AHSIE 7TH BEST PRACTICES CONFERENCEA Grant Team’s Perspective on Leading

an HSI-STEM Project

SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, MARCH 8-11, 2015

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

Grants Team

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.

San Bernardino Valley College

Original team – evolution to new grant and facility Addressing program and student needs

What does it mean to be highly effective as a team?

Perspective of the VPI

Focused on the visionWillingness to changeCommitted to collaboration

Hiring: Worked together to get “the right people on the bus”Building the STEM Dream Team

Team and Project Vision

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

Perspective of the Director of Grants

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

Grants Training

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.

Grant Management Tool

Working with our partner on the cooperative grant, California State University, San Bernardino Dynamics of the evolving partnership Activities at both sites

Partnership Aspect

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

Year 3: New Project Director

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

Transitions and Changes

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.

Highlights from HSI STEM PASS GO

This PASS GO activity is supported by funding from a U.S. Department of Education Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) STEM and Articulation Cooperative grant

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.

This Boat Has Sailed

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

PASS GO Impact

Together We Achieve More

….Much, Much More!!

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

Matter of Perspective

Our San Bernardino Valley CollegeSTEM Dream Team II

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.

Rekindle the Passion for Communication

Trust is the foundation in any relationshipStrategic trustPersonal trustOrganizational trust

Moving Forward to Rebuild Trust

Set a worthy goal – meet the challenge

Two-sided coin – Teach. Learn. Nourish – Resiliency resources Serve Attitude of gratitude

I may not have the boat, but WE have a Lifeboat

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

Gilligan’s Island

Success in Numbers

Spring 2014 BiologyChemist

ry MathBasic Skills

MathTransfer-

level MathSI 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

For More Information on our STEM Program

atSan Bernardino Valley College

http://www.sbvcstem.orghttp://www.valleycollege.edu

Thank you