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3% Discussion — What do you think?

Posted on August 30, 2010March 8, 2019 by teaching-and-learning

On Monday, August 30th, Vice-President of Instruction, Krista Johns, issued the following email:

“ENROLLMENT PICTURE
“We have received the enrollment statistics across the Peralta district after week one of classes (including Saturday classes). I thought you might want to have these comparisons with last year:

“For Fall 2010, BCC is offering 10% fewer sections than it offered in Fall 2009 (Alameda 17% fewer, Merritt 17% fewer, Laney 13% fewer). Even so, resident (California) full time equivalent student numbers at BCC are down only 2.25% from last year (down 4% at Alameda, up .5% at Merritt, down 7.7% at Laney).

“The average number of students in BCC classes for Fall 2010 is 38 (and we are being funded at a level of 35 average per class at census). In Fall 2009, our starting enrollments were higher, and we ended with a class enrollment average of 38 at census.

“It is important to note that our Student Services offices are operating with 3.5 fewer staff than Fall 2009, representing an 8% reduction in BCC staff.
“To the degree possible, let us each make the effort to provide general BCC information to students when asked, so that our impacted counseling and financial aid (and all other student service) offices can remain available to provide concentrated services to those students who need them.

“YOU ARE INVITED TO BE A PART OF THE 3% SOLUTION
“With the availability of statistics as recent as last fall, we know that student retention, success, and persistence is an issue we must work on. Of students who started at BCC last fall, only 33% will be with us this semester. BCC will lose 26 out of every 100 students who enroll this semester, and of the students who remain enrolled in a class at census, 19 out of 100 will drop the class, and 64 will end with a passing grade.

“We know there are many reasons why students drop classes or do not succeed. We also know there are a number of students who will stick with their classes, in the face of hardship, because they have formed a relationship with others in the class, they have become involved in some way with the college, or because they feel their instructor is working with them on their path to success. This knowledge underlies the many efforts BCC faculty and staff undertake each semester to facilitate student success.

“May Chen, Vice President of Student Services, and I invite you to be a part of the 3% solution for Fall 2010: with average enrollments of 35 across BCC’s sections, if every instructor kept one additional student in their class over what they did in previous semesters, then retention rates would increase by 3%. If every instructor was able to have one additional student succeed in their class over the number that succeeded in previous semesters, then success rates would increase by 3%. Each of us has a part to play in keeping students at BCC and helping them succeed.

“We would like to invite you to be a part of “the 3% solution.

“If you would like tips and ideas for how to hang on to the one additional student, and how to get one additional student to end your class with a passing grade, then contact Scott Hoshida, coordinator of our Teaching Learning Center. If you would like to know how your administrative office or student services program can be part of the solution, then let Scott Hoshida know. There are online, workshop, and written resources that can be made available to you about success and retention.

“In advance, thank you for giving this information your consideration.”

If you have any comments, don’t hesitate to submit them below. If you would like to contact the Teaching and Learning Center coordinator, Scott Hoshida, please email him at shoshida@peralta.edu.

Civic Reflection Facilitation Training

Posted on August 25, 2010March 8, 2019 by teaching-and-learning

Civic Reflection Facilitation Training

Are you interesting in gaining facilitation skills? Deepening engagement? And building commitment among members, students, faculty, and staff? Then join the Project on Civic Reflection (PCR) for a two-day civic reflection facilitation training workshop. You will gain hands-on skills in facilitation and learn the practice of civic reflection discussion. This flexible practice has been successful in helping people gain clarity about their values and beliefs, build community among participants, promote dialogue across differences, and deepen commitment to social justice and civic engagement.

When?

