BCC Goal 2. Preserve and nourish resources to ensure access, equity and success for all students. BCC Goal 3. Increase certificate/degree completion and transfers to 4- year colleges or universities by inspiring and supporting students and maintaining high quality educational programs. Transfer. BCC organized, hosted, and conducted enhanced transfer activities, e.g., transfer nights with over 50 4-year advisors participants, 4-year transfer counselor visits, and 4-year campus In 2014-15, BCC’s Transfer and Career Information Center had over 1,500 student visits seeking assistance in transfer advice and preparation; at least 85 4-year representatives came on campus to facilitate transfer of students. As a result, the preliminary number of transfers is impressive. For example, a total of 118 2014-15 BCC students were admitted to transfer to UC Berkeley starting Fall 2015. This is an increase of 24 or 26% from the previous year. Student Success Access and Placement Assessment. During 2014-15, BCC offered orientation and assessment to 2,343 first-time, matriculating students. This means, 100% of first-time, matriculating students at BCC received placement assessment and orientation services – two of the three Core SSSP Services. The Career Pathway Team PCCD/Oakland Unified School District MOU permitted access to OUSD student transcripts for counseling faculty to provide enhanced multiple measures for placement. Counseling and SEP Development. The one-year increase of unduplicated counseling services is 12.8%, counseling appointments increased by 45.8%, and drop-ins by 9.6%. The one-year increase of SEP development was 773 or 25.4%. The SEP development for all first-time, matriculating BCC students reached 100%; this means, over 1,200 new students received the third SSSP Core Service (Counseling and SEP development). on- 8. resources with student success recommendations Encourage innovation and flexibility in the delivery of foundational skills/basic skills instruction Equity Access. Develop and Implement a plan to increase the representation of Veteran students, students with disabilities, foster youth, and undocumented students. Transfer Level Successful Course Completion. Develop and implement a plan to increase transfer level successful course completion rates for underserved students. ESL and Pre-transfer Foundational Skills Successful Completion. Develop and Implement a plan to increase ESL and Foundational Skills successful course completion for underserved students. Degree and Certificate Completion. Develop and
Oakland Unified School District (Skyline High School Computer Technology Academy and Oakland Technical High School Animation Program) Mayor’s Office, City of Berkeley Berkeley Chamber of Commerce UC Berkeley Foundation Board Biotech Partners MSRI (Mathematics Science Research Institute) MOSAIC YMCA Parking Structure Collaboration SAP Lawrence Hall of Science Youth Radio Irvine Foundation, Gateway to College Bank of America City of Berkeley Mental Health BESTNOW! Berkeley Youth Alternatives Alameda County Behavioral Health Care Services Berkeley Start Up Group Pixar Integrated Planning. BCC developed and implemented the integrated planning process by linking the Education Master Plan, SSSP, Equity Plan, and Perkins Plan with updated and upgraded Facilities Plan, Human Resources Plan, Technology Plan, and Enrollment Management Plan. Enhanced and Increased K-16 Academic and Career Pathways. In 2014-15, BCC contributed and engaged in alignment and planning collaborative efforts on campus, in the district and region with K-12 and university partners. to participate in support resources 3. Incentivize successful student behavior Require students to begin addressing basic skills deficiencies in their first year. 6. Revitalize and re-envision professional development Create a continuum of mandatory professional development opportunities Direct professional development resources toward improving basic skills instruction and support services Equity Access. Develop and Implement a plan to increase the representation of Veteran students, students with disabilities, foster youth, and undocumented students. Transfer Level Successful Course Completion. Develop and implement a plan to increase transfer level successful course completion rates for underserved students.
As part of CPT, CCCLLI, TAA, and SAP, expansion, development and alignment of the following pathways to BCC programs of study were mapped: Biotech and CIS Preliminary work completed with faculty to map ICT/Digital Media and ASL. Animation and Gaming alignment with OUSD as well as CSU Chico, including summer course for high school students. Public and Human Services and Biotech master scheduling of courses during times when high school students and faculty could attend. Biotech boot camp provide to high school students. Per CPT and BSI/CAA, developed MOU and PERSIST to College scaling PERSIST to high school bridge with integrated counseling and early college credit including BUSD and Albany Unified students. Hosted multiple groups of K-12 students in CTE sector based transitional events, including OUSD, BUSD, and Oakland International High School. In addition, BCC secured additional CTE pathway resources, including: SAP 9-14 ICT/Digital Media Pathway grant with OUSD and Career Ladders Project Invited to Community College Linked Learning Initiative 2.0 to build upon K-12 pathway to BCC Digital Media pathways, including early college credit, transitional services, and work based learning: CTE Enhancement 40%, 60%, and Consortium Projects (Mobile Apps, Health Mapping, Biotechnology) Bank of America Biotech Pathway Grant with Berkeley High School and Cal State East Bay to nourish supplemental instruction and peer services between Berkeley High School and BCC Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) East Bay Peer Personnel Education and Experience Pathway International Education. Coordinated International Student Taskforce with BCC instructional and counseling faculty, staff, and District representatives to assist BCC international students; created international student office to serve international students at BCC; designed BCC-Berkeley Adult School ESL fact sheet for UC Berkeley International Student Housing. Developed relationship with Oakland International School, hosted ESL student transition event and sector-based classroom visits. Transfer Develop and implement a plan to increase transfer rates of underserved students.
Sociology, Spanish, and Studio Arts. In addition, the College is currently developing an AA-T in Computer Science. SLOs. A total of 103 active programs are completed with Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)/SLOs, and 467 active courses with SLO’s completed. Basic Skills: English and Math. English. BCC English Faculty used assessment data and grant funding to pilot innovative student assessment, accelerate curriculum (English 204A/B), and provide professional development, including a common portfolio review process during “dead week.” English 204A accelerates students through multiple layers of remediation via accelerated curriculum and portfolio assessment (common, analytic rubric providing students feedback in 10 skill areas). BCC 204A students with an A or B grade may petition for English 1A transfer credit. Math. BCC Math faculty initiated pre-statistics, Math206, formally "algebra for statistics," to help accelerate non-STEM students through the skills math curriculum to statistics. The 5-credit course provides student-centered teaching of elementary statistics and probability in preparation for math13, introduction to statistics. Equity Plan Implementations. Launched the Berkeley City College Scholars Program, a comprehensive bridge program targeting disadvantaged students with challenging status. Established a Foster Youth Task Force which includes constituents across the campus, as well as community partners, by exploring effective methods for identifying current and former foster youth. Held monthly Student Equity review meetings to set benchmarks, ensure implementation; evaluated the progress and process, and measured outcomes in comparison with college-wide goals. Held an ACE Experiential Learning Institute (FELI) workshop inclusive of staff, faculty and administrators. Established a Dreamer’s Task Force; strategies in the planning phase included developing and receiving Dali Lama grant funding of $10,000, and chartering a Dreamers Student Club. PCCD Goal D. Strength on Accountability Innovation and Collaboration Measurable Outcomes Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness. Completed and submitted BCC’s 2015 Accreditation Self-Evaluation Report on time for a successful Spring 2015 visit. BCC Student Success 1. Increase college and career readiness