Basic Skills Efforts and Trends

Dianna Chiabotti, Napa Valley CollegeLynn Wright, 3CSN

Local Efforts & Positive TrendsLocal Efforts & Positive Trends• Academic Content Experts Model

• Integrated Learning Communities • Basic skills math – Peer counseling• ESL Mentors – Counselors as supplemental support

• LEAP (Learning English for Academic Purposes

• Tailoring Supplementals for math

• Video bank for students to watch

• Having Master Educators • Certified for a specific number of years• Focus is on how you work with students

Local Efforts & Positive TrendsLocal Efforts & Positive Trends• Writing Across the Curriculum with IA help

• Campus workshops on basic skills

• Purchase books for students in prealgebra• To get the book the students must go to tutoring

• Applied Academics courses - linked with automotive course

• Butte College – CAS

• Counselors assigned to every basic skills math class • Intervention discussion

• Using computer lab for computer aided instruction

Local Efforts & Positive TrendsLocal Efforts & Positive Trends• Summer bridge

• Tutors in classroom• Developmental English, Reading, Math

• Campus-wide basic skills conferences

• Information competency learning community

• Community of practice (3CSN)

• Early Alert program for math • Inform students about resources

Current Concerning TrendsCurrent Concerning Trends

Decreasing funding

Decreasing course sections

Eliminating basic skills classes

Not scheduling course sequences

Not considering sequences when making cuts

Pushed to do StatPath and not the series of math

Not meeting STEM studnets needs

Increasing course CAPS

Current Concerning TrendsCurrent Concerning Trends Doing more with less

Attempting to continue promising practices/innovations with less or no money

Elimination of BSI coordinators General tutoring paid for with BSI dollars

Current Research &

Reports

Current Research &

Reports

• Course-taking patterns, policies, and practices in developmental education in the California Community Colleges http://www.edsource.org/iss_research_communitycollege.html

• Something’s Got to Givewww.edsource.org

• The Developmental Education Initiative: State Policy Framework & Strategywww.jff.org

• Accelerating the Academic Achievement of Students Referred to Developmental Educationwww.ccrc.org

• Practices that Promote Equity in Basic Skills in California Community Collegeswww.asccc.org

• Course-taking patterns, policies, and practices in developmental education in the California Community Colleges http://www.edsource.org/iss_research_communitycollege.html

• Something’s Got to Givewww.edsource.org

• The Developmental Education Initiative: State Policy Framework & Strategywww.jff.org

• Accelerating the Academic Achievement of Students Referred to Developmental Educationwww.ccrc.org

• Practices that Promote Equity in Basic Skills in California Community Collegeswww.asccc.org

What needs to be done…..Statewide?

Locally?

Need a clear voice Send Basic Skills faculty to ASCCC leadership conference Need a timeline with the story of Basic Skills efforts from the

beginning Need a “tree” of what’s happening Need college administration to understand and support

teams for basic skills efforts Need to be creative!

o How can we get more faculty to trainingso Can we share time (eg. You cover my class while I go, and

I cover your class while you go.)o Rally faculty that support basic skills efforts and build

momentum to get others involved Visit www.ccc.bsi.org to get information Visit www.3csn.org to get information