Special ProjectsPresentation to Leadership Team

11/14/2012

Goals:B.1.3 - Develop and communicate a

shared vision for grants, career technical education, foundational skills, and learning communities that helps to achieve the college mission.

E.3.1-Formulate a process to coordinate and integrate grant projects in order to leverage resources and make significant institutional change.

Title III & Basic SkillsTwo Themes:

• Institutional Effectiveness: Creating a Learning College

• Pathways to Success: Collaborating to support student success

Institutional Effectiveness Goals

Culture of Assessment and Inquiry: The college will engage in an ongoing cycle of assessment as a result of which faculty, staff, and administration will continuously collaborate to make concrete improvements to student learning in our classes and college.

Institutional Effectiveness Achievements

Teaching and Learning Center:

• Over 110 different faculty and staff in 30 disciplines/areas have been involved in sustained small inquiry, action, and implementation projects (DARTs, APPLEs, FIGs, and POPs);

• 50 faculty/staff have been trained in Academy of College Excellence curriculum.

Institutional Effectiveness AchievementsAssessment:• Promoted a culture of assessment at

college;• Implemented 6-semester ILO

assessment cycle;• Formed Assessment Committee (reps

for each department);• Engaged in course, program, and ILO

assessments that have driven curricular and pedagogical improvements

Pathways to Success Goals:Coordinate student services and academic

programs so that students successfully navigate college systems and access support services that enhance and accelerate their success. (A.2.1)

Accelerate student progress through Basic Skills curricula: Increase and accelerate the rate of success of students who enter basic skills classes, so that most students pass transfer-level classes in math and English in 2 or 3 semesters.

Pathways to Success Achievements:• Developed new accelerated

curricula (English, ESL, math, and MMART);• Partnered with community

organizations, local businesses, schools, and agencies;• Supported Learning Communities

(PERSIST, Green Career Pathways, PHS);• Linked First-Year Experience

curriculum to learning communities and English courses.

Next Steps

• Link student services with instruction;• Institutionalize essential

components of Special Projects activities;• Secure new sources of funding;• Address students' awareness of

academic culture;• Include CTE and other grants and

special projects.

Support We Need

• Increase participation from additional stakeholders;• Institutionalize funding and other

support for essential activities;

• Prioritize time to collaborate.

Big Questions:

What do we need to do to institutionalize Title III and other grant-funded activities for the long-term benefit of the college?

How can we prioritize time for participation of multiple stakeholders without increasing workloads?