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CB 21 Regional Meetings
Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by anniqua.
CB 21 Regional Recoding Meetings
The deadline for the CB 21 recoding of our sequential basic skills classes is March 1, 2010. In an effort to help faculty and institutions meet this deadline we are providing a series of short sessions around the state called Pizza + CB21!**Registration is limited to 50 people so register soon. Locations with inadequate registration numbers may be cancelled.
LOCATIONS, TIMES AND DATES
February 8, 2010 (Monday) at Cañada College from 4:00-5:30 PM Map and Instructions
February 9, 2010 (Tuesday) at Fresno City College from 4:00-5:30 PM Map and Instructions
February 17, 2010 (Wednesday) at Pasadena City College from 4:30-6:00 PM Map Instructions
February 18, 2010 (Thursday) at Orange Coast College from 4:00-5:30 PM Map
February 22, 2010 (Monday) at San Diego Miramar College from 3:30-5:00 PM Map
February 24, 2010 (Wednesday) at Sacramento City College from 4:00-5:30 PM Map Instructions
What does it cost?
Free, pizza and drinks provided, but you must register.
Who should attend?
A team from your college made up of a faculty member from each of the basic skills disciplines mathematics, English, reading, ESL. Other helpful members for your team might be your institutional researcher, the person who submits your MIS curriculum coding to the Chancellor’s Office, Curriculum Chair, Academic Development Chair, Basic Skills Coordinator, SLO coordinator and Chief Instructional Officer.
Note: Noncredit faculty are also invited but we have two noncredit all day meeting February 26 and March 12 which will be discussing this recoding. More details here…
What are the outcomes?
By the end of the meeting attendees will:
- Recode all basic skills course levels using the rubrics to determine the appropriate CB 21 code.
- Evaluate the coding of all basic skills and non-degree-level courses for their college and its programs.
- Analyze information from other colleges about their curriculum coding and philosophies in order to expand our collective understanding of basic skills statewide.
- Synthesize the importance of coding, curriculum and student pathways into a workable strategy targeting student success.
What should you bring?
- Each team should bring a spreadsheet of all the courses coded as basic skills, including any courses not coded as basic skills that are below transfer. The spreadsheet should include the current coding for each course in CB04 (Degree Applicability), CB 05 (transfer status), CB 08 (Basic Skills Status), CB 21 (Level prior to transfer).
- Sample curriculum documents from math, reading, ESL and English courses prior to transfer.
- Copies of the CB 21 recoding manual called Coding Student’s Progress through Basic Skills downloadable from http://www.cccbsi.org/cb21-information
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BSI Tune-Up
Posted on 30. Sep, 2009 by harrindl.
Click on the link below to go to a file containing the “Tune-up Kit” and corresponding “Rubric” developed under Gary Colombo’s subgroup of the 2009 ESL/Basic Skills Professional Development Grant Steering Committee. It is for use with your local BSI Action Plans.
http://www.box.net/shared/ndzfq0zhk8
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2009 ESL/Basic Skills Professional Development Grant: Progress Report
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by harrindl.
Just Released: 2009 ESL/Basic Skills Professional Development Grant Progress Report–READ IT HERE:
http://www.box.net/shared/aoe0pnh8dh
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Open Sessions Leadership Institute June 2009
Posted on 07. Jun, 2009 by anniqua.
1. The Institution as Learner: Making Progress
Date: Tuesday June 16, 2009
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
Location: Room 28, Burk Hall
San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue San Francisco, CA 94132
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
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SACLN
Posted on 08. Mar, 2009 by anniqua.
Steering and Advocacy Collaborative Learning Network
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?
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2009 BSI Summer Institute
Posted on 26. Feb, 2009 by anniqua.
The 2009 BSI Summer Institute will be held from June 14-20th at San Francisco State University.
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:
- 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?
- 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!
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CCC BSI 2009: “Together, We Can”
Posted on 16. Feb, 2009 by harrindl.
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 10th, 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.
