From Planks to Protocols Podcast
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From Planks to Protocols is a Porterville College Student Services podcast created to support students, staff, and faculty by offering quick, informative episodes on topics that impact the campus community.
Episodes are categorized by audience and designed to demystify college processes, highlight support services, and share helpful insights in an accessible format. Whether you're a student navigating enrollment, a faculty member seeking clarity on student conduct, or staff wanting to streamline services—this podcast has something for you.
As the series grows, we hope to feature guest speakers and co-hosts who can discuss policies, student rights, and issues affecting access and success in higher education. Our goal is to empower students to better understand the systems they’re navigating, and to give staff and faculty a space to explore how their roles connect to campus-wide goals and statewide initiatives.
“Planks” is a playful metaphor. It refers to the building blocks or foundational "planks" that support the larger structure of Student Services, like the kind that support a ship. It’s also a subtle nod to Porterville College’s pirate mascot, but the tone of the podcast remains fully professional, student-focused, and jargon-free.
Episodes for Students
Title: Academic Standards for Students
Description: This episode helps you understand what Academic Standards mean, what happens when you fall below them, and why it's not the end of the world when this happens because there are a variety of options to get back on track.
Release Date: September 4, 2025
Title: Standards of Student Conduct
Description: This episode helps you understand what standards of student conduct are, why they matter, and how they protect both the learning environment and your rights as a student.
Release Date: August 28, 2025
Title: AB 1705 and Prerequisite Clearances for Students
Description: Ever have questions about AB 1705? What is AB 1705? This episode explores a law that was put in place to help students move forward faster and not get stuck repeating courses they successfully passed in high school. In addition, this episode explores how prerequisite clearances work for PC students. These topics can be confusing, but this episode will help you understand the overall process with clarity and point you in the right direction to find additional answers for specific questions you may have.
Release Date: September 16, 2025
Episodes for Staff
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Episodes for Faculty
Title: Early Alert for Faculty
Description: This episode covers how to handle situations that may require the submission of an Early Alert and how to know whether it's an Early Alert situation or a Student Conduct issue. Also, Early Alert can be used for a variety of situations beyond academic integrity. This episode dives into the details of those situations so you know exactly how and when to use the Early Alert process.
Release Date: August 27, 2025
PC Web · From Planks to Protocols Early Alert for Faculty Episode 4
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Episodes for a General Audience
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YouTube Channel With Captions
If you'd like to view the episodes as videos with captions within the YouTube platform, visit our From Planks to Protocols YouTube Channel. You can also watch and click through each episode in the playlist through the embedded video below.
From Planks to Protocols YouTube Episode Playlist
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