Culturally Responsive Training 2 Presented to DAS at Los Angeles Valley College, Friday, September 25, 2015 Race, Culture & Social Capital _ In the Classroom and In the Workplace

Welcome and Introductions 3 Los Angeles Harbor College LAHC Culturally Responsive Training Team Paula Brown Carmen Carrillo Jackie Copeland (co-chair) Jean Grooms (co-chair) Brian Henderson Christian Lozada Angela Miller Son Nguyen Leslie Trujillo Victor Zamora

What is CRT? Culturally Responsive Training (CRT) cultivates cultural awareness to more positively address the diverse needs of our student populations through exploring assumptions, perceptions and stereotypes and emphasizing the value of social capital.

LAHC Equity Plan: Goals have been set for the following LAHC student groups: 5 Access: Whites, Asian/ Pacific Islanders, Foster Youth Course Completion: African Americans, Hispanic males, Foster Youth ESL/Basic Skills Completion: African Americans, Hispanic males, DSPS, Females Degree and Certificate Completion: African American, American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander Transfer: Hispanic, DSPS, Economically Disadvantaged

LAHC Equity Plan: Goals & Outcomes 6 Based on overall 6% improvement in disproportionate ratios, completion rate percentages, and transfer rates Increased faculty/staff participation Sources used were from various sources including LACCD Student Information System Resources budgeted: grants, Student Equity funds, Student Success and Support Program funds, ESL/Basic Skills Initiative funds, and District funds

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CRT Background 8 LAHC Joined Achieving the Dream in 2011 Nationwide initiative seeking barriers to student achievement. Cultural Equity Committee formed in 2012 as one of three AtD interventions LAHC became an AtD leader college in Learning Works Grant in “Train the Trainers” with Dr. David Truscello and Dr. Larry Coleman from CCBC 7 employees from LAHC campus

CRT Background Cont. Created One Day Workshop that focused on Race, Culture, and Social Capital Emphasis on diverse student populations of our college Promoted dialogue & change amongst faculty, classified, and administration 9

CRT 2015 July We received additional training from our Baltimore trainers, Dr. David Truscello and Dr. Larry Coleman. The emphasis included race, culture, stereotype threat, and grit. LAHC is creating shorter workshops to address certain student populations.

Current CRT Projects Present Between Fall 2014 and Spring 2015: Presented seven workshops and two wrap up sessions on campus Developed over 100 CRT strategies for implementation on campus Website developed and constantly updated CRT in the Library Resource Center 11

Current CRT Projects Cont. Six (now seven!) off campus events, conferences and panel presentations Opening day and Flex day presentations in August 2015 Planning future workshops on campus now ! “Be the Face of Change” Focus on Social Capital, Race, Culture, Stereotype Threats and Perceptions, and Developing Grit 12

CRT in Action 13

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Culturally Responsive Training Topics Race Culture Assumptions and Perceptions Social Capital Stereotype Threat Grit 15

WHO you know greatly influences WHAT you will know (social capital) 16

CRT Activities Paula’s Pairs My Name “Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder”-Twilight Zone Social Capital microaggressions Grit activities Various videos Various pictures Culture Wheel World Cafe

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Source: 2015 Student Success Scorecard Racial and Ethnic Demographics Source: 2015 Student Success Scorecard

Completion and Transfer Source: 2015 Student Success Scorecard

32.5% of LAHC’s 10,000 students live at or below the poverty line Community college students often have very few ties to people familiar with the social capital of beyond high school. 22 All capital begins with social capital, the networks of people who care for us.

Source: Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Strategy Implementation in the classroom and workplace “NEW” one-hour workshops in development Student CRT Workshop Model Speaker series Quarterly Cultural Equity Newsletter Library collection developed Annual “Culture Day” Event 24

Check out CRT CRT Fact Sheet CRT Our Story CRT website CRT library section CRT Speaker Series And more!

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29 Paula Brown Angela Miller Leslie Trujillo Jean Grooms Carmen Carrillo Brian Henderson Harbor College Culturally Responsive Training Team & Cultural Equity Committee Sponsored by Learning Works, the Foundation for California Community Colleges, and the LACCD Student Equity Plan Contact Information: Jean Grooms, Co-Chair, or Jackie Copeland, Co-Chair, Carmen Carrillo, Acting Dean of Academic Affairs, College AtD Leader, V. Zamora Christian Lozada Son Nguyen Jackie Copeland LA Harbor College CRT Group

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION 30 Authors David Truscello, Larry Coleman,