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HETS Services West Coast Best Practices Showcase

Yubelkys Montalvo, M.A.HETS Executive Director

Who we are

The Hispanic Educational Technology

Services is the first bilingual consortium

dedicated to serving the higher education

needs of the fast-growing Hispanic

communities.

Our Members

Puerto Rico

Florida

Kansas

New Jersey

New York

Texas

Massachusetts

Missouri

California

Colombia

Universities or Colleges located at:

Corporate Partners and

Non-Profit OrganizationsBb, ETS, RMA, Dialpad, Cengage,

Grupo Parada, Transworld

Systems & Lighthouse Translation

Services

HETS Members Profile 2014-2015

Total of students enrolled: 800,311

197,482 (25%)

551,829 (69%)

51,000 (6%)

PR

US

International

HETS Members Profile 2014-2015

Student Enrollment among HETS Member Institutions by State (2014-2015)

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

PR TX CA NY NJ KS PA MA FL MD/DC

197,482214,424

145,218

135,170

23,154

13,825 9,218 6,622 3,854 344

HETS Board of Directors

(major authority –presidents at all member institutions)

HETS Board of Directors Meeting (meets twice a year to establish and monitor the organization)

Our Mission

To promote, support, and increase the capabilities of

member institutions in order to enhance

Hispanic/Latino student success and opportunities in

Higher Education.

Our Portal: www.hets.org

Our

Online

Services

www.virtualplaza.org

Our virtual center for

academic and support

resources for faculty,

administrators, and

students

Our Virtual Plaza

Our Virtual Plaza

(estimated savings of more than $100,000)

TERC services

Need to search for scholarships, internships and

practice test like GRE, LSAT, NCLEX, MCAT, US Citizen,

Military Tests, Auditor, Real State, etc.?

Student Placita - TERC

(exclusive for members – free of charge)

Click at the

institution

name link

and enter the

access code

Student Placita - TERC

(Practice Tests & E-books)

More than

200 practice

exams with

e-books to

get prepared

Student Placita - TERC

(Practice Test Reports)

Student Placita - TERC

(Family Planning Center)

Resources & more than 8 billion dollars in scholarships,

including graduate degrees

Career Transitions services

Looking for jobs, internships, prepare your resume,

practice an interview, information about careers,

etc.?

Student Placita – Career Transitions

(exclusive for members – free of charge)

Click at the

institution

name link and

enter the

access code

Student Placita – Career Transitions

(exclusive for members – free of charge)

Just enter the zip code

to search for jobs

Student Placita – Career Transitions(resumes, cover letters, career tips, interview simulators)

Banner to promote this service

Career Exploration Module

Bilingual Entrepreneurship Courses

(non credit courses with videos in English and Spanish)

Bilingual Entrepreneurship Courses

(non credit courses with videos in English and Spanish)

Student Placita – Student Readiness

(Tool and resources for Online Environment)

Student Placita – Student Readiness

(Tool and resources for Traditional Environment)

Student Placita – Tool and Resources

(English & Spanish)

Student Placita – Financial Aid at HSIs

(Opportunity to promote your scholarships)

Student Placita – Scholarships for Hispanics

Internships

Goal: celebrate the event annually to connect with

HETS member institutions’ students in PR & USA

Objectives:

Identify leadership from student organizations and

innovative student projects

Promote HETS services among students and

request their support in forwarding the

information to their peers

Outreach corporate sponsorships

Replicate the event in USA

September 30, 2016

IAUPR,

Metropolitan Campus

Connecting with more than 400

students from 12 institutions

Promoting HETS services

Highlights of the event held in NY

April 15, 2016

John Jay College

Invitation to be part of the Advisory Committee

Opportunity to participate at Board of Directors meetings and represent

HETS at events

Coordinate events and projects that support their needs

Experience can be included at their resumes (recommendation letters)

Sent resume with a letter explaining why is the best candidate to:

info@hets.org

Current Advisory Committee

Faculty &

Administrators

Placita …

Collaboration Initiatives

(Inter-institutional model)

Professional Delopment

(Free of charge access to learning objects, tools, and resources)

Faculty & Administrators Placita - Modules

Resources

(Access to Web 2.0 repository)

Faculty & Administrators Placita

Hispanic Educational Research

Trends on Hispanic Higher Education

Trends on Distance Education

Administrators

Research

Professional Organizations & Associations

Fellowships

Fellowship Information

(additional areas))

…

New service presentation

Strategy to identify experts, share and strengthen HETS impact

among faculty and administrators - 63 joined already (2 discussion

groups)

Space for collaboration and exchange of ideas, knowledge, and best

practices among all HETS member institutions

o Replicate the success of the CUNY Academic Commons

o Think tank activities that lead to new projects and initiatives

o Focus on the enhancement of teaching and learning through

technology

Led by Carlos Guevara, Hostos Community College

HETS Publications

Formats: Interactive & PDF

(repository at hets.org)

Special Events

(special members rate)

Academic Fair (free of charge)

BPS 2016 Conference Summary

Did you like HETS Services?

Join us & use it! Only a

click away at the Virtual

Plaza

Share them with your

colleagues and students

Send your

recommendations or

links to additional

services to:

info@hets.org

For more information:

Yubelkys Montalvo, M.A.

Executive Director

info@hets.org

www.hets.org

(787) 250-1912 exts. 2372, 2373