Activity Director: Joe Gonzales
TITLE V PROJECT SUMMARY
San Joaquin Delta College, in Stockton, California is a two-year community college, founded in 1932, located in the central San Joaquin Valley, eight miles east of San Francisco and forty miles south of Sacramento. Delta College serves a population composed predominantly of low-income families; the average median income of the service area is $26,876, compared with the state median income of $55,209. San Joaquin County was ranked fourth in growth in California in 2004 with the Hispanic population being the fastest growing. Contact Person: Dr. Della Condon Phone: 209-954-5047; Email: dcondon@deltacollege.edu.
Activity $2,208,059 over five years The single, five-year Activity Title V proposes to increase Hispanic student transfer rates and completion of two-year transferable programs and is comprised of three major components: Instructional and Student Services and Interventions; Curriculum Development; and Faculty/Staff Professional Development.
Instructional and Students Services Intervention will strengthen learning assistance through developing learning communities, advising, mentoring services, and strengthened assessment/ placement; establishing a new Mathematics/Science Learning Center; and integrating the Reading and Writing Centers.
Sample of key measures:
a) Success in developmental bridging Math 80 will increase by 14% over Fall 2003 baseline;
b) Success in gateway transfer English 79 will increase by 10% above the Fall 2003 baseline;
c) the numbers of Hispanic students transferring to CSU, UC, or other four-year institutions will be 50% higher (10% increase per year) than the 2003-2004 baseline.
Curriculum Development includes developing reading/writing/study skills courses to support student success in Developmental Bridging English, and Mathematics and Gateway Transfer Mathematics and Science; structuring curriculum to form paired and clustered Learning Communities based on interrelationships between English (reading/writing/ESL), math, and science; and developing Supplemental Instruction.
Sample of key measures will include success rates of student cohorts taking part in these new and restructured courses as compared to students not taking part in learning community activities.
Faculty/Staff Professional Development will include a broad range of research-based activities including, but not limited to: teaching to diverse learners, teaching communities, teaching with technology; learning assistance and structures proven to work with Hispanic students.
Measures of successful implementation of this component will include an increase in student success resulting from greater numbers of faculty taking part in training and development activities fostering the inclusion of new methodologies, technologies and teaching styles in their coursework.
Project Management and Evaluation $444,941 over five years.
To support the successful implementation of the Activity and institutionalization of new practices post-grant, strong management and evaluation plans have been developed. Open communication and strong monitoring for compliance underscore the Management Plan. A research analyst and an external evaluator will work with the Title V team to assure a valid, third-party evaluation of formative and summative outcomes.
Endowment Challenge $97,000 over five years