REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Meeting of the Basic Skills Committee
November 18, 2011 FM 107
Noon – 1:30p.m.
AGENDA
BSC Mission Statement
Our mission is to improve the retention, persistence, and success of basic skills students
BSC Scope/Function
To recommend and support educational programs, student support services, and matriculation policies that enhance retention,
persistence, and academic success of basic skills students.
1. To promote the use of effective practices in developmental education for administrative, student services, and
instructional programs.
2. To provide professional development regarding effective practices in developmental education.
3. To work with Institutional Research in tracking basic skills students from entry to completion.
4. To assess and evaluate the programs designed to improve student success.
5. To allocate and oversee expenditures of BSI categorical funds.
.
1. Call to Order
2. Approve November 4th Minutes
3. Action Items
3.1 BSI proposals
3.1.1 New ESL classes--Eureka
3.1.2 Funds for Math mobile cart—Mendocino (12:10-12:20)
3.1.3 Basic Skills ISS for DSPS—Eureka (12:20-12:30)
3.1.4 Funds for Math mobile Cart—Eureka (12:35-12:45)
3.1.5 IR Request for funding
3.1.6 Student Success Task Force Pilot
3.1.7 Math lab improvement
3.1.8 Math 372 Textbooks
3.1.9 Educational Dreams Funding Request
4. Discussion Items
4.1 Process for future proposal awards
4.2 Revised BSI Expenditure Report: Sections 3 and 4a to the CCCCO on November 23
5. Reports
6. Announcements
7. Adjournment
(* denotes attachment)
REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Minutes of the Meeting of the Basic Skills Committee
November 4, 2011
PRESENT
Not Present
MINUTES
ACTION ITEMS
BSC Funding Rubric
Draft BSI Gantt Chart
Harry Pyke, Jeff Cummings, Erin Wall, Barbara Jaffari, Mary Grace Barrick,
Rachel Anderson, Vinnie Peloso, and Keith Snow-Flamer.
Ron McQueen
No minutes were presented.
The funding rubric was approved. The committee agreed that an assessment
of the rubric and process will be implemented after the first round of funding
is completed.
The committee moved the Gantt chart from discussion to action. The BSC
revised the chart to reflect moving the ―Offer a series of workshops…‖ and
―Participate in statewide and regional events…‖ from Fall/Spring to spring.
Keith will send the approved Gantt chart to Barbara for formatting.
DISCUSSION
ITEMS
Review and award
funds proposals
The committee discussed the proposals. It was determined that the proposals
will move to action on the November 18th meeting.
IR Request for
funding
Student Success Task
Force Pilot
Funds for Math
mobile Cart—Eureka
Math lab
improvement
Math 372 Textbooks
Funds for Math
mobile cart—
Mendocino
Basic Skills ISS for
DSPS—Eureka
Educational Dreams
Funding Request
The following proposals need further clarification:
Student Success Task Force Pilot
Funds for Math mobile Cart
Funds for Math mobile cart—Mendocino
Basic Skills ISS for DSPS—Eureka
SUBMITTED
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Mary Grace agreed to ask the authors will be attend the November 18th
meeting to answer clarification questions from the BSC on the proposals.
REVISED Section A – Organizational/Administrative Practices
District: College of the Redwoods
College: College of the Redwoods
Long-Term Goals:
1. Clarify to entire institution and community how developmental education is included in institutional plans.
2. Implement a process through Institutional Research to track retention, success, and progress rates of Basic Skills students in all
classes.
3. Implement a district-wide ESOL program.
Planned Action
Communicate developmental
education mission statement,
philosophy, and goals.
Effective Practice ID
A.2.1
Target Date
for
Completion
Fall 2011
Responsible
Person(s)/
Department(s)
BSC
Review data on students
concurrently enrolled in
college-level and basic skills
courses.
A.4.4
Spring 2012
Institutional
Research
Department and
BSC
IR presents the data to the BSC.
Post course recommendations A 1.5
and assessment results on Web
Advisor for students with
hyperlink to advising.
Spring 2012
IR, IT,
Counseling and
Advising and
BSC
The development of course
recommendations and assessment
results.
Implement a tracking process A.4.4
through Institutional Research
department for one cohort of
Basic Skills students.
Spring 2012
Institutional
Research
Department and
BSC
IR and BSC will develop a tracking
process.
Measurable Outcome
The Tri-Chairs discuss the Basic
Skills Action Plans and mission
statement with the IEC, College
Council, and each of the integrated
planning committees.
Criteria that Demonstrates
Effectiveness
90% of the integrated planning
committee members will
acknowledge, via the annual IEC
survey, that they’ve seen and
understood the direction basic skills
is going.
The BSC will review all the Fall IR
basic skills data and basic skills
progression data via program
review in March, 2012 and action
plans developed to address problem
areas.
By March 2012, course
recommendation s by assessment
score zone will be posted on web
advisor.
The tracking process is fully
implemented by March, 2012.
District-wide discussion of
basic skills/developmental
education in the college’s
planning committees.
A1.3
Fall 2012
BSC, IPFC cochairs, IEC
Integrated planning committees
agendize and discuss basic skills data
and action plans are developed to
address problem areas. Basic skills
data are included as an Institutional
Effectiveness Measure.
Work with the Deans of
A.5.2
Academic Affairs and Career
and Technical Education and
Student Development to begin
discussions of learning
communities/linked courses for
underprepared students Spring
2012.
Spring 2012
Indentify faculty interested in
participating in learning
communities/linked courses.
Compile list of constituents
needed to develop ESOL
program based on the 2009
feasibility study.
Spring 2012
BSC, Deans of
Academic
Affairs and
Career and
Technical
Education,
EOPS faculty,
Coordinator of
Advising
BSC and
MCDC
A.4.4
The constituents will begin
developing the program and program
implementation.
The PRC, EMC, BSC, IEC,
Counseling/Advising department,
Student Services Division, Strategic
Planning, Education Master
Planning, and the Faculty
Prioritization Committee will
discuss basic skills/remedial
education data .The EMC will
review status of meeting basic
skills effectiveness measures and
include action plans to address
basic skills in the two year EM
Plan. The IEC will continue to
include basics skills as an
institutional effectiveness measure.
The BSC will review various
planning documents to ensure basic
skills needs are included and
addressed.
Have a list of faculty willing to
participate in learning communities
and/or linked courses in Fall 2013
ESOL program will be initiated in
2012-13.