Session I – Student Panel: Thank you to Shantea Simon, Heather Bui, Deborah Iverson, and Iris Aldama

Session II – Presentation: “Barriers and Solutions for Improving Students’ Academic Performance and Completion: A Focus on Self-Regulation,” Myron Dembo, PhD

Click here to view the embedded video.

Session III, Part A – Group Work: Overcoming Obstacles to Student Success through Dembo’s 3-part Framework (see Session III-Part A handout, steps 1-5)

Session III, Part B – Individual Reflection and Planning: Overcoming Obstacles to Student Success through Dembo’s 3-part Framework (see Session II-Part B handout, step 6)

Session IV – Presentation: The California Community Colleges Network (3CSN)/An Invitation to Join (see Session IV-on Network)

Session IV – Process for Building Professional Learning that Addresses Student Success Efforts: Next Steps (see Session V-Going Global, From Individual to Collective)

Resources

Dembo & Howard: Learning Styles Myths

Dembo, Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success: Purchase Info

Center for Community College Student Engagement’s 2009 National Report

• Executive Summary of CCCSE 2009 National Report

Survey of Entering Student Engagement–Effective Practice with Entering Students Report

Further Resources for Learner-Centered Syllabus Development:

http://cte.udel.edu/instructional-topics/designing-courses/designing-learning-centered-syllabus.html

http://www1.csbsju.edu/les/pastevents/syllabi.htm

Resources on Possible Selves

Brief on use of possible selves in education

PowerPoint on Possible Selves/Professional Development

Session I – Student Panel

Session II – Presentation: “Barriers and Solutions for Improving Students’ Academic Performance and Completion: A Focus on Self-Regulation,” Myron Dembo, PhD

Click here to view the embedded video.

Session III, Part A – Group Work: Overcoming Obstacles to Student Success through Dembo’s 3-part Framework (see Session III-Part A handout, steps 1-5)

Session III, Part B – Individual Reflection and Planning: Overcoming Obstacles to Student Success through Dembo’s 3-part Framework (see Session II-Part B handout, step 6)

Session IV – Presentation: The California Community Colleges Network (3CSN)/An Invitation to Join (see Session IV-on Network)

Session V – Process for Building Professional Learning that Addresses Student Success Efforts: Next Steps (see Session V-Going Global, From Individual to Collective)

http://www.box.net/shared/aoe0pnh8dh

Presentor: Julie Phelps, Project Director of Achieving the Dream and Professor of Mathematics at Valencia Community College

In this session, the presenter will share the perspectives of Valencia Community College’s Achieving the Dream Leadership Team, a Faculty/Student Affairs/Academic Affairs partnership, about the institution’s key strategies for developing focus, engagement, commitment, meaningful data, and systemic improvement. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own institutional challenges and solutions.

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2. Administrative Commitment to the Basic Skills Initiative
Thursday, June 18
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
Location: Room 28, Burk Hall

Inherent to the Basic Skills Initiative is an Institutional commitment to equity for all students. How can California Community College administrators lead the effort to support students with basic skills needs by allocating funding and providing instructional and student services? Join the discussion with leaders in these efforts – Rita M. Cepeda, President San Diego Mesa College, Bernadine Chuck Fong, President Emerita, Foothill College, and Martha J. Kanter (dependent on schedule).

CONTACTS:
Deborah Harrington, BSI Project Director, DHarrington@email.laccd.edu
Lisa Brewster, San Diego Network Coordinator, lbrewste@sdccd.edu
Nancy Cook , Sacramento/Central Valley Network Coordinator, ncook@sierracollege.edu
Daryl Kinney, Los Angeles Network Coordinator, kinneyd@lacitycollege.edu
Anniqua Rana, Bay Area Network Coordinator, rana@smccd.edu

How can you help establish, advance and sustain efforts to support the success of our students, especially those who are underprepared for learning in college courses?

Details are available at the following link : http://bsili.edulounge.net/

Click here for logistical details.

