Recommendations from the Student Success Task Force Revised October 24, 2011

Things to consider What are the intended and unintended consequences of the proposed changes? What steps need to be taken, if any, to effect a system-wide change in priorities? How do we balance the often-competing goals of access and success?

Faculty Members of the Student Success Task Force Manuel Baca, Member, Board of Governors Richard Hansen, DeAnza College David Morse, Long Beach City College Jane Patton, Past President, ASCCC Cynthia Rico-Bravo, San Diego Mesa College There were 5 faculty on the committee. Four that were filling slots intended for faculty. The 5th faculty member was appointed a member of the Board of Governors.

Other Members www.cccco.edu > task force on student success (upper right) Researchers – Gabriner and Shulock CEOs – Carroll (SDCCD), Harris (Los Rios), Duran (Merced; COTF) CIO, CSSO, Student Other external..

Adopt a plan for promoting and improving student success… Senate Bill 1143, Liu Requires the Board of Governors (BoG) to: Adopt a plan for promoting and improving student success… Establish a Student Success Task Force… Student Success Task force is to examine best practices within the community colleges and effective models throughout the nation for accomplishing student success. September 28, 2010 signed into law. Significantly amended from initial bill offered by Liu. Went into Effect on January 1, 2011 Task Force on Student Success must report back by March 1, 2012.

Task Force on Student Success: Outcomes (1) Multiple measures and effective programs for assessing student success and completion… (2) Statutory and regulatory barriers to student success and completion. (3) Best practices for promoting student success and completion, including, but not limited to, the acquisition of basic skills. (4) Alternative funding options for providing necessary services to students and promoting best practices for student success and completion. These recommendations shall focus on, but not be limited to, all of the following considerations:

Task Force on Student Success: Outcomes (5) Alternative funding options instituted in other states for improving student success and completion. (6) The effective use of technology by community colleges and districts to promote, evaluate, and improve student success and completion.

Task Force on Student Success: Timeline November 9, 2011 - Distill input from public comments into final report December 7, 2011 - Review draft of report for transmittal to the Board of Governors January 9-10, 2012 – Board of Governors March 1, 2012 – “specified legislative committees”

Southern Town Hall Meeting October 27, 2011 10:00am-12:00pm Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Room: Bank of America A, B, & C 350 South Bixel St. Los Angeles, CA 90017 Please encourage your faculty to attend.

Central Valley Town Hall November 2, 2011 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Central Valley Town Hall State Center Community College District

Campus Presentation November 8, 2011 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Saddleback College Mission Viejo Check Chancellor’s Office website for further details - http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/PolicyInAction/StudentSuccessTaskForce/TimelineMeetingSchedules.aspx “Calendar of Upcoming Meetings and Events”

Northern Town Hall Meeting November 16, 2011 10:00am-12:00pm Elihu M. Harris Building Room: Auditorium 1515 Clay St. Oakland, CA 94612 Please encourage your faculty to attend.

1. Increase College and Career Readiness 1.1. Collaborate with K-12 to jointly develop common core standards for college and career readiness.

2. Strengthen Support for Entering Students 2.1. Develop and implement common centralized diagnostic assessments. 2.2. Require students to participate in diagnostic assessment, orientation and the development of an educational plan. 2.3 Develop and use technology applications to better guide students in educational process. The typo in 2.3 is in the draft. Note that 8.2 ties receiving “Student Support Initiative” funds to implementing the common assessment proposed in 2.1. Prior to the implementation and mandated use of 2.1, this would mean the use of an “off the shelf” assessment as specified in AB 743.

2. Strengthen Support for Entering Students 2.4 Require students showing a lack of college readiness to participate in support resources. 2.5 Require students to declare a program of study early in their academic careers.

Identified “Linch Pins” 2.1. Develop and implement common centralized diagnostic assessments. 2.3 Develop and use technology applications to better guide students… AB 743 (Common Assessment) AB 1056 (E-Transcripts) AB 743 – Common Assessment bill. NOT diagnostic – specifies use of an existing system.

3. Incentivize Successful Student Behaviors 3.1. System-wide enrollment priorities reflecting core mission of community colleges. 3.2. Require students receiving BoG fee waivers to meet various conditions and requirements. 3.3. Provide students the opportunity to consider attending full time. 3.4. Require students to begin addressing Basic Skills deficiencies in their first year.

4. Align Course Offering to Meet Student Needs 4.1. Focus course offerings and schedules on needs of students. This recommendation dictates how colleges will develop their course schedules and restricts state support for courses to those included in student educational plans. Students who opt to take courses outside of their education plan will “pay a fee covering the full cost of instruction”. Noncredit course offerings would be limited to CDCP (Career Development or College Preparation) and the Chancellor’s Office would (via the implementation of recommendations in 7.1) have “oversight” of local course offerings. Resolutions related to priorities – noted earlier – may also be relevant to this recommendation.

5. Improve the Education of Basic Skills Students 5.1. Support the development of alternatives to traditional basic skills curriculum. 5.2. Develop a comprehensive strategy for addressing basic skill education in California. 5.1 Reallocate BSI dollars and redistribute these funds with new guidelines. Remove the requirement that supplemental instruction be tied to a specific course.

6. Revitalize and Re-Envision Professional Development 6.1. Create a continuum of mandatory professional development opportunities. 6.2. Direct professional development resources toward improving basic skills instruction and support services.

7.1. Develop and support a strong community college system office. 7. Enable Efficient Statewide Leadership & Increase Coordination Among Colleges 7.1. Develop and support a strong community college system office. 7.2. Set local student success goals consistent with statewide goals.

7.3 Implement a student success card. 7. Enable Efficient Statewide Leadership & Increase Coordination Among Colleges 7.3 Implement a student success card. 7.4. Develop and support a longitudinal student record system.

8. Align Resources with Student Success Recommendations 8.1. Consolidate select categorical programs. 8.2. Invest in the new Student Support Initiative. 8.3 Promote flexibility and innovation in basic skills through alternative funding mechanism. 8.4. Do not implement outcome-based funding at this time. 8.3 – Proposes paying colleges for individual student movement between levels. In other words, if a student takes one course but moves two “levels”, the college would be paid as if the student took two courses. This is meant to incentivize finding means to move students through basic skills sequences more quickly.

Themes Do better with basic skills – get them through more quickly. “alternative funding” (8.3) Earlier proposal - no more than 2 levels below transfer offered as credit Better planning would yield more resources. Serve more students through technology.

Useful URLs Recommendations available at: http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/PolicyInAction/StudentSuccessTaskForce.aspx Provide feedback at: http://studentsuccess.ideascale.com/