1. Basic Skills Initiative 2009
Together, We Can
Inaugural SCVN Regional Meeting
Merced College Business Resources Center
May 18, 2009
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2. Welcome!
 Nancy Cook, Sacramento/Central Valley
Network Coordinator
 Dr. Ben Duran, President, Merced College
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3. Meeting Outcomes
 Build community, connection, camaraderie, and collegiality with
one another
 Become familiar with goals and activities of the Network as well as
benefits of being part of the Network
 Discuss and strategize ideas for and ways of adding components to
the Network
 Become familiar with the SCVN Blog site and its potential for
instant connection with one another
 Share successes and challenges with one another and learn names
to contact for more information
 Discuss, share, strategize, and brainstorm ideas for creating or
adding to important programs or projects on our campuses
 Plan for future connections with one another
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4. History of the BSI
 BSI discussions born out of two things:
 Strategic planning process by Chancellor’s Office
 Academic Senate need to raise math and English
requirements
 Collaboration between
 Academic Senate
 Chief Instructional Officers
 Chief Student Services Officers
 Chancellor’s Office
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5. BSI Grants
 $31.5 million per year, 110 community
colleges
 $1.6 million per year for professional
development
 Year 1: Center for Student Success
 Years 2 & 3: Foothill-De Anza Community
College District, Barbara Illowsky
 Year 4: Los Angeles Community College
District, Deborah Harrington
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6. Some Goals of CCC BSI 2009
 Create a Network that over five years will
encompass all 110 community colleges
 Create a yearly Leadership Institute
 Create a virtual network
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7. Why a Network?
 Fall 2008 Chancellor’s Office data
 93, 762 community college faculty, staff, and
administrators
 63,313 faculty
 How can we address the needs of this huge
population of employees?
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8. Why a Network?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnF
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9. Vision of Students Today
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46v
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10. Need for Sharing Technology
 Sharp tech skills needed to compete in
global society
 Digital natives vs. digital immigrants
 Those born into technology never far from it
 Their source of connection, communication,
and learning
 Can we take advantage of this window for
learning by integrating more technology
into our classrooms and institutions?
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11. Popularity of Social
Networking Sites
 Facebook
 MySpace
 Twitter
 And others…
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12.  Sacramento/Central Valley
 Bay Area
 LA
 San Diego

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14. Leadership Institute
 June 14-20, 2009 at San Francisco State
 Participants from inaugural networks
 Follow up and sharing
 ASCCC Sponsored Basic Skills Regionals
 Strengthening Student Success Conference
 Tillery Institute
 Network Website
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15. Making Connections
 Regional Workshops
 Learning Network
 Summer Leadership Institute
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16.  Student Learning
 Faculty Learning
 Institutional Learning
 Systemic Learning

20. CA Success Network (SN) Logic Model
Activities Short Term Outcomes Long Term Outcomes
Systemic Learning
Target Population Coordination with core organizations Policies that Support
(Alliance building among ASCCC, LACCD Project, Other Partners) Sustained, Innovative/
-State and Local- -Guide statewide infrastructure development Alternative & Engaging
Level Decision- -Assist in securing funds for acquiring additional resources to support State & Regional infrastructure Methodologies/
Makers Local Policy Adoption Pedagogy at CCCs
-Administrators Supporting SN &
-Faculty Other BSI Initiatives
-Support Staff
-Students Create statewide infrastructure
(Permanent learning network among 110 Colleges and a CCC Center)
-Establish statewide coordinating center
-Guide the development of and coordinate & support a system of regional networks Institutional Learning
-Coordinate & support partnerships among professional development efforts Support for Sustained,
-Provide vision & support for the development of innovative professional development activities Innovative/ Alternative &
Collaborative
-Introduce & engage in collaborative evaluation activities that generate knowledge about effective Engaging
Learning
learning to transform practice Methodologies/
Networks
Pedagogy
Create regional level infrastructure (networks)
-Develop & support long-term on-going regional professional development training & supporting
Skilled
materials for the target population
Implementation of
-Develop infrastructure for colleges to learn about & share innovative instructional programs Faculty Learning
Responsive,
-On-going evaluation of professional & program activities, including benchmark assessment & Implementation of
Innovative,
capacity building Innovative/ Alternative &
Integrated
Essential Engaging
Academic Skills Methodologies/
Develop a cadre of campus leaders Curriculum Pedagogy
-Conduct Summer Leadership Institute, ASCCC Workshops, Other Leadership Institutes & on-going
professional development activities
-Develop strategies to retain effective leaders
-Guide annual revision of Campus BSI Action Plans
-On-going evaluation of the process and impact of professional development activities Student Learning
Success of Students’
Increased Learning, Personal Goals,
Success & Completing AA/AS &
Promote models of effective practices Certificate Programs &
Persistence of
-Build capacity of all faculty to teach students who are underprepared for learning in college courses Students Transferring to 4 Yr
-Develop Web-based, virtual teaching & learning communities, including a virtual resource library Colleges
-Engage in collaborative evaluation activities

