Transfer Counselor Website (TCW)

Best Practices

Page Last Updated: 05/21/12

In the interest of sharing information and Best Practices this page has been reformatted and a page menu added so you can find and use what you need faster and easier. If you have a Best Practice that you are willing to share with your CCC counselors and colleagues, send them as an attachment to the the Webmaster to post to this page.

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Modifiable Charts, Handouts, Programs & Materials - designed to save you time and energy!

  Guidelines and Programs

1. California Community College New TCD Training Materials. This link takes you to a web page designed to provide new Transfer Center Directors with a list of important “Getting Started”  tasks to consider.  It is intended to help bridge the gap between when you start your job and when you first have an opportunity to attend a training event. (CCCCO) ** This link is also located on the WCCTC page on the horizontal menu bar.
2. Don't Cancel That Class! - Butte College Transfer Counseling Center has allowed us to share their unique in-class presentations that afford continued classroom instruction while exposing Transfer Center Programs & Services to the students (Butte College).
3. Transfer Day & College Night Fairs - Transfer Day/College Night (TD/CN) is hosted by the California Education Roundtable Intersegmental Coordinating Committee (CERTICC). Comprised of campus and Systemwide representatives from California high schools, California Community College Transfer Centers, California State Universities, the Universities of California, and independent colleges and universities, Transfer Day/College Night provides your students an opportunity to find out what the universities in attendance can offer. (certicc.org)  Here are some handy links to assist you in participating and contact cohorts of the event:
   -  A Message From Michael Burton, Statewide TD/CN Program Coordinator (01/24/12)
   -  Transfer Day/College Nights Guidelines (7/11) (.pdf) 
   -  Instructions on How to Run Participant Reports (4 page .pdf) 
   -  Northern California Event Calendar (FA '12) 
   -  Northern California Host Contacts (FA '12)               
   -  Southern California Event Calendar (FA '12)  Updated 5/21/12                                     
   -  Southern California Host Contacts (FA '12)    Updated 5/21/12
4. Transfer Talk - The Doctor is In. A unique "open drop-in" service that provides the transfer counselor the opportunity to make contact with students and answer the student's questions about transfer while advertising the college's transfer programs, services, and events. Contributed by the Butte College Transfer Counseling Center.

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  Initiatives and Reports

1. Bridging the Gaps to Success: Promising Practices for Promoting Transfer Among Low-Income and First-Generation Students (11/19/09) - This report from The Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education highlights promising transfer practices at six community colleges in Texas. The six colleges were selected based on an analysis of the transfer rates of low-income and first-generation students, and site visits were conducted to learn more about best practices that led to these results. CCC Transfer Center, Recommended Guidelines. (pellinstitute.org)
2. California Community College Industrial &Technical Education Collaborative. This website and all activities conducted by the Perkins 1B funded Statewide Leadership Collaborative for Industrial and Technical Education Grant (11-0162) are funded in part by the Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges. (cccIndustrialTech)
3. Distance Education Captioning and Transcription (DECT) provides CCCs with funding for live and asynchronous captioning and transcription as a means of enhancing the access of all students to distance education courses. Further, the DECT promotes and supports awareness of available funding as a means to support faculty efforts to develop high-quality, media-rich distance learning courses.(Canyons.edu)
4. National Office of Community College Initiatives (collegeboard.com)
5. Practices with Promise 2008- Practices with Promise is a way that Colleges, along with its partners, identify working solutions that are improving college access, success, and affordability. With 120 submissions from educational institutions throughout the state, this project identifies emerging solutions that can inform educators and policymakers. (collegecampaign.org)
   Archived links:
   -   2007 Practices with Promise
   
6. Promising Practices in Statewide Articulation & Transfer Systems. This report is available free of charge at www.wiche.edu/publications. For more information about this project, please visit www.wiche.edu/stas.  
7. Selected College DSPS Websites that showcase a variety of excellent features and/or provide a wide selection of resources to both students and faculty. (Galvin Group LLC)
   
8. Serving Those Who Serve - Making Your Institution Veteran-Friendly (acenet.edu)
9. State-specific WICHE Initiatives - Initiatives that provide support to or data from specific WICHE states. (WHICHE.edu)

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Modifiable Charts, Handouts, Programs and Other Materials 

This section is designed to save you time and energy!  Rather than do a ton of research for links to insert into your TAG or Admission Application PowerPoint presentations you can always copy them straight from the Transfer Counselor Website (TCW) web pages.  The TCW has about every link you would need! Feel free to copy links from the TCW to insert into your handouts, TAG .ppt's, CSU and/or UC Admission Application .ppt's.

