Chabot College
Basic Skills Committee
Meeting Agenda
March 12, 2013
12 pm – 12:50 pm
Room 501
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Call to Order
Minutes: the last meeting (February), Carolyn review her new data about student “groups”.
That data will be posted with this agenda on the website and is available (?) on the IR
website. (Carolyn, I need the most recent document.)
Committee Business/Announcements
For the good of the order:
Leading from the Middle
Call for Proposals, Strengthening Student Success Conference Sessions, October 9-10,
2013 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott/Burlingame, (with optional workshops on
October 11), Have assessment, accreditation, and research given you insights into ways
that community colleges can better respond to student needs? Presentation proposals are
due on April 5, 2013.
The Value of Student Non-Cognitive Measures is a hot topic that is gaining credibility and
getting the attention of schools nationwide. Tenacity, Grit, and Perseverance are the "new
black" when it comes to students completing college courses, degree programs, and overall
achieving high levels of success in their endeavors. Recently the U.S. Department of
Education published a study referring to grit, tenacity, and perseverance as "critical factors
for success in the 21st century". The executive summary of the brief states "the test score
accountability movement and conventional educational approaches tend to focus on
intellectual aspects of success, such as content knowledge. However, this is not sufficient.
Register: https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/715728702
a. anyone?
b. Please email me to choose a date for “snapshot presentations”
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V.
Discussion of our charter and mission
Adjournment
NEXT MEETING: March 26: Review revised/new documents and leadership, implications for
budget allocation for 2013-14