Online ticket sales have ended. If you are interested in attending Academic Academy, please come to the registration desk onsite Friday October 7th at 9am.
This professional development opportunity is focused on counseling and instructional faculty. The intention of this program is to highlight effective practices and cultivate a collaborative experience in service to the diverse population of students in our community colleges.
Specific topics include:
- Faculty partnerships
- Educational pathways
- CTE Workforce Taskforce recommendations
- Equity and cultural competency.
The program will emphasize creating faculty partnerships in credit or noncredit to improve the collegiate experience and academic achievement of our students. These partnerships will further improve collaborative projects and initiatives by integrating classroom instruction, counseling, and student services. The Academy can inform and spark conversations around the role for all faculty in the following areas: creation and implementation of guided pathways of learning, recommendations of the Workforce Task Force, and other initiatives.
Additional breakouts will address ongoing student equity planning and cultural competency in relation to the development of inclusive campuses to ensure student and faculty success.
Registration
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE: September 23, 2016
All Registrations after Tuesday October 4th at 8 AM will be on-site registration only. Please see ASCCC Staff onsite at the registration desk Friday October 7th at 9am.
Early Registration: $465
1 Day Presenter Registration: $110
2 Day Presenter Registration: $215
** All Presenters are required to register. **
Eventbrite can take payment by check or credit card. If you are choosing the check payment option, please select other payment options on the form at the bottom right.
Attendees are responsible for securing their own hotel rooms. Please see the Hotel tab below for reservation information.
FAQs
Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
Your registration is transferable, please contact the Senate Office in writing at events [at] asccc.org (events[at]asccc[dot]org.)
What is the cancellation/refund policy?
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Payment is required prior to entering an Academic Senate event.
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Please remember that the last day to cancel your registration without penalty is always posted at the bottom of each event's webpage, and is listed in each confirmation email. Cancellations must be submitted in writing to events [at] asccc.org (events[at]asccc[dot]org) on or before the posted date. Registration will not be canceled due to non-payment. All cancellations made after the posted cancellation date will be assessed a $175 cancellation fee.
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Full Refunds will not be granted for cancellations after the posted cancellation deadline.
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Cancellations made less than 7 days prior to the event will be billed the full registration amount for the conference.
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No shows, unclaimed "TBA" attendees, and cancellations made after the deadline will be billed to you and/or your college for the total cost of registration and room if applicable to the event. As attendees are permitted to register without funds, we have no way of determining cancellation unless specifically told, in writing.
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It is your responsibility to ensure payment of the registration fee. Submission of your registration signifies agreement with this policy.
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Unpaid balances owed to the Academic Senate must be paid off before an attendee can register for a future event.
The name on the registration/ticket doesn't match the attendee. Is that okay?
No, All attendee registrations must match the ticket. If you would like to transfer your registration, you must cancel the first one, then register the second attendee online. If a payment transfer needs to be made because payment was made by check, you must contact the Senate Office directly with a written notification at events [at] asccc.org (events[at]asccc[dot]org.)
Hotel & Travel
Academic Academy will be taking place at The Westin South Coast Plaza: 686 Anton Blvd. Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
- You can make hotel reservations online by utilizing the website link. The reservation website has been set up for making hotel reservations. Please use the following site to make your reservations: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/ASCCC2016
- If the online reservation system says that there are not rooms available, it simply means that we don't have the availability within our group block. However, the hotel should still have availability outside of the room block. Please phone the reservation number below to make your reservations.
- You can also make reservations by phone: Please call 1-800-937-8461 to make a reservation over the phone. Please note they are calling Starwood Central Reservations and are not speaking with an associate at the hotel.
Rooms are limited and will sell out. Please make your hotel reservation early.
Room Rates: $149 - Single; $149 - Double; $169 - Triple; $189 - Quad
Included: Free guest room internet and 50% discount on self parking for drive ins and overnights.
Airport Shuttle Information: The Westin offers complimentary airport transportation via their hotel shuttle. Please see map and instructions posted below.