1. AP Chart - (Santa Monica) Santa Monica College contributed this fantastic AP chart that is customizable for use on your campus! This AP chart has been formatted so you can save it to your own PC as a .doc and modify it with your campus information.
2. College Planning Guide - This classy-looking guide is very thorough!  Created by Citrus College. (.pdf)
3. Counselor Training: UC Online TAG. SRJC has shared this outline that they use during their Counselor TAG Trainings. For more information contact the SRJC Transfer Center.
4. Definition and Process for Inter-Institutional Agreements-contributed by San Diego Community College District. NEW!
   - SDCCD MOU Development and Approval Process
5. Student Education Plans (SEP's) - Butte College Transfer Counseling Center developed a fantastic, customizable Student Education Plan for transfer students.  These Transfer Student Educational Plans(SEPs) have been formatted so you can save it to your own PC and modify it with your school information.
   - Generic CSU 4-semester SEP (.doc)
   - Generic IGETC 4-semester SEP (.doc)
   Veteran-specific Student Educational Plan (VSEP's) forms from the Butte College Veteran's Office.
   -  Veteran-specific Student Education Plan (AA/AS) (.doc) This Vet's  SEP for AA/AS is formatted so you can save it to your own PC and modify it with your school information for your own use.  Here is a sample.
   -  Veteran-specific Student Education Plan (IGETC)  (.doc) This Vet's  SEP for IGETC is formatted so you can save it to your own PC and modify it with your school information - for your own use. Here is a sample.
   -  Veteran-specific Student Education Plan (CSU)  (.doc) This Vet's SEP for CSU is formatted so you can save it to your own PC and
       modify it with your school information - for your own use. Here is a sample.
   ** Vet-specific Student Education Plans can also be found on the CCC menu, select CCC Student Service Program Links from the
      drop-down menu, and then CLICK ON Veteran's Links from the page menu. 

Scholarship-specific Materials - New Section!

1. 10 Tips for Winning Scholarships - (Imperial Valley College)
2. Generalized, Campus Scholarship Information - (Imperial Valley College)
3. How to Get an A+ Letter of Recommendation for Scholarships - (Santiago Canyon College)
4. Finding Money For College. Presently, most scholarships are very competitive, but there are a number of instances when no one else has completed an application. Students should be encouraged to apply for scholarships even if they feel that there isn't a chance. This website is to help assist you in finding money for college - (College of the Desert)
5. The Search for Scholarships: The Andrews System: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Money for College. true stories, musings, tips and news about finding money for college. (College of the Desert)

TAA-specific Materials- New Section!

1. TAA Form (Solano). New!
2. TAG Criteria Flyer-Here is a colorful and informative TAG Criteria flyer created by Canada College. (.pdf)
3. TAG- Steps for Students and Workshop Times-Workshop handouts created by SRJC. (.pdf) 
4. Counselor Training: UC Online TAG. SRJC has shared this outline that they use during their Counselor TAG Trainings. For more information contact the SRJC Transfer Center.
5. Tips, Tools & Transcript Reviews for New Counselors (UniversityofCalifornia conference materials for FA '11). (.ppt)
6. The Common Application Online -The Applicant Perspective (CommonApp) (.ppt)
   - The Common Application:  Supplements, Payments and the ED Agreement (CommonApp) (.ppt)
   - What's New on The 2011-12 Common Application (CommonApp)  (.ppt)
7. Transfer Guideline Brochure - Here is a great brochure created by Cerro Coso College that you can duplicate for your campus! (.pdf)
8. Transfer Advocate Program - SRJC has allowed us to share how they currently have 325 SRJC faculty and staff representing 100 colleges and 90 majors that volunteer to share their college experiences with SRJC students interested in transferring to their alma mater or in their field of study. This is especially valuable as a resource for out-of-state colleges and new Transfer Center Directors! (santarosa.edu)
9. Transfer Transition (.pdf) (SRJC)   After Transfer Support (.pdf) (SRJC)

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Modifiable PowerPoints, Workshops & Presentations

Our thanks to all the participating campuses for permission to share!

1. Ways to Save Money In College - a great presentation choked full of tips to assist college students in saving money, by Eve-Marie Andrews, College of the Desert
2. How to pay for College- It's Not Just College That's Expensive! - (Irvine Valley College)

TAA-specific Materials - New Section!

Our thanks to all the participating campuses for permission to share!
Note: If you have difficulty opening a PowerPoint please use the Technical Support button (found on the homepage) for assistance.  

TAG Workshop Presentations-The following are contributed PowerPoint presentations that can be modified with your campus logo and course information. 

1. From Saddleback College-Adapted by Saddleback College Transfer Center Counselors, Jennifer Rachman and Sara Nieves-Lucas.
2. From Shasta College-Contributed by Daniel Valdivia, Transfer Center Director. (Updated for FA 2013 TAG Admission)
3. From Irvine Valley College-Contributed by Michelle Scharf, IVC Transfer Center Director/Counselor.
4. From Butte College-We created this PowerPoint for two reasons; 1) for our counselor's to use during TAG workshops and 2) as an example of how you can merge various .ppt's together (we merged information from both the Shasta and Saddleback Power Points).

  If you have a Best Practice that you are willing to share with CCC counselors send them to the the Webmaster to post to this page.