LAMC Essential Skills Committee May 14, 2014 LRC-208 2:30-4:00pm AGENDA 1. Call to Order – choose a secretary to take minutes 2. Approval of April 16, 2014 Minutes 3. Report on the BSI Coordinator’s Event 5/2/14 a. Confirmation of allowable expenses b. BSI Report due in October c. Common Assessment Initiative d. ESL NC/CR program at Santa Ana College 4. BSI Budget Report a. Total $$ left to spend before 6/30/14 to be confirmed $____________ b. Total $$ for 2014-15 = $95,389 + $85,500 = $180,889 5. Review Requests for Funding a. for fiscal year 2013-14 (spend by 6/30/2014) 1. Extend Reading Plus contract 3 years (2017-2020) (Zaiens) 2. Par Mohammadian attend RA Workshop June 18-20 (Mohammadian) 3. Summer School DevCom Mentor (split 2 weeks 2013-14) (Riesberg) 4. Strengthening Student Success conference Oct 8-10 $400 each (Luis) b. for fiscal year 2014-15 (spend by 6/30/2015) 1. Summer School DevCom Mentor (split 3 weeks 2014-15) (Riesberg) 2. Fall 2014: embedded math tutors Math 115 & 137 (Renteria) $16,000 $2,730 $800 $4,000 $23,530 $1,200 $4,664 c. Discuss goals – what do we want to spend money on in the upcoming year? 6. Upcoming Conferences & Workshops a. District AtD Retreat – 5/30/14 9am-2pm at Valley College Sign up at: http://laccdssiretreat2014.eventbrite.com. b. BSILI 2014: Leadership for Curricular & Institutional Transformation June 1-6 @ Lake Arrowhead c. Strengthening Student Success Conference, Oct 8-10, Costa Mesa 7. Call to Adjourn Future ESC Meetings 2nd Wednesdays 3:00pm-4:30pm 6/11/14