Please contact Edie Martinelli - Academic Senate Event Planner at 916-445-4753x102 with any questions or concerns. edie@asccc.org
Presentation Materials
Program
October 7th, 2016
9:00 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION
Gazebo and Terrace Pavilion
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. GENERAL SESSION I
Terrace Pavilion
Welcome:
Randy Beach, ASCCC Equity and Diversity Action Committee Chair
Julie Bruno, ASCCC President
Keynote: Better Together: Building Bridges between Counseling/Student Services Faculty and Instructional Faculty [Faculty Partnerships Track]
Adrienne Foster, Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee Chair, Facilitator
David Dillon, Grossmont College
John C. Hernandez, Santiago Canyon College
Robert Hill, Glendale College
Mary Mettler, Santiago Canyon College
Students benefit from better collaboration between counseling and student services faculty and other faculty, yet making these relationships work for the benefit of students can often be challenging. This opening panel discussion will explore challenges and solutions to building relationships among all faculty to improve student outcomes.
Outcomes: Attendees will understand the challenges to developing relationships among all faculty to support student success and learn possible strategies for improving those relationships.
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION I
Better Together Part 2 [Faculty Partnerships Track]
San Diego
Corinna Evett, Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee Member, Facilitator
Jennifer Coto, Santiago Canyon College
John C. Hernandez, Santiago Canyon College
Mary Mettler, Santiago Canyon College
Maureen Roe, Santiago Canyon College
Rosa Salazar de la Torre, Santiago Canyon College
As a follow-up to the opening panel discussion, this breakout will go deeper into concrete ideas for improving partnerships between counseling and student services faculty and faculty throughout the college, breaking down silos, and working together. Presenters from the first general session will discuss in more detail their experiences, and faculty and administrators from Santiago Canyon College will highlight effective practices from their district.
Outcomes: Attendees will learn about concrete strategies for improving relationships between faculty for possible implementation at their college or district.
Advocacy 101 for Counselors: Making a Difference in the Policy Arena [Faculty Partnerships Track]
San Juan
Gayle Harris Watkins, Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee Member, Facilitator
Jonathan Lightman, Executive Director, FACCC
In this interactive session, participants will explore ways in which counselors can better advocate to achieve a legislative or policy outcome. The session will benefit all who attend, whether they are novices or veterans of working with the legislature, with congress, or in other policy arenas. With so much public attention focused on their work, counselors must feel empowered to tell their story in a way that makes a difference for themselves and their students.
Outcomes: Attendees will learn new perspectives on making a difference in the policy arena. Participants will learn both from the presenters and from their peers on what they did well and how they can improve.
Beyond the Cell: Former Incarceration and First Year College Success [Equity and Cultural Competency Track]
San Marcos
Cleavon Smith, Equity and Diversity Action Committee member, Facilitator
Sabrena Turner-Odom Los Angeles Southwest College
This presentation will inform faculty across disciplines of the disproportionate rate of incarceration for men of color in California jails and prisons as well as the massive number of formerly incarcerated students who are released annually and possibly enroll in community colleges. This invisible population of students often experiences formal education for the first time in community college, and many of them sit in our classrooms and suffer in silence. Qualitative data was collected from 27 formerly incarcerated men of color that explored their experiences on the school to prison pipeline, their experiences during incarceration, and their evolution to becoming successful college students and how their prior experiences and institutions support their progress. Presenters will share implications for practice that support formerly incarcerated students.
Outcomes: Faculty will have knowledge of the strengths and assets that formerly incarcerated students bring with them to college, and an understanding of the opportunity community colleges have in creating an environment to empower formerly incarcerated students and place them on a pathway to college success.
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. LUNCH and GENERAL SESSION II
Keynote Presentation: Addressing the Needs of Student Athletes [Faculty Partnerships Track]
Terrace Pavilion
Randy Beach, ASCCC Equity and Diversity Action Committee Chair, Facilitator
Evans Roderick, Mt. San Antonio College
Student athletes present unique challenges for counseling, instructional faculty, and student services that often require more than just traditional approaches. This discussion will explore the history of academic support programs in athletics, discuss the innovations colleges are making in this area, and identify some of the challenges experienced by many colleges and teams in their developing of these support services. The session will also explore the value of partnerships among instructional faculty, counseling faculty, and student services and coaches to improve the success of our student athletes.
