EDUCATION CONSORTIUM
Special Meeting Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Public Safety Academy – PSA 19
Attendees:
Douglas Redman, Interim Dean, COD, Committee Chair
Christyann Anderson, CTE Transitions Specialist, COD
Jason Angle, Asst. Superintendent, Coachella Valley USD
Jim Berg, Dean, COD
Gary Bergstrom, Former HS Coordinator, COD
Kevin Bibo, Asst. Principal, Palm Desert HS
Bert Bitanga, Academic Senate, COD
George Bullis, Principal, Desert Hot Springs HS
David Diehl, Center Admin., Mohave River Academy
Jessica Enders, Director, COD
Carl Farmer, Academic Senate, COD
Sarah Fry, Faculty Chair-Nursing, COD
Teresa Haga, Asst. Principal, Rancho Mirage High School
Pam Hunter, Executive Director, COD
Milt Jones, Principal, MSJ, Palm Springs USD
Sheri Jones, Interim Dean, COD
Leif Jordon, Former HS Coordinator- Math, COD
Jeff Kabel, WBL, Rancho Mirage HS
Anne Kalisek, Director, Secondary Ed & Curriculum, Palm Springs USD
Deanna Keuilian, District Administrator, Desert Sands USD
Joel L. Kinnamon, President, COD
Tess Lake, Coordinator/Principal, RCOE
Curt Luttrell, Registrar, COD
Kim McNulty, Exec. Director, CVEP
Jon Mesicek, WBL, Desert Hot Springs HS
Angel Meraz, Director, COD
Annebelle Nery, Executive Dean, COD
Marie Perotti, CTE Coordinator, Coachella Valley USD
Rick Rawnsley, Faculty Chair-Comm, COD
Vida Rossi, Academic Senate, COD
Carmezi Russell, WBL, Cathedral City HS
Carol Scobie, Interim Director Nursing, COD
Karen Tabor, Faculty Chair-Math, COD
Adrian Torres, Curriculum, Xavier College Prep HS
Scott Ventura, Alt. Faculty Chair-Applied Science, COD
Ken Wagner, Principal, Rancho Mirage HS
Erica Watson, Asst. Principal, Desert Hot Springs HS
Ryan Woll, Principal, Palm Springs HS
Recorder:
Gloria Viloria, Administrative Assistant, COD
AGENDA
1. Welcome and Introductions
Dr. Kinnamon and Dean Redman greeted attendees and thanked everyone for their participation.
The purpose of today’s meeting:
 Precursor to half-day summit
 Common understanding of issues (data and legislation)
 Look at class schedules, discuss immediate needs
 In the long term, determine the process to develop a strategic plan
2. Overview of Legislation/Mandates pertinent to K12 and community college collaboration
2.1 AB104 – Pam Hunter
DISCUSSION
AB104 formerly AB86 is now Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG).
 Define your region, programs, and delivery
 Money to figure out how you want to serve
 COD, 3 USD’s, Riverside County COE
 Board responsible for creating and implementing plan
 Generic plan needs input from stakeholders
 $2 million
 We are responsible to determine how to provide adult education in
the priority areas: basic skills, GED, HS Completion, ESL Non Credit,
adults with disabilities, workforce training, and inmates
Allows for partnerships with the five entities so there are no duplicating of
services – but leveraging and complimenting services.
 Workforce power of the future
 Economic growth for the State of California
 Opportunity to reduce redundancy
 Successful experience for students
2.2 AB288 – Douglas Redman
DISCUSSION
AB288 is another tool in our toolbox. The legislature and governor are asking
us to look K – Ph.D. A handout was distributed with the important points
highlighted and reviewed by Douglas. (Attachment #1).
Do existing MOUS need to be rewritten?
 This gives us options it is not an obstacle
 Title 5 allows for dual and concurrent enrollment, this bills’
emphasis for those unprepared for college. This is a supplement to
Title 5, giving us more specificity
 AB288 has always been about advanced scholastic opportunities –
the under-prepared has been a loop hole in the past
2.3 CATEMA – Christyann Anderson
DISCUSSION
CATEMA is a web-based student records program for managing articulation
credit. A handout was distributed (Attachment #2)
User friendly website where students can track credits for articulated courses
they are taking
 Teachers can interface with each other
 Parents can interact with children about CTE courses they are taking
also interact with counselors and teachers.
 Each school can customize their system.
Recently partnered with Doing What Matters and Launch Board to expand the
program for concurrent enrollment and dual enrollment courses.
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We are collaborating with Mt. San Jacinto to put together a one-day
workshop March 23 rd, 2016. Robin Carville will come here from Texas to
do the workshop.
 With the next CTE budget we plan to put together a system to go to
each high school and help students set up their accounts, help high
schools set up their program, and do workshops for parents, students,
counselors, and teachers.
2.4 Student Success, Equity, Basic Skills – Annebelle Nery
DISCUSSION
AB 104 and AB288 is the legislation supporting what we are about to do.
CATEMA is the tool to support you in that legislation.
A handout describing the legislation and initiative at COD was distributed
(Attachment #3). The information in the handout was reviewed.
