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Removing Barriers – Student Engagement
Recommendation #1
Increase and support programs and activities that enhance student engagement and retention of underrepresented and
underserved populations.
Action Items Requiring Cabinet Leadership:
Ltr Goal Activities Responsible Parties Budget Needs Update
A Implement a common hour at least once Rachel to present concept and Instruction
per week that would allow students to seek approval
attend programs, lectures, etc. As per Student Services
recommendation #2-B, programs would
be coordinated to support curriculum.
Action Items In Progress:
Ltr Goal Activities Responsible Parties Budget Needs Update
Budget request has been made for
Fully implement MAPS Program. Connect MAPS program with Jonas Compton Permanent funding permanent funding of MAPS
Outreach & Multicultural. Katherine Erfe-Johnson for MAPS faculty advisor ($54,818)
B mentors
Hire SSP Counselor. Gina Huston Permanent funding for
Permanent funding
intervention/retention services has
for MAPS Advisor.
(current position is 1- been requested ($13,000) – part of
year temp) this funding provides stipends for
faculty mentors ($100 per quarter
for active faculty participants)
Progress has been made toward
full implementation of MAPS due
to the hiring of a temporary MAPS
advisor and a Student Success
Counselor, which allows for
greater capacity as well as the
building of a strong infrastructure
to grow and sustain a strong
program that impacts student
learning and success
MAPS advisor provides
intake, mentor matching,
follow-up, data tracking,
ongoing work with
students and mentors,
serves as mentor to
students who have not
been matched with a
mentor, recruits students,
outreach to Multicultural
Services
Student Success and
Persistence Counselor
provides counseling
services for MAPS
students, outreach to
Multicultural Services,
training and development
of mentors (MAPS is
approximately 25% of his
job)
The peer to peer mentoring has not
C Peer to Peer Support/Mentorship Seek out participants Jonas Compton $2K – commitment occurred, although this is a future
made from Student direction for mentoring – will
Promote & advertise Joanne Munroe Retention
require staff time, training and
Committee for this
Identify student incentives year. Future funding supervision of student
will be needed.
Toni Hartsfield was hired in
D Hire Student Programs Director. Include questions that ensure Rick MacLennan January 2008
ability to connect with diverse
populations. Gina Huston
The Student Programs Director
E Increase multicultural programming. See #D See #D May need to increase was hired mid-year. These
S&A Allocation discussions are already taking
place and Toni is in strong support
of diverse programming.
There are other instances within
the institution that have focused
on diversity, e.g. the 2008
Classified Connection and the
hosting of the KCCHR Youth
Rally.
Student Learning
Recommendation #2
Incorporate multicultural perspectives into student learning and development practices.
Action Items Requiring Cabinet Leadership:
Ltr Goal Activities Responsible Parties Budget Needs Update
A proposal for an Ethnic Studies
A Develop new multicultural Identify faculty to take leadership. IAM DAC committed Dept was written and submitted to
courses/Ethnic studies dept. with (Sonia Begert) $3500 for this year. SSH (attached). Upon follow-up, I
multiple course offerings each quarter
received the following information
and rotations to branches. Provide release time or other Possible Perkins
incentives to develop funding? in an email: “The faculty that I have
department/courses. talked to would like to see a new hire in
Ethnic Studies/Multicultural Studies, but
not yet. I spoke with faculty who already
teach courses that could be incorporated
into a program. They would like the
opportunity to plan a program and then
hire a new faculty member who could fill
the holes in the program (this corresponds
to Option 2 in the proposal). If a
taskforce were created to study this, then
a new position could be requested next
year.” *There are no current plans
for a taskforce that I have been able
to identify.*
B Intentional/deliberate effort to integrate Align student programming with Cabinet
instructional programs with applicable course offerings.
student services programs
Joint meetings
Student Services members to IAM
Action Items In Progress:
Ltr Goal Activities Responsible Parties Budget Needs Update
The Global Core Ability has been
C Implement global core ability and provide Assessment & Training Core Abilities Task written. The committee is
DAC with regular updates on process. Force currently working on an
DAC member on committee CTL
assessment method. Scheduled for
VPI
course mapping in Phase 2.
Budget request submitted to allow
D Learning Communities to include Build into mission. Learning community for creation and implementation of
multicultural principles committee integrated developmental learning
communities ($33,388) and other
Gina Huston
learning communities that address
multicultural principles - request
includes planning stipends of
$1000 for faculty development and
offering of new learning
communities (rather than release
time – this is more cost effective
and sustainable) as well as 1/3
release time for the faculty
coordinator
The Making of a Life learning
community was offered fall 2007
and included a multicultural
emphasis (Psych 101, English 98
and Gen St 100) and is included in
the overall Learning Communities
plan
Institutional Climate
Recommendation #3
Establish pan-institutional values shared by the campus community with strong institutional support for activities
which engage internal and external communities to promote cultural competency.
