1. Building the Network
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2. Please write your name on one side of the index card.
Identify one or two challenges your college is facing in
supporting the needs of students with basic skills needs.
On the other side, in one sentence, write how you can
help establish, advance and sustain efforts to support
the success of our students, especially those who are
underprepared for learning in college courses.
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3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwi
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4.  Student Learning
 Faculty Learning
 Institutional Learning
 Systemic Learning

6. CA Success Network (CA SN) Logic Model
California community colleges must expand their capacity to improve student outcomes in basic skills instruction, English as a Second Language, and related support services. Colleges report that 70-90% of
entering students place into one or more basic skills course areas: reading, writing, and/or mathematics. The statewide course completion rate in basic skills is 60.5%, and only 50% of those students persist to
and complete the next level course. Historically underrepresented students are over-represented in basic skills courses, and their success rates are frequently lower than the rates for other student groups.
Community colleges' efforts to improve outcomes in basic skills cannot be separated from their responsibility to produce equitable graduation, certificate, and transfer rates for historically underrepresented and
underprepared students.
Inputs Activities Short-Term Outcomes Long-Term Outcomes
Resources Coordination with core organizations Statewide
(Alliance building among ASCCC, LACCD Project, Other Partners)
-ASCCC Adoption of
-Guide statewide infrastructure development
-Steering Committee Policies that
-Assist in securing funds for acquiring additional resources to support State &
-LACCD Fiscal Agent Local Policy
Formally engage Support
Regional infrastructure
& Consortium Adoption
key CCC policy Innovative/
Coordinator Supporting SN &
makers Alternative &
-BSI LACCD Project (e.g., APG groups, Other BSI Engaging
Director Local Board of Initiatives Methodologies
Create statewide infrastructure
-BSI Regional Network Trustees) /Pedagogy at
(Permanent learning network among 110 Colleges and a CCC Center)
Coordinators CCCs
-Establish statewide coordinating center
-Campus BSI -Guide the development of and coordinate & support a system of regional networks
Coordinators -Coordinate & support partnerships among professional development efforts
-Provide vision & support for the development of innovative professional development
-Student Advocates
activities
-Campus BSI Action
-Introduce & engage in collaborative evaluation activities that generate knowledge
Plans Innovative/
about effective learning to transform practice
-Sustainable Alternative &
Collaborative
information sharing Engaging
Learning
sites Methodologies
Networks
/Pedagogy at
Create regional level infrastructure (networks)
CCCs
-Develop & support long-term on-going regional professional development training & supporting materials for the target
population
Target Population -Develop infrastructure for colleges to learn about & share innovative instructional programs
-On-going evaluation of professional & program activities, including benchmark assessment & capacity building
-Administrators Skilled
-Faculty Implementation of
-Support Staff Responsive,
-Students Innovative,
Develop a cadre of campus leaders
Integrated Increased
-Conduct Summer Leadership Institute, ASCCC Workshops, Other Leadership Institutes & on-going professional
Essential Success of
development activities
Academic Skills Students’
-Develop strategies to retain effective leaders
Curriculum
-Guide annual revision of Campus BSI Action Plans Personal Goals,
-On-going evaluation of the process and impact of professional development activities Completing
AA/AS &
Certificate
Promote models of effective practices Increased Learning, Programs &
-Build capacity of all faculty to teach students who are underprepared for learning in college courses Success & Persistence Transferring to 4
-Develop Web-based, virtual teaching & learning communities, including a virtual resource library of Students Yr Colleges
-Engage in collaborative evaluation activities

7.  Funds for professional learning through the
Network, above and beyond BSI funds
 Sustained, ongoing support from a designated
regional network coordinator
 Participation in a summer leadership institute
designed to support successful implementation of
your BSI action plans

8.  Participation in a post-Leadership Institute
project geared specifically toward the
needs of your campus and basic skills
program
 Campus visits from the Leadership
Institute Mentors, who will answer
questions, provide support, and help with
your post-Institute project

9.  Participation in regional workshops where you’ll
get to discuss ideas, problems, solutions and
where you’ll get to build camaraderie and
community with colleagues from regional
colleges
 Participation in not only your own regional
networks but in the larger network as well—
where you can gain ideas, get insights, and work
together to seek answers to thorny questions

10.  An opportunity to showcase successful
programs/projects on your campus as well as field
trips to other community colleges with model
programs and practices
 A robust and interactive virtual network to
enhance professional learning and collaboration.
 Partnerships with state-wide initiatives, such as
the Faculty Inquiry Network, Center for Student
Success, and Career Ladders

11.  Regional workshops put on by the ASCCC where
faculty and administrators can gain additional
information and insight
 Data coaches to help with assessment and
evaluation of your projects and who will also help
guide you in making evidence-based decisions
 A time to shine—an opportunity to showcase
your college, such as your post-Leadership
Institute project at the Strengthening Student
Success Conference in October 2009 in San
Francisco

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13. Sacramento/Central

Valley
 Bay Area
 LA
 San Diego

14. 14

15. Summer
Leadership
Training:
Network building
capacity,
sustainability, and
scalability

16. Summer
Leadership
Training:
Network building
capacity,
sustainability, and
scalability

17. Summer
Leadership
Training:
Network building
capacity,
sustainability, and
scalability

18. Questions
Comments
Discussion
Anniqua Rana
rana@smccd.edu