 Resources – includes additional expansion of EDGE program
 SSSP supports non-credit programs (has just been equalized in funding)
 Early alert program
 Pushing to expand non-credit programs (AB 104) into CTE pathways in
all areas of the valley.
3.0 Presentation of Data – Transition of Students from our local high schools to COD – Annebelle Nery
DISCUSSION
Charts with data presented at the meeting (Attachment #4):
 Percent of HS graduates with college level math and English scores
 Recent HS grads who attempted 12+ units in first term of college
 Percent of students with GPA of 3.0 or higher
 Financial aid recipients have gone from under 50% to over 80%
Title 5 grant and fundraising by our foundation increased students receiving
financial aid to over 80%. Neediest students are coming to us. Our students
are outperforming their counterparts.
English students can take classes on line in a high school classroom with
community members and an adjunct teacher facilitating. Math Dept.
discontinued on-line classes due to poor retention rates.
Some form of orientation is needed for concurrent enrollment students.
Don’t create their first failure when they transition from high school.
4.0 Immediate Needs for Concurrent Enrollment – Jim Berg
4.1 Master Schedule
DISCUSSION
(Dr. Kinnamon announced that Dr. Berg has resigned and is moving to New
York. This will be his final Education Consortium meeting.)
Major obstacles have been identified:
1. Staffing
2.Conflicting schedules
Handout list of courses for Spring – current concurrent courses/courses offered
at COD (Attachment #5)
COD is currently working on the Fall Semester schedule:
 What ways can we move the schedule forward together?
 How does k12 determine schedule why do things happen the way
they happen?
 How is HS calendar developed/how is COD calendar developed?
- In 2 weeks HS counselors will meet with students and get course
SCHEDULING:
requests
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Then set up teaching credentials to meet student course requests.
First we see how any students are interested, do an assessment to
see who qualifies
- Determine the number of students, sections, and teachers are
needed
- Palm Springs Unified fall calendar starts in August and ends at
winter break; spring ends in June. The calendar is proposed and
negotiated
- Desert Sands Unified has an internal process to adopt the calendar.
Pushing to end in December and adhere to COD schedule.
Trying to address graduation requirements, they schedule year-long courses,
not just a semester. They must have a class for every student. At COD it is
unknown who the students will be each semester.
a. COD schedule is planned 18 months in advance
b. 54 hour classes need 48 hours of instruction so holidays must
accommodate this. We must have minimum count of
instruction days
c. 16 week term with at least 14-15 days as instructional days
d. If HS gets the apportionment we can be flexible. Meet
minimum hour threshold of instruction.
e. Late start day with 43 minute periods causes issues
f. Working around this issue would make a big difference
g. COD will do research with Santa Barbara and Mt San Jacinto to
STAFFING:
get their solution.
The Math Department very much in favor of dual enrollment, the problem is
there is not enough faculty at COD. If high schools can identify faculty with
masters we can do it.
 Reexamine dual vs concurrent enrollment
 Title 5 does not recognize dual enrollment
 Concurrently enrolled HS student can enroll in a college class. Dual is
exclusively high school students.
 Articulated credit is very specific. Person teaching at HS works with
college faculty to create exam for credit by exam. Concurrent
enrollment may encompass all these things in the future.
Teacher salary - who pays the teacher COD or K12?
- This is local, under same umbrella, regional discussion, case-by-case
basis. One rule will not fit every situation or school.
- Biggest obstacle for next year is the staffing issue
- Get more HS teachers qualified
- We could have 400 more math students if we had qualified faculty
- Other departments could look at transcripts and count credits
- English is using qualified imbedded adjunct instructors. An on-line
course following our calendar, open to capacity and allow anyone in.
We could do this with other subjects. A class with mixed courses is
even possible. Pre-college level course is one of the needs.
We need to support our HS partners in the recruiting process. Aligns with
mandates we have been given.
5. Faculty Perspective: Challenges, Opportunities, Unanswered Questions
DISCUSSION
1) Architecture program – Bert Bitanga
All course are suitable for dual enrollment. HS scheduling is brilliant,
truly student focused.
2) Fire Technology – Scott Ventura
Students can take classes finish AA degree and fire academy they can
start testing and go to a full time career in fire service. Fire tower in
1000 Palms with annual fire academy. With concurrent enrollment at
CV high school curriculum is taught the same way. This is an intro to
college and success rate was tremendous. Will be trying this at DHSHS.
All vocational programs are available to HS students. Scheduling
problems can be overcome.
3) Nursing - Sarah Fry
CNA program could be considered. Health Science course offered at
PDHS, PSHS and LQHS. Different population of students. Students
lacking soft skills, ethics, communication, professionalism. Healthcare
workforce initiative is developing a class to address these problems.
4) English - Vida Rossi, Academic Senate
5) A large number of students need remediation. Is there an opportunity
for remedial courses to be offered at the high school?
6) Math - Leif Jordan, Former HS Coordinator
Former HS math teacher teaching calculus now a college professor
teaching arithmetic. 9 th grade should start remediation. 80% of
students should place at college level math.
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OTHER DISCUSSION
We cannot supplant English classes at HS
Classes must be degree-applicable. There is a difference between high
school completion and college-ready.
