The State’s Basic Skills Initiative’s Learning in Networks for Knowledge Sharing (LINKS) and Berkeley City College welcomes you to a workshop presentation delivered by USC’s Center for Urban Education (CUE) on 19 March from 8:30am-1pm at Berkeley City College in Room 212.  (For more information about CUE please check out their site:  http://cue.usc.edu/equity_model/.)

Presenters from CUE will demonstrate how to use their Benchmarking Equity and Student Success Tool with cohort migration data available for all Peralta colleges at http://eperalta.org/wp/indev/program-review-equity-fact-books/.  Presenters will also discuss “The Typology of Institutional Equity Agents” and “Syllabus Review for Equity and Success”.

To register, please open the attached flyer and follow the link.  We look forward to seeing you on the 19th and working together to bridge the gap between the research which identifies systemic inequities in our institutions and the practice to eliminate those inequities.

Free Registration (survey link)

Location: room 212

Friday, March 19, 2010

Agenda

8:30-9:00            Continental breakfast

9:00-1:00 pm      Training

Cleavon Smith, Basic Skills Initiative Coordinator

clsmith@peralta.edu

Basic Skills Committee: http://wpmu.eberkeley.org/bsi/

Berkeley City College

http://www.berkeleycitycollege.edu

2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

March 5, 1:00-4:00 pm

Chabot College

Basic Skills Committee Website

Terminology

Practice

Sample Logic Model

Response to Survey

Introduction to Logic Models for the complete powerpoint access University of Wisconsin Extension

MORE RESOURCES

University of Wisconsin Extension

• Logic Model Table format – Word document (1 page, 15 KB)
• Logic Model Flowchart – Word document (1 page, 15 KB)
• Logic Model Flowchart -Excel format (1 sheet 18 KB)
• CSREES Logic Model Worksheet – Word document (1 sheet 32 KB)

Please complete the attached survey.

LINKS

You may click on the date/location listed below to register right away:

(These are all Fridays, 9am-4pm)

April 9, 2010@Mt. San Antonio College; go tohttp://calendar.3csn.org/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=25

April 16, 2010@Merced College; go tohttp://calendar.3csn.org/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=26

April 30, 2010@Berkeley City College; go tohttp://calendar.3csn.org/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=28

May 7, 2010@Santa Ana College; go tohttp://calendar.3csn.org/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=27

The CCC BSI Professional Learning Network, 3CSN—funded by the CCCCO ESL/Basic Skills Professional Development Grant—is pleased to announce the first in a series of events focused on student completion.  These day-long events will be hosted by colleges in four new network regions. During the practicum, we will: 1. Analyze the problems students face in completing their goal(s), and 2. Develop a framework to investigate ways to build links for student success on the classroom and campus level.

In subsequent sessions and with technical assistance coordinated by our regional network coordinators, we will assist local campuses as they explore interventions that can be used in classroom and student services areas. Part of this “Learning In Networks for Knowledge Sharing” or LINKS will involve partnering closely with our many sister networks, including the Faculty Inquiry Network, RP Group/BRIC Project, Hewlett Leaders, Career Ladders Project, California Leadership Alliance for Student Success, Reading Apprenticeship, Digital Bridge Academy, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and many others.  We will also be collaborating through LINKS with the upcoming BSI Leadership Institute and Advanced Leadership Institute, UC Berkeley’s Tillery Institute, and the annual Strengthening Student Success Conference. Additional research and evaluation support for LINKS will be provided by UCLA’s Department of Education.

We invite you to attend the kick-off session at the campus located closest to you; registration is free, but space is limited, so you will want to act quickly.

The attached flyer contains all the essential information, including a link to the online registration site for all of the dates/locations; we hope you forward the flyer to interested faculty, administrators, staff, and students.

Thank you in advance for your interest in these BSI 3C Student Success Network events.  See you this Spring!

Sincerely,

Lynn M. Wright, Project Director
2010 CCC BSI Professional Development Grant
lmwright@pasadena.edu

Deborah L. Harrington, Project Administrator
2010 CCC BSI PD Grant
dharrington@email.laccd.edu

Monday, 3/1 1:30 on

The De Anza College Offices of Instruction, Diversity and Staff Development are proud to

invite you to participate in our fifth annual conference dedicated to student success

What’s love Got to do with it?

Cultivating Learning Environments Conducive to Success for All Students

Please accept our invitation to participate in 2 days of workshops and plenary sessions committed to asking and addressing QUESTIONS about how we can help our students build the skills necessary for their success.   THIS IS A FREE CONFERENCE!