Outcomes: Attendees will understand the challenges to developing academic support programs for student athletes and learn possible strategies for implementing holistic partnerships to improve student success.
2:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION II
Your Articulation Officer: Getting Out of the Office and into The Classroom [Faculty Partnerships Track]
San Diego
Corinna Evett, Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee Member, Facilitator
Leonor Aguilera, Santiago Canyon College
Tiffany Tran, Irvine Valley College
This session will explain different types of articulation, offer strategies to improve articulation with UC and CSU campuses, and explore how establishing articulation can increase your student enrollment and student transfer rates.
Outcomes: Attendees will learn of concrete strategies for improving collaborative relationships between articulation officers and instructional faculty.
What’s Next for the Education Planning Initiative and Zero-cost Textbook Degrees [Educational Pathways Track]
San Juan
Martin Ramey, ASCCC Equity and Diversity Action Committee Member, Facilitator
Dolores Davison, ASCCC Secretary
David Dillon, Grossmont College
As colleges enter Phase 2 of the Education Planning Initiative (EPI) with the release of the toolset, faculty can benefit from a better understanding of resources available and how to access them. At the same time the EPI is moving forward, the Open Education Resources (OER) initiative and the zero-cost textbook degrees (Z-degrees) are gaining traction. In this breakout, presenters will focus on latest developments in both of these important initiatives to support student success.
Outcomes: Attendees will learn about latest developments in the EPI and Zero-cost textbooks.
Examining How the A2MEND Organization Combines Student and Professional Mentoring to Increase Equity and Create Pathways for Student Success (A2MEND) [Equity and Cultural Competency Track]
San Marcos
Adrienne Foster, Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee Chair, Facilitator
Walter C. Jones, Past-President, A2MEND
Shalamon Duke, Secretary, A2MEND
Byron C. Breland, President-Elect, A2MEND
The African American Male Education Network and Development (A²MEND) provides support, guidance, professional development, and networking opportunities for professional educators who have a keen interest in fostering successful outcomes for students, particularly African American male students, enrolled within the community college system. A²MEND combines its approach to professional development with its active student mentoring component to create a structure of social capital for students and cultural competency for all educators, whether administrators, faculty, or staff.
Outcomes: Participants will become familiar with the mission and goals of the A²MEND organization and how they might partner with the organization to improve student success at their colleges.
3:45 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. BREAKOUT SESSION III
Dual Enrollment [Educational Pathways Track]
San Diego
Diane Edwards-LiPera, Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee Member, Facilitator
Dolores Davison, ASCCC Secretary
Kim Schenk, Diablo Valley College
With the passage of AB 288 (Holden, 2015), community colleges and high school districts are more frequently considering dual enrollment to improve student success, provide pathways for transitioning from high school to college, and create means by which students can begin preparing for careers. This breakout will examine the kinds of programs most likely to benefit students and whether or not dual enrollment would be a good fit for any specific college and its students.
Outcomes: Participants will explore the language and impact of AB 288 and discuss strategies for implementing a dual enrollment program at their local college.
PASS: Student Support Services with an Eye on Equitable Outcomes [Equity and Cultural Competency Track]
San Juan
Tanya McGinnis, Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee Member, Facilitator
Jennifer Dorian, Fresno City College
PASS, Peer Assisted Study Sessions, is a program designed to increase student success, retention, and GPAs through embedded tutoring and supplemental instruction adaptation practices in English, EMLS, linguistics, and literature courses and learning communities. Join Jennifer as she describes her exemplary program and the impact it has on bridging the achievement gaps among students. Jennifer Dorian is the 2016 recipient of the 2016 Stanback Stroud Diversity Award from the ASCCC.
