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Why Should I Care?

Ian Walton, Emeritus, Mission CollegePast President, ASCCC

Thanks to ASCCC, ICAS, CCCCO, RP Group, Hewlett Foundation, U.C. Berkeley, PACE, Aspen Institute, ACE

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Statewide & National Issues

Today’s List: Show n Tell + Debate

#1 ICAS Math Competencies#2 CCCAssess#3 Evidence – BRIC / ACCJC / Aspen Prize#4 Basic Skills Observations#5 C-ID & TMC#6 Student Success Task Force#7 Common Core / GED Testing

#8 Graduation Competencies#9 Math Wars Revisited

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But First …. # 0

A commercial …..Basic Skills (Graduation Competencies / BSI)Common to many of these topics

www.youtube.com Search forMissionCollegeTutor

Free Resource for your elementary algebra students

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Recap / Updates # 1ICAS Math Competencies

Intersegmental AS – UC, CSU, CCC

- 4th edition 2010 (1st 1982)

- Skills expected of

entering freshmen

- Political Statement

- Know it – Publicize it

http://icas-ca.org

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Recap / Updates # 2CCCAssess

Chancellor’s Office Technology Division- Common assessment instrument- Math, English, ESL - 2010 regional feedback meetings- AB743 * signed by Governor

* support in theory* no funding yet* use student success TF

www.cccassess.org

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CCCAssess

Math Hot TopicsAssess, Place, Diagnose, Remediate

Range – Whole Numbers through Integration

Linear vs Adaptive – Single Experience

No calculators Written responses

Missing Areas

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Recap / Updates # 3Use of Evidence

AccreditationRP Projects BSOC / BRICAchieving the Dream / CLASS

Aspen Prize for Community CollegesNational / $1 million / Kanter / Obama

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BRIC

“What would it take to get more faculty involved in the thoughtful use of

evidence to help students ?”

- not compliance- not just numericalwww.rpgroup.org/projects/BRIC.html

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Recap/Updates # 4 Basic Skills Observations

Hewlett Foundation

RP Group – Bob Gabriner

UC Berkeley – Norton Grubb

CC faculty, researchers + UC graduate students

Research study into institutional policies and classroom practices in CCC basic skills instruction

Observation visits to several colleges

How do you get innovation ?

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Basic SkillsCollege Observations

Norton Grubb, Professor of Education, UCB“Honored But Invisible” – 1999An Inside Look at Community College Teaching

Multi day visits Observe classroomsInterview faculty and administratorsNo direct feedback to college

Series of working papers at: www.stanford.edu/group/pace/cgi-bin/wordpress/publications

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Recap/Update # 5C-ID TMC

The long history of common course numbering and “easier” transfer…CAN, IMPAC, LDTP, C-ID

SB1440 Transfer associate degreesTMC and course approval

Senate Input C-ID, FDRG, DIGStudent – More uniformity, Out in 60 unitsDegree Approval – Course Approvalwww.c-id.netMichelle Pilati, President, Academic Senate

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C-IDCourse Approval

Transfer degree and 8 courses finalizedCurrently Reviewing:Calculus I, II, III and sequenceLinear AlgebraDifferential Equations

Read the descriptor. Course content & objectives must match . Show the details in your COR.

4 Drafts currently open for comment

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New Topic # 6Student Success Task Force

This year’s hot political topic

SB 1143 – funding – accountability

Student Success

Complicated

Final Recommendations to BoG in January

www.asccc.org/1143Jane Patton, Past President, Academic Senate

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Student Success Task ForceRecommendations

Get Involved

Go to the ASCCC website

Read the recommendations & responses

Senate Session resolutions

Talk to your local senate president about how it might affect your college and students

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Student Success Task ForceRecommendations

1) Increase College & Career Readiness

2) Strengthen Support for Entering Students

3) Incentivize Successful Student Behaviors

4) Align Course Offerings to Meet Student Needs

5) Improve the Education of Basic Skills Students

6) Revitalize & Re-envision Professional Development

7) Enable Efficient Statewide Leadership & Increase Coordination Among Colleges

8) Align resources with Student Success Recommendations

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New Topic # 7Common Core / GED

Nationwide high school topic – at state level

Achieve / American Diploma Project / Common Core

Very high political profile

www.corestandards.orgWhat is the math high school graduates need to succeed?

Workplace and College

- Short answer is complete intermediate algebra

- Longer answer might be that other content is more appropriate (CSU Exec 1033, 2008)

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New Topic # 8Graduation Competencies

TODAY’S DISCUSSION TOPICS

1) Do we need to reconsider our graduation competencies?

2) What did we learn from the last time?

3) How do you start it?

4) What potential barriers?

5) How do we overcome them?

6) Math content ? Transfer/Statpath-way/Lib Arts ?

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New Topic # 9Math Wars Revisited

TODAY’S DISCUSSION TOPICS

1) In Rote vs Critical Thinking does some material need to be rote/memorized/automatic?

2) If yes – exactly what? – Compare with Common Core

3) How do you/we achieve that?

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Participate or ……

Thank you / Questions