Message from the President

November 6, 2023

Dear SDCCE Community,

I want to say a sincere thank you to our military veterans, active duty, and your families. This coming Veterans Day and each day, we honor all who served. Please take a moment to enjoy this video as a small token of gratitude.

SDCCE’s veteran students are being given a special thank you for their strength and courage. Please contact Crystal Saldana for further information at csaldana@sdccd.edu. See flyer for Veterans Day webinars.

San Diego College of Continuing Education will be closed Friday, November 10, in observance of Veterans Day. Classes will resume at 8 a.m. Monday, November 13.

Enrollment Updates

SDCCE’s overall enrollment for fall stands at 29,288 (13% greater than this time last year, and a 3% increase from last week), with a fill rate of 74%. SDCCE’s overall headcount is currently 15,582, an increase of 14% compared to this time last fall (13,680) and a 0.1% increase from last week (15,432). FTEF scheduled for the fall semester is 10% higher than last fall (189.15 to 172.12). View the enrollment report.

SDCCE joined the SDCCD in raising the Kumeyaay-Diegueño Nation flag on November 1 at SDCCE campuses in recognition of Native American Heritage Month. SDCCE recognizes 7 of its campuses rest on ancestral homelands of the Kumeyaay Nation. Special thank you to Dr. Stan Rodriguez, who is from the Santa Ysabel Band of the Iipay Nation and who serves as the President of Kumeyaay Community College for joining our flag raising ceremony.

In expanding our efforts to to serve the San Diego Community, San Diego College of Continuing Education has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing to provide Continuing Education programs to Registered Nurses (RN) through our Community Education division. SDCCE already provides continuing education units for Certified Nursing Assistants. This new RN approval opens up opportunities for our College to support a wide range of healthcare professionals across the county. Thank you to Dean Shafer and SDCCE's Healthcare Careers department for leading these efforts. Stay tuned for more info!

SDCCE went live with CCCApply Noncredit on October 31! The new application can be found on our homepage at SDCCE.EDU or at the CCCApply Noncredit Web Page. As of November 3, we have received 319 SDCCE applications through the new CCCApply, all has been running smoothly thus far. This data is extremely helpful to articulate the journey of our college. We went from multiple application processes to one common application, wow! We can only do better, I am looking forward to seeing the number of applicants increase. For more information, contact (619) 388-SDCE (7323) or sdcceoutreach@sdccd.edu.

SDCCE's Career and College Transition team will be holding Virtual Employer Mixers for our pathway during the next four months. We will kick off our series of virtual mixers on November 7 highlighting the Business, Accounting, Digital Media, and Information Technology pathways. We are welcoming employers from Chase Bank, San Diego Padres, Manpower and US Department of State to name a few. Please encourage students to attend this valuable employer mixer if they are interested in the Business, Accounting, Digital Media, and Information Technology pathways.

Tuesday November 7th, 2023
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Register for the Virtual Employer Mixer

Please join us virtually on Wednesday, November 15 during the President's Fall Forum for the latest updates from the San Diego College of Continuing Education Executive Leadership team, Associate Vice Chancellor Peter Maharaj and Associate Dean Jesus Rivas.

Stay informed about the upcoming changes in financial aid for 2024-2025:

November 9, 9:00-10:30 a.m.
SDCCE North City Campus - Rooms 101-102
8355 Aero Drive, San Diego CA 92123

SDCCE’s Contract ESL Instructor, Dr. Kelly Metz-Matthews, has been selected by the U. S. Department of State for a highly competitive English Language Development Project.

Dr. Metz-Matthews will be working virtually with Pakistan-based professional development coaches who support teachers of Afghan refugees throughout Pakistan. Congratulations Dr. Metz-Matthews, this is a huge win for our English language learners and our college!

Michael Gracia was recently promoted to CTE Research Expert in SDCCE's Office of Planning, Research, and Institutional Effectiveness (PRIE). As a CTE Research Expert, Michael will lead the development of data and research initiatives related to our Career Technical Education Programs.

SDCCE received 500 new computers to upgrade classrooms. SDCCE’s Administrative Services installed 64 brand new student computers in ECC room C 103 and C 104. The ECC Auto lab is next, Administrative Services will finish ECC and begin installing new computers for all campuses in the next two months.

