1. Student Equity Planning October 21, 2015
Brad C. Phillips, Ph.D.
President/CEO
Twitter bphillipsiebc

2. An Exercise
In the last week what are you most proud of?

3. Proposed Interventions
First Year Experience
Professional Development for faculty (and staff?)
Mentoring (peer-peer; student-faculty; faculty-faculty)

4. First Year Experience Defined as:
Supporting a new to MSJC experience
New to college or new to MSJC
What are you already doing to support an FTIC?
Elements of an FYE:
At scale – need to develop a plan
Defined exemptions
Not just an orientation – course based
Generally 8-16 weeks
Taught by counselors and faculty
Best if face-to-face
Includes “how to do college”, study habits, career exploration and making a connection with a faculty ad staff member

5. Professional Development for Faculty (and Staff?)
Defined as:
A series of workshops to support faculty in staff in increasing student success
What are you already doing to support professional development?
Elements of a comprehensive professional development program:
Making a connection with students
Good practice teaching strategies
Distance education engagement strategies
Cultural competence

6. Mentoring Defined as: What are you already doing to support mentoring?
Faculty, staff member or trained student that supports students throughout their educational experience at MSJC
What are you already doing to support mentoring?
Elements of a mentoring program:
Based on existing models such as EOPS
Begin with FTIC
May begin by targeting students
Work best when a student is supported beyond their 1st semester or year

7. Next Steps Implementation plan Evaluation plan Project management
Roles and responsibilities
Evaluation plan
Project management