Chabot College

Basic Skills Committee Website

Center for Teaching and Learning

Getting Connected

• How can interventions for student support and success become sustainable and scalable?
• What are ways to participate in the Bay Area Learning Network?
• Post  your suggestions in the comments below.

The RP Group, as one of the sponsors of the Strengthening Student Success
conference, and the Student Success Regional Networks established by the BSI
professional development grant, are interested in initiatives currently
happening in some California Community Colleges that involve credit courses
for faculty seeking to deepen their knowledge of teaching and learning.

At the 2009 Strengthening Student Success Conference, we heard presentations
from a few colleges/districts that are providing credit courses that faculty
can take to advance their knowledge of teaching and learning. (Credit
courses can be an incentive for faculty development as they can be used to
advance on salary schedules.) We are interested in knowing how many other
colleges may be doing this, or considering doing this. Please take a minute
to let us know using this simple, seven question survey:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=NmC7zugJbsmwgeeP5Xfqng_3d_3d

Please submit this survey by November 13.  Results will be posted for your
information.  Thank you for your time!

-Bob Gabriner, Director, Center for Student Success, RP Group
-Deborah Harrington, Project Director, 2009 CCC ESL/Basic Skills
Professional Development Grant

You are being asked to complete this survey because your school is part of the California Community Colleges Basic Skills Initiative. The purpose of this survey is to better understand how this work is being implemented throughout the state.

The only cost associated with participating in this study is the expenditure of your time. We see no risk associated beyond that which you would experience during a regular day.

Your participation is completely voluntary.  Your decision whether or not to participate will in no way affect your current or future relationship with the Initiative or its administrators, faculty, staff, or students.  You have the right to withdraw from the survey at any time without penalty.  You also have the right to refuse to answer any question(s) for any reason, without penalty.

Your individual privacy will be maintained in all publications or presentations resulting from this study.

If you have any questions or would like additional information about this research, please contact Dr. Christina A. Christie, the lead researcher for this component of the evaluation, by email at tina.christie@cgu.edu or Michael Harnar, assistant to the lead researcher by email at michaelharnar@gmail.com.  Both can be reached by mail at:

Psychology Department
Claremont Graduate University
123 E. 8th St., Claremont, CA 91711

Thank you very much for your time and participation!  Continuing with this survey means you have read this form and consent to participate.

Apply Now! Digital Bridge Academy’s Winter Faculty Experiential Learning Institute

Applications are now available for the Digital Bridge Academy (DBA) Winter Faculty Experiential Learning Institute (FELI), held January 11-17, 2010 at Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA.

The Faculty Experiential Learning Institute (FELI) is a condensed version of the two-week Foundation Course that begins the DBA semester. The intent of the institute is for faculty to learn about the dynamics and processes that emerge amongst students in the Foundation Course classroom. Also, many who complete the FELI report applying techniques they learned here in their classrooms and lives with excellent results.

You will be exposed to core DBA curriculum and exercises that include identifying the learning and communication styles of self and others, as well as listening, communication, and reflection techniques. Woven into the workshops are faculty-specific discussions about teaching and learning.

More information can be found at the FELI website. http://www.cabrillo.edu/academics/digitalbridge/FELI.html

Application deadline is November 6, 2009.

Thank you for your interest and we hope to see you at the FELI.

Using Technology to Enhance Learning in Your Classroom:

Google Docs and More

Salon D

Fall 2009 Regional Meeting Information Maintaining and Enhancing Student Success in Difficult Times: Sustainable, Low-Cost Classroom Practices

San Ramon Meeting Agenda

Get your students to engage and organize using technology like cell phones and flip cameras. In this workshop, you will collaborate with your colleagues to create a site similar to one you can use in the classroom. After a brief demonstration of free on-line resources like www.box.net, http://www.google.com/intl/en/options/, www.jing.com, www.polleverywhere.com, www.youtube.com, you will create your own site and identify ways to use these resources in your classroom.

Using technology

Silicon Valley Foundation

Building Skills Partnership

Canada College

Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County

Community Learning Center

Creating Economic Opportunities for Women, Inc.

Grail Family Services

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees

Jefferson Adult Education

Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley

Learning and Loving Education Center

Multicultural Institute

Narika

North Peninsula Neighborhood Services

Nuestra Casa

Puente de la Costa Sur

San Mateo Adult School

Upwardly Global