Action Items Requiring Cabinet Leadership:
Ltr Goal Activities Responsible Parties Budget Needs Update
A Establish pan-institutional values. Establish a pan-institutional Cabinet Currently in process with
committee that aligns with anticipated BOT vote in Summer
different groups and brings in Mission, Vision, 08
additional stakeholders. Values Committee
B Provide opportunities for multicultural DAC voice in Capital Projects VP Admin DAC members have served on the
perspectives in decision making. including space and furnishings Art committee for the Humanities
Bldg and the Violence Prevention
Multicultural Competency Policy.
Representative for art in public
spaces
C Conduct external community outreach. Have an OC liaison participate in President
the City Planning process. VP Admin
D Create an online community. Establish a digital Media/Cultural Calendar Committee Conversations between IT and the
Calendar that reflects various CTL are in process.
cultural holidays throughout the
year.
Create blogs and OC chat rooms. Faculty Divisions
IT
Ltr Goal Activities Responsible Parties Budget Needs Update
E Recruit and retain diverse faculty and Include standardized diversity HR The current Affirmative Action
staff. questions in the hiring process for Cabinet plan reports numbers. Faculty are
OC applicants. (TCC model) well represented with the largest
gap in Administration.
Multicultural competency HR
representatives for hiring, tenure VP Instruction Standardized diversity question
and post-tenure processes. AAHE piloted and implemented.
Establish procedures and practices that Optimize space for Multicultural Cabinet
F support the BOT Diversity Resolution activities.
and multicultural values.
Include Multicultural component CTL
during Opening Days. President’s Office
Funding for Multicultural Services
at the Branch campuses Branch Campus
Committee
Professional Development
Recommendation #4
Support and encourage participation in professional development through funding “best practices”, instruction, and
training in cultural competencies.
Action Items Requiring Cabinet Leadership:
Ltr Goal Activities Responsible Parties Budget Needs Update
A Certified cultural competency trainers Identify and fund training HR DAC funded 2 staff Two employees attended the
opportunities Divisions to attend training. Intercultural Institute last year.
DAC Additional funds Koi Tirima will be certified after
Identify participants needed for future completing the course Summer
training. 08.
B Training to teach faculty how to Focus groups on assessment VPI This will wait until the Phase 2
incorporate core abilities roll out.
Workshops, trainings
VPI
C Dedicated funds for professional Funds should be available to all Cabinet
development employees. Process to access Divisions
them should be transparent and Budget Committee
equitable.
D Pre-conference orientations, briefings Develop pre-conference HR
and debriefings guidelines for diversity related CTL
professional development with DAC
trained staff to facilitate.
Action Items In Progress:
Ltr Goal Activities Responsible Parties Budget Needs Update
E Climate study Continue implementing climate RPA Administered Winter 2008.
survey President
F PCEC Credit for attending MC VPI VP of Instruction offers PCEC for
activities Diversity Institute and has offered
it for other activities.
Other Activities
Issue Activity/Recommendation Update
Concerns raised about restroom access for Identify bathrooms to be designated as Unisex Admin and Facility Services was contacted, restrooms have
transgendered students been identified, and signs are on order.
Offsite campus locations – Review MOU and develop procedures to address Karen Fusco and Rachel Wellman have contacted Randy
accommodations outside of Access accommodation issues that fall outside of Access Services. Lawrence and will be meeting to discuss this further. Thomas
Oliver is addressing this with the applicable accreditation
team.
Student computer labs needed Karen Fusco to work with IT and DAC to support initial Software/hardware on order with some being distributed to
software/hardware to accommodate purchase, Poulsbo. IT and Access Services have created a committee to
students with disabilities. address the issue long-term.
Violence Prevention Policy – concerns Address concerns with committee. The policy is in the process of being reviewed with a
raised about potential equity and committee that includes DAC representation.
discrimination issues.
Workshops/Conferences – need for FSOCC, WSAME, Diversity Institute, Indigenous Service 21 Faculty and Staff attended
professional development Learning
Community Partnership - NAACP Co-sponsored “Portraits of Courage”. Program was well
attended in the community.
Diversity Hiring Question Need rubric or guidelines DAC discussed creating a subcommittee to work on this.
Obmuds/Student Complaints Mediator 18 issues have been brought forward this quarter with none
moving to a formal process.
Database – need for better tracking of Create database with other departments to better track student Diane Dalton working on the framework. Partners include
students, engagement, & success progress. SEAC, Student Programs, MAPS, Women’s Programs, Access
Services, Inst. Research, and IT.
