Diablo Valley Bsi And Librarians Workshop
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The Basic Skills Initiative and Community College Libraries Conference Diablo Valley College April 24, 2009 1
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The Basic Skills Initiative
and Community College Libraries
ConferenceDiablo Valley CollegeApril 24, 2009
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Nancy Cook Sacramento/Central Valley Network Coordinator
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CCC BSI 2009
Years of the BSI
Year 1: Effective practices report, the “Poppy Copy”
Year 2: Regional meetings raise awareness of need
Year 3: Regional meetings encourage call to action plus content-level workshops
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History of the BSI
BSI discussions born out of need to raise math and English requirements
Collaboration between Academic Senate Chief Instructional Officers Chief Student Services Officers Chancellor’s Office
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BSI Grants
$33 million each year, 110 community colleges
$1.6 million each year for professional development
Year 1: Center for Student Success Years 2 & 3: Foothill-De Anza Community
College District, Barbara Illowsky Year 4: Los Angeles Community College
District, Deborah Harrington
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Highly Coordinated
Workshops important to introduce and motivate to action
Now a strong need to link all parts into organized, “highly coordinated” whole
Remember Strand A from Poppy Copy Most successful BSI Programs are either
centralized or “highly coordinated”
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CCC BSI 2009: Building a Success Network
Need for connection, community, professional learning
Four Regional Network Pilots: Sacramento/Central Valley: Nancy Cook Bay Area: Anniqua Rana Los Angeles: Daryl Kinney San Diego: Lisa Brewster
Why Do We Need a Network?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8
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What Does This all Mean?
Huge popularity of social networksNeed for sharp technology skills to
compete in global society
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Building the Pilot Network: 2009
2010
2011
Summer Leadership Training:
Network building capacity,
sustainability, and scalability
Activity
What is the greatest challenge you face in trying to implement library services to help basic skills students be more successful?
Write challenge on index cardTurn to person in front, behind, or
beside you and tell your challengeDiscuss what can be done to
overcome these challengesWrite solution to challenge on other
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Valuable BSI Resources
Official BSI web site: http://cccbsi.org/
CCC BSI 2009 blog site: http://cccbsi.edulounge.net
Basic Skills as a Foundation for Student Success in California Community Colleges: http://cccbsi.org/Websites/basicskills/Images/Lit_Review_Student_Success.pdf
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BSI Resources
NEW—Effective Practices for Promoting the Transition of High School Students to College: http://www.cccbsi.org/Websites/basicskills/Images/High-School-Transition.pdf
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BSI Resources
Promising Practices for Transitioning Students from Adult Education to Postsecondary Education: http://cccbsi.org/Websites/basicskills/Images/Promising-Practices.pdf
Basic Skills Handbook: http://cccbsi.org/basic-skills-handbook
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BSI Resources
BSI Effective Practices Database: http://bsi.cccco.edu/
National Association for Developmental Education (NADE): http://www.nade.net/
Brand New—CalADE—California chapter of NADE: contact the Academic Senate [email protected]
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BSI Resources
National Center for Developmental Education (NCDE): http://www.ncde.appstate.edu/
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ARCC Data
ARCC Data: Accountability Report for the Community Colleges
MIS data from colleges (Management Information System)
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Basic Skills in ARCC
Annual Successful Course Completion Rate for Credit Basic Skills Courses Horizontal Progress▪ Completed any credit basic skills course at 2 or more levels below transfer and retained to end of course with (A,B,C, CR)
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Basic Skills in ARCC
Improvement Rates for ESL and Credit Basic Skills Courses Vertical Progress▪ Track freshmen enrolled in any basic skills course who then enroll in a subsequent semester in a higher level course of the same discipline—can be basic skills or not▪ Must complete higher course with A,B,C or CR/P
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Accessing ARCC Data
http://www.cccco.edu/SystemOffice/Divisions/TechResearchInfo/ResearchandPlanning/ARCC/tabid/292/Default.aspx
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Student Equity Plan (SEP)
A plan for addressing the needs of historically underrepresented students in order to increase their success rate
Every college required to have oneCheck with your VPI to locate yours
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Basic Skills Action Plans
Due in Chancellor’s Office every fallProvides detailed goals for
academic yearProvides broad goals for next five
yearsPierce College
http://faculty.piercecollege.edu/senate/policies/skillsAction.pdf
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How can Librarians Help Basic Skills Students ?
Think technology!
Digital immigrants vs. digital natives
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Using Technology in Libraries
Sierra CollegeFlickr: http://lrc.sierracollege.edu/VoiceThread:
http://voicethread.com/#q.b122517.i635453
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Activity
Cha Cha—a free research service using your cell phone
In your phone text message window, type 242242
Ask any question—What were the primary causes of WWI
In minutes you get an answer! (Be sure texting is free on your
phone; otherwise watch a neighbor do this)
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Getting Involved with BSI
Meet with other librarians and brainstorm ideas for projects/programs/activities to help basic skills students succeed
Meet with your college’s basic skills committee and discuss ideas
Better yet, ask to join your college’s basic skills committee and provide regular input
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Examples of Basic Skills Committees
Los Medanos College: http://www.losmedanos.edu/deved/devcom.asp
Mission College: http://www.missioncollege.org/basicSkills/
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Getting Involved with BSI
Teach a workshop on Finding Resources as part of your college’s student workshop series
Butte College: http://
www.butte.edu/departments/cas/documents/workshops_maincampus.pdf
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Getting Involved with BSI
Make what you do interesting and applicable to today’s 18 to 24 year-olds
Publish newslettersMake “catchy” headlines, titles,
descriptions Riverside City College: http://
www.slideshare.net/ncook/cap-fall-2009
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Nancy Cook, Sacramento/Central Valley
Network Coordinator
http://cccbsi.edulounge.net
Questions or Comments ?
Small Group Activity
Get into 10 groups based on color/number on your name tag
Choose one or two effective practices from list on handout
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Small Group Activity
In groups, discuss/brainstorm ideas for the question below
Write ideas on paper; then hang on wall
Have 35 minutes for activityHave 10 minutes for perusing
others’ ideas Based on the effective practice(s)
you have chosen, what library services programs and/or activities can you create that will help basic skills students be more successful? Give strategies for implementing these
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