SDCCE’s Small Business students participated in the San Diego StartUp event last week with instructors Matthew Rivaldi and Aaron Iffland. Two business students were selected to pitch their innovative business plans to potential investors and SDCCE had a table with class information and promotional items.

The SDCCD Police Department will host the Rape Aggression Defense Basic Self Defense Training program on December 9 & 10 at the Educational Cultural Complex. Courses are taught by nationally certified R.A.D. instructors. To register contact, Angie Kasinak: akasinak@sdccd.edu

A reminder that all requests of the Communications and Creative Services Department must be approved by a dean or vice president and requires submission of a request form. You can find the Project Request Form link on the Communications and Creative Services Page of our website. Please allow ten working days for a request to be completed. If a request needs immediate attention, please complete the form and contact the Public Information Officer.

President's Updates

President King presenting before committee

SDCCE hosted the third Noncredit to Credit Alignment Lab (NCAL) Symposium on November 3 at San Diego Mesa College. We are creating pathways for our noncredit courses and certificates to credit programs, associate degrees, and baccalaureate degrees within the SDCCD! This work takes a village of folks who are committed to our students. We recognize that we can create pathways or barriers for our students. We are creating bridges that don't fail our students!

On November 3rd, I hosted the President's Advisory Council for our fall meeting at the Educational Cultural Complex, where we discussed the USS Midway welding cohort, the ECC theater remodel, expanding community partnerships, and more. The President's Advisory Council is made up of community members and professionals in San Diego. Their expertise and knowledge serves as an asset to best advance the mission and vision of the college.

It was such an honor for SDCCE to host the Fall 2023 Educational Symposium for Dan McAllister, San Diego County Treasurer-Tax Collector in Southeastern San Diego at ECC. The focus was on economy, real estate, technology, building health systems, education, public safety, artificial intelligence and more. SDCCE was proud to welcome government officials including those from the City of San Diego, San Diego County, San Diego County Office of Education, our local school districts, the FBI, the US attorney’s office, and the DA’s office.

Thank you to Chaffey College for having me as one of the keynote panelists for the Black and Brown Minds & Mattering Conference. I am so proud of the work thats being done to uplift BIPOC students and employee voices. As an Afro-Latina my advocacy and leadership is predicated on the continuous growth and understanding of how to best engage and support our communities.

The Research Corner

Weekly Data Product Recommendation

This week, we invite you to check out the Headcount Dashboard for our institution that looks at the student headcount in the last 5 years. This dashboard allows user to break down the data by Term, Academic Year, and even different types of demographics such as Gender, Ethnicity, Age Group, among many others. The Headcount Dashboard is located on the CE website under Organization -> Institutional Effectiveness -> Institutional Research -> Data Dashboards. Take a minute to review this resource and email jsalcedo001@sdccd.edu if you have any questions.

IEPI PRT Initiative Announcement

Dean Jessica Luedtke and the PRIE team is excited to announce that SDCCE successfully applied for and will be granted CCC Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative (IEPI) support and resources. The college will receive one-time funding to advance SDCCE’s institutional effectiveness efforts and will be able to draw on the exceptional peer expertise and innovation from within the system through a visiting Partnership Resource Team (PRT) in spring 2024.

The goals for the IEPI PRT initiative at SDCCE align with college growth areas that were discovered during the self-study process and reside in the Accreditation Action Plan and the Institutional Strategic Plan:

Institutional Effectiveness: Assess institutional, research, and professional development needs (e.g., needed programming, staffing, facility infrastructure, funding).
Professional Development: Create an institutional professional development strategic plan and re-define and build program offerings and infrastructure (e.g., onboarding, data coaching, DEIAA model, professional development series/programming, online web platform for professional development).
Communications: Further SDCCE’s Communication Plan by advancing planning for an intranet for employee use and the distribution of information, including developing a business objects system, with the goal of maintaining accurate and informative information for employees.

President's Office Hours

President's Office Hours are back! Individual zoom meetings will be 20 minutes and are available on a first come first serve basis. If you would like to schedule a virtual appointment with me, please email sdccepresident@sdccd.edu for detailed information.

Best,