Counseling / Career / Transfer Center

Counseling and Transfer Center: Building 9 -120
Career Center: Building 9-113
General counseling information: (650) 306-3452
Transfer Services Coordinator: (650) 306-3493

• Educational Counseling Services
• Counseling Drop-In Hours
• Counseling Registration Sessions For New Students
• Electronic Counseling Services
• Career Services
• Student Employment Opportunities
• Transfer Services
• College Fairs (Transfer Day and College Night)

After you have completed the Placement Tests and the College Orientation and Registration Session you are ready to meet with a college counselor. Counseling services are typically very impacted the two weeks prior to the beginning of the Fall semester (August 4 through August 19), and for Spring semester (January 2-January 21). Please try to complete the matriculation/registration process prior to the first day of class if possible. If you come in to use services during this peak time be prepared to wait for drop-in services.

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Educational Counseling Services

Counselors are available to assist students with their educational, career, and personal goals. Educational Counseling Services are designed to:

• Help students make decisions and set educational and career goals
• Provide academic program planning to complete certificate, associate degree, and/or university transfer programs
• Help students evaluate current academic readiness and plan coursework to build skills
• Assist students to use campus services and resources
• Evaluate transcripts from other American colleges and universities for credit applied to certificates and degrees at Cañada College
• Teach students important skills, strategies, and techniques to enhance classroom and academic success
• Work with students to resolve personal concerns that may interfere with the ability to succeed

Note:

It is highly recommended that at least once a semester, schedule an appointment to meet with a Counselor to discuss progress toward your academic goals, develop or update your STUDENT EDUCATIONAL PLAN (SEP), and learn about important student services that enhance student success. Student Educational Plans must be completed within the first 15 units completed.

Counseling services are available via:

• Individual counseling
• Orientation Sessions (for new students)
• Electronic Counseling (available to current students)
• Drop-in (Please be prepared to wait since students are served on a first-come first-served basis)

Appointments

Students may make an appointment:

• In person at the Counseling Center (Bldg 1 first floor at the information desk)or
• By calling (650) 306-3452 or
• On-line: Log into WebSMART, click on Student Tab, then Student Services Appointment, then Cañada College Counseling appointment

No Show Policy:

Students who do not show or are 10 minutes late to the counseling appointment will be marked as "NO SHOW" on the their record.  After two missed appointments (NO SHOWS) students will then be limited to using drop-in services as they are made available for the remainder of the school year. If the student is unable to keep the appointment, it is his/her responsibility to cancel the appointment.

Location and Hours

Building 9, 1st Floor

Counseling Drop-in-Hours: February 6th to February 17th 2012

If you would like to meet with a counselor you may add your name to waiting list on the same day and have a seat at the counseling center, first floor, to be called by a counselor. Please note that drop-in appointments are on a first come first serve basis.

DATES AND TIMES MAY CHANGE

CAÑADA COLLEGE –  COUNSELING MAIN NUMBER:    (650) 306-3452 COUNSELING DROP-IN HOURS  FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY   6 TO 10, 2012 –  SUBJECT TO CHANGE LIST CLOSES WHEN  FULL
Monday	February 6	8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Tuesday	February 7	4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Wednesday	February 8	NO DROP INS
Thursday	February 9	8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Friday	February 10	NO DROP INS

CAÑADA COLLEGE –  COUNSELING MAIN NUMBER:    (650) 306-3452 COUNSELING DROP-IN HOURS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 13 TO   17, 2012  –  SUBJECT TO CHANGE LIST CLOSES WHEN FULL
Monday	February 13	8:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Tuesday	February 14	4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m.
Wednesday	February 15	NO DROP INS
Thursday	February 16	8:30 a.m. to 11:45 A.M.
Friday	February 17	CLOSED FOR RECESS NO DROP INS

 

Welcome Center Hours Spring 2012

Mondays: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Tuesdays: 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Wednesdays: 8:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Thursdays: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Fridays: 8:00am - 12:00pm

 

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Career Services

The primary goal of Career Services is to assist students to develop and carry out both short- and long-term employment and career goals. Services provided include:

1. Advising;
2. A resource library of career exploration and job hunting books detailing preparatory education and training and labor market trends for career areas
3. EUREKA, a computer based California career information system. Please contact Bob Haick at haickr@smccd.edu to receive the college code to create an account.
4. Access to over 100 career related websites,

Student Employment Opportunities

NEW, Part-Time & Summer Job Links: Click HERE

Submit a Job Announcement

Employers may submit job postings to the Career Center to the following email haickr@smccd.edu or by fax 650-306-3457. All job announcements are posted on the Student Employment bulletin board in the Student Center and in the main lobby. Announcements are posted a total of 4 weeks. For further assistance please call 650-306-3178

What's New!

InternMatch.com

InternMatch is a site geared towards college students to help you get you foot in the doors of careers you are interested in. InternMatch has one of the largest selections of paid and non-paid internships anywhere with a focus on amazing business internships and hard-to-find non-profit positions. All of their expert resources, from downloadable résumé templates to cover letter guides and interview advice are totally free for students. In addition, you can check out InternMatch on Facebook and Twitter to get regular updates on new positions.

