Basic Skills Completion: The Key to Student Success in California Community Colleges Effective...

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Basic Skills Completion: The Key to Student Success in California Community Colleges

Effective Practices for Faculty, Staff & Administrators

Presented by:

Dr. Barbara Illowsky, Academic Affairs, CCCCOillowsky@cccco.edu

http://extranet.cccco.edu/Divisions/AcademicAffairs/BasicSkillsEnglishasaSecondLanguage.aspx or http://www.cccco.edu SYSTEM OPERATIONS Divisions Academic Affairs Basic Skills/English as a Second Language (ESL)

Team Leaders

Barbara Illowsky, CCCCO Kathy Molloy, facultyPam Deegan, retired CIO

Funders

• 112 Colleges• 72 Districts• 2,500,000

Students

February 2007“Poppy Copy”

September 2007$33.1 million

December 2007Workshops

May 2008Action plans

July 2008Implement action plans

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September 2008Aligning Data Elements

December 2009Completion of Basic Skills HandbookCoordinator Training

January 2010Intense Professional Development – 3CSN

June 2010Major Budget Reductions

July 2012Begin Development of E-Resource

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Supporting Organizations

Discussion• Ideas on how

faculty/staff may USE the e-resource

• Effective ways to implement changes at your college

Questions?

Thank you!