LACCD Student Success Initiative Workshop II

“Changing Colleges for Changing Students”

Monarch Hall

Los Angeles Valley College

May 5, 2006

Program

Check in & Continental Breakfast.......................................................................... 7:45 a.m.

I. Welcome

David Beaulieu, SSI Co-Chair & ELAC Senate President

Rocky Young, District Chancellor

Sylvia Scott-Hayes, LACCD Board of Trustees President................... 8:45 a.m.

II. Workshop Overview

Gary Colombo, Chancellor’s Liaison................................................... 8:55 a.m.

III. “Student Voices: The Promise of Diversity”........................................ 9:00 a.m.

Ruben Lizardo & Ireni Valenzuela, California Tomorrow

IV. “Creating a Culture of Student Engagement”

Dr. Myron Dembo, USC Rosier School of Education........................... 9:45 a.m.

Deborah Harrington, Director LAVC STARS Program

V. College Breakouts: “Institutionalizing Engagement”...................... 10:45 a.m.

Working Lunch.............................................................................................. 12:00 p.m.

“Engaging Students at LaGuardia College”

Dr. Cecilia Macheski, Director of Curriculum & Assessment, LCC

VI. Concurrent Workshops on Special Topics............................................ 1:15 p.m.

VII. Next Steps?............................................................................................ 2:15 p.m.

Student Success Workshop II

“Changing Colleges for Changing Students”

May 5, 2006

Concurrent Workshop Topics (1:15—2:15 p.m.)

1. The LaGuardia Model of Student Engagement (C. Macheski)

2. Creating a Culture of Student Engagement (M. Dembo & D. Harrington)

3. Initiating Comprehensive Campus Change (R. Lizardo & I. Valenzuela)

4. Approaches to “College Culture” Curricula (D. Kinney)

5. "Reaffirmation, Reform and Retention: Student Success in a Cohort Model." (P. Siever)

6. Application to Enrollment: Engaging through Matriculation (J. McCaslin & P. Braxton)

7. Supporting Student Goals & Basic Skills Across the Curriculum (G. Colombo)