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West Valley College

Office of Student Equity & Success. West Valley College. Herlisa Hamp District Board Meeting August 16, 2016. 2020 Educational Master Plan Goal.

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West Valley College

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  1. Office of Student Equity & Success West Valley College Herlisa Hamp District Board Meeting August 16, 2016

  2. 2020 Educational Master Plan Goal • Diversity and Equity“Commit to developing and supporting values, practices and a campus community environment that supports equity and diversity.”

  3. Organizational Chart

  4. It takes a village…an entire college to support this goal for the betterment of our students

  5. Enhancing Campus Culture 1 3 2 Equity Funds & mandates Speaker Series Diversity Affairs Office Develop healthy discussions on race and ethnicity. Make the Student Equity Plan a meaningful part of college planning and evaluation. Bring Campus 2020 Master Plan to life.

  6. 2015-2016 • What we’ve done so far: • Professional Development • Campus Text: Courageous Conversations About Race, Glenn Singleton • Courageous Conversations About Race & Ethnicity: 6 sessions • *Teaching Men of Color in the Community College, • Certificate Training • * First Year Experience Conference • * Student Success Conference • * League of Innovation Conference for Community Colleges • Veteran’s Summit • * On Course National Conference • Asserting our Voices for Equity & Inclusion, Asian Pacific • Americans in Higher Education (APAHE) • * Integrating Cultural Competence into SLO’s • * National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in Higher Education • * Pedagogies & Practices for Successfully Reaching African American Students

  7. 2015-2016 Cultural Heritage Months Hispanic Heritage Month Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month Native American History Month Black History Month Women’s History Month Norooz-Persian New Year Arab Heritage Month Asian Pacific Heritage Month

  8. 2015-2016 Speaker Series • Michael Benitez: Latino’s Activism in Social Justice: Cultivating Leadership and Building Community 75 • Kimberly Dark: You are My Singing Lesson 35 • Gregory Miraglia: Author of American Heroes Coming out From Behind the Badge (Administration of Justice) 115 • Wesley Watkins IV: Jazz & Democracy (Global Citizenship Committee) 70 • Racial Bias in Police Performance (Administration of Justice) 150 • Of Ebony Embers, Vignettes of the Harlem Renaissance (Music Department) 45 • Refugee Panel 275 • Rose Mapendo, Congolese Genocide Survivor 250 • Maz Jobrani, Actor & Comedian 515

  9. Campus wide Text: Who We Be? A Cultural History of Race in Post-Civil Rights in America by Jeff Chang International Literacy Day, September 8 Taste of Home International Food Festival, October 19 Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) Franciso Jiminez, Author October 11 Sonia Nazario, AuthorOctober 27 Pedro Noguera, Author November 8 Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual Transgender Month (October) Campus Community Service Native American History Month (November) Wes Beavis, Veterans speaker November 10 2016-2017 Plans

  10. 2016-2017 Cultural Months National Mentoring Month (January) King Day of Service, January 16 Black History Month/Chinese New Year (February) Drum Circle, February 8 Taste of Africa: Education and information on a specific country W. Kamau Bell, Comedian, February 23 Dr. Cornell West, Views on New Administrations Impact the Black Community, March 2 Chinese New Year & Lantern Festival (Year of the Rooster), Women’s History Month/Cesar Chavez (March) SatchaPretto, Anchor on Univision Elizabeth Smart Elaine Brown Women in Higher Education Panel Arab Heritage Month (April) Mona Haydar, Ask a Muslim Q & A Table Asian Pacific Islander Month (May) Foster Care Awareness Month, May 3 Mental Health Awareness Month

  11. Equity Plan • Access: Increase Asian, Hispanic African American, Veterans and Foster Youth enrollment within next 4 years • Outreach Assistant/Foster Care Liaison • High School Conference • Mentoring Program • Course Completion: Increase course completion rates of all target groups • Tutorial Assistance and supplemental instruction • ESL Basic Skills Completion: Increase progression from basic skills math and English courses Tutorial Assistance and supplemental instruction Provide professional development and training for all faculty and staff Establish a Faculty Inquiry Group • Degree and Certificate Completion • Faculty Inquiry Group • Transfer:Improve rate of underrepresented students by developing focused transfer activities • Sponsor 4 year University Visits • Specialized mentor matches

  12. Conscious Council Paulette Boudreaux, English Instructor Bickie Choi, EOPS Counselor Rebecca Cisneros, English Instructor Dulce Gray, English Instructor Hideo Ikeda, TRiO Counselor Joe McDevitt, Outreach Supervisor Renee Paquier, Administration of Justice Instructor Phil Severe, Counselor Tu-Lan Trinh, Records Specialist Jacqueline Williams, Equity Assistant Advisory Board of Cultural Heritage Months & Speaker Series

  13. Team Equity • Access •                 Joe McDevitt & Hideo Ikeda • Course Completion •                 Jen Wagner and Michelle Francis • ESL and Basic Skills Completion •                 Ann Marie Wasserbauer, Gretchen Ehlers and Virginia Marquez • Degree and Certificate Completion •                 Cynthia Reiss, Christina LLerena and Joe Bucher • Transfer •                 Melissa Salcido and Susie Tong • Combined Initiatives Affecting Several Indicators •                 Dr. Victoria Hindes, Bernadette Walker, Azar Babakan, Jackie Williams Ensure that college follows Equity Plan

  14. Moving Forward 1 3 2 More program collaboration Assess and evaluate Active Support We all should know that Diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are Equal in value no matter what their color. Maya Angelou

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