MARICOPA COMMUNITY COLLEGES

Maricopa Jr. ACE Advisory Board Meeting

Rio Conference Center, 2nd Floor

June, 11, 2009

4:00-6:00 pm

Notes

Welcome &
Introductions / ·  Pam Yabeny welcomed the group at 4:15 PM
·  Members introduced themselves
Review of
Final Helios
Report / ·  Member took an hour to read through the drafted Helios report and mark their suggestions on the draft
·  The final report will be sent to MCCCD public relations office for layout and printing on June 17
·  The final Helios report will be ready for the June 30, 2009 due date
·  Steve Austin, the Jr. ACE evaluator, reviewed the student survey measurable:
ü  Self efficacy
ü  Self concept
ü  Self esteem
·  Steve is also working on the student assessment and student aptitude portions of the survey
·  Discussion of the report
ü  More transition statements needed
ü  Justify the right margin
ü  Some text redundant so text could be condensed more
ü  Use a graph or chart to show results of middle school survey
ü  Quantify whenever possible
ü  Emphasize the uniqueness of the for credit/academic model
ü  Clarify why these two model were selected
ü  Address the correlation between student assessment and the classes/workshops being offered
·  Members were asked to fax their comments to Pam before June 16 if they needed more time for review
Evaluation
Survey / ·  Members were asked to complete the Evaluation Survey if they hadn’t completed it on-line
Other
Business / ·  The Helios program officer met with Stella Torres, Pam Yabeny, Lambert Yazzie of the Salt River Jr.
ACE Program, Rody Randon, of the PC-ACE Program and Rosa Cota of the South Mountain ACE
Program to learn about their Jr. ACE Programs
·  The Helios program officer is scheduled for a site visits next week to observe students participating in
the Jr. ACE Programs
·  Helios has asked the ACE Program to submit a concept paper three weeks after June 30, 2009
·  Helios has four funding cycles; ACE may be invited to submit a proposal this fall at the earliest
·  The next Jr. ACE Board meeting will be June 30, 2009 when the final report is presented to Helios;
the meeting will be a thank you to the board members and closure to the planning process; members will
be notified of the place and time of the meeting
·  Stella announced that the ACE Program would like to establish an Advisory Board, which would advise
both high school and Jr. ACE components, and invited interested members to contact her
Deadlines / ·  June 17: Final report to printer
·  June 30: Final report to Helios
Next Meetings / ·  Presentation of the final Helios report, Tuesday, June 30, 2009 (Location and time, TBA)
Adjournment / Meeting adjourned at 6:00 PM
Attendees / Steve Austin
Michael Fowler
Anahi Godinez / Chris McIntier
Teresa Price
Judy Richards / Karla Robles
David Tellez
Stella Torres / Josie Valverde
Pam Yabeny

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