May 5, 2022 - Vision in Action No. 75
VISION FOR SUCCESS CORE COMMITMENT 4: FOSTER THE USE OF DATA, INQUIRY AND EVIDENCE
This is part of a series highlighting colleges activating the core commitments.
From systemwide decisions to individual interactions with students, the Vision for Success encourages us to establish a culture that examines student data on a regular basis and uses it to improve instruction and services. This is especially true for data related to students who have been historically underserved and marginalized.
Colleges have been investing in data systems and practices that help individual students stay on track and provide tools for staff and faculty to assist them. In the midst of COVID-19 and the resulting enrollment loss at many colleges, a pressing use for data right now is determining which students have left the college and using the information to get them back. A closely related priority is identifying and deploying additional resources to students who are at risk of dropping out. Colleges are becoming more and more sophisticated in how they do this.
This month, we feature two colleges that are activating core commitment 4. Compton College is using data to serve students better and Golden West College is boosting completion through better data use.
MAY IS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is observed across the United States in May, offering all of us the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the myriad contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans to our country. The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office proudly honors all of our AAPI students, staff, faculty and administrators across our system. Check with your local college or district for AAPI celebrations all month long.
System Guidance/News/Webinar
The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office is excited to offer faculty who teach online, transfer-level math programs (STEM and SLAM pathways) the opportunity to participate in "Creating an Inclusive and Supporting Online Learning Environment and Promoting Active Learning Online," a series of professional development micro-credential courses offered by the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE).
The micro-credential course offerings include:
- Promoting Active Learning (Online) -- In this course, participants learn practices proven to more actively engage your students in learning and thinking critically.
- Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Online Learning Environment -- In this course, participants learn practices that enable instructors to create an optimal environment to support learning—including how to increase student engagement, embrace diversity, and help students persist in meeting academic challenges.
These courses begin May 31, 2022 and will take approximately seven to eight weeks to complete. To register for these courses, please complete the course registration form by Friday, May 13, 2022.
To learn more about ACUE, please visit the ACUE website. For additional information, please contact Marrin Thuston or Paul Grillos.
With the recognition that student mental health and wellness are critical to student success, the Board of Governor’s recently approved a resolution establishing Mental Health Action Week to strengthen trauma-informed care expertise across the system, improve our classroom climates and campus culture, remove structural barriers, and advocate for additional resources to meet the diverse mental health service needs of California community college students and employees. Multiple webinars were held this week to support these efforts. Recordings and information for all the webinars can be found on the Vision Resource Center.
Additionally, mental health resources, including how to support students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds; suicide prevention; and how to build mental health support on your campus are available on the Mental Health Program Resources page.
In collaboration with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), the California State University Chancellor's Office, the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and the Foundation for California Community Colleges will present an informational webinar on The Naturalization Process on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, from 12:00-1:00 p.m.
There are many advantages to becoming a U.S. citizen—including helping family members immigrate to the United States, traveling with a U.S. passport, and voting in U.S. elections. Millions of lawful permanent residents are eligible to naturalize but need support to take the important step of becoming a U.S. citizen. Experts from the ILRC will provide an overview of the process to become a U.S. citizen through naturalization, who is eligible, how to apply and where to go for help.
Register here.
SAVE THE DATE: The Chancellor’s Office invites you to join the Webinar Series: Equitable Recovery in Action: Becoming Antiracist, Student Ready Institutions continuing on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
In this six-part series of webinars, the Chancellor’s Office will highlight ongoing efforts across the system to adopt, customize and scale equity-advancing strategies, tools and resources to facilitate systemic change and cultivate a more equitable, inclusive and transformative teaching and learning ecosystem.
Webinar dates:
May 18, 2022
June 15, 2022
July 20, 2022
August 17, 2022
Register here.
REGISTER NOW: Join the Chancellor’s Office College Finance and Facilities Planning Division for our monthly Fiscal & Policy Webinar Series. Members of the College Finance and Facilities Planning, Institutional Effectiveness, and Government Relations Divisions will provide timely updates on issues related to college finance, state budgets, fiscal policy, innovative and promising practices and federal issues. Webinars will be held on the last Thursday of each month (excluding holidays).
The next webinar is Thursday, June 30 at 11:00 a.m. Register here.
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
COVID has subsided. Why are so many people in California still seeking unemployment benefits?
Millions retired early during the pandemic. Many are now returning to work, new data shows.
Why getting COVID is still nothing like getting the flu — even if it’s just as ‘normal’.