* 2010 Save The Dates:     Thursday, April 15 from 1:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Friday, April 16 from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

We love what we do!  We are constantly growing and learning in our intention to meet the needs of our students and in our capacity to help them reach for their dreams.  It is this deep commitment to our students and to our campus community that facilitates an atmosphere of successful learning.

This conference is designed to capture the energy and commitment embodied within this spirit of love.

Each day of the conference will feature a keynote speaker, two sessions of 90 minute long workshops, and an adapted World Café based collaborative “harvesting” at the end of each day in order to capture new ideas, applications, and strategies for student success.  Food will be provided.

This conference will be QUESTION based (not answer based!) and will focus on the following themes…

* What is the place of love in an academic setting?  How can we foster communities of support and learning among our students, ourselves, and the world at large?

* Who are we?  How can we become more aware of how our students perceive us and what can we do to help them understand who we really are?  Who are our students?  How can we develop a deeper understanding of their diverse identities and learning needs?

* Why is it important that staff, faculty and administrators work together as a community?  How can we improve our collective ability to help students learn how to navigate the expectations and requirements of a college?

* How can we capture our students’ hearts, heads and hands?  How can we make learning fun?  Will building student-centered content and/or pedagogy encourage student engagement and move them to action?

This conference is based on interaction and dialogue (or conversation).   Each 90 minute workshop will be facilitated by a workshop presenter and a trained conference facilitator and will be organized according to the following format:

All conference participants will be encouraged to sign up for follow up workshops held during the end of spring quarter 2010.  These discussions will offer us the opportunity to reflect upon and evaluate our applications.

Please direct all informational inquiries to:

Salamander Breiter/Conference Coordinator – breitersal@fhda.edu or 408-864-5561

February 19, 2010

Chabot’s Faculty Inquiry Groups investigating best practices in enhancing the learning of our basic skills students will be presenting their findings in the following areas:

9:00-11:45

- Using a Common Rubric to Facilitate Cross-Disciplinary Discussions of Critical Thinking

- Reading Apprenticeship  (Advanced registration requested, available on Chabot’s CTL website)

- Involving our Adjunct Faculty in the SLOAC: Getting the Best Participation from your Largest Asset

1:00-3:45

- Teaching Physical Science Study Skills

- Are your students learning about Global and Cultural Involvement in your course? How can you incorporate this into any type of course?

- Design and Assessment of a Peer-tutoring Program for Basic Skills Development

- Improving Writing Through the Use of Personal Narratives in ESL

More information and descriptions of the workshops are available online at:  www.chabotcollege.edu/learningconnection/ctl

Jennifer Lange

CTL Coordinator

Biology Faculty

Friday, February 26, 2010

Berkeley City College

http://www.berkeleycitycollege.edu

2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704

(510) 981-2800

Click here for the PDF flyer

Description

Share and learn ways to unpack specific assignments to achieve maximum student success immediately.

Free Registration (survey link)

Location: room 451

Agenda

8:30-9:00              Continental breakfast

9:00-10:15            Overview

10-15-10:30         Break

10:30-1:00            Activities

Tom DeWitt, Professor, English

Katie Townsend-Merino, Professor, Psychology

Cleavon Smith, Basic Skills Initiative Coordinator

Anniqua Rana, Bay Area Network Coordinator

Parking permit: contact   clsmith@peralta.edu

rana@smccd.edu

http://baln.edulounge.net/

The CATESOL 2010 conference committee invites you to the 41st annual State Conference in Santa Clara April 22-25.

Sessions on the Basic Skills Initiative and much more…

Understanding the Basic Skills Initiative: Grant $ and Your Community College
Kathleen Flynn, Ph.D., Glendale Community College
When the Chancellor’s Office established the Basic Skills Initiative, most California community colleges requested funding. The BSI funded projects required for curriculum development, Student Learning Outcomes, and accreditation projects. BSI funds are still available, but in more restricted ways. This PCI will explain the BSI and the “Poppy Copy” report, and discuss BSI projects (one-time and on-going). The presenter will explain why one application was funded while another was not and offer advice based on experience. Handouts will be provided.
Levels / Interest Groups: CC, C/U

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Community College Level Rap
Barbara Luther & Bette Brickman, Community College Level Coordinators
The Basic Skills Initiative: How is your institution implementing the Basic Skills Initiative? What have been (will be) the challenges you and your department face? Please join us for a discussion of these issues.

