Fall 2010!

The Faculty Inquiry Network and Bay Area Learning Network will be co-hosting a one-day conference, “Intersecting Literacies” that will be of great interest to anyone who teaches writing or makes writing an important part of their students’ intellectual experience.  We would like to welcome not only Faculty, but Students as well! We will listen to student voice as well as have participating Students in the workshop itself.

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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

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

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

Sustainable Practices in

Challenging Times

Mini-conference, February 26 -27, 2010

Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA

dent panels

• Breakout Sessions
• College Credit (EDU 88.2 – Sect. 3232)
• Fabulous Lunch
• Opportunities to share ideas and information

Topics will include:

• Curriculum, Planning, and Pedagogy

For Student Success

• Supporting Basic Skills and

Transfer Level Courses

• Maintaining Effective Counseling

and Student Services

• Sustaining Collaboration among

Educators, including

High school/College

Collaborations

• Strengthening CTE Programs and

Partnerships

This mini-conference is dedicated to the memory of Tonya Sparkes, a beloved High School and Community College instructor.

There will be an opportunity to donate to a scholarship fund in Tonya’s name.

Foundation Skills Teaching and Learning Community

foundationskill@mendocino.edu

Registration Form

***Last Day to register is February 18, 2010***

________     $15.00 registration/Saturday lunch fee enclosed

(Make checks payable to Mendocino College)

Mail Completed Registration Forms to:

Mendocino College attention:  Instruction Office

1000 Hensley Creek Road

Ukiah, CA  95482

Questions?  Please email us at foundationskills@mendocino.edu

**Please Note:  Requests for refunds must be received no later than Tuesday, February 23, 2010.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT

Attendees wishing to receive college credit for this workshop must be enrolled in EDU88.2 (section #3232) no later than Thursday, February 25^th.

Application for Admission:  Anyone wishing to enroll in EDU88.2 must have an application on file with the Admissions & Records Office prior to enrolling.  If you are new to Mendocino College or have not been enrolled in one of the last two previous semesters you must complete an application for admission.  Applications may be submitted online via the Mendocino College website:  www.mendocino.edu.  Alternatively, a paper application printed from the Mendocino College website at www.mendocino.edu/tc/pg/641/application_for_admission.html may be submitted.   Paper applications must be mailed in or hand delivered to the Admissions & Records Office.

Registration:  Once you have an application on file, you can enroll in this class using WebAdvisor via the Mendocino College website:  www.mendocino.edu.    Fees are due at the time of enrollment and can be paid on WebAdvisor with Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover.  To pay by cash or check, please come to the Admissions and Records office located in MacMillan Hall.

Please call 707-468-3101 with any questions or for further assistance.

If you teach, or plan to teach, a learning community, attend this workshop and leave with an integrated syllabus, sample assignments, and assessment tools.

Access this site for more information

TO PREPARE

• Complete the Survey

• Read Contextualized Teaching & Learning: A Faculty Primer

http://www.cccbsi.org/Websites/basicskills/Images/CTL.pdf

• Bring a soft copy of your syllabus and one assignment
• Bring your text books

Agenda

8:30-9:00             Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:30             Overview

9:30-10:45          Creating and integrating

10:45-11:00        Next steps

11:00-11:30        Collaborations (For faculty teaching learning communities-open to all)