Los Angeles Community College District
District-wide Governance Committee
Self Evaluation Form
Committee Name: Student Success Initiative Committee (SSI)
For Academic Year: 2011-2012
Month
Meeting
Date(s)
Date of Self Evaluation: June 29, 2012
# of
Members
Attending
Agendas
posted in
advance
?
No
Minutes
posted?
August
8/5/11
22
Yes
yes
Yes
yes
September
9/30/11
16
yes
yes
October
10/28/11
22
yes
yes
December
12/2/11
16
yes
yes
Please List the Major Issues/Tasks
Addressed at Each Meeting
No
1. Initiative Updates—including FTLA,
SLOAC, Transfer Committee, BSI/3CSN,
AtD
2. Reviewed SSI 2011/12 Membership,
Meeting Dates, and Goals for the year
3. Planning for District Summit
4. Set Date and Plans for August 22nd AtD
Core and Data Team Leaders Convening
1. Summary of Summit/Sharing of TakeAways
2. Report and Discussion of Student Success
Task Force (SSTF)
3. Report and recommendation for next steps
with SSI initiatives
4. AtD kick-off summaries
1. Student Success Taskforce: There was a
roundtable discussion held on the responses to
the Student Success Task Force
Recommendations. The discussion ended with
recommendations for a single SSI Committee
response to the Task Force.
2. Achieving the Dream: The campus gave a
short report of their campuses’ AtD progress.
There was a roundtable discussion of what the
struggles around implementing AtD are and
what resources are needed to address those
struggles.
3. Initiative Next Steps: The groups gave
updates on their progress on various SSI tasks.
4. Reports from work groups for SSI Strategic
Goals 2011/12.
5. AtD focus group training and guidance plans
were discussed.
1. Student Success Taskforce: There was a
summary and discussion of final SSTF
recommendations.
2. Achieving the Dream: Each campus gave a
short report of AtD progress.
3. Initiative Next Steps: The groups gave
updates on their progress on various SSI tasks.
January
1/20/12
94 (27
regular
SSISC
members)
yes
yes
March
3/15/12
10
yes
yes
April
4/13/12
36
yes
yes
May
5/25/12
23
yes
yes
4. Holiday treats enjoyed by all.
1. This meeting consisted of an in-service
conducted by RP Group and the liaisons for
AtD and focused on strategies for creating
implementation plans in support of student
success and completion.
1. AtD Policies & Procedures/Implementation
Plans Presentation, Discussion, Suggestions for
Leveraging, Resources Needed, etc.
2. D.R.E.A.M. (AtD Strategy Institute) Sharing
3. Draft of AtD Grant: discussion and feedback
4. SSI Updates:
a. FTLA—Reading Apprenticeship
Update
b. SLO—Assessment Event
c. Transfer Committee
d. BSI/3CSN/LA Regional Network—
New cohorted data tool update;
Resources for AtD Implementation:
Math & English Course Redesign,
Habits of Mind, Reading
Apprenticeship, Leadership Institute
(RP Group Collaboration)
1. Greetings from Vice-Chancellor & Chancellor
2. D.R.E.A.M. Sharing
3. Roundtable Sharing of AtD Implementation
Priorities
4. Discussion and Action:
a) Determination of top across-district
priorities for SSI support and action
b) Analysis of synergies, potential
partnerships and collaborations, linkages
to existing initiatives and groups, etc.
c) Identification of potential resources,
activities, policies and procedures, and
planning to assist and scale
implementation priorities
1. Presentation on Community College
Student Engagement/Harnessing
Power of Social Media
2. AtD Policies and Procedures Roundtable
for Action:
 First year Experience: Student Success
Course?
 Faculty Advising: District-wide
Recommendation?
 Matriculation Orientation &
Assessment/Placement
 Course of Study: student pathways
June
6/29/12
Average Attendance
Major Committee
Accomplishments &
Achievements in Past Year
16
yes
yes
3. Planning a Fall SSI-sponsored Strategy
Institute (connected to topics
relevant to AtD Implementation Plans)
1.Presentation on Increasing and Accelerating
Student Completion through Student
Services/Academic Affairs Partnering—Pierce
College
2.AtD Focus on 1st Year Persistence:
 SSI/AtD Fall Strategy Institute
Planning: FYE, Course of Study
(student pathways), Matriculation,
Orientation & Assessment
3.Faculty Inquiry Teams/Math Pathways
4.Updates: Transfer Committee, Student
Learning Outcomes Advisory Council (SLOAC),
Opening Day Events, 3CSN
5.Innovation Center Discussion at DAS Exec
21
The major accomplishment has been the aligning of the Student Success Initiative with the
Achieving the Dream Initiative. The leaders from both groups meet together under the umbrella
of SSISC; additionally, the local student success committees are also aligned with AtD through
their alignment with SSI. The newly organized SSISC/AtD is working consistently on examining
policies and procedures and coordinating recommendations that on a district-wide basis will
increase the persistence of students and decrease exit points, thereby leading to greater levels of
student completion. Ongoing accomplishments include the sponsorship, organization, and
implementation of several professional development activities, including the first convening of all
the LACCD AtD Core and Data Team Leaders in August, the DAS Summit in early fall, the AtD
Implementation In-Service in January, and the 4th Cohort of the Faculty Teaching and Learning
Academy. As a result of FTLA, four of our nine campuses will have a certified faculty trainer in
Reading Apprenticeship in the coming year. The subcommittees of SSISC, including the Transfer
and SLO Committees, continue to meet and strategize regarding important curricular and
accreditation issues as well as to exchange best practices.
Major Obstacles/Problems
with Committee Function
This year has been an excellent year for SSISC. The meetings have been well attended, and
important issues involving student completion have been discussed and vetted. Additionally,
the merging of the district-wide AtD initiative with SSI has given even more purpose and focus
to the student success framework advocated by SSI and is allowing more concrete follow-up at
the campus level.
Recommendations for
Improving Committee
Process/Efficiency
As indicated above, the SSISC is moving effectively forward, and the important thing will be to
continue the momentum, making sure to keep constituents well-informed and connected. One of
the co-chairs of the committee (the Dean of Student Success) additionally made campus visits
and met with five of the nine local student success committees. These efforts will be ongoing in
order to ensure that every campus is connected with locally on a regular basis.
Committee
Goals (If Appropriate) for
Coming Year
SSISC will continue to focus its attention on the major goals aligned with its mission to increase
student success and completion across the LACCD:
 Aligning Achieving the Dream with SSI Goals and Student Success Framework
 Providing ongoing and deep professional development in support of student success
 Continued commitment to making informed recommendations to appropriate committees and
constituencies regarding issues impacting student achievement and completion
 Seeding and assisting faculty-driven efforts in support of student success
Chair/Co-Chair Signature and
Date:
Signature
Chair/Co-Chair Name:
Date
Deborah L. Harrington
Chair/Co-Chair Signature and
Date:
Signature
Chair/Co-Chair Name:
David Beaulieu
Date