Chabot College
Basic Skills Committee
MINUTES
August 27, 2013
Attendees: Becky Plaza, Carolyn Arnold, Jennifer Lange, Tram VuKumamoto, Michael Thompson,
Rachael Tupper-Eoff, Michael Robinson, Jane church, Rani Nijjar, Matt Kritscher, Hisako Hintz, Jane
Wolford, Marcia Corcoran
Meeting was called to order at 12:05 PM
Minutes: Minutes from May were not available. They will be provided on Sept. 10, 2013 for review.
Committee Business: Trish shared information about the Student Success Conference and registration
to attend. The BSC funding will support attendance for a substantial number of people as the cost to
attend the conference is so low. The committee believes that counselors and people who are very active
in various initiatives should go. Deans were asked to reach out to faculty and staff.
Trish also highlighted other opportunities for training around the state, including two online courses for
Reading Apprenticeship training.
A link to upcoming events: 3csn.org/201314events/
Events include:
Building Our Practice
Habits of Mind
Curriculum Redesign to Support Increased Student Achievement
Reading Apprenticeship Project
Links 8, conceptual Knowledge, College Readiness, and the New Common Core
Links 9, Embedding Student Success
California Acceleration Project
Regional Events
BSILI 2014 June 1-6, 2014
Next topic: planning for this year. Trish provided the dates with some suggested presentations,
including two presentations from Carolyn Arnold. In the past, groups that have been or are being funded
by BSI have presented through the year, and we affirmed that we wish to do that again this year. The
group also affirmed that we want to hear more from student services, specifically Matt Kritscher, about
the work on the implementation of the SSSA. The group also noted that, given the work being done
across campus, we should make a clear effort to connect the projects with the outcomes with
institutionalization and recommendations to various groups, for example CEMC and PRBC. The
proposed schedule now looks like this:
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Date
Agenda
August 27
Collaborating around Student Success
September 10
Carolyn Arnold: Institutional Research,
Educational Goal Groups/Scorecard
September 24
Briefings from Habits of Mind, Online
Learning, PRBC Initiatives, CIN, ESL
October 8
FLEX DAY: No meeting
October 22
Student Success Conference Share (everyone
who goes be prepared to share)
November 12
Carolyn Arnold: Student Title III/ARCCData
November 26
Matt K: SSSP requirement, actions, progress
December 10
Briefings from Math (multiple projects) and
assessment: how can we support/collaborate
SSSP
Next topic: collaboration with the SSSA efforts on campus. We asked Matt and all the counselors
present to help us understand what the legislation mandates and what is currently underway here on
campus. Matt briefly introduced the work groups and what’s ahead, but he specifically stated that he
really need a full meeting to talk about this. There are four work groups: policy and procedures,
PSCN25, communication, and tech (IT/programming). Matt said that the most important two impacts
are increased student accountability and full matriculation. For example, students who do not complete
matriculation (even continuing students) will lose their priority registration.
Several people asked what this group can do, for example, supporting putting a hold on registration for
students (new or continuing) who haven’t completed matriculation. Carolyn and Trish both stated that
this group has supported matriculation with various groups on campus, but we don’t seem to be able to
get past the college level. Matt shared that with the legislative requirements and with changes in
leadership at Las Positas and the district, things are starting to move.
The question of collaboration will need additional information, which will come later in the semester
and ongoing dialogue. The question is: How to coordinate the work that is being done to support
students on campus, and the role of the Basic Skills Committee in the work?
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