21. Information Technology Solutions
Why Pilot the Network?
Benefits Colleges Receive
Funds for professional learning through the
Network, above and beyond BSI funds.
Connection An opportunity to showcase successful programs/projects
Pilot colleges build connections through a network on your campus as well as field trips to other community
Sustained, ongoing support from a designated regional
of professionals who can turn to one another for colleges with model programs and practices.
network coordinator.
support.
Partnerships with state-wide initiatives, such as the Faculty
Participation in a summer leadership institute designed to
Inquiry Network, Center for Student Success, and Career
Community support successful implementation of your BSI action
Ladders.
Pilot colleges build a community of learning where plans.
successes are shared and answers to challenges
Regional workshops put on by the ASCCC where faculty
are brainstormed together. Participation in a post-leadership institute project geared
and administrators can gain additional information and
specifically toward the needs of your campus and basic
insight.
skills program.
Success
Faculty and administrators build a network for Data coaches to help with assessment and evaluation of
Campus visits from the leadership institute mentors, who
learning that spreads to programs/institutions, your projects and who will also help guide you in making
will answer questions, provide support, and help with your
ultimately increasing student learning and evidence-based decisions.
post-institute project.
success.
A time to shine—an opportunity to showcase your college,
Participation in regional workshops where you’ll get to
including your post-leadership institute project, at the
discuss ideas, problems, solutions, and where you’ll get to
Strengthening Student Success Conference in October 2009
build camaraderie and community with colleagues from
in San Francisco.
regional colleges.
Whatever you want the network to be! How the network is
Participation in not only your own regional networks but
built will depend upon you and upon what you want the
in the larger network as well—where you can gain
network to be.
ideas, get insights, and work together to seek answers to
thorny questions.
A robust and interactive virtual network to enhance
professional learning and collaboration.
CCCBSI 2009
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22. California Community College
Basic Skills Initiative + edu + lounge
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23. Activity
 Go to http://cccbsi.edulounge.net
 From drop-down menu, click on
Sacramento/Central Valley Regional
Network
 Scroll down
 Find “Larger Network Activities”
 Find “Benefits to Colleges”
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24. Network Activities and
Benefits to Colleges Activity
 In groups of two or three, read and discuss
the activities of the larger Network
 Identify one activity that you are most
excited about and why
 Read and discuss Benefits to Colleges
 Identify one activity that you are most
excited about and why
 Click on “Comment Here” and follow
directions on the page
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25. SCVN Blog Exploration
 http://cccbsi.edulounge.net
 Email me web sites for your basic skills
committees
 Need student success stories! Please email some to
me and please include photos of each student
 Fill out survey (one per campus)
ncook@sierracollege.edu
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26. Choose 1 or More SCVN Blog Activities
 Read something from “Recommended
Reading” & comment on it
 Use VoiceThread to tell how you meet effective
practice(s) on your campus
 Leave comment on Success Components
 Leave comment on Networking Popularity
 Leave comment on Challenges
 Go to other regional network & leave comment
 Watch video clip or PowerPoint & comment
 Look at website of other pilot college &
comment
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27. What Do We Want in the
Network?
 Look at list of compiled desires from first
site visits (hard copy handout)
 Brainstorm ideas for more
 Brainstorm ways to implement what is on
the list
 Will write your ideas on flip charts
 Later I’ll type up and put on blog site
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28. Lunch Activity
 Please sit with someone from college other
than your own
 Discuss successes and challenges each has
had with programs/projects on respective
campuses
 Write one or two successes and challenges
that you learned from other person on
sheets designated for such (on walls)
 Include name of person you learned from
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29. Afternoon Activity
 You’ll discuss two topics this afternoon
 Select topic (1-6 on Agenda) that you’d like
to discuss in first afternoon session
 Go to designated spot and form group
 Write on flip chart paper the topic number,
name of recorder, and ideas/strategies you
generate in your group; hang paper on wall
 Select topic you’d like to discuss in second
afternoon session and repeat steps
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30. Future Meetings
 How often?
 When in fall?
 Where?
 Suggestions for content
 Would you like presentations from people in our
regional network?
 Would you like a “big name” speaker
 Do you want to have site visits to other
colleges in our regional network?
 Other suggestions for fall
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31. Please Fill out Evaluations
Before you Leave
Nancy Cook, Sacramento/Central Valley
Regional Network Coordinator
ncook@sierracollege.edu
http://cccbsi.edulounge.net
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