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Dear California Regional Collaborative Community,
For many of us, the academic year is coming to an end.
Congratulations!
You have done some incredible and extraordinary things and you should take a minute to reflect on and be proud of all you have accomplished.
This is both a great time for reflection and for looking towards the future
. As colleges are making decisions about whether summer and fall courses will be online, it will be worthwhile to take the lessons learned from the last few months forward. Some of you may already be preparing for a summer of remote instruction while some of you may have time to recover before diving into your fall course materials. Either way, some reflection is going to help you further down the line.
I'm hearing from a lot of people that they are "resourced out".
In response, this month I decided to include more articles, podcasts, and webinars that you can peruse without stress or agenda. In my experience, events like those below are
great ways to connect with others across the country who may be experiencing similar challenges, frustrations, and successes.
After the end of the year, I at least hope that you will all have a chance to
take a breath
, enjoy a stay-cation (if you can), spend time with your family, and more. Through it all,
I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy,
and know that you will persevere in these trying times. You are always to welcome contact me at
kdixie@ceils.ucla.edu if there is anything I can help you with
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Warmly,
Katie Dixie, Regional Coordinator
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Join the California Community College Success Network (3CSN)
for their ongoing workshop series
on topics including:
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- Equity in Action: Praxis Sessions
- Canvas 101 and 102
- Virtual Community Hours
- Metacognition Online for Tutors and SI
- Counselling Online
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- Math Online
- Virtual Community Hours for Students
- Mindfulness for Educators
- Student Support Hours
- Reading Apprenticeship Online
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For more information visit their
website
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View recordings of past webinars
here
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Featured Webinar Series:
The California Community College System and University of Southern California have teamed up to create a 6-part webinar series designed to provide strategies for faculty and administrators to support and advocate for their most vulnerable students.
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July 20-24th
. Spots are limited. Sign up for the
SI newsletter
for more info on how to register.
SI Friday Happy Hours
Join colleagues across the country for stimulating conversation each week on topics such as:
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TODOS Mathematics for All Podcast
Featured Episode:
What is meaningful mathematics assessment, particularly for high school and undergraduate mathematics courses? This episode features audio from a webinar on
"Tests, Assessments, and Learning Math: Equitable Alternatives in Pandemic Times"
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This podcast is a series of informal discussions of innovative and effective practices in teaching and learning. The most recent episodes discuss challenges and strategies for remote teaching such as "Trauma-Informed Pedagogy", "Pandemic Pivoting", and more!
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IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON HIGHER EDUCATION
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Impacts of COVID-19 on Higher Ed: A Collection of Articles
COVID-19 has changed higher education as we know it. Several articles have since come out describing some of the challenges that we may face going forward. We have curated a few articles that may be of interest to you and that you will hopefully find informative without being too stress-inducing.
Impacts on Enrollment
Impacts on Students
Impacts on Faculty
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WORKING TOWARDS EQUITY IN STEM EDUCATION
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Become a Leader in Institutional Change by Joining the Next Aspire IChange Cohort
The Institutional Change Initiative (IChange) seeks to cultivate institutions where STEM faculty from underrepresented groups (URGs) are widely recruited, hired, and retained, and all STEM faculty employ inclusive teaching, advising, and research mentoring practices.
Join one of the upcoming informational Webinars:
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In the News: Research on The Effectiveness of Equity Programs and Interventions
Research on community college and student success is ongoing, even in the face of a pandemic. We would like to highlight two recent articles about student success and belonging that came out in the last month.
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A Brief Social-Belonging Intervention in College Improves Adult Outcomes for Black Americans
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Redesigning Community College Student Onboarding Through Guided Pathways
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Take Care of Yourself Before You Can Take Care of Others:
A Collection of Articles to Help You Cope with COVID-19
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Taking Care of Yourself and Your Students
Dealing with Anxiety
Making Time for Yourself
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Headspace Meditations: LA is Stronger Together
To help you weather this storm, Headspace and the LA County Department of Mental Health have partnered to provide support and resources during this challenging time. Sign up to access meditations, as well as sleep and movement exercises, designed to help you care for your mind — all free through 2020.
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To support instructors needing to make a quick transition to utilizing an online environment, the ACUE is offering resources and recommendations that can be immediately used by instructors, to benefit faculty and their students.
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These resources are divided into six key topic areas for teaching remotely:
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Free Webinars:
Scientific Teaching in Practice (STiP) Webinars
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May 22nd, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
June 30th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Free Virtual Conference:
ASCB: Teaching Tomorrow's Scientists
May 30th, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
This is a free, virtual event via Zoom for up to 200 participants. See the event program
here.
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Free Workshop:
The SI Component Workshop on Inclusivity
June 3rd, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
This Component Workshop on Inclusive Teaching, co-sponsored by the Summer Institutes and Macmillan Learning, is designed specifically for faculty who want to learn more about how to create inclusive classrooms, either in face-to-face or on-line settings. As one of the three pillars of Scientific Teaching, inclusive teaching is a critical component required for high levels of student engagement and learning. The workshop will include both asynchronous work done prior to the workshop and a 2-hour synchronous session working in both large and small groups.
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Free Webinar Series:
Quality, Equity, and Inclusion during the COVID Crisis:
Transformational Tuesdays
Topics include Thinking Boldly about Scarce Resources, Community in Times of Crisis, Supporting Non-Tenure Track Faculty, and more.
Faculty Fridays
A virtual community for a weekly “happy hour” conversation.Topics include Teaching, Learning, and Assessing in Remote Learning Environments, Shaping Teaching and Learning to Address a Global Health Crisis, Safeguarding Quality, Equity, and Inclusion as Learning Moves Online, and more.
