Figure 1
Community Impact Newspaper Campaign.
Figure 2
My San Antonio Express-News Social Media Ad.
Table 1
Demographics: Ethnicity, Age, County.
| ETHNICITY (n = 62) | N | % |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 13 | 20% |
| White | 35 | 56% |
| AGE (n = 59) | N | % |
| 25–29 | 7 | 11% |
| 30–34 | 11 | 19% |
| 35–39 | 7 | 12% |
| 40–44 | 10 | 17% |
| 45–49 | 10 | 17% |
| 50–54 | 8 | 14% |
| 55–59 | 6 | 10% |
| COUNTY OF RESIDENCE OF SVSM (n = 58) | N | % |
| Bastrop | 1 | <1% |
| Bexar | 2 | <1% |
| Caldwell | 1 | <1% |
| Comal | 5 | <1% |
| DeWitt | 1 | <1% |
| Guadalupe | 1 | <1% |
| Hays | 14 | 24% |
| Montgomery | 1 | <1% |
| Tarrant | 1 | <1% |
| Travis | 11 | 19% |
| Williamson | 20 | 34% |
Table 2
Streamlined and New Courses.
| STREAMLINED COURSES | NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE ENROLLED |
|---|---|
| Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) | 355 |
| Capstone | 457 |
| New Courses | |
| Leadership | 123 |
| Organizational Development | 109 |
| Trends and Issues in the Workplace | 122 |
| STEM Literacy | 83 |
| Life Planning | 125 |
| Total number of students | 1,374 |
Table 3
PLA and Capstone.
| PLA/CAPSTONE/PLA&CAPSTONE | NUMBER OF SVSM | PERCENT |
|---|---|---|
| OCED 4111 Prior Learning Assessment | 19 | 30 % |
| OCED 4360/61 Capstone | 53 | 84 % |
| OCED 4111 & 4360/61 | 9 | 14 % |
| SEMESTER | NUMBER OF PLA | NUMBER OF CAPSTONE |
| Summer 2017 | 2 | 5 |
| Fall 2017 | 1 | 4 |
| Spring 2018 | 0 | 3 |
| Summer 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| Fall 2018 | 2 | 7 |
| Spring 2019 | 4 | 10 |
| Summer 2019 | 2 | 5 |
| Fall 2019 | 3 | 6 |
| Spring 2020 | 3 | 5 |
| Summer 2020 | 1 | 1 |
| Fall 2020 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 19 | 53 |
Table 4
Sample of the Occupations Submitted for PLA credit.
| O*NET # | OCCUPATIONAL TITLE |
|---|---|
| 29-2052.00 | Pharmacy Technicians |
| 29-2053.00 | Psychiatric Technicians |
| 19-3099.01 | Transportation Planners |
| 49-9051.00 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers |
| 55-3014.00 | Artillery and Missile Crew Members |
| 33-3051.03 | Sherriff and Deputy Sherriff |
| 51-9061.00 | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers |
| 47-2152.02 | Plumbers |
| 33-3051.01 | Police Patrol Officers |
| 29-2055.00 | Surgical Technologists |
| 11-1021.00 | General and Operations Managers |
| 33-3021.05 | Immigration and Customs Inspectors |
| 11-1021.00 | General and Operations Managers |
| 47-5031.00 | Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters |
| 49-2094.00 | Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment |
Table 5
Example of Capstone Projects.
| CAPSTONE PROJECT | LOCATION |
|---|---|
| Veteran Student Guide Book for Texas State University | Veterans Affairs |
| Providing At-Risk Kids with Constructive Alternatives Skills | Taylor ISD |
| Ten best practices for surgical technologists | St. David’s South Austin Medical Center |
| How to reduce churn within the first ninety by developing a 5-stage model for a W.P. Engine | W.P. Engine |
| Five Training Modules to Assist in the Training of Candidates for State Licensure, Business Enterprises of Texas | Crisis Cole Rehabilitation Center (CCRC) |
| Diabetic Evaluation Score Sheet Handout | Resolute Health Hospital |
| ACTION Manual for Relapse Prevention | The Right Step |
| Adult Education Decision Tree Diagram | Austin Community College: Highland Campus |
| ActivTrax Health and Wellness Product Training Integration | Schertz Family YMCA |
| Student tracking system for target skills and behavior for accessible monitoring | Forest North Elementary School |
| Accessing a crew’s physical fitness standards aboard a Coast Guard Cutter | Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi |
| Veterans Helping Veterans: Increase Use to Increase Benefit | American Legion Post 447 |
| Global Training Initiative | National Oilwell Varco (NOV) |
| Applying Professional and Ethical Standards to Achieve College Success: A Guideline for Respiratory Care Students | Lone Star College System – Kingwood Campus |
| Recruiting and Retaining Women in Law Enforcement | Travis County Sherriff’s Office |