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CalWomenTech Presentation
CCCAOE Conference 10/23/2008
CNIT Department
www.ccsf.edu/cnit
• CNIT was created in
CCSF Certificates
2002
Computer Technical Support
• Students: 1500/semester Routing and Switching
Computer Technician
• Faculty and Staff
Windows Networking
Web Site Development Techniques
– 9 Full-time instructors
– 13 Part-time instructors
– 1 Part-time secretary
– 1 Part-time Technician
• Courses: 67
• Delivery Methods
– Classroom: 43 sections
– Online: 24 sections
Fundamentals of Networking
Wireless Networking
Network Convergence
Digital Home Technology integration
Industry Certificates
Cisco Systems: CCNA,CCNP,VoIP,WLAN
CompTIA :A+, Network+, Security+, DHTI+
Microsoft: MCTP, MCITP
Juniper Networks: JNCIA-ER
CNIT Enrollment
Increase in 2 years
GOAL
Recruit & Serve More
Under-represented Students
CalWomenTech NSF Grant
Donna Milgram, PI
- Executive Director of Institute for
Women in Trades, Technology & Science
(IWITTS)
- ICONS Advisory Panel Member
Carmen Lamha, Co-PI
Letter of Commitment for
Participation in the CalWomenTech
Project
Letter of Commitment for
Participation in the CalWomenTech
Project
As members of the CalWomenTech Project Leadership
Team and leadership, we, the undersigned, commit to
carrying out the following CalWomenTech Project
strategies with the goal of increasing the enrollment of
female students in the targeted courses by 10% and
retaining them at a rate comparable to the males in the
courses.
1. We will attend the two-day CalWomenTech training,
which includes the development of a recruitment and
retention plan.
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Letter of Commitment for
Participation in the CalWomenTech
Project
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2. We will incorporate the multi-media recruitment materials and collateral
customized specifically for our college into our recruitment efforts.
3. We will review the lending library of best practice resources and consider the
purchase of these non-IWITTS materials.
4. We will attend follow-up meetings of the CalWomenTech teams every 6-12 months
to present progress updates and receive additional training.
5. We will participate in individualized consultation and technical assistance to the
Community College Centers as we implement Project strategies.
6. We will participate in periodic on-line trainings and informational phone conference
calls on specialty topic areas with expert guest speakers and facilitated peer-to-peer
technical assistance online.
7. We will support and encourage the multiple opportunities for peer mentoring on
CalWomenTech strategies.
8. We will participate in facilitated sharing regarding new products developed by our
CalWomenTech community college teams as they implement their recruitment and
retention plans.
9. We will participate in dissemination efforts via presentations at statewide and
national conferences (which will be funded by CalWomenTech) and via interviews
and/or contributions to statewide and national educational media
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Carmen Lamha, CNIT Department Chair
Tim Ryan, Network Manager
Pierre Thiry, CNIT Instructor and P.I. ICONS (NSF-ATE Project)
Darian Taha, CNIT Instructor of core courses
Abigail Bornstein, CNIT Instructor (adjunct)
Deanna Abma, Articulation Officer & Tech Prep liaison
Martha Lucey, Dean of Marketing and Public Information
Indiana Quadra, Chair of the Career and Placement Center
Kristin Charles, Associate Dean, Grants and Resource Dev.
Christine Francisco, Coordinator, Office of Mentoring and ServiceLearning
Marigrace Cohen,Supervisor-School-To Career/R.O.P./SFUSD
Leslie Simon, Chair Women’s Studies Department
Pamela Mery, Researcher, Office of Research, Planning & Grants
Plan of Action: Recruitment
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The Career Development and Placement Center will:
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give female students in their existing courses/counseling
sessions a Women in CNIT packet.
host in December a presentation by the CNIT Department on
the CalWomenTech initiative and will be provided with CWT
posters of female role models and Women in CNIT packets
developed by IWITTS.
The Counseling Departments will host a presentation on
the CalWomenTech project at their December meeting.
The female students in CNIT 100 Intro to Computers will
be sent in November an e-mail announcing the project
and the supoort opportunities available.
Plan of Action: Retention
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Additional open lab time (for students with less
hands-on experience) with a female student as
lab assistant
Women Studies Department is proposing a new
12 hour noncredit course on spatial reasoning
to assist students in developing 3-D skills.
CNIT also created a large colorful tool
identification poster for the classroom and the
WomenTech section of CCSF’s website.
Statistics of targeted courses
Baseline Data – Spring 2006
Number
% Enrolled
% Completion
Course
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F
M
F
M
F
CNIT 103
50
10
83%
17%
69%
80%
CNIT 104
33
6
85%
15%
76%
83%
CNIT 105
9
2
82%
18%
78%
100%
CNIT 150
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Statistics of targeted courses
Fall 2008
Number
% Enrolled
% Completion
Course
M
F
M
F
M
F
CNIT 103
80
41
66%
34%
N/A
N/A
CNIT 104
33
13
72%
28%
N/A
N/A
CNIT 150
16
1
94%
6%
N/A
N/A
Fall 2008 Results
40%
35%
30%
% of women
Spring 2006
25%
20%
% of women
Fall 2008
15%
10%
5%
0%
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150