November 2 and 3, November 4 and 5 PCR will offer 2 two-day trainings in the fall of 2010

November 2 (12-7pm) and 3 (9-4:30) –UC Berkeley campus – Berkeley, CA

November 4 (12-7pm) and 5 (9-4:30) – California Campus Compact – Daly City, CA

The cost is $250. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Kelli Covey, Director of Programs and Development, the registration form is attached. About PCR The Project on Civic Reflection is a respected national provider of facilitation training, consulting, and resource development for reflective civic discussion. Over the past 12 years, we have built and grown an organization that reaches a diverse base of clients and partners, including national service programs like AmeriCorps and VISTA, colleges and universities, volunteer and service organizations, libraries and cultural institutions, and many other organizations focused on civic engagement. We have also developed online materials and publications as programming resources, including the widely used Civically Engaged Reader and Hearing the Call across Traditions: Readings on Faith and Service, along with two smaller selections, Talking Service and the recently published Talking Giving. To date, we have worked in 42 states, trained over 700 facilitators, and developed a corps of 10 trainers whom we deploy nationwide for training workshops.

Visit www.civicreflection.org to learn more about PCR.

Fall 2010 Programs

Posted on August 23, 2010March 8, 2019 by teaching-and-learning

This fall, Title III and the Basic Skills Initiative are running four different types of activities in the Teaching and Learning Center.

The Inclusive Classroom
This workshop series taught by Dr. Kimberly Mayfield from Holy Names College focuses on helping teachers develop curriculum and teaching practices that reach students with a wide-range of life experiences, learning styles, and cultural backgrounds. Monthly workshops will be held during Fall 2010 and participants will continue in Spring 2010 as mentors to additional participants. Compensation (subject to change): $1000 stipend for full participation. Contacts: Joan Berezin (jberezin@peralta.edu) & Terry Tricomi (ttricomi@peralta.edu).

Student Learning Outcomes Workshop
Dr. Mary J. Allen will present a workshop on how create simple and sustainable assessments connected to your department’s Student Learning Outcomes. The training will consist of one initial workshop with follow-up meetings to complete SLOs by department. Faculty appointed by department to conduct SLO assessment and follow-up should sign-up and attend the first workshop. Compensation: TBA. Contacts: Joan Berezin (jberezin@peralta.edu) & Terry Tricomi (ttricomi@peralta.edu).

Faculty/Staff Inquiry Groups [FIGs]
Teams of faculty and staff work together to research a thorny issues the encounter when working with students. The research questions should require the team to gather data from students to better understand the issue. Orientation in September; final presentation in late November/early December; meetings with team during semester.Priority will be given to inter-disciplinary teams, projects designed to close the assessment loop, and projects that focus on basic skills students. Compensation: $400 for team lead/$300 for participants (maximum 5). Contact: Scott Hoshida (shoshida@peralta.edu; 510-981-2897).

Faculty Peer Mentoring Program
This fall, the TLC will test two different peer-based assessment models to give participating faculty mid-term feedback on their teaching. The first model will include video-taping classroom teaching and conducting self-assessments, and the second model includes student feedback facilitated and recorded by another faculty member. In both cases, the Program Leaders will help set up the assessments, gather data about the effectiveness of each, and create recommendations for future professional development to support teaching and learning. Contact: Laura Ruberto (lruberto@peralta.edu) or Linda McAllister (lmcallister@peralta.edu).

TLC Workshop Development Grant (application to be released in October)
This pilot mini-grant program will fund a few teachers to develop workshops in Spring 2010. No compensation in F2010. Contact: Scott Hoshida (shoshida@peralta.edu; 510-981-2897).

Other Workshops, Programs, Presentations, etc.
If you are interested in using the Teaching and Learning Center for any event for faculty and staff at BCC, then please do not hesitate to contact the coordinator, Scott Hoshida, to schedule a time to use the space and to help publicize your event.

Spring 2010 Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG) – Final Report Summary

Posted on August 1, 2010March 8, 2019 by teaching-and-learning

In Spring 2010, 7 groups participated in a pilot Faculty Inquiry Group project sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Center and funded by the Basic Skills Initiative. Here are the original questions that they posed: Spring 2010 FIGs.

Here is a chart that summarizes each of their projects: Spring 2010 FIG Summaries.

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3% Discussion — What do you think?

Civic Reflection Facilitation Training

Fall 2010 Programs

Spring 2010 Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG) – Final Report Summary