Weathering the Storm: Partnering for Student Success

1. Weathering the Storm:Partnering for Student Success CIO/CSSO Conference April 2009

2. General Meeting Agenda • Introduction of New CIOs • Recognition of Retirees • Leadership Development Recognition • Carter Doran Award • Updates • Noncredit Repetition(Lori) • Assessment/Placement/Prerequisites(Lori) • Concurrent Enrollment(Lori) • System Advisory Committee on Curriculum(Randy) • Chancellor’s Office Update (Carole Bogue-Feinour) • Questions

3. New CIOs and Retirees Welcome to our new CIOs! • PAL: Partners in Academic Leadership • Mentor program • Coordinator: Pam Deegan CIO Retirees We’ll Miss You (and we’re envious!!)

4. Leadership Development • 411 Academy (Fall Conference) • CIO/CSSO Leadership Institute (December) RANDY LAWSON & DONA BOATRIGHT THANK YOU!!!

5. Carter Doran Award • Honors the memory and contributions of a dear colleague and extraordinary teacher, dean, and CIO • Honoree exemplifies the wonderful characteristics embodied in Carter: • Leads with the heart • Creative • Sustained commitment to this calling • Profound impact as a CIO • Prior Honorees • Julie Hatoff (2005-06) • Morgan Lynn (2006-07) • Randy Lawson (2007-08)

6. Carter Doran Award • She has exceptional knowledge of all matters academic and an unswerving commitment to doing what is best for our students. • She is a teacher, a coach, a mentor, an advocate for all things academic, a promoter of programs to provide support for student success, a trusted leader, and a superb human being. • She is not afraid to take on the big guns, to challenge the norm, her only demand is fair and reasonable participation. • She is one of the best leaders in our community colleges. • Her experience, steady hand, and amazing ability to maintain her sense of humor taught me a great deal about leadership during times of crisis.

7. Carter Doran Award • She is a caring leader and it is evidenced in the loyalty that she inspires in those who work for her. • She has left an indelible mark on the students she has taught, the faculty colleagues with whom she has taught, the executives with whom she has served, the administrative teams she has led, and on our California community college system for which she has been a tireless advocate. • She captured the hearts and minds of all with whom she worked very simply by being herself - forthright, trustworthy, and bringing resources to bear to create an environment in which all felt respected and could do their best and most creative work. • Her strong leadership has helped colleges mired in campus-wide turmoil, contributed to our success as an organization, and resulted in the basic skills initiative. PAM DEEGAN

8. Updates • Noncredit Repetition • Part 2 of Title 5 revisions - June 2008 • CO directed to study noncredit repetition and multiple enrollments • Report to BOG by May 31, 2009 on appropriate limitations - adoption by January 31, 2010

9. Updates: Noncredit Repetition • Report: discussion of each noncredit area; state-level data; college-level data • While noncredit impacts 1 of every 3 students in our system, it represents 6% of our revenue • Re-enrollment occurs in 1 out of every 3 noncredit enrollments but only represents 1.8% of apportionment

10. Updates:Noncredit Repetition • Noncredit Repetition: Top 3 areas of re-enrollment statewide: • Citizenship • Persons with Substantial Disabilities • Older Adult • Noncredit Repetition: Top 3 areas of re-enrollment selected colleges: • same as above plus • Parenting • Home Economics

11. Updates:Assessment/Placement/Prerequisites • Promote academic integrity • Strengthen student success • Culture of college readiness • Number of reports examining these areas - particularly student success • LAO report released in June 2008 - see recommendations on handout • APG to examine these recommendations and provide a plan of action

12. Updates:Assessment/Placement/Prerequisites • Change Title 5 to only require content review for validation of a prerequisite • Support for statewide prerequisites for specific courses • Support ongoing system efforts to increase matriculation funding and promote (but not require) a desirable counselor:student ratio • 50% law changes: reasonable percentage inclusive of counselors and librarians or neutral calculation • CCC Assess Proposal - Carole will discuss SENATE’S SESSION UP NEXT AT 10:30!

13. Updates:Concurrent Enrollment • CO Taskforce • Research studies: promoting a statewide agenda involving a ramping up of concurrent enrollment • Access: not just for academically advanced - but to cultivate a culture of college-going among the underserved, underrepresented, at-risk, first generation • Currently where are special admits? • Degree applicable, non-PE: 87% • Degree applicable, PE: 6% • Credit, non-degree applicable: 4% • Noncredit: 3% • Efforts include proposed legislation (AB78 - Portantino and AB555 -Furutani) to expand access (particularly to basic skills/ESL) and remove barriers • Much potential but many challenges

14. Updates • System Advisory Committee on Curriculum (SACC): Randy Lawson • Chancellor’s Office Update: Carole Bogue-Feinour