
Math
Transfer-level
Math
SI Group Success Rate*
96%
86%
80%
85%
76%
SI Group Success Rate**
91%
67%
63%
60%
67%
Campus Success Rate
61%
56%
56%
54%
58%
SI Group Retention Rate*
100%
100%
99%
100%
98%
SI Group Retention Rate**
97%
93%
94%
95%
93%
Campus Retention Rate
83%
82%
87%
87%
85%
*Attended 8+ groups
**Attended 0-7 groups
Vision of Success
Vision, Plans, and Where We Go from
Here…
 Thinking strategically about next steps
 Shift from a reactive to a proactive approach –
build the sustainability of the team and the project
 Sustain and expand community partnerships
Vision, Plans, and Where We Go from
Here…
 Benefits to the students at the college
 Great programs – highlighting and institutionalizing the
successes
 Changes in the culture of the college – building a
STEM- aware campus
Thank you
For More Information on our
STEM Program
at
San Bernardino Valley College
http://www.sbvcstem.org
http://www.valleycollege.edu