P RESENTATIONS : LAMC (F ALL K ICK OFF ), LA P IERCE C OLLEGE (GO D AYS ), W EST LA C OLLEGE (C ULTURALLY R ESPONSIVE T EACHING & L EARNING T RAINING ) LACCD Student Success Initiative Steering Committee, Achieving the Dream, & L.A. Mission College: Summit #2: Welcoming Students to Your Campus: Innovative Efforts in SSSP and Equity Initiatives Los Angeles Mission College November 20, :00am-3:00pm

Welcome!

Mission Develop leaders in California community colleges who have the capacity to facilitate networks of faculty, staff, and students for curricular and institutional redesigns in support of increased student access, success, equity, and completion.

Theory of Change If we provide training on networking and we use action research methodologies, community college professionals will transform their environments and identities to create communities of practice that will produce powerful learning and working across campuses. This will lead to greater student success.

Building Networks that Work Identifying a Shared Problem Creating a Shared Vision of the Possible for Addressing It Building a Sustained Community of Practitioners Focusing on This Problem California Community Colleges’ Success Network

Ice Breaker Activity (handout)

Pair & Share! Meet someone new and share your responses, including your goals for this year Introduce your colleagues & share out one “take away” you heard from the other someone else

Goals for the Day Begin the dialogue on the creation of designated student “Welcome Centers” Learn about the experiences of those campuses that are creating new ways to welcome students via SSP efforts Use a student centered approach in developing an integrated plan for welcoming students to your campus

Read Together Activity “What students say they need to succeed: Key themes from a study of student support” RP Group (2013) from the Student Services (Re)defined series: spectivesResearchBriefJan2013.pdf spectivesResearchBriefJan2013.pdf

6 Factors for Success: 1.Directed: Students have a goal and know how to achieve it 2.Focused: Students stay on track— keeping their eyes on the prize 3.Nurtured: Students feel somebody wants and helps them to succeed 4.Engaged: Students actively participate in class and extracurricular activities 5.Connected: Students feel like they are part of the college community 6.Valued: Students’ skills, talents, abilities and experiences are recognized; they have opportunities to contribute on campus and feel their contributions are appreciated 5 Strategies for Campuses 1.Colleges need to foster students’ motivation. 2.Colleges must teach students how to succeed in the postsecondary environment. 3.Colleges need to structure support to ensure all “six success factors” are addressed. 4.Colleges need to provide comprehensive support to historically underserved students to prevent the equity gap from growing. 5.Everyone has a role to play in supporting student achievement, but faculty must take the lead.

Think, Pair, Share Read: Read the article Pair: With one other person Share: Share your thoughts on the reading and discuss the reading questions a)Which strategy is most valuable to you as an instructor, administrator, or staff member? b)What activities does your campus already do to help students with this strategy? c) Which one of these strategies can you improve (immediately) within your role on campus?

BREAK-10 min

Campus Presentation: L.A. Mission College - Fall Kick Off Diana Bonilla, Cindy Luis

Campus Presentation: L.A. Pierce College GO Days

Campus Presentation: West L.A. College Culturally Responsive Teaching & Learning Mary Hardy, Arnita Porter

LUNCH!! Take a moment to get some

Synthesis Activity- Poster & Gallery Walk Student Welcome Center -Create a poster with activities/resources that are aligned with the strategy. Hang poster on wall (15 min) Gallery Walk- Walk around to see other group’s poster and put a sticker near activities that you like –you may add an activity to the poster.

Campus Team Time- Integrated Planning (handout) Using the information provided by the presenters, handouts from the RP group, and the poster activity Create a plan for a welcome center or changes/additions they can implement on campus

Example Directed: Students have a goal and know how to achieve it SSSP: Student Ed-Plans Equity: Increase the # of students receiving Ed Plans Welcome Center: Schedule counseling appointments

Looking ahead  Take-away(s) from the group  Next Steps: How can we keep the dialogue going?  What are possible events/trainings and professional learning events would you like to see?  March 18, 2016-Next AtD/SSI Summit on Noncredit!

Wrap-up, Feedback, and Evaluations THANK YOU

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