May 4, 2023 - Vision in Action No. 116
JOIN THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE FOR A STATEWIDE WEBINAR:
CHAMPIONING EQUITY: SYSTEMWIDE AB 540 FAQ
Please join the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, University of California (UC) Office of the President, California State University (CSU) Chancellor’s Office, leaders from Immigrants Rising and system practitioners for a statewide webinar on AB 540. The goal of Championing Equity: Systemwide AB 540 FAQ is to increase the ability of AB 540 eligible students to receive the same information at every public college and university in California.
Together, we can increase alignment in the implementation of AB 540 and streamline the processing at and between the California Community Colleges, CSU and UC, as well as at individual campuses.
Please share the invitation and news with key personnel on your campus, especially those who work directly with undocumented students. That would include colleagues from admissions, outreach, financial aid and feeder schools such as high schools, adult schools and noncredit programs.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Register for the Championing Equity: Systemwide AB 540 FAQ Webinar.
MAY IS NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH AND AAPI HERITAGE MONTH
May is National Foster Care Month and to recognize this important audience, the Chancellor’s Office Foster and Kinship Care Education and NextUp programs invite you to an upcoming webinar.
This webinar will provide resource parents and California community college students with foster care experience an opportunity to hear from our special guest, Dr. Danisha Keating.
Dr. Keating is passionate about education and helping others achieve post educational success. As a former foster youth, Dr. Keating understands the importance of furthering her education and building a network of people around her. Since 2009, she has helped students understand the value of education and strives to define what success means individually. Dr. Keating created the concept of "From Foster to _____" to encourage foster youth to strive for their dreams and goals. She reminds foster youth of the importance of finding something they are passionate about and giving it all they can.
In this webinar, Dr. Keating will share her foster care journey, challenges, successes and why she believes that education goes far beyond a degree. As a professional business consultant, coach, CEO, National Keynote Speaker and National-Selling Author of “From Foster to PhD: Letters from a Suitcase," Dr. Keating believes in sharing her knowledge with others to help them grow.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Register for the 2023 Foster Care Awareness Month Webinar.
Additionally, May is also Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month. The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and the ICanGoToCollege.com campaign recognize the importance of raising awareness and celebrating these audiences. To that end, we are excited to support these communities by providing a virtual Zoom background to our systemwide colleagues. We encourage you to utilize these backgrounds for use in internal and external meetings. Please also share these items with your campus community to help support these audiences.
Find and download AAPI and Foster Care Month Zoom backgrounds here.
System Guidance/News
Chancellor’s Office System Webinars
The next Chancellor’s Office System Webinar is on Wednesday, June 7 from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Register for the 2023 Chancellor’s Office System Webinar series here. All webinar recordings are later posted in the Vision Resource Center.
For questions related to the Chancellor’s Office System Webinars, email Krista Rindell at KRindell@CCCCO.edu.
Fiscal & Policy Webinars
Join the Chancellor’s Office for monthly Fiscal & Policy Webinars. We host comprehensive and informative webinars on issues related to college finance, state budgets, fiscal policy, innovative and promising practices and federal issues. The next Fiscal and Policy Webinar will be on Thursday, June 29 from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and on each of the following dates:
- August 31
- September 28
- November 9
- December 7
Online Instruction/Webinars
IT Accessibility Workshop
Registration is open for the Summer Accessibility Workshop being held on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Offered twice annually, the full-day online workshops present strategies and solutions for incorporating accessibility into Information and Communication Technology (ICT) practices at the college and district levels.
Learn more and register for the IT Accessibility Workshop
OTC’23
The 2023 Online Teaching Conference, OTC’23, will take place June 21 -23 at the Long Beach Convention Center.
Student Supports
The California Youth Crisis line runs 24-hours a day, seven days a week: 800-843-5200. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides confidential assistance to anyone in crisis and their loved ones through a live chat and free 24-hour hotline at 800-273-8255. You can also text COURAGE to the Crisis Text Line at 741741.
Items of Interest
Chancellor’s Office Releases Report on Student Engagement, Enrollment and Success
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office is pleased to share a valuable publication developed by the Chancellor’s Student Engagement, Enrollment and Success CEO Roundtable, which has been working over the past several months to identify enrollment trends, opportunities and promising best practices.
The report, Top 10 Strategies to Better Serve Californians: High-impact Practices to Bring Back Underrepresented Students to California’s Community Colleges summarizes 10 approaches to engaging and re-engaging with students to improve outcomes and enrollment as we continue to innovate in the post pandemic era. The CEO roundtable worked to understand how local models to re-engage and support the success of our students are being integrated into the fabric of institutions.
Such strategies have allowed our system to turn the tide on enrollment with an intentional focus on persistence and equitable success. As the important work to reengage Californians and connect them to the life-changing opportunities that exist at our communities’ colleges continues, we hope this compilation of strategies will support your local efforts.
