PURPOSE:
The Student Response Team (SRT) is a cross-functional team that assesses, refers, and/or responds to students' concerns to help them succeed academically, socially, and emotionally.
The Student Response Team is focused on providing a quality of care in order to:
- Increase knowledge of campus and community resources
- Enrich each student’s campus experience
- Improve performance in the classroom
- Create a supportive environment to address ongoing issues/concerns
- Refer students to the appropriate resources
- Ensure that each student’s needs are addressed in a timely fashion
- Empower students to be self-advocates
- Increase retention and graduation rates
- Support faculty and staff in addressing challenges in an out of the classroom
- Gather information to assess situations involving students who display at-risk or disruptive behavior
- Recommend appropriate intervention strategies or student conduct actions
- Evaluate ongoing behaviors of students who have displayed disruptive or concerning behaviors
- Respond to a crisis situation or emergency in which there is an immediate threat of danger
If a concern arises, students, staff, and faculty are able to contact a member of the SRT or submit a concern through the Students of Concern Form which is available online through the Dean of Student’s webpage. Once a concern is reported, individualized intervention strategies are developed and employed by the SRT to ensure the student is successful. Ideally, referrers will receive acknowledgement of the referral and progress/updates when appropriate. Additionally, members from the SRT will run ongoing awareness and training workshops to ensure potential referrers, including all faculty, students, and staff, know what to look for and how to respond appropriately. We recognize that students often exhibit academic, physical, safety risk, and psychological indicators that may impact their persistence and overall wellbeing. Thus, the SRT ensures that students receive a well-defined integrated intervention plan with a clear path to success. Each plan of action will include specific, manageable, attainable, realistic, and time-sensitive goals/tasks with deadlines. Consistent communication with relevant stakeholders (academic advisor, C.A.R.E. team member, faculty member, etc.) will provide a clear path toward goal/task completion and allow for progress to be tracked longitudinally.
MEMBERSHIP:
Brenda Ortiz
Assistant Dean for Student Advocacy and Retention
209-228-4482
Justin Vacca
Case Manager
Dr. Heather French
Dean of Students
Alisha Kimble
Assistant Vice Provost, Division of Undergraduate Education
Dr. Sayantani Ghosh
Associate Dean, Graduate Division
Dr. Tania Gonzalez
Director, Counseling and Psychological Services
209-228-4266
Drew Shelburne
Director, Student Accessibility Services
209-228-7884
Le’Trice Curl
Assistant Director of Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities
209-228-7881
Alejandro Llamas
Associate Dean of Students, Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities
Vanessa Hauser
Associate Director, Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities
209-228-0069
Scott Leppla
Director, Housing
209-228-2293
Ang Banez
Director, Residence Education
Lieutenant George Gongora
Campus Police
Sergeant Kari Gomes
Campus Police
Sergeant Rafael Chavez
Campus Police
Ex-Officio Members:
Brian O' Bruba
Interim Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
Victoria Ordaz Garcia
Undocumented Student Support
209-600-5316
Valara Villanueva
CARE
209-355-0763
Bavneet Kaur
Basic Needs Office
209-631-3871