Outcomes: Participants will learn of the accomplishments of the PASS program and how they might consider creating similar programs at their own college.
Inclusion of Veteran Services on a College Campus and How To Be a Gateway for Success [Equity and Cultural Competency Track]
San Marcos
Martin Ramey, Equity and Diversity Action Committee Member, Facilitator
Tamara Jones-Jamison, West Los Angeles College
This session will provide a framework for enhancing veteran services on community college campuses by creating a supportive and welcoming environment. Presenters will examine how their experience in the field translates to their experience in the classroom and will offer effective practices for collaborating with instructional and non-instructional faculty and classified staff by utilizing resources available on campus and capitalizing on resources available in the community.
Outcomes: Attendees will understand the roadblocks Veterans face transitioning from service to academics and learn practical strategies for assisting those students navigate the educational pathways.
October 8th, 2016
7:30 a.m. BREAKFAST
Gazebo
8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. BREAKOUT SESSION IV
Disenfranchised Students: Where Are We Now? [Equity and Cultural Competency Track]
San Diego
Tanya McGinnis, Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee Member, Facilitator
Dolores Cornejo, Fullerton College
Ginni May, ASCCC North Representative
Disenfranchised students, such as foster youth and students with disabilities, are a significant and increasing population at our colleges and face a variety of challenges including mental health issues, homelessness, and others. This breakout will focus on issues regarding the needs of disenfranchised students and effective practices to help meet those needs.
Outcomes: Attendees will explore the challenges that face students identified as disenfranchised and some strategies for addressing their needs.
Inclusion of Veteran Services on a College Campus and How To Be a Gateway for Success [Equity and Cultural Competency Track]
San Juan
Martin Ramey, Equity and Diversity Action Committee Member, Facilitator
Tamara Jones-Jamison, West Los Angeles College
This session will provide a framework for enhancing veteran services on community college campuses by creating a supportive and welcoming environment. Presenters will examine how their experience in the field translates to their experience in the classroom and will offer best practices for collaborating with instructional and non-instructional faculty and classified staff by utilizing resources available on campus and capitalizing on resources available in the community.
Outcomes: Attendees will understand the roadblocks Veterans face transitioning from service to academics and learn practical strategies for assisting those students navigate the educational pathways.
Categorical Counselors Working with Instructional Faculty to Support Student Success [Faculty Partnerships Track]
San Marcos
Diane Edwards-LiPera, Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee Member, Facilitator
Albert Loaiza, College of the Canyons
Katherine Quesada, Antelope Valley College
Evans Roderick, Mt. San Antonio College
As a precursor to the closing general session, “Better Together: Building Bridges between Counseling/Student Services Faculty and Instructional Faculty,” this breakout will consist of counselors who work with or in special programs, such as DSPS, CTE, Athletics, Career, Probation/Dismissal, EOP&S, CalWorks, and Veterans. The presenters will discuss the specific needs of these special student populations and solutions for building collaborative efforts between counselors and instructional faculty.
Outcomes: Attendees will gain a better understanding of strategies toward developing collaborative relationships between categorical counselors and instructional faculty in an effort to support and address the needs of students in special populations.
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. GENERAL SESSION III
Keynote Presentation: Making Connections: Career Technical Education and Counseling [Faculty Partnerships Track]
Terrace Pavilion
Adrienne Foster, Transfer, Articulation, and Student Services Committee Chair, Facilitator
Lynell Wiggins, Career Technical Education Counselor, Pasadena City College
Embedded in the recommendations of the Board of Governors Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation, and a Strong Economy is a clear role for counseling services in support of student success. In this general session, Workforce Task Force member and Pasadena City College counseling faculty Lynell Wiggins explains the role of counseling faculty to support career technical education students and programs.
Outcomes: Attendees will understand how the task force recommendations address student support services and counseling services for students in career technical education programs.
Closing Remarks
Adrienne Foster, Transfer, Articulation and Student Services Committee Chair
Randy Beach, Equity and Diversity Action Committee Chair
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