Teams of educators working on Basic Skills, SSSP and Equity came together at the SoCal BSI Coordinator Event on May 1st at LA Harbor to discuss integrated planning and exciting new developments in placement reform. They learned not only about the new Basic Skills reporting requirements but also about the Common Assessment Initiative and emerging […]
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BSI Coordinators In SoCal Escape to Rio Hondo for the Day
Despite the unusually, high temperatures that have been baking SoCal over the past week, over 50 SoCal BSI Coordinators gathered at Rio Hondo College to workshop with Barbara Illowsky regarding the new BSI Publication, BASIC SKILLS COMPLETION: The Key to Student Success in California Community Colleges – Effective Practices for Faculty, Staff and Administrators, […]

New Pilot Community of Practice in CTE/ABE Open for Applications
The California Department of Education (CDE) and the California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project (CALPRO) have announced a new Community of Practice training on Integrated and Contextualized Workforce Skills in the ABE/ASE Classroom. [su_box title=” Registration/application deadline ” box_color=”#ed1226″]Monday, March 10, 2014[/su_box] Participant Commitment and Online Activities – mid-March through the end of April 2014 Participants […]

New 3CSN CTE Community of Practice unveiled at CCCAOE Presentation
[su_quote cite=”3CSN” url=”http://3csn.org/about/theory-of-change/”]If we provide training on networking and we use action research methodologies, community college professionals will transform their environments and identities to create communities of practice that will produce powerful learning and working across campuses. This will lead to greater student success.[/su_quote] The presentation, given by 3CSN Executive Director, Deborah Harrington and 3CSN […]

How to Flip without Flopping
[su_quote cite=”Rob Dameron” url=”http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/09/turning-education-upside-down/”]Flipped classrooms require more creativity and energy from the teacher.[/su_quote] The Beginnings [su_youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H4RkudFzlc” width=”700″ height=”394″] [su_quote cite=”Karl Fisch” url=”http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/7996379/Daniel-Pinks-Think-Tank-Flip-thinking-the-new-buzz-word-sweeping-the-US.html”]When you do a standard lecture in class, and then the students go home to do the problems, some of them are lost. They spend a whole lot of time being frustrated and, […]

Effective Practices and Exemplary Programs
Supplemental Instruction Mt. San Jacinto College Program details Butte Community College, Program details Rio Hondo Community College, Program details I-Falcon- Habits of Mind Cerritos College Program details Crafton Hills Program details, Crafton Hills College Palomar College, Program details Learning Communities Skyline college FYE Program details Success Center Chaffey College Program details (doc 1 and doc […]
Contextualization Workshops
Join Us for this Workshop Series for Educators — All Events at Laney College, Building A, Room A203 — Professional development credit will be awarded to participants. Lunch will be provided. To RSVP and for more information: Lilia Celhay, LCelhay@peralta.edu, (510) 464-3215 Sonja Franeta – “Contextualization Pedagogy at Laney” ■ Friday, September 17, 12:00-1:30 p.m. […]