Spotlight: Pasadena City College

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BSILI J une 2nd, 2014
Lake Arrowhead
The Catalyst
Developmental Education
N = 3,408
Non-Developmental Education
N = 2,129
10% earned an AA/AS
degree
4% earned a
certificate
41% transferred
55% no discoverable
milestone
12% earned an AA/AS
degree
5% earned a
certificate
25% transferred
69% no discoverable
milestone
Our Response
Comprehensive First Year Experience Program
Interdisciplinary First Year Seminar
Professional Learning
Reading
Apprenticeship
Mindset & Habits of
Mind
Understanding First
Year Students
3CSN scholarship to
RALCoP, Links, FTLA,
BSILI 4
More Responses!
Program Redesign Bootcamp:
English (Stretch Acceleration)
Math (SLAM)
ESL
CTE
Group Counseling
Professional Learning
Reading Apprenticeship
Project Based Learning
Collaboration

Laying a Foundation: The Team
Panella
Collaborative
organizational expert
Valerie
Data-driven innovator
Shelagh
RA trained honeybee
Laying a Foundation
Resources
SASI Grant
Space
College Assistant
Allies
Dean of Teaching and
Learning Center
VP of Facilities
Laying a Foundation
POD
Comprehensive: Pedagogy,
Leadership, & Wellness
Advisory & Reading
Faculty, Classified, & Managers
Math, English, Distance Ed.,
Student Affairs, Career Center,
Library, Counseling
Laying a Foundation
Survey
Full-time faculty, Adjunct faculty, Classified, Managers
Questions
Is there enough PL? What kind do you need?
Length of service & satisfaction
Modality, time, learning preference
Professional Learning Survey Results:
Full-time Faculty
Full-time faculty were asked to rate their
feelings about their overall outlook on their
current position for 5 different categories.
An online survey was created
by APL and implemented in
spring 2013 to assess the
professional learning needs of
the campus. This is a summary
of the responses given by 72
full-time faculty at Pasadena
City College. Of these
respondents, only 19.4% feel
that there is professional
learning that supports their
need to grow at PCC (Figure
below).
Professional Learning Survey Results:
Adjunct Faculty
An online survey was created by APL and
implemented in spring 2013 to assess the
professional learning needs of the
campus. This
is a summary of the responses given by
46
adjunct faculty at Pasadena City College.
Of
these respondents, 50% feel that there is
professional learning that supports their
need to
grow at PCC and 28.3% are unsure if
professional
learning opportunities currently exist
(Figure 1).
Do you feel there is currently
professional learning at PCC that
provides you with the support you
need to grow in your position?
Scores (Scale 1-5; 1=positive feeling and
5=negative feeling) were averaged
according to the number of years
employees have been at PCC (1-5 yrs,
N=22; 6-10 yrs, N=9; 11-15 yrs, N=6; 16-20
yrs, N=4; 21+ yrs, N=1).
Survey Takeaways
Needs
Universal need for increased PL
Satisfaction varied over time
Different needs based on employee type
Faculty: pedagogy
Classified: work place performance tools
Managers: organizational
Modality
FT faculty: 3-hour workshop, late afternoon
PT faculty: videos, evenings
Classified: lunch hour

Laying a Foundation
BSILI
Generous support network
Santa Rosa
Los Medanos
Fullerton
Assessment ideas
DIG
Logic Model
Challenges


https://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_ch
oice_polls/A8NcLGCdUk9VHQ9#


Dealing with Challenges
Your group will be presented with a
challenge. In 15 minutes you should
Brainstorm possible motivating factors for
the challenge
Suggest strategies for overcoming it

APL Website
http://pccapl.org/

In spite of the challenges
Ongoing LancerPoint Training
WHAT DRIVES PCC? Faculty Professional Learning Days 358
Classified Professional Development Day Attended 184
Building Our Practice: Integrating Instruction and Student Support Services (co-sponsored by 3CSN) ~30
New Faculty Orientation
Growth Mindset Part 1 &2 : A Growing Solution for Fixing Education? 31
Weekend College Adjunct Faculty Orientation/Training 20
Assessment and Program Review Best Practices Seminar
General Education Colloquium: Focus on Cognition 35
One City, One Story- A Virtual Visit with Robin Sloan 20
Safe Zones Training 1.0 30
ESL Retreat Attended 23
Project Management Seminar
4
STACC Retreat
15
PCC Online Faculty Orientation
40
Spring 2014: Drive Book Club
15
An Introduction to Lynda.com
10
Reading Apprenticeship Online Course
22
Michael Wesch speaker (co-sponsored by 3CSN)
New Classified/Staff Orientation
Weekend College/Adjunct Faculty
Orientation (N=16)
Figure 1: Participants were asked to rate the overall value of the event.

Comments about the usefulness of the event content and/or facilitation:
All participants felt the information about LancerPoint, Canvas, and Kronos
was great.
Information about the campus was very helpful for them.

The following are suggestions for improvement:
Many participants suggested shortening the length of the campus tour.
They suggested having the orientation a few weeks before class start.
Many felt that the time was too short and suggested at least 3-hour event
next time.

The following are suggestions for additional topics:
Having handouts with the information discussed during the event and
contact information would
make the event better.
Samples of syllabi.
Introductions of participants to each other.
Figure 1: Participants were asked What was your primary motivation for
attending? The response percentages were: To
learn something new: 84.7%, To brush up on existing knowledge: 5.1%, I
thought this was a mandatory FLEX day: 1.7%,
The stipend: 5.1%, My dean made me go: 3.4%.
WHAT DRIVES PCC? Faculty Professional Learning Days
(N=59)
August 21st & 22nd, 2013
What was your primary
motivation for attending?
Figure 1: Participants were asked
What was your primary motivation for
attending? The response
percentages were: To
learn something new: 84.7%, To brush
up on existing knowledge: 5.1%, I
thought this was a mandatory FLEX
day: 1.7%,
The stipend: 5.1%, My dean made me
go: 3.4%.
Figure 2: Participants were asked if
they learned and benefit from this
event. The response percentages
were: 91.4% learned
something new, 6.9% did not learn
anything new, and 1.7% had no
opinion.
What is to come?
Advocate for
increased budget
Deepen the
bench
Launch faculty
mentoring
program
Bring
managers on
board
Communicate
clearly to the
entire campus