2008 Strengthening Student Success

Basics Skills and Beyond
October 1-3, 2008  |  Anaheim Marriott  |  Anaheim, CA

This conference is tailored to those engaged in the quest for student success through the assessment of learning and collaborative inquiry.

The conference is tailored to those engaged in the quest for student success through the assessment of learning and collaborative inquiry. We are seeking to share teaching strategies, institutional efforts and assessment methods that have demonstrated success in increasing student learning. This year’s focus is on strategies that move students through and beyond basic skills (or pre-collegiate level). Throughout the strands listed below, we are also looking for presentations that address several themes that are integral to student success: examination of equity issues, professional learning and development, and incorporating student voices in the improvement process.

This conference is aimed at community college faculty and staff in student services, instruction, and planning, research and assessment – and their partners (i.e., K-12, university). Presentations should address assessment practices and how the results are used to improve teaching and learning in the following ten strands:

  • Mathematics
  • English
  • Reading
  • ESL
  • Student Services
  • Career Technical Education
  • SLO and Assessment
  • Cal-PASS
  • Successful Teaching Strategies and Learning Theory to Advance Basic Skills
  • Student Progression Beyond Basic Skills
     

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An Early Alert System for Remediation Needs of Entering College Students Cal-PASS
Oct 1, 2008  | 
Moderator: Beth Smith, Grossmont College, ASCCC South Representative Presenter: Cabrillo College, Craig Hayward, Director of Research, Planning, and Knowledge Systems; and Cal-PASS, Eden Dahlstrom and Terrence Willett.
Participants will engage in an interactive discussion of placement systems at community colleges, learn how these findings may or may not relate to your situations, gather ideas for refining placement, and determine future research needs.
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Basic Skills Initiative: Contextual Learning Successful Teaching and Learning
Oct 1, 2008  | 
Moderator: Barbara Illowsky, De Anza College, Basic Skills Initiative, ASCCC Area B Representative Presenters: ASCCC, Lin Marelick; Bay Area Workforce Funding Collaborative, Jessica Pitt; Career Ladders Project for California Community Colleges, Linda Collins; Laney College, Sonja Franeta and Ron Mackrodt; Los Angeles Trade Technical College, Allison Tom-Miura; and Los Angeles Valley College, Yogesh Arora.
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Crossing Borders and Kababayan: Increasing Student Success through Learning Communities
Oct 1, 2008  | 
Moderator: Barbara Illowsky, De Anza College, Basic Skills Initiative, ASCCC Area B Representative Presenters: Cañada College, Salumeh Eslamieh, Anniqua Rana and Katie Townsend-Merino; and Skyline College, Liza Erpelo and Nate Nevado.
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Faculty Inquiry Successful Teaching and Learning
Oct 1, 2008  | 
Moderator: Rose Asera, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Presenters: The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Molly Breen, Mary Huber, Pat and Hutchings.
These faculty inquiry presentations will describe how different campuses have created faculty inquiry groups and how they are using what they have learned to support student learning.
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Strengthening Student Engagement and Success in California Community Colleges Student Services
Oct 1, 2008  | 
Moderator: Barbara McNeice-Stallard, Mt San Antonio College, President, RP Group Presenter: CCSSEE, Sam Echevarria and Christine McLean.
Join the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) as we lead a dynamic workshop on ways to use data to strengthen student engagement and success in California community colleges.
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Student Success: Language Tests, Placement Policies, and the Generation 1.5 Student
Oct 1, 2008  | 
Moderator: Jenny Simon, El Camino College Presenters: ASCCC, Mark Wade Lieu; Cañada College, Anniqua Rana; U.C. Santa Cruz, George C. Bunch and Ann Kimball; New York University, Lorena Llosa; and City College of San Francisco, Kitty Moriwaki.
In this presentation panelists will outline preliminary results from current research on language tests, placement policies, Basic Skills Initiative and the Consultation Council Task Force on Assessment.
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The Pursuit of Excellence: Using Circuit Training to Maximize Performance SLO Assessment
Oct 1, 2008  | 
Chaffey College, Laurie Pratt and Keith Wurtz; Crafton Hills College, Gary J. Williams; Cypress College, Ben Izadi and Randy Martinez; El Camino College, Lars Kjeseth and Jenny Simon; Long Beach City College, Fred Trapp; College of the Sequoias, Marla Prochnow; and Solano College, Tracy Schneider.
Come and cross-train with your peers, guided by personal coaches and trainers as we tackle resistance to change, endure in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, foster team spirit, and collectively pursue excellence.
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The View from the Top of the Mountain: The Assessment of GE/Institutional SLOs
Oct 1, 2008  | 
Moderator: Marybeth Buechner, Cosumnes River College Presenters: College of the Canyons, Lea Templer and Daylene Meuschke; MiraCosta College, Lynne Miller and Robert Turner; and Santa Rosa Junior College, Wanda Burzyck and KC Greaney.
What kinds of processes help colleges see beyond the particulars of individual departments to look at the big picture -- the achievement of GE and institutional SLOs? Hear examples from Santa Rosa Junior College, MiraCosta, and College of the Canyons, all of which have climbed to the top of the mountain to get a wider view of how their students are doing.
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Using Assessment to Glue Together Teaching and Learning Reading
Oct 1, 2008  | 
Moderator: Shaaron Vogel, Butte College, ASCCC Area A Representative Presenters: Mission College, Michelle Andersen Francis and Aaron Malchow.
In this interactive session, participants will learn the theory behind student-generated assessment and how one reading instructor discovered and applied this theory to his classroom.
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