CalWomenTech PresentationCCCAOE Conference 10/23/2008

CNIT Department www.ccsf.edu/cnit

• CNIT was created in 2002

• Students: 1500/semester

• Faculty and Staff– 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

CCSF CertificatesComputer Technical Support

Routing and Switching

Computer Technician

Windows Networking

Web Site Development Techniques

Fundamentals of Networking

Wireless Networking

Network Convergence

Digital Home Technology integration

Industry CertificatesCisco Systems: CCNA,CCNP,VoIP,WLAN

CompTIA :A+, Network+, Security+, DHTI+

Microsoft: MCTP, MCITP

Juniper Networks: JNCIA-ER

CNIT Enrollment Increase in 2 years

GOALRecruit & Serve More

Under-represented Students

CalWomenTech NSF GrantDonna Milgram, PI

- Executive Director of Institute for Women in Trades, Technology & Science (IWITTS) - ICONS Advisory Panel MemberCarmen 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

• 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

Who signed?

• 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 Service-

Learning• 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

• The Career Development and Placement Center will:– 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

• 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

Course

Number % Enrolled % Completion

M 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

Course

Number % Enrolled % Completion

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

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

103 104 105 150

% of women Spring 2006

% of women Fall 2008