Mt. San Antonio College Basic Skills Coordinating Committee March 25, 2010
Attending: X Terri Long (Co-Chair) X Pat Bower X Bailey Smith X Antoine Thomas Barbara McNeice-Stallard X Madelyn Arballo X Glenda Bro (Co-Chair) X Daniel Lamoree X Anabel Perez-Marquez X Jeff Archibald X Lisa Ledeboer X Michael Sanetrick X Steve Zicree X Dyrell Foster X Lisa Nguyen X Maya Alvarez-Galvan X Cathy Stute (Guest) X Margie Whalen
AGENDA Item/Comments Discussion/Outcome 1. Introductions Margie Whalen was introduced to the Committee. Margie replaces Approval of Minutes from March 11, Gary Enke as the representative from the English Department. 2010 The Minutes from the March 11, 2010 meeting were approved as written.
2. Overall Goals of BSCC The Committee reviewed the 2009-2010 goals. It was decided that: - Chancellor’s Office Data We will leave goal #1 as is, changing the year only. - Assessment Goal #2 is still in progress so we will leave it as is. - Development of Goals The overall goal for #3 was to establish the Teaching and Learning Center. Since TLC is now a project there is no need for this goal. We will eliminate this goal. We will leave goal #4 as is, adding “and professional community” at the end of the goal sentence (Disseminate results of Basic Skills projects and activities to the campus and professional community.) The Committee decided to add 2 new goals: Disseminate the results of Basic Skills projects and activities to the campus and the professional community. Collect historical data for Basic Skills students and examine trends in retention and success. Determine the number of Basic Skills students impacted by existing Basic Skills projects and establish goals for reaching larger numbers of students through Basic skills funding.
3. Themes Terri and Glenda proposed that the Basic Skills projects be grouped into the following Themes: 1. Tutoring and academic support 2. Professional development 3. Curriculum development 4. Learning communities 5. BSI support – for positions 6. Other
4. Funding for positions
5. Conference & Travel 1. The committee established procedures regarding the future C&T Survey Form application for Conference and Travel funds from Basic Skills. If the conference is Basic Skills applicable the form is first submitted to Daniel Morales for signature and then to Terri Long for approval. The conference and travel survey will be sent out to the attendee at the time of approval. The attendee will turn in the survey with the expense claim portion of the C&T form. (Attendee will not be paid until the survey is turned in). Terri and/or Glenda will read the surveys and make a list of conferences that are relevant to Basic Skills. The Committee approved to add the question, “Were you a presenter at the conference? If so, what was the title of your presentation?” The question will be marked as 2a. The Conference and Travel Survey was approved and will eventually be placed on the POD and BSI websites. 2. The allowable funding for Basic Skills Conference and Travel was increased from $750 to $1,000. 3. There is a request from the Dev Ed Committee for 3 faculty to attend a conference at Harvard. The perspective attendees are Lori Walker, Rick Stepp-Bolling and Susan Cevallos. The cost of the conference is $5000 per person. Rick Stepp-Bolling is retiring this year and if he will not be involved as an adjunct instructor, the BSCC recommends that his request not be approved. The Committee will request a presentation from the attendees in the Fall. 4. Madelyn is working on a proposal for a WIN presentation for the Strengthening Student Success Conference. Madelyn will email the presentation to Glenda and Terri for input. The deadline to turn in the proposal is March 31, 2010.
6. Communication Terri and Glenda will be working on the “Call for Proposals” and a. E-mail to all faculty the rubric forms. b. Visit department meetings They will present them to the Committee at the April 8th meeting. The Committee will review, revise and approve the forms. On April 9th the forms will be emailed to faculty with a due date of May 7, 2010. At the May 13th meeting the Committee will review the proposals. Terri and Glenda will be visiting department meetings informing faculty of the money available for Basic Skills.
7. Other – The TLC has scheduled a workshop event on April 16th from 9am – 3pm. The workshop is entitled “Using e Applications to Motivate Basic Skills Students”. Dev Ed is hosting a workshop event on April 23, 2010.
Future Activities Future meetings: - Call for proposals/rubric – finalize 2:00 – 3:00 pm in Bldg. 16F, Conference Room o Including set timelines and clear Dec. 10, March 11, March 25, April 8, April 22, May 13, May 27 expectations