In an intensive one-week pilot workshop you will work with colleagues and leaders throughout the state to look deeply into answering two fundamental questions:

1. How can I help my college establish, advance and sustain a network that supports the success of our students, especially those who are underprepared for learning in college courses?
2. How can we work together to create such networks among community colleges in California to support student success throughout our state?

Who should attend?

• Basic Skills Coordinators
• Faculty leaders of local basic skills efforts

Come to develop your understanding of:

• Faculty inquiry
• Networking
• Communities of Practice
• Professional learning
• Institutional transformation
• Evaluation

Leave with:

• A plan to design a successful network on your campus – or improve on one you already have in place
• Models of successful practice
• Access to expertise that you need to help your students succeed
• Connections to colleagues who share your passion and your interests!

On January 12, 2009, the Board of Governors voted to award the 2009 ESL/Basic Skills Professional Development Grant to The Los Angeles Community College District.  Funded by the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges, the grant provides $1.6 million per year for up to five years to support the next phase of the Basic Skills Initiative (BSI).  Now in its fourth year, the BSI represents an unprecedented collaboration among the Academic Senate, Chief Instructional Officers, Chief Student Services Officers, and the Chancellor’s Office to improve educational success rates for the many students who come to California’s community colleges unprepared for college level work. 

CCC BSI 2009 will integrate the highly successful series of regional workshops led by the state’s Academic Senate for the past three years with new activities, including the development of a permanent statewide Professional Learning Network, creation of a center for the scholarship of teaching and learning in community colleges, and establishment of a BSI Summer Institute. In partnership with the RP Group, BSI 2009 will develop benchmarks for transition points between courses in basic skills sequences and create new tools for a series of data coaching workshops designed to increase every college’s capacity to enhance student success outcomes. In addition, a robust interactive virtual network to enhance professional learning and collaboration will also be developed in partnership with the California Educational Technology Collaborative and the ASCCC.

Through workshops continuing under the leadership of the ASCCC (for more info, visit http://www.cccbsi.org/), more colleges than ever will learn about, share, and develop strategies for implenting the effective practices outlined in the BSI Phase I “Poppy Copy.”  Combined with the enhanced virtual network, the data coaching workshops, and an entire strand of BSI sessions during the fall Strengthening Student Success Conference, every college in the state will have the opportunity to increase their participation in the BSI. 

The creation of a permanent statewide Professional Learning Network is perhaps the most innovative aspect of BSI 2009.   For the past few decades community colleges have often worked in isolation to support the needs of underprepared students. Even within campuses, faculty and staff often struggle to coordinate their efforts and to create the kind of institutional changes that the BSI was designed to promote. CCC BSI 2009 is designed to bridge these gaps by establishing a highly-coordinated community of professional learners who can address the many shared questions and problems associated with basic skills needs across the segments. Foundational to this Professional Learning Network are evidence-based knowledge building, inquiry, capacity building, direct training, and resource development.

To build this pilot Network, mentors will be assigned in four specific locations (the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Sacramento/Central Valley, and San Diego). These mentors will facilitate efforts among faculty, staff, and administrators in the local regions, while providing connections with the greater statewide network. Through both face-to-face meetings and virtual links, participating colleges will become part of a community of professional inquiry that will provide several transformational opportunities, including:

• Funds for professional learning above and beyond BSI funds
• Sustained, ongoing support from a designated regional mentor
• Data coaches to help make evidence-based decisions
• Experts who will tailor support to college needs
• Participation in a summer leadership institute designed to support successful implementation of their BSI action plans
• Partnerships with state-wide initiatives, such as the Faculty Inquiry Network, Center for Student Success, and Career Ladders
• Regional field trips to community colleges with model programs and practices

Each year, more regional college clusters will be added to the effort, eventually resulting in a permanent Professional Learning Network focused on the use of data and inquiry for institutional improvement.

Deborah L. Harrington will serve as Project Director for BSI 2009, with Gary Colombo as Project Administrator.  The first steering committee meeting takes place on March 10^th, with members reflecting the expertise of many groups including the ASCCC, CEOs, CIOs, CSSOs, RP Group, Career Ladders, Faculty Inquiry Network, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, CETC, CCCCO, and more.