Eye on Sacramento

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• Eye on Sacramento
• New Visions, New Times, New Solutions
• CCCAOE Conference
• March 2, 2005
• New Solutions for Regional Collaboration
• Tanya Burke, SCRC Regional Chair
• Diane Hollems, Asst. Dean, Santa Barbara City
  College
• Pete Bellas, Director, CACT, College of the
  Canyons

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New Solutions for Regional Collaboration.

• The South Coast Regional Consortium
• model of incorporating Professional
• Development into regional meetings.
• How the idea was originated,
• Method of carrying out the activities,
• Results of the professional development
  activities.

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New Solutions for Regional Collaboration.

• SCRC is a region of 8 colleges,
• --Antelope Valley CC
• --College of the Canyons
• --Moorpark CC
• --Ventura CC
• --Oxnard CC
• --Santa Barbara City College
• --Allan Hancock College
• --Cuesta College

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New Solutions for Regional Collaboration..

• The SCRC includes vocational deans, Economic
  Development Center Directors, Tech Prep
  Directors, and Contract Ed practitioners.
• The challenge is to communicate assertively,
  professionally, and cordially in order to
  accomplish regional business and develop
  innovative ideas for both credit courses and
  economic development initiatives.

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New Solutions for Regional Collaboration.

• In the past, the region had engaged in
  professional development activities as part of
  the annual planning retreat, but many
  timesthough great ideas were generatedthere was
  no plan for continued follow up.
• The region decided to do a significant
  professional development activity (the DiSC
  social styles inventory) as part of the 2004
  retreat. Further, we decided to engage in a
  follow up activity to this at each regional
  meeting during the year.

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New Solutions for Regional Collaboration.Advantag
es

• Activities provide a neutral stage
• to discuss sensitive communication issues.
• Activities provide insight into social styles of
  colleagues that yield benefits for collaboration
  beyond regional meetings.
• Activities can be extrapolated back to each
  members working situations.
• This practice has led to additional regional
  collaboration regarding campus professional
  development (both faculty staff) activities.
  With the disappearance of state professional
  development funds, regional meetings can provide
  an avenue for sharing ideas.

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Why we chose the DiSC

• Consortium members felt that communication issues
  were the biggest professional development need.
• To form a basis for improved collaboration, the
  group decided to focus on social styles.

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What is a DiSC assessment

• It is not a Personality test
• It is a Social Styles profile
• Other profiles available
• William Moulton Marston
• Merrill-Reid
• LaHaye/Littauer (Hippocrates)
• Smalley/Trent (Animals)
• Hartman (The Color Code)
• True Colors
• Keirsey

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The Value

• Profile itself is not critical
• Profile activity creates the learning
  opportunities
• Self discovery
• External awareness
• Sandbox
• Introduction of the Platinum Rule

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Its Your Turn

• Please take a few minutes to complete the Quick
  DiSC instrument.
• We will complete a short activity based on the
  profiles.

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Ideas for regional collaboration

• How would understanding social styles improve
  your regional collaboration?
• What other skills would be good?
• What are typical challenges you face in regional
  meetings?
• Your solutions to these challenges!

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New Solutions for Regional Collaboration.

• Tanya Burke, Chair,
• South Coast Regional Consortium
• Moorpark College
• tburke_at_vcccd.net, [phone]
• Dr. Diane Hollems, Asst. Dean
• Santa Barbara City College
• hollems_at_sbcc.edu, [phone]
• Peter Bellas, Director, CACT
• College of the Canyons
• peter.bellas_at_canyons.edu, [phone]