2009 Strengthening Student Success

Our 2009 conference will explore using evidence to improve practice, as well as the integration of curriculum with basic skills, student services, CTE, and college institutional effectiveness structures. The conference has been designed to promote interactive learning, build connections with your peers, and provide opportunities to hear perspectives from other disciplines. In addition to interactive conference sessions, informative briefings, and inspirational keynote presentations, you will have the opportunity to dig into pressing community college issues at facilitated work sessions, join half-day intensive workshops, and spend time networking. Conference strands will address cross-cutting issues such as "Teaching, Learning & Assessment in the Classroom," "Leadership and Sustainability for Assessment," and "the Basic Skills Initiative."

Academic Wellness Educators (AWE): More than Just Basic Skills

Acceleration: Approaches to Managing the Basic Skills Sequence

Administrative Unit Outcomes (AUOs): the New Frontier

An Integrated Model for Measuring the Impact of Course, Program, and Institutional Learning Outcomes

Assessing and Improving Student Learning throughout Student Services

Assessing College-Wide Student Learning Outcomes Using a Student Perception Survey: A Tale of Two SLOs

Assessing Creative Thinking

Assessing Ourselves: How Far We Have Come, Practical Application of Effective Methods, and Where We Go From Here...

Assessing Student Learning: What Kapi’olani Community College is Doing

Basic Skills, Outcomes, and Fostering a Culture of Evidence and Inquiry

Bilingual Intensive Training Program Model

Brain-Based Learning and the Art of Teaching

Career Technical Education Transfer: Findings from a Statewide Study of Two-to-Four Year Transfer for CTE Students

Classroom Assessment Tools: Next Steps after Student Learning Outcome Development

Contextualized Teaching & Learning: A Faculty Primer

Creating an Accurate Picture of Student Success in ESL and Basic Skills

Designing an Evidence Based Basic Skills Program: A Systematic Approach

Doing Small Well: Building Community among Teachers and Learners

Don’t Be Afraid…Student Learning Outcomes Will Only Make You Stronger! (Five Easy Steps to Building Collaborative SLOs)

Effective Practices for Promoting the Transition of High School Students to College: A Review of Literature

Enhancing Student Services: Results from the Opening Doors Demonstration in California and Ohio

Equity as the Practice of Liberation and Love

Exploring Mt SAC’s Developmental Education Faculty Certification Program

Facts, Findings, and Tools from a Comprehensive Study of Two-to-Four Year Transfer in California

From Many Silos to One Community: Coordinating Policies and Practices to Transform the Institution and Increase Student Success

From the Margins to the Center: Understanding Identity, Engagement, and Learning

High Expectation and High Support: How Colleges Are Changing the Formula for Student Engagement and Success

Homegrown Systems for Student Learning Outcome and Assessment Cycle (SLOAC) Documentation: Tapping Our Expertise and Reflecting Our Culture

Implementing a Department Final in Developmental Math

Improving Practice: How a Collaborative Online System Can Facilitate Effective Assessment Processes

Instructional and Student Services Synergy in Student Learning

Integrating Study Skills into Basic Skills Math Classes

Interactive Data Analysis for Program Review

Lesson Study: A Tool for Collaborative Inquiry into Student Learning

LifeMap: Improving Student Success through Systemic Change

Lights, Camera, Inquiry: The Promise of Video in Basic Skills Contexts

Making Learning Visible with eLumen

Overcoming the Teacher’s Dilemma (Breadth vs. Depth): The American River College Model of College-Wide Course-Level SLO Assessment

Partnership for Student Success

Preparing Faculty for Under-Prepared Students: A Cross-Disciplinary Professional Development Program

Promising Practices in Developmental Summer Bridges

Putting Together the General Education (GE) Package

Running in the Right Circles: Ensuring High Quality Models for Practice to Support Systematic Inquiry

Science-A-Go-Go: Using Experiential Learning to Engage Students in Science

Strengthening Student Success by Implementing an Online Tutoring Program

Sustaining Pilot Programs: Lessons from the Field

Teaching Basic Skills Mathematics: Two Approaches

Teaching Students Effective Learning Strategies for Different Disciplines

The ABCs of Transitioning to College: Assessment, Basic Skills, and Collaboration

The Basic Skills Initiative: 2009 and Beyond

Tools for Data Driven Decisionmaking

Using Assessment Findings to Close the Loop: Moving from Research to Results

Using Critical Pedagogy to Engage Low-Income Urban Students

Using Data Tools and Analysis to Achieve Equity in Student Outcomes

Using Environmental Scanning to Understand Green Occupations and Skill Requirements

Using Program Review Data for Integrated Planning

Using Reading Labs to Teach ESL Reading

Walking the Walk: Foregrounding Collaborative Learning in Professional Development

What Assumptions Have We Made About Student Literacy in Career Technical Education?

What to Do with Assessment Data

What We Learned from the Hewlett Leaders in Student Success Program

Will This Be On the Test? Creating a Campaign to Build Students’ Habits of Mind