LACCD Student Success Initiative

Professional Development Taskforce

November 14, 2007

Board Hearing Room

District Office

1:00—3:00 p.m.

Agenda

1.    Introductions

2.    Sharing:  Professional/Staff Development at each of the 9 campuses

3.    LACCD’s Student Success Initiative and The Framework for Student Success

•     Action Item:  Determining the guiding principles/mission/vision/goals for the Professional Development Taskforce

4.    Report on the Basic Skills Resource Center Planning Group, and other student success group activities

5.   Future Meeting Dates & PDSSI Activities; Future Epsilen PDSSI Group Communications

•    Planning for Spring SSI Innovation & Technology Extravaganza

Greetings Professional Development Coordinators,

As Gary Colombo let you know last week, the LACCD Student Success Initiative Steering Committee has asked me to form a taskforce of faculty and staff development leaders in order to develop and implement an action plan to accomplish two very important goals:

1. Focus Professional Development on Student Success To help faculty integrate practices into their courses designed to enhance the development of essential academic skills, the colleges should focus professional development efforts on topics related to improving basic skills development and student success outcomes. In addition, college professional development coordinators should meet at least twice a semester to discuss and coordinate their activities.

2. Create a District-wide Student Success Network “Create a district-wide “Student Success Network” modeled on the STARS program in order to raise consciousness about the student success effort, involve more faculty and staff directly in the initiatives and activities related to student success, and spread more SSI best practices across the district.

I am writing to invite you to the first meeting of this taskforce which will take place on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 1 p.m. in the Board Hearing Room of the LACCD.  At your earliest convenience, please let me know if you are able to attend.  Additionally, please let me know if there are other individuals on your campus who you feel could contribute to our taskforce's work.

Cheers,

Deborah

Deborah L. Harrington

Dean of Institutional Effectiveness/Student Success

Los Angeles Community College District

770 Wilshire Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA  90017

213. 891. 2115

dharrington@email.laccd.edu