1. ADULT EDUCATION advisory council
FALL MEETING 2018
Pierce College – Fort Steilacoom
October 2, 2018

2. Welcome! Laurie Shannon, Chair
Welcome and Introduction of Guest & Members
Retrieved from: March 21, 2018.

3. Introductions: guests and members
Carli Schiffner, PhD.
Deputy Executive Director of Education, SBCTC
Lori Griffin
Dean of Transitional Education, Pierce College
Student/Faculty Highlight
(Laurie Shannon) - Welcome and Introduction of Guest & Members
9-9:30am
45min

4. AGENDA REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES announcements
(Laurie Shannon)
9:30-9:40am
10min
Student rep – all voted YES to allow for previous CTC student to serve on the council

5. Leading for equity: warm-up exercise
The History of a Nation
(Ha Nguyen)
9:40-10:30am
Teams of 4
Each read an “excerpt in time”
Consider the following questions and discuss
Roundtable discussion

6. Small group discussion
How has the history of the United States impacted access to educational opportunities in real-time TODAY, 2018?
What practices/policies TODAY continue to impede access and success for the following populations of students:
Refugee/immigrant students
African/Asian/Hispanic/Native American students
Justice-involved students
Roundtable discussion

7. BEDA Update: past, present, and the “i-best” to come
Jon Kerr State Director of Basic Education, SBCTC
(Jon Kerr)
10:30am-11am

8. break
11-11:15am

9. Darby Kaikkonen Policy Research Director, SBCTC
Sai 3.0 & the equity point
Darby Kaikkonen Policy Research Director, SBCTC
(Laurie Shannon) – intros Darby
11:15am-12pm

10. Working lunch: SBCTC Policy preview 2019 Legislative session
Arlen Harris
Legislative Director, SBCTC
(Laurie Shannon) - intros Arlen Harris, Legislative Director, will provide an overview of anticipated policy projects and opportunities for further policy work.
12-1pm

11. Aeac leadership considerations
How might the AEAC membership help to support SBCTC’s legislative plan?
Are there additional opportunities for policy research and engagement that should be explored?

12. Maud Daudon Executive Director - CCWA
Careerconnectwa
Maud Daudon Executive Director - CCWA
(Laurie Shannon) – intros Maud Daudon
1:00-2:30pm

13. LEADING FOR EQUITY

14. THE EQUITY IMPERATIVE A Principled Approach A Practical Approach
We do equity because “it is the right thing to do”
We do equity because “it works”
Equity is a moral imperative
Equity is in the interest of survival and growth
Equity is a question of principle and a matter of justice and human rights
Equity is a question of strategy and a tool to grow and strengthen WA State
Equity brings justice to equity-seeking groups who are directly affected by the injustice
WA State benefits from the greater participation of all groups
(Ha Nguyen)
Overview of Equity Imperative: WA State, SBCTC & CTCs, and AEAC
Moral imperative of “It’s the right thing to do”, but also importantly, an educational and workforce imperative – “It’s now a necessary thing to do” for the economic vitality of the state.
2:30pm-3:30pm

15. Quote
“No state can meet its workforce demands without attention to long-standing equity gaps.” - Lumina Foundation

16. equity-mindedness Explicit equity focus Deliberately color-conscious
Recognizes the need to eliminate disparities in educational outcomes of students from underserved and underrepresented populations.
Deliberately color-conscious
Seeks specifically to eliminate the widening postsecondary gaps for Native/African/Asian/Latinx students.
Prioritizes institutional accountability, rather than student deficits
Equity-mindedness:
Should be a guiding paradigm for policy design;
Defined as framing the success of underserved and underrepresented students as an institutional AND state responsibility;
Includes being color-conscious in a critical sense, which entails understanding inequalities experienced by racial, ethnic, and indigenous communities in the context of a history of exclusion, discrimination, and segregation.
Source: Protocol for Assessing Equity-Mindedness in State Policy, p. 8, 2017.

17. Building capacity for equity-minded leadership
Field: Equity by Design
I-BEST and HS21+ programming
Professional development trainings: DEI series
Implicit bias, inclusive pedagogy, power and privilege
Review of HS21+ modules for culturally responsive curriculum
System-level coalition teams
Building capacity and infrastructure
Future agenda item: Agencies share out equity efforts

18. Agency: SBCTC DEI Priorities
Priority #1
Priority #2
Priority #3
Priority #4
Every hire matters
Interaction & engagement
Lifelong learning
Together as one
Ha - 5 minutes

19. Interagency Equity Workgroup
System:
NAPE
WA State leads
Interagency Equity Workgroup
Equity Toolkit

20. Equity-minded analysis: 6 indicators
Equity-Mindedness as the Guiding Paradigm:
Disproportionate Impact
Equity in Language:
Policy Consistency & Ubiquity:
Data Collection and Reporting Strategy:
Equity Framing:
AEAC activity: Practicing Equity-Minded Analysis
Excerpt: SBCTC Legislative Preview

21. discussion What is missing in the SBCTC policy excerpt?
Is it a strong or weak representation of an equity- focused policy? Why?

22. Future agenda items
10:30-10:45

23. .
FINAL THOUGHTS