Research VISTA PDF

RCC/ VISTA Research

 Community colleges
o Retention?

 Ivy Tech Community College is the nation’s largest statewide community
college with single accreditation and Indiana’s largest postsecondary
institution, serving nearly 200,000 students a year. The College has 14
administrative regions that include all of Indiana’s 92 counties.

 The College has embarked on an effort to design a comprehensive
approach to academic advising that provides effective advising for the
greatest number of students. The design leverages the best practices of the
Ivy Tech regions, the Achieving the Dream program, and NACADA, as
well as collective input from advisors, faculty, and students.

 Starfish provides highly integrated software solutions that work across
academic and student affairs departments to holistically support the
success and retention of students. Specifically, the company offers two
software systems that work together to reinforce the efforts of academic
advisors as they help students overcome challenges. Starfish EARLY
ALERT™ is an early warning and student tracking system that makes it
possible for instructors, advisors, and academic staff to identify at-risk
students in real time. Starfish CONNECT™, an education networking and
case-management system, helps students access a personalized contact
list of instructors, advisors, and counselors who are dedicated to helping
them succeed. Together, the systems generate valuable performance
and resource utilization data for the institution, which helps optimize
future service offerings.

 Presence is another software like starfish

 Engage students in making choices

 Require interaction with diverse
individuals and ideas

 Involve students in direct and varied
experiences

 Involve students in solving complex and
intellectual social problems

 Involve students in receiving feedback
and making objective self-assumptions

o What co-curricular opportunities
would our student body appreciate?

o What do their lives looks like outside
of school?

o What kind of access do they have to
on-campus/off-programming?

o Which student personas or
populations are the most engaged?
Most unengaged?

 Reset Rockingham: GOALS 1) create workforce in the county
that is the envy of the state 2) create career opportunities for all
3)provide a reason for businesses to locate in the county 4)
Provide a reason for young ppl to remain
o PBIS: positive behavior intervention support
 Tertiary, secondary, primary interventions, primary
being school/classroom-wide systems and tertiary
being individualized.

 RCC Programs/Work Links
o TRiO
 On the website (http://www.rockinghamcc.edu/academic-support/trio), there
are no connecting links to the mentoring service details or other services, just a
link to dates of meetings and a link to TRiO application
o Career & College Promise : Earning credits toward college while in HS through college
transfer pathway, career and technical pathway, or Rockingham Early College HS
o Rockingham Early College High School : Only applicants accepted are rising
freshmen. Located at RCC, contact Russel Vernon (principal) or Gina Richardson (Admin
asst.)
o RockATOP
o NC Works

 Head Start
o run by Ricky Graves now

 Grants
o Formula Grants for Rural Areas

https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/funding/grants/40621/5311-

rural-program-fact-sheet-fast.pdf
 Appalachian Program
 Rural Transit Assistance Program

 VOLUNTEER PROGRAM MODEL: https://www.volunteergso.org/ (Greensboro Volunteer Center)
 iVolunteer

o used by Good Samaritan Network
 VolunteerHub: more expensive, but more sophisticated?
 https://signup.com/

o FREE signup (also called volunteerspot) free if not too big of event
o https://signup.com/Pricing?why
 Volunteer Match

o “VolunteerMatch is the most effective way to recruit highly

qualified volunteers for your nonprofit. We match you with

people who are passionate about and committed to your

cause, and who can help when and where you need them.

And because volunteers are often donors as well, we make
it easy for them to contribute their time and money.”

 Schedule Once
o https://www.scheduleonce.com/

 Top Nonprofits:
o Helpful in connecting non-profits
o https://topnonprofits.com/lists/best-nonprofit-websites/
 Helpful for Merald Holloway?

 Meetup
o is ideal for individuals in the sector to organize volunteers online then schedule and time
and place to meet up in person–in addition to promoting your events.

 SurveyMonkey
o allows users to create and publish free questionnaires. Users can send out surveys through

emails, social media, and even on their websites. By sending a survey to your volunteers

after the event, your organization can gain useful information for the next event.
 twtpoll

o enables users to create polls that can be share through twitter and other social media sites.

This is another great survey tool for gaining useful information.
 Transportation Barriers

o “Many of these same managers also indicate that volunteer drivers are the hardest

volunteers to recruit. However, thousands of volunteers are recruited to drive

passengers and in many instances they drive them in their own vehicles. At the same

time, managers also indicate that volunteer drivers are not difficult to retain and once

you’ve got them, you’ve got them.”

o the 2015 STAR Awards application* indicate that they provide considerable assistance

in the form of: 1. stay at the destination (84%); 2. door-to-door (83%); 3. door-through-

door (79%); and 4. curb-to-curb (68%).

o • 64% of them had driven 50+ years. • the majority were age 65+ • a majority had

graduated from college • a high percentage had annual household incomes of more

than $60,000 • 60% had incomes over $30,000 and 19% had incomes of more

than $75,000

o Volunteer drivers surveyed also indicated they contributed considerable time. For

example, 10% of the survey respondents reported that they drove less than one hour a

week, 55% 1–5 hours, 19% 6–10 hours, 10% 11–20 hours, 6% more than 20 hours and

10% less than one hour. Only 13% had volunteered to drive for less than 1 year, 33%

had volunteered for 1–3 years, 24% had volunteered for 4–6 years, and 30% had

volunteered for 7 or more years. The people who volunteer, the activities they

undertake, the satisfaction they receive and time and years they contribute as volunteer

drivers provide some general guidance into the recruitment and retention of volunteer

drivers.

o Top 10 Go to Recruitment Venues• the faith community • retirees and retiree groups •

community service and civic groups • education programs and institutions •

community events • senior and community services • neighborhood and community

groups • volunteer and information centers • chambers of commerce • job boards at

senior centers and colleges

o The Most Successful Venues The venues that appeared to produce the most successful

results were: • churches and faith communities • RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer

Program) • health and senior fairs • civic organizations • public events • senior

centers • local volunteer centers

o Frequently Mentioned Volunteer Recruitment Tag Lines

o • it’s more than just a ride • neighbors helping neighbors • it’s the journey, not just

the destination • it’s a ride…but much more • we drive Ms. Daisy • we help seniors

thrive • give the gift of a lift • got an hour, give an hour • give the gift of you • drive-

give-serve

o All of above from this site:

(http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/articlefiles/NVTC_DriverRecruitHandbo

ok_v1.pdf)

o So there’s this site https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/toolkits/transportation/2/models-
to-improve-access/volunteer-models, which talks about volunteer systems where
people can either bank in their hours spent driving for hours being driven or get
reimbursed mileage, etc. And the volunteers are run through a sponsoring organization,
see Vernon County Volunteer Driver Program, Nation Patient Travel Center (which has a
need-based vetting system), Footprints in the Sky (life-flights), Angel Flight West (non-
emergency flights for medical reasons), Center for Independent Living for
Western Wisconsin, Inc. (provides recreational transportation)

o National Volunteer Transportation Center

o Programs that Match Seniors with Volunteer Drivers: Practical
Recommendations for Organizations and Policy Makers

o Volunteer Drivers Guide: A Guide to Best Practices
o Volunteer Transportation Programs and Their Promising Practices