- Rewrite Edge as a high school course
- Multiple measures to determine college readiness
-Placement is determined locally, falls into 10+1. Mandatory to
implement in 2 years
-HS transcript highest level math, highest English, GPA, AP scores, etc.
-Presenters coming to flex about multiple measures, urgency to start
implementing.
-ASL is the number one class HS student choose. These classes are full
with no additional faculty.
-Changed date this spring, enrolling HS students early and notified that
they were registered for Spring.
-Possibility of summer school dual/concurrent enrollment at high
school. Now that we have funding back summer school is back in the
high schools. More faculty available in the summer.
Rick Rawnsley asked about student population benefiting from concurrent
enrollment. Are they COD student or will they likely go direct to a 4 year
college? Yes to both. He would like to discuss how we can work together on
K-12 through COD. There will be opportunities for this discussion in the future.
Kelly Hall, Academic Senate President, dropped in to greet everyone and thank
them for this very important work. She described her position representing
nearly 500 teachers. Apologized for not being able to attend today’s meeting.
Recognized faculty for attending today.
6. Review existing CVEP structure working on College & Career Readiness Regional Plan – Pam Hunter
DISCUSSION
Workforce Excellence Oversight Team Structure (Attachment #6)
 Region is collaborating around a Master plan for student success in
college and career.
 Several committees working to identify tactics for the next 12 months
COD staff and faculty is participating on committees.
 Team structures for Workforce Excellence managed by CVEP
 Members from the high schools thanked Dr. Berg for his support over
the years. He has been an integral part of this group and they
appreciate his collegial spirit.
 COD will hire someone to coordinate our efforts with the High Schools
 Goal to have one COD person on each committee
 As we move forward don’t forget the resources that are here, don’t
duplicate.
Kim McNulty from CVEP remarked work we are doing is welcome and timely.
7. Process for Creating a Comprehensive Strategy for Collaboration, K12 & COD – Anne Kalisek
7.1 Transition Activities, Assessment, Outreach
DISCUSSION
COD is our College and concurrent enrollment is one piece of the puzzle. In the
past 7 years at PSUSD nearly 2400 students (1/4 of graduates) go to COD.
Breakout groups brainstorm ideas then report highlights:
a. Group 1 (Leif Jordan)
- Develop Accuplacer or math prep course for HS students
- Less time lapsed from HS math class to college math
- Facilities (auto shop/culinary, etc) share facilities
- Training professional development HS with COD math teachers
Note: Develop a master list of facilities (ex. Welding)
b. Group 2 (Deanna Keuilian)
- K-12 classes could be open to COD students to utilize (leverage
resources)
- Assessments – pull staff together – pull content Gen Ed teachers
together - bring faculty together – co-develop courses/prep work
- Campus visits – talk about orientation. Bus current concurrent
enrollment students for orientation/tour.
c. Group 3 (Angel Meraz)
- Maximize resources
- Link pathways
- Offer more prerequisites at the high school level
- Have K-12 be part of the multiple measures development process (who
initiates that, how does that process come into place)?
- Multi-year scheduling
Comments: COD has multiple locations make students familiar with Indio and
Mecca. Create map of how students can get an AA in high school. Develop a
specific plan.
d. Group 4 (George Buillis)
- Look at pathways from high school through college
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Santa Barbara College is a model of concurrent enrollment. They have
a very comprehensive website
- Put all materials in format in one place like the SB website. This could
be part of the indoctrination process
- Bridge program – counseling program that works with students
Comment: Final destination is career. Our industry partners play a huge role.
e. Group 5 (Sheri Jones)
- Why students don’t come to COD
- More outreach at high schools
- Students of students coming COD are under-prepared
- Collaborating teachers - benefit from collaboration
- Math 2 years with no math – cannot place into college-level math.
Integrated math (applied math) makes sense, however, it is not in line
with college algebra. Curriculum is dictated to Cod
- Curriculum alignment and collaboration
8. Next Steps – What, how, who – Pam Hunter
DISCUSSION
What did you like about today?
 Small group breakout
 Being together, putting names with faces, building relationships
 Learning about curriculum math and high school
 Information, instruction, dialog
What would you do differently?
 More setting up concrete goals for completion
 More break out time with deans
 Small groups, change groups
 Shorter agenda, shorter meeting
Education consortium meets first Friday of every month except Summer and
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DISCUSSION
How do we have a more targeted conversation?
 Collaborate around one subject
 Do one topic at a time
 Create a true strategic plan
Who should be included – Everyone in this room?
 HS instructors, faculty involved with pathways
 HS counselors
 COD counselors
 Industry reps. (in the future)
Next meeting have a topic-specific collaboration:
 Programs and facilities
 Bring your inventory
 Have a goal (what do we all want? What kind of meetings make sense?)
 Provide list of faculty that can contribute from High Schools
9. Adjournment: Great meeting! Thanks from Dr. Kinnamon – he learned a lot today.
NEXT MEETING: Friday, February 5, 2016
8:30 a.m. – College of the Desert
Public Safety Academy, Room PSA 18