basic skills: status, accomplishments, next steps

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Basic Skills:status,

accomplishments, next stepsBarbara Illowsky, Ph.D.Academic Affairs, CCCCO

illowsky@cccco.edu November 1, 2012

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Thought for the day!"Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence."                       --Abigail Adams, 1780

(Evelyn Metz’ signature, MSJC)

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Challenge• 5 minutes (timed)• If you have seen this before, just observe

(ACTIVITY REMOVED FOR PUBLIC POSTING!)

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Observations• 100% Success?• Beginning chaos?• Silos work?• Creativity?• Leaders?

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Lessons Learned• Challenges• Barriers• Motivation• Solutions

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Back to our students….• Challenges• Barriers• Motivation• Solutions

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Fabulous…• http://

ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=1474

Dr. Tina Seelig

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Barbara’s thoughts

and observations• Poppy Copy -> 4 strands emphasized it takes a village• BSI

-> brought students with basic skills needs to the forefront & into the public-> encouraged cooperation & creativity between student services & instruction

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More thinking…• BSI -> brought use of data to forefront -> inspired innovation -> more time thinking about student success -> pilots, pilots, pilots -> educated “us” about needs & value of CTE -> educated “us” about non-credit basic skills

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What works?• Integrated counseling• Integrated basic skills with CTE• Integrated tutoring

NO MORE SILOS!!

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How do we decide?• Use data • Increase successful practices• Increase successful programs• Scale up successful practices & programs• Adapt from other colleges• Slow down pilot use … for now

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Opportunities for improvement

• Instruction & Student Services still compete for funding

• Too many pilots without making decisions

• Put the $$ into programs that work• Clean up CB21 coding

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A few more opportunities …

• Tendency to stop successful practices when the $$ gets tight

• Tendency to stop professional development when the $$ gets tight

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… the big one! Students don’t do optional!

Kay McClenney

It is OUR responsibility to require ….

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Accomplishments

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Current work• October 10th – CCCs turned in 2011-12

Basic Skills reporting forms• e-resource – under development – will

include compilation of successful practices and programs• 3csn.org : current BSI professional

development grant

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Upcoming hot topics• MOOC: Massive Open Online Course• BSI Funding: RFA to be released on

November 15th

• Dual Enrollment: upcoming • Revolving doors: administrators

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CCCCO – basic skills sitehttp://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/AcademicAffairs/BasicSkillsEnglishasaSecondLanguage.aspx OR: http://www.cccco.edu/ Systems Operations Divisions Academic Affairs Basic Skills & English as a Second Language

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Questions?

Thank you!