Saturday, 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm

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

Attend a three-hour Reading Apprenticeship workshop at

Cañada College

November 12, 2009

9:00- 12:00 – Cynthia Hicks, English Instructor and Learning Connection Project Development Coordinator, Chabot College; Patricia Wu, Biological Sciences Instructor and Biotechnology Program Coordinator, Chabot College,

Building 3- Room 142

“Reading Apprenticeship Workshop: Think Aloud and Talking to the Text.” Make the invisible reading process visible and accessible to each other; engage in metacognitive conversation and the critical role of modeling and guided practice.  Our goal is to introduce teachers to RA as a framework for content area literacy instruction across departments and levels.  The workshop will be highly interactive, with participants engaging in key inquiry activities designed to raise awareness of reading processes and generate discussion of appropriate supports for improving academic reading and learning.  Participants will receive information on summer 2010 professional development offerings in RA for community college teachers.  Contact: Anniqua Rana rana@smccd.edu, Prof. of ESL and English

Napa Valley College

Basic Skills Committee

Question: Connecting with the network

What does the network look like?

Sacramento/Central Valley Network

Coordinator: Nancy Cook

San Diego and Imperial Valley Regional Network

Coordinator: Lisa Brewster

LA Regional Network

Coordinator: Daryl Kinney

Presentation explaining the Network

Plan for Network Building 2009-2011 (One page handout)

Question: Joining the Network

Question: Logic Model

Assessment: The Logic Model is one way to assess effectiveness of the Network

Question: Basic skills needs

Logic Models: A Beginning: powerpoint

Dr. Noma LeMoine

1:30 pm to 4:30 pm

FLEX DAY

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY!

This seminar is designed to empower educators to eliminate disparities in educational outcomes for underperforming students through the embedding of culturally and linguistically responsive instructional methodology. In addition, this seminar will build knowledge of instructional methodologies that motivate and better engage reluctant learners and that scaffold these students’ access to rigorous core content instruction and improved student achievement.

CSM Theatre (Bldg. 3)

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

1:30 pm to 4:30 pm

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Mini-conference, February 26-27, 2010

Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA

Teachers on Teaching:

Sustainable Practices

in Challenging Times

The Foundation Skills Teaching and Learning Community is looking for submissions describing 75-minute interactive workshops for teachers and counselors. Workshops should be designed to share effective practices, lead productive discussion, and leave participants with concrete ideas to take back to their workplace.

Appropriate Areas Related to the Topic:

• Strengthening CTE Programs and Partnerships
• Supporting Basic Skills and Transfer Level Courses
• Maintaining Effective Counseling and Student Services
• Sustaining Collaboration among Educators, including High school/College Collaborations

Submissions:

E-mail name(s), position(s), and affiliation(s)with a 250-500 word description of your proposed workshop to foundationskills@mendocino.edu

Proposal Deadline November 13, 2009

The Foundation Skills Teaching and Learning Community of Mendocino College is hosting this important event to bring secondary and postsecondary educators together to share ideas, build collaboration, and learn about current practices and projects. If you are a current or prospective teacher or counselor, this conference is meant for you!

The Foundation Skills Teaching and Learning Community of Mendocino College is hosting this important event to bring secondary and postsecondary educators together to share ideas, build collaboration, and learn about current practices and projects. If you are a current or prospective teacher or counselor, this conference is meant for you!

Diablo Valley College Training

Introduction to Terminology

Logic Models: A Beginning: powerpoint

The Academic Senate’s Basic Skills Coordinator Workshop was held on September 17-18, 2009 to give an opportunity to ask questions and get the information needed before the Action and Expenditure Plans due on October. 15.

Action Plan Review Report 08-09

2009-2010 Expenditure Instructions

Outcomes
As a result of this workshop, participants will:
1. evaluate their proposed Action Plans and develop or revise as needed to sustain current BSI efforts
2. evaluate current assessment strategies for BSI programs and develop plans for implementing effective assessment strategies as needed using ARCC report and other college data
3. clarify their roles as BSI coordinators and develop strategies to increase their effectiveness

Pre-conference homework:
• Bring Basic Skills Coordinator job description if one exists at the college. If an official job description does not exist, then bring a list of current duties.
• Bring a draft of what will be proposed on the Action Plan (with effective practices).
• Download a pre-conference homework form here

Materials
Evaluation is a Partnership (Powerpoint)
Meeting Agenda (Word)
Effective Strategies for Gaining Campus Buy-In
Rubric for Proposed Activities
How Colleges Are Maintaining Successful Programs and Practices

Ethnicity Data information CCCs 2007-2008

Curriculum coding presentation