institute syllabus

Mission Statement Develop leaders in California community colleges who have the capacity to facilitate networks of faculty, staff, and students for curricular and institutional redesigns in support of increased student access, success, equity, and completion. Values and Shared Assumptions Everybody (students, faculty, staff) has the right to ongoing, sustained, and rigorous learning experiences to further their personal, educational, and professional growth. Learning is a network forming process: connections and relationships are crucial to the learning process. Deep learning and leadership are facilitated by maintaining: o An appreciative inquiry mindset, i.e., curiosity about whats possible o A growth mindset, i.e., a belief that change is possible.

Institute Learning Outcomes 1. Develop and implement initiatives that address the persistence, acceleration, and completion of underprepared and underrepresented students. 2. Engage their campus in focused and sustained communities of practice to support these initiatives. 3. Recognize and address gaps, needs, opportunities, and strengths related to teaching and learning in a range of educational settings. 4. Design, implement, and evaluate effective learning environments for diverse groups based on relevant research. 5. Be effective leaders in a wide variety of situations related to the improvement of student outcomes.

Institute Ground Rules

In order to ensure a comfortable and valuable learning environment for all attendees, please... 1. Come to institute sessions on time. 2. Keep your cell phone on silent or vibrate mode during sessions. Make calls/text during breaks. 3. Participate actively. Express your ideas, questions, and concerns and encourage others to do the same. 4. Practice active listening skills. Listen for understanding. Only one person speaks at a time. 5. Be positive, non-judgmental, and open to new ideas. 6. Conduct a civil dialogue. Disagree without being disagreeable. 7. If you make a complaint, offer a solution. 8. Use the parking lot for off-track but important topics. 9. No idea is bad. 10. Summarize. Cut to the chase!

Institute Inquiry Questions These three questions frame the inquiry we will engage in: 1. How do we best use our current resources (3CSN and other) to develop, sustain, and support leadership capacity and avoid initiative fatigue? 2. How do we evaluate the impact of our initiatives and learning networks (regional and CoP-based) on students, faculty, and staff and the California community college system? 3. How do we build a narrative about pedagogical, curricular, and institutional change that will engage all segments of the college?

Sunday Evening, June 3 Day 0.5 Arrival & Institute Overview and Reflection

Time 3-4:00pm 4-6:00pm

Event/Activity Check-in Welcome! Icebreaker Activity (The Marshmallow Challenge) Institute Overview Writing/Reflection Activity Introduce Theory of Change BBQ Dinneryeehaw! Powerful Classrooms Activity Video CAT Homework: Creating Skit; video reviews; post a reflection (appreciative inquiry)

Notes

6:00-7:30pm 7:30-9:00pm

Monday, June 4 Day One Identifying a Shared Problem Time 8-8:45am 9-9:10am 9:10-10:00am 10-10:10am 10:10-12:00pm Event/Activity Breakfast Responses to Feedback & Video Needs Assessment with gatekeeper courses & basic skills Cohort Tracking Tool Demo Research your own college & present Notes

Break Begin with Spotlight Faculty driven (How?) Admin support (How, What?) Awareness of stakeholders Logistics-structural change Building the narrative CoR activity Lunch Math Acceleration Concerns Resources Introduction to programs of studyPriya Chiplot Study of Courses/Catalogue Activity Social Hour (No Host Bar)

12-1:00pm 1-2:00pm

2-4:00pm 4-5:30pm 5:30-6:30pm 6:30-7:30 7:30-9:00pm

Dinner Rubric for Theory of Change Brainstorm activity on key barriers to a wide swath of their campus Homework: Beginning the narrative: Problem presentation plus reflection on day post

Tuesday, June 5 Day Two Creating a Shared Vision of the Possible Time 8-8:45am 9-9:10am 9:10-10:00am 10:00-12:00pm 12-1:00pm 1-2:00pm 2:15-4:15pm Event/Activity Breakfast Response to feedback Homework Presentations Reading Apprenticeship: Natasha Case Study Lunch Who Map (characters) Habits of Mind Appreciative Inquiry: How do we do things across the campus? Social Hour (No Host Bar) Notes

5:30-6:30pm 6:30-8:00 pm

Dinner Homework: Refining narrative, including student voice, plus poster

Wednesday, June 6 Day Three Designing the Community of Practice Name 8-8:45am 9-9:10 Event/Activity Breakfast Housekeeping Response to feedback Gallery Walk Notes

9:10-10:00 10-12:00pm

Breakout Sessions Networking and What Mapping with selected CoP Design an interactive activity that will illustrate a problem facing Students Lunch Student Experience Activities How Map: Logic Model for BSILI CoP with rubric in mind Social Hour (No Host Bar) Dinner Present your Logic Model Next steps (campus level) Prizes, etc.,

12-1:00pm 1:30-2:45pm 3-5:00pm 5:30-6:30pm 6:30-7:30pm 7:30-9:30pm

Thursday, June 7 Day Four Evaluation & Next Steps Name 7:30-8:00am 8-8:30am 8:30-8:40am 8:40-11:30pm 9:45-1:00pm Event/Activity Check out Breakfast Housekeeping Response to feedback Evaluation with Tina Christie and Michael Harnar Notes

Next Steps: BSILI CoP Calendar Strengthen Student Success Conference Presentation Spring Event Communication Plan with CoP Leader & Regional Network Coordinators Lunch Departure

12-1:00pm 1:00pm