BASIC SKILLS INITIATIVE Research

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BASIC SKILLS INITIATIVE Research Professional
Development for Improving Academic Fundamentals

• Background/History
• Research Phase
• Professional Development Phase
• Steering Committee
• College Implementation

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Background/History 1Graduation Competencies

• Academic Senate Conversation
• Started 1999
• Formal recommendation Spring 2005
• Concerns Barriers, Success Rates, Research
• Other Conversations
• Statewide Constituency Groups Fall 2005
• Consultation Council January 2006

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Background/History 2A Creative Solution

• CIO/CSSO Conference (March 2006)
• Joint resolution on graduation competencies
• Identified need to improve basic skills student
  success
• ASCCC, CIO, CSSO Joint Proposal
• Pam Deegan, Robin Richards leadership
• How Can We Make this Succeed?
• Basic Skills Initiative

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April 2006 Budget Workgroup Meeting

• Pre-meeting (Walton, Deegan, Richards,Lawson)
• Consensus to delay implementation to Fall
• Aggressively pursue resources to support basic
  skills student success
• Budget Workgroup Meeting
• Identify possible funding source for 06-07
• Redirect basic skills overcap funding
• 750,000) to support a basic skills initiative
  and the remainder
• 30 million to be distributed to colleges on a
  per-basic skills FTES basis

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Systemwide Support

• Consultation Council May 2006
• Agreement to move forward on both
• Graduation Competencies
• Basic Skills Initiative
• Board of Governors July 2006
• Support for both proposals
• First Reading for Graduation Competencies
• 06-07 Basic Skills Initiative Funds Allocated

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September 2006

• Board of Governors unanimously approves
  graduation competencies
• Basic Skills Initiative moves forward
• BoG Support
• BoG Retreat
• Strategic Plan
• Funding
• ..

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September/October 2006

• Research phase initiated 50,000 in research
  funds allocated through Mt. San Antonio College
  research to be conducted by the Center for
  Student Success

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October 2006

• RFA for 700,000 for basic skills statewide
  professional development sent out to colleges
  expressing interest through letters of intent
  function of the successful college to be to serve
  as fiscal agent to work with the Academic Senate

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Research Phase

• Utilizing the review of literature and effective
  practices research commissioned by the System
  Office and conducted by the Center for Student
  Success, this proposal will facilitate the
  provision of new system resources to local
  campuses to improve basic skills instruction.
  The Center for Student Success proposed to
  complete their research by February 1, 2007.

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The Research will include the following

• Review of the literature on successful basic
  skills practices
• Identification/discussion of effective practices
  based upon the review of the literature
• A self-assessment instrument colleges will use to
  assess their own status in relationship to
  effective teaching and learning in basic skills

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Professional Development Phase

• Working with the Statewide Academic Senate, the
  college successful in the RFA competition will
  conduct the following

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January/March 2007

• Identify and Train Professional Development Teams
  (Steering Committee to oversee)
• Develops qualifications for Professional
  Development team members.
• Identifies teams (2 faculty members, CIO,
  CSSOselected by the representative organization
  - at least 10 teams)
• Identifies and schedules campuses to receive
  first round of professional development.

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February/March 2007

• Create Resource Materials - The Steering
  Committee, working with the Academic Senates
  Math and English Ad Hoc Committee, the Senates
  Basic Skills Committee, and the Center for
  Student Success will create resource manuals for
  use at the colleges. These resource manuals
  will
• a) outline the general principles and processes
  that work to improve basic skills success rates,
  providing a menu-based approach for campus
  selection
• b) identify a list of successful projects for
  possible campus selection
• c) address the specific request for
  alternative career-related math and English
  college-level coursework (e.g. Math for Health
  Careers instead of Intermediate Algebra).

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March - July 2007

• Presentations at Statewide Conferences and
  Institutes
• Steering Committee members Senates Basic
  Skills and Math and English Ad Hoc Committees
  make presentations at statewide meetings
  including
• CIO/CSSO Spring Conference
• Senates Vocational Education Leadership
  Institute
• Teaching Institute
• Spring Plenary Session
• Curriculum Institute

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Spring 2007

• Provide training to the teams on the data and
  resource information to be provided to each
  college and the use of the resource manual
• Team 1 Distribution of research information to
  college and assessment of college needs

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Function of Team 1

• Provide Information and Professional Development
  to Colleges
• Team 1s will begin to visit campuses to
  facilitate conversations about
• a) student success and what works based on the
  Center for Student Success research
• b) campus deficiencies and needs identified in
  Center for Student Success Evaluation
• c) process for planning for the 2007-08 year new
  basic skills system funding include
  representatives from faculty, administration and
  staff in instruction and student services and
• d) process for implementing quick start
  projects in Fall 2007 (e.g., class size reduction
  or increased tutoring services).

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch

• The Steering Committee, working with appropriate
  groups, prepares menu items for best practice,
  outcomes, costs, to include Quick Starts and
  Slower Starts
• Colleges identify those menu items they want to
  pursue

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Fall 2007

• Based on menu selection, Team 2 makes college
  visits and provides in-depth training
• 1. Steering Committee will identify, based on
  menu selection, schedule campuses for additional
  professional development
• 2. Team 2s visit campuses to facilitate
  conversations about
• process for implementing slower start projects
  that require additional infrastructure or
  professional development prior to Spring 2008 or
  later start (e.g., new campus program or
  instructional delivery method) and
• process for planning additional projects
  utilizing 2008-09 additional new basic skills
  system funding.

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Steering Committee

• There shall be a Steering Committee consisting of
  the Academic Senate, CSSO, CIO co-chairs, project
  director, six faculty (to include math/English,
  student services, basic skills faculty), 2 CSSOs,
  2 CIOs, the project monitor, and the Executive
  Director of the Academic Senate, as a non-voting
  member. The Steering Committee shall

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Role of the Steering Committee

• Work closely with the Executive Director on
  matters having to do with project implementation
• Approve resource materials
• Make replacements for faculty, CSSOs, CIOs on
  workgroups,
• Work with the constituents to communicate the
  Project goals to faculty, administrators and
  staff
• Train and mentor faculty experts
• Suggest meeting agenda items
• Communicate the goals of the project to all
  interested parties
• Report to the System Office and
• Coordinate with the strategic plan GAIT and APG.