Hosted every Tuesday and Friday. For more information, visit the
website
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Free Webinars
Using Citizen Science in Higher Education
CSA is hosting a series of events to support educators using citizen science in higher education. These events are designed to help you as you think about creating online or face-to-face learning experiences for undergraduates and connect you to a community of others doing the same.
Each event will take place from 12:00 - 1:00 pm
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Upcoming Events:
NISOD Online Convenings
Since the coronavirus pandemic has drastically changed the way all of us now function, NISOD has announced a restructured 2020 annual conference as a series of online convenings. These events will feature purposefully selected presentations originally planned for the annual onsite conference.
- Full-Day Online Faculty Conference - May 27th, 2020
- Online Classified Staff Symposium - June 17th, 2020
- Online Student Support Symposium - June 24th, 2020
- Online Administrator Series - July 15th, 2020
*There is a registration cost associated with each session.
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Coronavirus and the Academic Parent
The shift to remote work has been hard on every faculty member, and having kids at home adds an extra layer of stress. What with child care, food prep, financial worries, and general Co
vid-19 anxiety, it's hard to focus on work for more than a few minutes at a time. That’s true for all engaged parents, but the juggling is especially difficult for academic mothers who tend to bear the burden of home and kids much as they do in nonacademic families. Already we are seeing reports of female professors "submitting fewer papers during coronavirus."
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The Quandary: How Available Should Faculty Members Be to Students Online?
Online instruction raises new challenges, one being how much time an instructor should be accessible. Students may need more support during the pandemic, but instructors also have personal lives and other work to manage. From extending virtual office hours to fielding calls, texts, and emails on weekends, it can be hard to figure out where and how to draw boundaries.
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Turning Remote Education Into Online Education This Fall
Most colleges and universities quickly pivoted to remote instruction after COVID-19 forced suspension of on-campus activities. Academic leaders and faculty across the nation did work to effect such a drastic change. Yet we learned this spring that the basic transition of face-to-face courses into remote delivery did not provide the comprehensive learning experience students require.
Expectations are higher now. Students attending virtual classrooms in the coming months will have assumed our institutions had all summer to create a dynamic online experience. A successful online fall semester will require institutions to focus resources on five key areas that differentiate true online education from remote instruction: culture, course design, support services, technology and student preparation.
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5 Reasons to Stop Doing Timed Online Exams During COVID
"Across higher ed, we have patted ourselves on our collective backs for making the rapid transition from residential-to-remote learning. But the real people that we should be giving props to is our students. They are the ones who have had to simultaneously move both house (for residential students) and learning mode. Among the biggest struggles that I'm witnessing with the remote learning college students at my home is in their timed online exams. Requiring our remote learners to take timed online tests seems like a higher ed self-inflicted wound. There are at least five reasons why no remote learner exam during the time of pandemic should be timed."
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Now- Yes, Now - Is the Time for Contingent Faculty to Organize
If we don’t fight now, we may not get another chance. When graduate-student workers at the University of California at Santa Cruz voted overwhelmingly in December to reject their statewide union contract and follow the West Virginia teachers’ model of a wildcat strike, the precarious lives of academic workers became a news story once again. Fighting for a desperately needed cost of living adjustment, or COLA, strikers described the challenges they faced as low-income instructional workers living in or around Santa Cruz, one of the least affordable housing markets in the country. They described struggling with food insecurity and living in cars, in the woods, or on the street. They lamented an insecure future.
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REGIONAL JOB OPPORTUNITIES
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Looking for jobs at local Community Colleges?
This web site provides a number of services for individuals seeking employment as a faculty, support staff or manager at a California Community College.
The California Community Colleges is the largest higher education system in the nation. It is comprised of 72 districts, 112 colleges and enrolls more than 2.6 million students. Community colleges provide basic skills education, workforce training and courses that prepare students for transfer to four-year universities. The colleges also offer opportunities for personal enrichment and lifelong learning.
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Biological Sciences Instructor (Full-Time)
Ventura College
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Academic Coordinator
Biological Sciences Student Programs
UC San Diego
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Associate Director of Assessment & Evaluation
Stanford University
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English as a Second Language Instructor
San Jose/Evergreen College
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Associate Vice President, Administrative Services
Los Angeles Community College District
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Senior Consultant for the Center of Teaching and Learning
UC Berkeley
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Adjunct and Part-Time Positions (many disciplines)
LACCD
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Associate Director for Educational Analytics and Assessment, Center for Educational Effectiveness
UC Davis
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To have your openings posted in our newsletter, please send job announcements to
aspire.calrc@gmail.com
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CONNECT WITH THE CALIFORNIA REGIONAL COLLABORATIVE
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If your organization is a regional partner please send all inquires and announcements to
aspire.calrc@gmail.com.
If you wish to be added to the California Regional Collaborative mailing list for future newsletters and special announcements, please send your request to
aspire.calrc@gmail.com
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LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT WE DO
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The California Regional Collaborative
is a regional network of 2- and 4- year institutions, working together towards improving overall outcomes in STEM higher education, and in particular for students and faculty from underrepresented groups.
We work with graduate students and other potential “future faculty” from groups that are underrepresented in academia to address the need to increase diversity in our regional colleges to better reflect the diversity of our students. These trainees will support teaching efforts, education research initiatives, and curriculum development needs in collaboration with their 2- year internship site. In addition, regional programming such as webinars, symposiums, conferences, panels, and other events supports both current faculty along with future faculty. This will be coupled with an assessment plan to understand regional needs and assess the impact of our work.
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The
California Regional Collaborative
is part of a network of collaboratives, national organizations, and initiatives participating in the NSF INCLUDES Aspire Alliance
Subscribe to the Aspire Alliance newsletter here:
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