The Space In Between– What’s Love Got to Do With It?

June 30, 2010

On April 15, 2010, the De Anza College Office of Instruction, Office of Diversity and ICCE, and Office of Staff and Organizational Development presented their annual conference devoted to student success. The event, “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” brought together both students and faculty and was a huge success.  To facilitate an extension [...]

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Basic Skills in Context, Equity, Fear, Identity, Literacy, Metacognition, Student Confidence | Comments (0)

Intersecting Literacies: What Happened At the Working Conference

April 20, 2010

Hello and welcome to the home of Intersecting Literacies, a working conference held at San Diego Mesa College April 16th 2010. Here you will find materials passed out to participants as well as the responses and “queens” we collected. Stay tuned! Click here for the Intersecting Literacies  Multi-Modal Packet Click above to see the Post [...]

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Laney FIN team discussion

November 19, 2009

Discussion about student expectations of college and difficulties Latino students have with the idea of going to community college. Also, the benefits of doing the interviews by Esdras.

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Basic Skills in Context, Equity, Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG), Fear, Identity, Integrative Learning, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Literacy, Making Visible, Metacognition, Student Confidence | Comments (0)

Generation 1.5 Survey (Santa Ana College)

March 12, 2009

      Language Use Survey                                                                      (CATESOL Journal 14.1 2002)   Name: ________________________________   Note:  If you speak only English, and you don’t speak any other languages, please answer questions 1, and 4—7 only.   I.   My Background                 1.  I was born in the United States.       Yes _______     No _______                   2.  I [...]

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Los Medanos College/English: Revised Inquiry Plan

March 10, 2009

A.    Zoom-Lens Inquiry: Focusing on Students 1)    What data will you gather and analyze on individual students? (e.g. student work, self-reflections, interviews, videotaped think-alouds or problem-solving) In the first two weeks of class, we asked the students to fill out a reading survey. Among other things, the survey asked them to identify “texts” they read [...]

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Door Number One

March 8, 2009

Door Number One offers introductory profiles of a dozen of the many Programs and Services offered at Chabot College. Students, Staff, and Faculty share their experiences and offer their perspectives about why these Programs and Services are so vital, and what students can expect if they just “Pick One.” And along the way, we see [...]

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Daraja: A Syllabus For Life

March 6, 2009

  The Daraja project, founded in 1988 at Chabot College is widely recognized as one of the best opportunities for success for underrepresented students, especially African-American students, in the California community-college system. In this film, current and former Daraja students speak candidly about their educational preparation before entering Daraja and then share their personal needs [...]

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Going The Distance

March 5, 2009

In Going The Distance, Chabot College students and faculty share their experiences in taking — and teaching — Distance Education courses. They speak candidly and with insight about: “How the availability of DE courses plays a crucial role in their college matriculation” “What it takes to succeed in the online setting” “How the workload compares [...]

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The World In Your Hands

March 3, 2009

Welcome to an orientation film for the Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) at Chabot College. Take a walk with us and explore the experiences of five students and a counselor, and learn how DSPS helped them reach their educational goals.      (FIN employee Jamie Chandler made this film while a student at Chabot [...]

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Umoja Math FIN Inquiry Plan

February 27, 2009

Summary This project focuses on students in the Umoja Scholars Programs at Los Medanos College and San Diego City College.  Umoja Community campuses utilize cohort and learning community models in concert with student services to improve the success and retention of African-American community college students.  Umoja classrooms involve a student-centered learning environment, timely and formative [...]

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Equity, Fear, Learning Communities, Learning to Learn, Making Visible, Math, Revised Inquiry Plans, Student Confidence, Student Interviews, Student Voice, Surveys, Video Evidence | Comments (1)