REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
Meeting of the Basic Skills Committee
November 4, 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.
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1. Call to Order
2. October 21th Minutes
3. Action Items
3.1 BSC Funding Rubric*
4. Discussion Items
4.1 Review and award funds proposals*
4.1.1 IR Request for funding
4.1.2 Student Success Task Force Pilot
4.1.3 Funds for Math mobile Cart—Eureka
4.1.4 Math lab improvement
4.1.5 Math 372 Textbooks
4.1.6 Funds for Math mobile cart—Mendocino
4.1.7 Basic Skills ISS for DSPS—Eureka
4.1.8 Educational Dreams Funding Request
4.2 Process for future proposal awards
4.3 Financial Aid Eligibility GS 361/RD 360 and Math 372 (Lynn Thiesen)
4.4 Draft BSI Gantt Chart*
4.5 Impact of Student Success Task Force Recommendations future BSC actions
4.5.1 AB 743 (Block), Common Assessment
4.6 Linking the Basic Skills planning to the integrated planning process (EMC, Educational Master
Plans, Strategic Planning)
5. Reports
5.1 Revised BSI Expenditure Report: Sections 3 and 4a.
6. Announcements
7. Adjournment
(* denotes attachment)
Basic Skills Funding Rubric
Criteria
Funding Request is
clear and detailed
Supports the Basic
Skills Mission
Statement
Adequate and
Appropriate Faculty
and Staff Responsible
Outcomes
1. Adequate
2. Appropriate for
the plan
3. Clear
4. Measurable
Assessment Schedule
is realistic
Timeline realistic
Notes:
2
(Exceeds
Expectations)
1
(Meets Expectations)
0
(Does Not Meet
Expectations)
Action Item
Communicate developmental education mission
statement, philosophy, and goals.
Review data on students concurrently enrolled in
college-level and basic skills courses.
Implement a tracking process through Institutional
Research department for one cohort of Basic Skills
students.
District-wide discussion of basic skills/developmental
education in the college’s planning committees.
Compile list of constituents needed to develop ESOL
program based on the 2009 feasibility study.
Implement feasibility study of mandatory orientation
and assessment for incoming matriculating students.
Explore feasibility of math and English non credit
basic skills classes
Offer a series of workshops providing background on
the Basic Skills Initiative and on interpreting local
basic skills data.
Participate in statewide and regional events and
conduct follow up workshops on campus.
Support innovation of curricular and support
functions and staff development opportunities that
address basic skills needs through dedicated basic
skills action plan funding.
Develop a convocation activity to support
collaboration between Basic Skills faculty and faculty
in general to establish common goals across the
curriculum.
Survey faculty, advisors, and counselors to determine
means of implementation of systematic early
intervention strategies for counselor/advisor contact
with at-risk/poor performing students
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