Chabot College
Basic Skills Committee
MINUTES
March 11, 2014
Attendees: Hisako Hintz, Pedro Reynoso, Michael Thompson, Jeanne Wilson, Trish
Shannon, Michael Robinson, Sarah Parker, Carmen Johnston, Christine Warda, Jennifer
Lange, Cynthia Stubblebine,
12:05 PM -- Meeting Called to Order
1. Good of the Order. Information on a few upcoming conferences was provided to
attendees. There is some funding available for conferences.
2. Continued information about FTEF. Based on a DEMC meeting last Friday, an additional
12 FTEF (on top of the 12 we already put on schedule) will be added to our summer-fallspring (14-15) schedule. CEMC met Monday, meeting this afternoon with deans and
representatives to finalize additions. Priorities remain the same.
3. MESA (see statistics in separate document). Overwhelmingly, MESA serves basic skills,
lower income, and disadvantaged students. Last year, we recruited widely to get things
going, but now we are trying to be more selective. Used Datamart (Chancellor’s Office)
data. Starting in fall, we intend to extend MESA services/support to all STEM students.
Our goal is to get study groups going, which should stabilize the size of the study groups.
Goal 250 total students involved. We are hopeful that existing grants will support this
effort, and we are grateful for Title III funding last year.
4. Change It Now. Pedro and Carmen presented their current status (see slide presentation).
They are trying to ensure their visibility by participating in college governance committees
(e.g,, Presidential LC Task Force) so the college community recognizes that this is not a
club. They have fleshed out their Student Advisory Board, sponsored a variety of activities,
and recruited additional faculty participation. They have plans to work with a variety of
disciplines and develop academic pathways for students. They need funding for ongoing
faculty leadership, advisory board support, and faculty participation. They are seeking
outside as well as college funding. They need about $28K for coordination and librarian
support.
Questions were raised about publicity for CIN-sponsored events, and how to make these
events more visible. Also, how to work more effectively with the ASCC. Ensuing
conversation about how projects get funded, professional development, and existing
projects. Christie talked about the process for how we allocate and make decisions—how
collegial, who knows, who decides.
5. Great Debate. Christie and Jason. They completed their first event in November.
Replicated the Chico model. Civic discourse in community. Today, it’s become part of the
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First Year Experience. We need to set aside funding for leadership. Challenge is in doing
data collection, although we were able to generate some data, which has yet to be analyzed.
(Additional notes to be posted on this presentation.) They were able to use the 3 CAH in
coordination time to plan and implement this year’s project. They intend to keep the
name, as it has some history/traction now. The intention is to foster community outreach
and civic engagement, as well as improve critical thinking and engagement for students.
No real data yet because while data was collected, it has not yet been evaluated. Video
exists, but it has not yet been edited. The group needs support. Spring survey will be used
to compare data. Goal is to repeat the event as part of FYE, they need CAH for leadership.
Jason has been elected the leader.
6. Pedro and Sara: SSR. Third year, with wider participation and student involvement.
Growing into a two day event with a guest speaker. Their vision is to be involved in the
FYE, hopefully as a second semester/year component, as part of research writing classes.
More information (and the PowerPoint slides) to be posted on the BSC webpage.
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