Dear SDCCE Community,
I hope you each had a restful and reflective Veterans Day weekend. I am very pleased to share the Vision 2030: A Call to Action Adult Education Summit recap. It is no secret that we are the leading college in the nation for tuition-free adult education, accessible equitable workforce training and college pathways. I echo the sentiments of many of the individuals highlighted in the recap video including Chancellor Sonya Christian, higher education leaders, and distinguished US elected officials. The work we do here at SDCCE is invaluable. Thank you for all you do, the future is bright for our adult learners and noncredit.
Additionally, San Diego College of Continuing Education is featured in CalMatters, a statewide publication on policy. Reporter Adam Echelman, served as a moderator during Vision 2030: A Call to Action Adult Education Summit, and focuses on enrollment trends for CalMatters, specifically around older adult students returning to the classroom.
San Diego College of Continuing Education is also featured on VIVE CALIFORNIAS - CGN Noticias with Emmy award winning reporter Karina Guzman. CGN-Noticias is an online media outlet that specializes in covering stories for the Hispanic community in regions such as San Diego, Tijuana, Colombia, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, and CDMX.
Enrollment Updates
SDCCE’s overall enrollment for fall stands at 29,613 (12% greater than this time last year, and a 1% increase from last week), with a fill rate of 74%. SDCCE’s overall headcount is currently 15,692, an increase of 14% compared to this time last fall (13,817) and a 1% increase from last week (15,582). FTEF scheduled for the fall semester is 9% higher than last fall (188.82 to 172.98). View the enrollment report here.
On November 9, SDCCE hosted the annual San Diego County Office of Education Apprenticeship and Vocational Training Expo! More than 500 high school students came to the Educational Cultural Complex to learn about Career Technical Education, career & college pathways Morse, Mira Mesa, Garfield, Crawford, Grossmont were in attendance name a few schools! Kudos Associate Dean, Tavaris Franklin, Dean Stephanie Lewis, Kelly Henwood, and all of the team members on another successful transformative event.
SDCCE CARES is hosting our annual Thanksgiving Bag of Love, on Friday, November 17th from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at the ECC campus. This event is open to currently enrolled SDCCE students. First come, first served as limited quantities will be available.
SDCCE's Be Well will host a series of De-Escalation trainings with techniques from a Trauma Informed Care approach and implementation of V-A-R. Validate, Appreciate and Refer.
SDCCE is proud to participate in the California Coast Credit Union and the San Diego Food Bank 5th Annual Pack the Pantry Food Drive.
With your generous support, Pack the Pantry will help stock food pantries on San Diego and Imperial County college campuses.
The District Office Professional Development Department will host Compassion It Training. Compassion It is a group of Stanford University-trained compassion facilitators who will instruct participants in the benefits and practice of mindfulness meditation. Space is limited. When replying to register, please specify which date and campus you would like to sign-up for. FLEX credit is available. Email profdevelopment@sdccd.edu to register.
Applications for the tuition-free San Diego Promise program are open now for the Spring 2024 semester. Please encourage your students to apply!
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. Register for the President's Fall Forum
SDCCE's November Student Newsletter was sent out with a special message from our student trustee Adriana Dos Santos.
SDCCE ESL faculty are leaders in the statewide professional organization, California Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (CATESOL). Last week at the CATESOL conference, SDCCE led with presentations, panels, and networking meetings on diverse and timely topics.
SDCCE's Career and College Transition hosted a Virtual Employer Mixers during the next four months. On November 7 the series began with highlighting SDCCE’s Business, Accounting, Digital Media, and Information Technology pathways. Employers from Chase Bank, San Diego Padres, Manpower and US Department of State were in attendance.
SDCCE’s Administrative Services continues to install new computers throughout SDCCE campuses. They completed the ECC campus with new computers installed in room A103, C103, faculty workroom and the student lobby as well as two classrooms at the Cesar Chavez campus in rooms 109 and 318. Next they install new computers in room 307 at Chavez, in room 203 at West City Campus and will be upgrading North City, CE Mesa, and CE Miramar in the second half of November.
Emeritus instructor Tatsuko Sandin and her students will be participating in the Friends of Sumi-e - 48th Annual Japanese Brush Painting Exhibition from November 18-19 at Balboa Park.
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 employees and students are invited to join the United States Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots Campaign. To participate, please bring any new, unopened, unwrapped toy to a College Police station between November 27 and December 11.
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
Filming is underway at SDCCE for the Noncredit to Credit Alignment Lab (NCAL) with Education Strategy Group and ACCT. Our team is filming at the Educational Cultural Complex and CE-Mesa to discuss current noncredit to credit offerings for our students and our action plan and vision to expand to all CTE areas. Thank you to Kanler and his team for selecting our college to be a large part of this great project. Stay tuned for more info!
In case you missed it, please enjoy this thank you Veterans message I had the honor to do alongside, Retired US Navy Commander Edgar Lucas.
The Research Corner
This week, we invite you to check out the Awards Dashboard for our institution that looks at the program certificates and course certificates awarded to students 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 Awards 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.
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,
