A&R Corner

The dates for the Career Technical Education orientation events have been scheduled for the Winter 2010 term. The orientation dates are as follows:

Pharmacy Technician orientation is on Thursday, 11/19/09, at 6pm at the Anaheim Campus Board Room.

Early Childhood Education orientation is on Monday, 11/23/09, at 6pm at the Anaheim Campus Board Room.

Administrative Assistant orientation is on Tuesday, 11/24/09, at 6pm at the Anaheim Campus Room 107.

The Medical Assistant orientation date is to be determined.

On page 20 of the spring class schedule there is a comprehensive diagram that communicates to our students a preferred process or for getting started and registered in the High School Diploma program. This includes obtaining an official transcript prior to applying for an SCE student ID number. Although this is the preferred process to ensure students obtain an official transcript before attending their scheduled orientation, it is not necessary for this step to be enforced before a student ID number is generated. We can be confident that the Counseling Department is communicating and enforcing this requirement. Please provide a student ID number without concern or reference made to an official transcript. The student will need an ID number before an orientation appointment is scheduled. Please feel free to contact Diane Mendoza if you have any questions or concerns.

Review of Vocational Programs

• Apartment Management Program instructor is no longer with SCE
• Reminder- Fred Rocha oversees the Administrative Assistant Program.
• Currently working on an electricity program
• The Medical Device program will be tuition based in the fall
  Job posting available online for the careers in the vocational programs
• Employers are also able to post jobs online
• www.scejobline.com
• Medical device program – grant funded currently but will be tuition based; currently going to be offered once a month, $55 each, classes will vary – 32hr program (4 courses)
• Computer specialist program – offered in the fall from Sept. 8-Nov. 23 – free; internship available; classes are during the week

Pre-requisite checking for Pharmacy Tech classes

• Do not override out-patient & in-patient lab for the pharmacy tech in SFAREGS.
• Students who receive an error message of PREQ and TEST SCORE-ERROR will need to see the counselor to confirm that they have met the pre-requisites.

PSR Card revisions

• The PSR card is being revised to make sure that students fill out the entire PSR for state funding purposes
• Feedback is needed for possible changes. Let us know how to make it easier for the students to understand and be able to fill out the application with ease.

myGateway update

• Students can now print their class schedule on myGateway.

Blog Update – www.sce.cc.ca.us/ar

• New postings are usually done at least once a week
• You can search the blog by typing in keywords in the search box.
• Postings are in chronological order – most recent postings will be listed first.
• A&R forms will be posted on the blog soon.
• RSS feeds and other technologies are being investigated to automatically notify you of new blog posts
• Reminder – the blog is open the public.

Reference Manual Update – www.sce.cc.ca.us/referencemanual

• The Reference Manual is only available to employees.
• Procedures and guidelines are posted in the manual.
• You must have a Google Docs account to access
• It’s a good idea to bookmark or save as a favorite to your toolbar for easy access.
• Remember to sign out when you are done!

Customer Service Update

• Training will be available through EdFund
• Always remember to give the student options!
• When dealing with repetitious questions, respond to the student as if it’s your first time hearing the question.
• Job shadowing is available between campuses. Please let Diane know if you are interested.

Orientation for HS Diploma

• Students can call Anaheim for Orientation starting August 18th
• Students can call during the last week of August for Cypress orientations
• Students can call Wilshire Matriculation (714.449.4784) to schedule Orientation starting August 11th

Special thanks to Anna Garza for providing this update:

For all of you working the front desks or answering phones this summer, I wanted to share information regarding high school orientations for the summer term.

We have just completed the last Wilshire and Anaheim high school orientations for the summer, and Jerry has the last Cypress one this coming Monday evening.

You might think this is very quick. But it takes almost two weeks for a student to be scheduled for an orientation, attend the orientation, have their transcript evaluated by Records, meet with a counselor, and then have a start date in the high school lab. With the summer term, if we were to continue orientations much past this week, by the time a student is “processed” they have no time to work in the lab - summer term for the high school labs will actually end on July 31. I know it sounds strange to students when we tell them we are finished with orientations and the summer term has only just begun - but this is why.

Please have potential students contact the matriculation offices for information about the high school diploma program. We will be telling them that we can begin scheduling orientation appointments again in late August or first part of September (it will vary at each campus). The phone numbers are:

Anaheim 808-4682
Cypress 484-7440
Wilshire 449-4784 - UNTIL about mid August. We do not yet have the new Wilshire numbers

What can students do in the meantime to further their goal of pursuing a high school diploma with SCE?

• Request OFFICIAL transcripts from their previous high school or from their country - these must be SEALED when they bring them to us
• Obtain an SCE student ID (get a Banner number - the Counseling appointment software doesn’t allow us to make appts without a Banner ID #)
• Contact a Matriculation office again in late August to schedule an orientation appointment.