Career Cafe

There is also a new website called CA Career Cafe which is partly funded by a grant from the California Community College Chancellor's Office. This virtual career center has lots of resources to help you find your best career path and will take you step by step to discovering and researching your dream career.

Employment Development Department Information

Labor market information for Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo Counties. This information is useful for understanding labor trends, seeing which industries are hiring, and salaries. Current Reports:

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Transfer Services

Students interested in transferring to a four-year college or university may use Transfer Services to research universities, majors, academic requirements, college costs, and other transfer issues. Resources include college catalogs, college directories, articulation information, and access to PROJECT ASSIST, a self-guided site that provides general education, major and course equivalency information. You may contact the Transfer Services Program Supervisor at (650) 306-3493 for additional information and service.

• Upcoming University Visits: During each term university representatives will visit Cañada College to answer students' questions regarding their programs and services that they offer.
• Cañada College has Transfer Admission Guaranteed/Agreements (TAG/TAA) with the universities listed below. The Transfer Agreement Chart summarizes the minimum requirements and provides information on how to apply for TAG or TAA.
• UC TAG Flyer is a list of workshops on the TAG applications.
• Workshops flyer is a list of workshops provided by the Transfer Center to assist you with the application and transition to a university.

The following flyers include information that may assist you with the transfer process:

• ASSIST - will guide you how to navigate ASSIST.org website for course equivalency and major course preparation requirements for CSU and UC campuses.
• Transfer Guide is a chart summarizing the minimum admission requirements and the cost of attendance to CSU, UC, and Private universities.
• Transfer WEB Site is providing you with a list of web sites to assist you with search in college, major, scholarships, and cost of attendance.
• Transfer Services flyer gives you detail information about services provided by the Transfer Center.
• Applying to UC and CSU

Transfer Admission Guarantee Agreements

Do you have 30 transferrable units? Are you interested in transferring to one of these universities? Meet with your counselor to discuss the Transfer Admission Guarantee requirements. Transfer Agreement Chart will summarize the eligibility requirements. For detailed information, you may go directly to the campus’ Website or to review it by clicking on this document.

• UC Davis
• UC Irvine
• UC Merced
• UC Riverside
• UC San Diego
• UC Santa Barbara
• UC Santa Cruz
• CSU, East Bay
• CSU, Monterey Bay
• Golden Gate University
• Notre Dame de Namur University
• Santa Clara University

Helpful Transfer Links:

California State University information:
CSU Mentor, www.csumentor.edu, will provide information about admission policies, deadlines, financial aid and scholarship availabilities, campus profiles and more….

CSU Admission handbook is available at http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/AdmissionHandbook.pdf

Impacted programs (programs with limited space) by each CSU Campus is available at http://www.calstate.edu/sas/publications/documents/ImpactedProgramsMatrix.pdf

Local Area Colleges – CSU campuses will give admission priority to students who complete the majority of the units at the community college located in their local area. Students attending a community college out-of-area may require a higher GPA.

Nursing Grid Requirements for CSU campuses – Effective Fall 2010 (subject to change)

CSU On-line degree program can be found at http://odp.csusuccess.org/

Effective Fall 2011, Cañada College offers T-AA and T-AS degree that will give students priority admission to CSU campuses upon completion of these degrees. The participating programs are (pending State approval):

•     Communication Studies
•     Early Childhood Education
•     Kinesiology
•     Mathematics
•     Physics
•     Psychology
•     Sociology

University of California information:

UC Santa Cruz offers, a $20,000 Scholarship, Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Program, to attend UC Santa Cruz in Fall 2012. The 2012-13 application packet is available now. You may submit your completed application packet to Transfer Center at Cañada College in building 9-room 142 by the due date, February 3, 2012, by 12p.m. Late applications will not be accepted.

University of California System web page provides information about freshman and transfer admissions, policies and regulations, campuses profile, research, more……

University of California WEB page provides students with Transfer information about admission policies, deadlines, financial aid and scholarship availabilities, campus profiles and more….

Intersegment General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) is a General Education (GE) pattern for UC or CSU campuses. Some of the California Private Colleges and Universities may accept IGETC certification to fulfill their General education requirements.

Private and Independent Universities web site, www.aiccu.edu, provides a list of private universities in California and a link to their web sites, provides information about admission policies, deadlines, financial aid and scholarship availabilities, campus profiles and more….

The attached chart lists the transfer, articulation, and/or admission web pages for Private and Independent Universities.

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Grade Point Average (GPA) Calculator

By SFSU: http://www.sfsu.edu/~gradstdy/gpa-calculator-sfsu.htm

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Transfer In Students

Students who complete lower division courses at another accredited college and/or university may receive unit credit toward a certificate and/or Associate degree. An official copy of the transcript from all colleges/universities attended must be submitted to the Admissions Office to be evaluated. Upper division courses cannont apply toward a certificate and/or an Associate degree.

Transcripts

A request for an official transcript may be downloaded and sent to the Enrollment Services Office for processing.

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