BSI SLO SEP ACCJC SIM Chair

(BSI + SLO + SEP)*ACCJC = SIM Chair, Lesley Kawaguchi, Santa Monica Queen SLO, Marcy Alancraig, Cabrillo Trustee, Wade Ellis, West Valley - Mission CCD Researcher, Cathy Hasson, Skyline College Dr. BSI, Barbara Illowsky, De Anza Princess SLO, Karen Wong, Skyline College

First date: Student Equity Plans 1991 -- CA. Legislature Ed. Code 66010. 2 c 66030 1992 -- Board of Governors Student Equity Policy 1996 -- Board of Governors Student Equity Plans

Student Equity Plans » Title 5 Section 54220 » ASCCC response: Student Equity: Guidelines for Developing a Plan » Original 1993; revised and adopted Fall 2002 » Last plans due in 2005

What was in the plans? » 5 major student equity indicators: » Access » Course completion » Degree and certificate completion » ESL and basic skills completion » Transfer rate » Student Equity Issues » Breakdown the above factors on the basis of ethnicity/race, gender, disability status

Why no sparks? » Plans often done by a single person or very small group » Plans sat on a shelf » Plans had no accountability » Plans had no funding tied to them

Courtship: Student Learning Outcomes -Born in 1980’s -Moved from East Coast to West - 2002: New Standards recognize importance of SLOs

Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places » 5 Stages of Faculty Grief and Resistance » Academic Senate Opposition » Lack of Administrative Funding for doing the work » Always crushed out on Equity but sometimes unable to make a real connection

Finally: Love Comes » Emergence of SLO Coordinators » Recognition from ASCCC » More dates with Equity » Looking at what’s happening in the classroom and across the Institution

Linking Equity and BSI » Natural merger » Couldn’t happen until we got to know each other » Couldn’t happen until “SLO” relaxed and knew how to thrive in California

Meeting the in-laws: Basic Skills Initiative Phase III 5 goals: 2 are specifically addressing equity

Equity in Higher Education Involves three parts: » Equity in college preparation » Access to college » Success in reaching college goals Thomas Bailey & Vanessa Smith Morest

Goal 1: Research & Data Collection § Literature Review Addendum § Equity Issues & Strategies § High School to College Transition § Non-credit to Credit Transition § Data base § Survey of programs, strategies and projects § Includes California and national data

Goal 3: Student Equity Evaluate all 109 2005 Student Equity Plans Identify common statewide trends >> Develop state resources for general needs >> Gather baseline data Identify discrepancies >>Technical Assistance to individual colleges

Clergy: Board of Trustees » What can we do for the Board? » What can the Board do for the BSI?

What can we do for Boards? Board members are politicians. » John Mc. Cain’s speech on the economy: praised community colleges as retraining institutions that can help with reemployment. We can help them understand that retraining requires Basic Skills. » SJ Mercury News, 4/13/08: need for more access to education through the community colleges We can help them understand that access and opportunity means Basic Skills

What can Boards do for Basic Skills? » Highlight: Basic Skills Initiative by asking for presentations on Student Equity, SLO and BSI Plans. » Ask: presentations on retraining and veterans assistance programs. » Ask: presentations on how basic skills programs are being integrated into bond funded construction plans.

What else can Boards do? » Boards can act as marriage broker, encouraging administrations to promote basic skills collaboration. » Student Services, Financial Aid, Human Resources, Counseling, each of the academic departments, and admission and records are all participants at an effective basic skills college or district.

Marriage: Keys to Success

Points of Integration 1. Partnership & Collaboration 2. Communication 3. Growth Opportunities 4. Incentives 5. Consultation and Mentoring

Points of Integration (cont. ) 1. Strategies » BSI Research Agenda » Faculty Inquiry Groups » Program Review Research & Plans

Outcomes » Learning Communities » Supplementary Instruction » Additional research & assessment » Targeted marketing and promotion » Retention Strategies » Early Alert » Wait Lists » New and enhanced programs and services

Offspring: Student Improvement Movement

Report out from session: How do all of these activities fit in with Accreditation and SIM? » Forced all of our bodies to get together. Generated research. We need the data to understand what’s going on. Transparent. data process that others can critique. » Senate should take the initiative in integrating everything together with one voice. » Established a culture of datadriven self-assessment.

(continued) » We can go back and make correction based on data. Formative evaluation. » Student learning and data. » Documentation of program review. School dinged because budget should be driven by SLOs but not documentation » Data. Questions you asked are part of the research design. Are the questions good. » Direct connection to planning. All of the areas need to be connected to the master plan. Lack of integrate planning can cause problems that are addressed by BSI+

(continued) » Data need to be both quantitative and qualitative. Critical questions need to have both. » Time constraints and personnel problems make it hard to get all the information. Here is one thing we are going to take across the board and to use as a model. » Dialogue is crucial to the overarching planning for the success of the three initiatives.

Remain true! Ba’bye!