Basic Skills Committee

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Charge

The Basic Skills Committee reviews policies and recommends to the Executive Committee positions and actions on issues related to meeting the needs of under-prepared community college students. In addition, the Basic Skills Committee gathers information on best practices in providing instruction and support services to under-prepared students and conveys this information to the field through breakouts, workshops, and papers. Members of the Basic Skills Committee represent the Academic Senate on such bodies as the System Office Basic Skills Advisory Committee.

Current Members

Wheeler North, Applied Aeronautics, San Diego Miramar College - Chair
Anne Argyriou, Reading/English, De Anza College
John Stanskas, Chemistry, San Bernardino Valley College
Esther Matthew, Counselor, San Diego Continuing Education
Manny Perea, English, Pasadena City College
Linda Retterath, Mathematics, Mission College

Meeting Dates

August 9th, 2011, 10:30-3:30 - In-Person, Sacramento
September 12th, 2011, 4:30-6:30 - CCC Confer
October 10th, 2011, 4:30-6:30 - CCC Confer
November 14th, 2011, 4:30-6:30 - CCC Confer
December 12th, 2011, 4:30-6:30 - CCC Confer
January 20th, 2012, 10:30-3:30 - In-Person, TBD

Past Meeting Minutes

August 9th, 2011 Minutes

Resources

Basic Skills Cmte Resolution Report.xls

Publications
Resolutions
Rostrums

Title	Session	Year	Topic
State of Basic Skills Instruction in California Community Colleges	Spring	2000	Curriculum
Survey of Effective Practices in Basic Skills	Spring	2003	Curriculum
Issues in Basic Skills Assessment and Placement in the California Community Colleges	Fall	2004	Curriculum
Practices that Promote Equity in Basic Skills in California Community Colleges	Spring	2010	Equity and Diversity

#	Title	Session	Year	Status
09.01	Definitions of Course Level	Fall	2003	Completed
12.01	Encourage and Support Ongoing Professional Development for Basic Skills Education	Spring	2003	Completed
09.03	BOG to Develop Policy to Strengthen Basic Skills Instruction and Student Support Services	Fall	2002	Completed
09.01	ESL Basic Skills Study	Fall	2000	Completed
09.05	Support for Enrollment in Basic Skills	Fall	2004	Completed
13.06	Reading Competency Requirements	Spring	2005	Completed
09.08	Reading Competency Requirement	Spring	2006	Completed
09.07	Noncredit Basic Skills	Fall	2006	Completed
20.01	Supporting Student Self-Referral for Tutoring Services	Fall	2006	Completed
03.05	Strategies for Equity in Basic Skills	Spring	2007	Completed
09.02	Curriculum Guidelines for Alternative Mathematics/English Courses for Associate Degree in Vocational Education	Spring	2007	Completed
09.05	Early Basic Skills Coursework Completion	Spring	2007	Completed
09.02	Title 5 Regulation on Remedial Coursework Limit	Fall	2007	Completed
13.07	Basic Skills Initiative Acknowledgement	Fall	2007	Completed
16.01	Inclusion of the Library in Effective Practices for Student Success	Spring	2008	Completed
05.01	Effect of Budget Cuts on Basic Skills and Noncredit Education in California Community Colleges	Fall	2009	Completed
13.04	Basic Skills Advisory Committee	Fall	2010	Completed
13.03	Support Centralized Assessment Instrument with Local Cut Scores for Placement	Fall	2011

Title	Author	Month	Year
Moving Forward with Basic Skills Strategies	Fulks, Janet, Chair, Basic Skills Committee	November	2009
Basic Skills Initiative Work - We Have Gone Far and Deep!	Fulks, Janet, Basic Skills Committee	January	2010
Basic Skills – The Front Line Faculty are Often Adjuncts; How Do we Support and Involve Them?	Molloy, Kathy (Santa Barbara City College) – BSI Workshop Coordinator	January	2010
Reading May Be the Key to Unlocking Basic Skills Success	Fulks, Janet, Academic Senate Basic Skills Committee Chair and Ad Hoc Noncredit Committee Chair	April	2010
Curriculum and Dominoes: What We Learned about Statewide Curriculum Work through CB 21	Fulks, Janet, Basic Skills Committee Chair and Ad Hoc Noncredit Committee Chair	April	2010
Student Success, Novel Idea?	Chiabotti, Dianna, Napa Valley College, Basic Skills Committee Chair	March	2011
Full time Faculty, Yet Again—Building the Noncredit Case	Matthew, Esther & North, Wheeler, Basic Skills/Noncredit Committee	November	2011
Noncredit and Credit Basic Skills - A Provocative Balance	North, Wheeler, Basic Skills Committee Chair	February	2012