LOS ANGELES MISSION COLLEGE
ESSENTIAL SKILLS COMMITEE
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 – 3:00 -4:30 pm
Eagle’s Nest LRC Room 208
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
Selection of Secretary to take minutes
2. Review and Approve Minutes of the Meeting of March 11, 2015
3. Update on BSI Account Balance (Luis)
Review the Activities proposed in the BSI Report for this year
Review the Basic Skills Expenditure Guidelines and Crosswalk Chart
4. BSI Funding Requests to be Approved
2014-15 Requests:
Already Approved via email:
1. Threshold Concepts and Wicked Problems 4/17/15 (MacDowell & Zaiens)
2 Achieving the Dream Summit 4/24/15 (Bonilla & Luis)
3. Embedded Tutors for DC 1; Summer Session up to 6/30/15 (Riesberg)
To Be Approved:
1. 66 Computers to Serve DevCom and ESL students-(Montes & Gonzalez)
2. 10 Computers to Serve non-credit students-(Montes & Gonzalez)
3. Summer Bridge Survival Kits (Bonilla)
4. Riesberg Professional Development travel expenses (Riesberg)
5. Document Cameras (Park/Luis)
6. FYE Summer Bridge math tutors (Renteria)
2015-16 Requests
1. Embedded Tutors for DC 1; Summer, Fall & Spring(Riesberg)
2. Non-Credit Language Lab Tutors (English)
3. Math Tutors 2015-16 (Renteria)
4. ESL tutors 2015-16 (Prostak)
5. Spring into Spring Feb 2016 (Samii/MacDowell)
5. Discussion on Possible BSI Initiatives:
1. FYE 2015 Coordinator for release time
2. Summer Bridge Program expenses lunch for 8 weeks
3. Student Success Coordinator to support BSI Initiatives
6. Report on conference attendance
BSI Reporting Workshop
7. Upcoming Conferences & Workshops
LACCD District AtD Retreat Friday, May 29 8:30-2:30 at LA City College
RSVP: https://atdretreat.eventbrite.com (see flyer)
Acceleration in Developmental Education Conference: June 24-26 Costa Mesa (alp-deved.org)
Strengthening Student Success Conference: Oct 7-9 Oakland (www.rpgroup.org/events/sssc15)
BSILI 2015 - Leadership for Curricular &Institutional Transformation June 14-19 @ Lake Arrowhead
8. Call to Adjourn
Next ESC Meeting:
Wed. June 3, 20153:00-4:30 (during finals week)