Bus Pass Fee Increase

Beginning Spring 2010, the bus pass fee will increase to $75 for eligible students. Students must be registered in 6 or more units to be eligible.

Academic Counseling Appointments

If you have an appointment scheduled with Claire for academic counseling, please be sure to come in for it or let us know the day before that you need to cancel or reschedule. She has very limited counseling hours this semester and is taking appointments on a first come first serve basis.

Office Closed October 22 & 23

The Fast Track To Work office will be closed on Thursday and Friday, October 22 & 23 all day. You may still drop off forms etc in our drop box outside the door. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Registration Experience & Ed Plans

Tell us about your registration experience this semester. Did you get all the classes you wanted? Were some of them full with long waiting lists? Did HalkTalk or WebAdvisor work well for you? Did you end up taking different classes than were on your education plan? Send us an email to let us know!

If you have a change to your ed plan please give us a call to schedule an appointment to get your plan updated! 479-6344.

Important Upcoming Dates

Now - Winter session schedule available on line
10/26 - Early registration for continuing students for Winter Session
11/2 - College and Career Night
11/9 - Veterans Day holiday
11/20 - Deadline to apply for AA/AS degree or certificate for Fall semester
11/21 - Last day to drop a full-term section with a grade of “W”
12/7 - Early registration for continuing students for Spring Session

CalWORKs On Campus Work Study Students

Time cards for all on campus hours worked must be turned in on time! NO EXCEPTIONS

The pay period is from the 20th of a month through the 19th of the next month. The time card must be completed with the correct budget numbers, hours, dollar amounts filled in and have your direct supervisor's signature. Turn in your completed time cards to the Fast Track office by 5:00 on the 19th. We will forward to the FAO and they will send them on to Payroll after they have been audited. Yellow time cards are available from Student Employment. You also should also read the student handbook on line.

If you follow these instructions you will be paid on time and pick up your check at the college bank always around the 10th of the following month. There are a few exceptions to these due dates around any holiday or semester break. As your supervisor for more information.

If you do not follow these instructions, you may not receive your check until the following month. There are no payroll advances.

WIA Students Information

Unemployment Benefits
Were your unemployment checks halted this semester pending an EDD interview? Send us an email to let us know!

Vouchers vs. Reimbursements
The county will no longer be accepting reimbursements for items that can be purchased through a voucher process. Anything that can be bought at Galli Uniform or the Cabrillo Hawkshop cannot be reimbursed. Please be sure to use a voucher for purchases at both of these stores.

Transportation Reimbursement
For those of you receiving transportation reimbursements, you may pick up from our office a fall semester form for you to keep track of your transportation days for the entire semester. The original signed form is to be turned in to our office within 5 days from the end of the semester.

Submitting Regular Reimbursements
Please be as organized as you can when submitting regular reimbursement requests. Remember to highlight your name, dollar amounts, vendors, dates, etc. and match up original receipts with proofs of payments.

Human Services Majors

New preferential value for our students with Cabrillo Human Services Certificates.

Over the past year, the Cabrillo Human Services (HSERV) Program faculty has been working closely with the county Mental Health Agency in their planning and implementation of the Mental Health Services Act and specifically, the Workforce Education and Training component. Patrick Meyer, HServ PC, was informed that County Personnel will now assign our Human Services Certificates an extra point value when evaluating applications for entry level positions in Mental Health. This means that when a current or former student with certificate(s) applies for a position, their education will be given a preferential value compared to other applicants. Congratulations to Patrick and the HServ faculty and students!

Nursing Student Summer Work Experience Program

This summer 19 of our nursing students were involved in the WEX (work experience) Program. They had finished their first year of the nursing program here at Cabrillo and were able to apply what they have learned and gain hands on working experience. Funding was provided by WIA/WIB, Fast Track To Work and stimulus money.

As a result of this and other programs, we have received various donations that support our students in all of our Fast Track To Work programs. Catherine Lachance and the Fast Track To Work staff sincerely appreciates these donations! THANK YOU!

Week of 8/24 Office Hours Change

Our office hours will be limited this week. We have some meetings we must attend before the semester starts. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

OPEN:
Tuesday, 25th - open 8:00 to 11:00 and 1:00 to 5:00 (regular hours)
Wednesday 26th - open 8:00 to 12:00 and 3:15 to 5:00
Thursday 27th - open 1:15 to 5:00
Friday 28th - NOT open all day

We will resume our regular hours next Monday, August 31st.

Getting Ready for Fall Semester

Student traffic in our office will get quite heavy starting when fall books go on sale August 17th through about September 18th. Fast Track staff will be busy helping students with book vouchers, counseling appointments and various questions. Therefore, if you need assistance with OTHER items, please wait until after September 18th to come into our office for help with those items. Thank you for your understanding!

Fall Books for CalWORKs and WIA Students

When you come to our office to get your book voucher, you will have to look up your books online. Because we only have two student computers here in our office, you may have to wait a bit. To save yourself some time, you may look up your text books before you come in. Go to the text book lookup page on the bookstore website.

Find all your classes/sections, then click on "Find books for these courses". Print this list out and bring it to the FTTW office. At our office you can use this list to fill out your voucher for your required books.

Cabrillo Emergency Notification via Your Cell Phone

Cabrillo College is now offering an SMS-based emergency notification service for your mobile phone. In the event of an emergency, Cabrillo students, staff, faculty and others will be alerted in real-time important security information. Click here for more information and to sign up.

Books for Fall Semester

Books will be on sale at the bookstore starting August 17th.

WIA
You may fill out your book vouchers from FTTW starting the 17th. We will verify you are on the list at the bookstore and stamp your voucher. The bookstore will not accept vouchers without our stamp.

CaLWORKs
You may get the book voucher process started by filling out your book request forms starting August 10th. Remember if you pick up your voucher from your ETS, you must come to the FTTW office BEFORE going to the book store. We will verify you are on the list at the bookstore and stamp your voucher. The bookstore will not accept vouchers without our stamp. Also, be sure to take a copy of the list of books to the bookstore when you purchase your books. They need to see which books have been approved.


BOTH WIA and CalWORKs
Remember, the book store will not accept our vouchers until August 17th.
Also remember to bring your cash register receipt back to our office ASAP.