August 2024 - Vision in Action No. 160
Featured Resources
The Vision Resource Center is your gateway to free professional development resources built and curated for California community college employees. Whether you're preparing for FLEX or looking to expand your knowledge, start the academic year off right and explore playlists in the Vision Resource Center.
CCC | Anti-Racist Curriculum: Implicit Bias and Cultural Competency
Recognizing that the racial diversity of our students is one of our system’s strongest assets. These learning modules are intended to support California community college employees in obtaining the knowledge needed to lead local DEI efforts, take personal and institutional responsibility for the success of students and help to retain diverse faculty and staff.
View the Anti-Racist Curriculum: Implicit Bias and Cultural Competency
CCC | Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility for Financial Aid Professionals Curriculum
This learning series is designed especially for financial aid professionals. It follows the theme of building inclusive spaces and interactions by applying solutions focused on diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA).
View the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility for Financial Aid Professionals Curriculum
CCC | Equity-Centered Counseling Playlist
Equity-centered counseling is critical to student success. By focusing on the core skills necessary for effective counseling, we can create an inclusive and supportive environment for all students. The “Equity-Centered Counseling Curriculum” reviews the foundations of equity-centered counseling as well as what you need to know about equitable placement and strategies for counseling different populations.
View the Equity-Centered Counseling Playlist
New Content in the Vision Resource Center
The Vision Resource Center’s Cornerstone Content Subscriptions provide all California community college employees access to expertly curated courses designed to advance their professional development goals. These courses are continually refreshed to ensure the materials are relevant and timely.
Courses like “Project Management Fundamentals Microlearning Bundle (The H-Files)” and “How to Stop Overcommitting” are just some of the newest additions to arrive in the Vision Resource Center.
View Additions to Cornerstone Content Subscriptions
New Community for Vision-Aligned Reporting
We recently opened the Vision Resource Center Vision-Aligned Reporting Community to all college practitioners involved in the VAR project. In this community, we encourage sharing ideas, questions, and collaboration!
The VAR support project team provides updates via email and by using this online community. We will post updates of new information, resources, trainings, etc., weekly so everyone is aware of specific changes as they come out. We welcome any feedback, questions, or concerns, as these are critical to continuously improving the materials/resources we share.
View the CCC | Vision-Aligned Reporting Community and click "Join the Community" on the top right to join and stay up to date.
Stay connected to what's happening in our system by checking out the Systemwide Events Calendar.
Chancellor's Office System Webinars
The Chancellor’s Office is continuing to host a webinar on the first Wednesday of each month from 9:00 am to 10:00 am. Each webinar will cover content that is significant for improving student success and meeting the goals of Vision 2030. Representatives from colleges/districts, students, and or representatives from partner organizations will be present to share their experiences and best practices.
We encourage you to log in for as many webinars as possible in 2024. Registration for the 2024 System Webinars series is required, but you need only register once.
- September 4th
- October 2nd
- November 6th
- December 4th
Chancellor's Office System Webinars Zoom Registration Link
COLEGAS 2024 Annual Conference| COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE: JUSTICIA Y LIBERACIÓN
COLEGAS presents the 2024 COLEGAS Annual Conference on November 4-6, 2024 in Sacramento, California. The COLEGAS mission is to develop, elevate, and increase leadership from our comunidad Latina throughout higher education using liberatory practices.
In the face of systemic oppression, this year’s theme “Collective Resistance: Justicia y Liberación”, calls on us to unite as a comunidad to challenge inequity, advocate for justice and strive for liberation. From higher education to grassroots movements, we strive to work together to dismantle oppressive systems and foster liberation for all.
We welcome faculty, classified professionals, trustees and administrators in the California community colleges, system partners, practitioners, researchers, and community members that align with the conference’s goals.
Learn more about the COLEGAS 2024 Annual Conference
COLEGAS | 2024 Webinar Series | July 25, 2-4 p.m.
Join COLEGAS on the last Thursday of the month for their webinar of the series. Each webinar will cover a different topic that is of interest to the comunidad.
We want to hear from you!
We welcome your ideas and suggestions for professional development opportunities and resources that can benefit community college professionals. Submit Your Ideas.
