The College, Career, & Financial Health (CCFH) outreach program was created to encourage and assist with postsecondary enrollment for elementary through secondary school students in Victoria College’s service area. The CCFH Coordinator is responsible for facilitating a pipeline to postsecondary enrollment from a very early age.Through various financial literacy sessions, students are able to explore career and college opportunities, as well as identify smart financial habits and options for future goals. Specifically, at the high school level, the CCFH Coordinator works diligently to increase the percent of service area secondary students who complete the ApplyTexas application, submit their FAFSA, and complete at least one scholarship application before high school graduation.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Medium-scale (reaches between 10 and 25 percent of its target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Enrollment Services

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Sabrina Romo at Sabrina.Romo@VictoriaCollege.edu or 361-582-2543

Victoria College's Community Connection Center - Wrap Around Services supports the students in pursuit of their vocational and academic goals through the provision of career and transfer assistance, as well as, social support services. Students seeking their vocational and academic goals often struggle to maintain progress due to life's challenges that can derail academic success for a myriad of reasons. Support services are available to all students who need assistance in areas of housing and utilities, food and clothing insecurities, medical and mental health, transportation, childcare and emergency needs. With full awareness of our students’ goals, Victoria College is equipped with transfer and career services to assist the student in securing their next steps, either transfer preparation or career exploration.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Advising, Counseling, & Support Services Department

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Bobby Cubriel at robert.cubriel@victoriacollege.edu or 361-572-6404

This program teaches students the learning theories in the areas of cognition, learning, and motivation. It also introduces them to the learning strategies that enable students to optimize their learning and become strategic learners. Our goal is for the students to transfer these theories and strategies to their other courses so they are successful college students. All students are encouraged to take the EDUC 1300: Learning Frameworks course their first semester, but it is mandatory for students who have less than 13 semester credit hours in college. As part of the Texas Core Curriculum in the Social and Behavioral Sciences foundational component area, we also introduce critical thinking and drawing conclusions, empirical and quantitative skills, social responsibility, and communication. We hope that students take what they learn in this course and apply it to their personal lives and future careers as well as their academic courses.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Academic Support & Student Success Division

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Dr. Deb Crislip-Baker at Deborah.Crislip-Baker@VictoriaCollege.edu or 361-573-3291

Standardize instructional best practices and faculty tutor partnerships through guided professional development to better influence student outcomes.

(1) The activity director develops a library of study modules, informative videos, and discussion postings in VC's online course delivery system. The director will map out a "Recommended Training Plan," by which faculty complete tasks to go through specific modules until they've completed one module for each of the 12 best practices. Faculty will engage with other faculty for implementation strategies and incorporate their own strategies with the best practices in their courses where appropriate.

(2) The second element of Activity IV is to implement a program that will improve faculty understanding of VC's tutoring services and, therefore, increase the degree to which faculty encourage or require students to participate in tutoring.

As a result of developing a professional development program for faculty-driven student support, by the end of September 2023 (end of project year 3), VC will:

A. Increase Fall FTIC whose instructor explained VC's support services from 81.1% to 85%
B. Increase Fall FTIC who ask questions or contribute to class discussions two or more times from 63.3% to 70%
C. Increase Fall FTIC who work with other students during class at least once from 81.6% to 85%
D. Increase Fall FTIC who work on projects with classmates out of class from 49.1% to 55%
E. Increase Fall FTIC working in study groups outside of class at least once from 23.4% to 30%

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Victoria College

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Lisa Elsik at lisa.elsik@victoriacollege.edu or 361-582-2429

Victoria College (VC) wants to improve equitable access to academic, financial, and support services for VC students. To accomplish this, VC will use the majority of requested funds to procure a new comprehensive student engagement system or customer relationship management software, often abbreviated to CRM. The remainder of the request will supplement our digital outreach efforts to link more underserved students into the new system.

The target group for improved engagement is our underserved student populations. Empowering underserved students to succeed will require (a) sharing relevant information about VCs services with targeted groups who need it most and (b) understanding how students use services so we can continually increase awareness and support for groups who need it most.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Victoria College

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Elizabeth Garza at Elizabeth.Garza@VictoriaCollege.edu or (361) 485-6813

The KEY Center is a TRIO Student Support Services program available to 165 income-eligible, first generation or disabled students. The goal of the program is to assist students as they navigate the college experience by providing them an academically-supportive and enriching environment. Supports include intensive career and academic advising, transfer assistance, individualized tutoring, financial aid assistance, financial literacy, scholarships and more.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

APPROXIMATE PARTICIPANTS SERVED IN 2021-22: 165

HOW TO ENROLL: Participants must apply to enroll in this program

WEBSITE TO APPLY: https://victoriacollege.edu/Explore/Students/KeyCenter

EVALUATION STATUS: Data related to program outcomes are currently being internally and externally collected

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Student Services

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Pam Neuman at pamela.neuman@victoriacollege.edu or 3615822413

Success Coaching strives to assist our diverse student population in reaching their individual academic goals by providing resources and ensuring equality for all students to achieve their goals and fulfill their potential.

The three interrelated goals of the Success Coaching Program are (1) to help students to develop a clear vision of their own goals, (2) to assist students in developing skills related to academic success, such as study skills, time management, and self-efficacy, and (3) to connect them to other college resources and support personnel as needed.

As a result of participating in the Success Coaching Program, students will have increased self-regulation skills, executive functioning skills, efficacy, and be more self-directed leaners.

Success coaching is available to all Victoria College students, but we target our first time in college (FTIC) students, students on academic warning, academic probation, or academic suspension, student athletes, and students on financial aid appeals.

The data that is provided in this survey only represents our FTIC students participating in Success Coaching. Success Coaching began in 2018, but including all FTIC students began Fall 2021.

DELIVERY FORMAT: The program has a hybrid format or has both online and in-person components.

PROGRAM SCALE: Large-scale (reaches more than 25 percent of its intended target population)

PROGRAM OUTCOMES: Since Success Coaching started, there has been a modest, college-wide increase in ABC rates, Fall-to-Spring, and Fall-to-Fall Persistence rates.

DEPARTMENT(S) OVERSEEING PROGRAM: Academic Support & Student Success Division

CONTACT FOR MORE INFO: Katherine Rodriguez at Katherine.Rodriguez@victoriacollege.edu or 361-582-2401