California Community Colleges Success Network Events
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August 17-October 4, 2020
Equity 101 is a 7-week online course intended to create a space for educators to learn some of the many teaching and learning perspectives for equity, and to reflect, collaborate, and deepen our practice as educators.
August 3rd, 5th, 11th, and 13th; 10:00-11:00 am
Join the California Community College Success Network (3CSN) for their ongoing workshop series. New events will be offered every week. Join the
3CSN email list
to stay up-to-date.
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Bakersfield College Faculty Diversification Fellowship
This Fellowship will provide post-baccalaureate students interested in teaching in a 2-year college with an opportunity to participate in a Faculty Fellowship Program. This program will provide candidates a mentorship collaboration with a Bakersfield College faculty.
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USC Syllabus Review Guide
In this interactive resource, the University of Southern California Center for Urban Education outlines the traditional purpose of the syllabus, uses findings from empirical and peer-reviewed articles to answer questions that are often asked about syllabi, and offers examples of language for syllabi that support or hinder learners’ experiences.
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Study:Impacts of Virtual Mentoring on STEM Students
You are invited to participate in a
research study being conducted out of UC Berkeley. The intended goals for this work are to identify the ways in which the COVID-19 crisis has impacted the mentor-mentee relationship in science research experiences, and make recommendations related to mentoring practices and implementation of these programs.
The study leaders are hoping to
recruit mentors and/or their mentees for one interview, sometime between now and October 2020. For questions, contact Laleh Coté at
[email protected].
Learn more about this important study
here
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WORKING TOWARDS EQUITY IN STEM EDUCATION
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Resources for Equity and Social Justice in STEM
The Southern California Regional Collaborative is run out of the UCLA Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS) which has a continued commitment toward promoting equity in STEM. CEILS has curated materials from across the nation to help work towards a goal of equity and social justice in STEM education.
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Becoming Agents of Change in STEM:
The USC Center for Urban Education's STEM Toolkit
The Center for Urban Education (CUE)’s STEM Toolkit features tools that help teams and individuals reflect on how their own actions and behaviors, as well as institutional practices and resources, affect Latina and Latino students’ success.
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Scientist Spotlights: Highlighting Diverse Scientists
The Scientist Spotlights Initiative empowers college and university science educators to implement inclusive curricula that help ALL students see themselves in science. They provide access to easy-to- implement assignments/activities that link course content to the stories of counter-stereotypical scientists.
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In the News: Equity in Higher Education
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Academics for Black Survival and Wellness:
The Rewind and Remix
This 21-day personal and professional development initiative is for academics to honor the toll of racial trauma on Black people, resist anti-Blackness and white supremacy, and facilitate accountability and collective action.
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Featured Podcast Episode:
Cultural Humility Podcast: Sustaining Conversations on Racism
Dr. Miguel E. Gallardo and Dr. Steve Burghardt discuss what needs to happen for us to sustain conversations on racism. In this episode, they addresses Dr. Burghardt's new book and the role White communities and communities of color have in sustaining conversations on racism.
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Featured Workshop:
Inclusive Pedagogy in Higher Education:
A Mindset and Continual Practice
August 7th, 10 am - 12 pm PST
Faculty and instructors are preparing to enter a changed classroom climate in the fall. The Black Lives Matter movement and the resulting public reckoning are causing many educators to examine the hegemonic values that have molded our classrooms over time.
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Featured Article:
Responding to Microaggressions in Online Learning Environments During a Pandemic
With faculty and students both stressed during the pandemic, microaggressions may become more frequent in our online learning environment. Here are some practical strategies for mitigating the impact of microaggressions in online and remote classes.
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APLU COVID-19 Resources
The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) has collected several resources that can help increase equity in your online teaching.
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What Worked This Spring? Well-Designed & -Delivered Courses
Professors and students alike viewed their remote learning experience most favorably this spring when their courses incorporated more "best practices." That's the path to making the inevitable virtual education better this fall. Two new studies add to our understanding of how students and professors viewed their experiences with remote learning last spring after colleges were forced to close their campuses in response to COVID-19.
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6 Quick Ways to Be More Inclusive in a Virtual Classroom
If you’re teaching this fall, you’re probably trying to figure out how your courses will be affected by the dual reverberations of Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter. Being prepared for an uncertain semester means both improving your remote-teaching skills and finding ways to make your classroom more inclusive.
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In the News: Remote Teaching
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Pima Community College's 2020 Virtual Conference:
Beyond Imagination: The Fierce Urgency to Claim the Heart of Education
August 7th and 8th, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
The road to recovery lies through change, innovation, and moral imagination—Our individual and collective ability to envision and enact a higher education that allows all students to learn, thrive and reach their highest potential.
Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Laura Rendon and Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
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The UCLA Center for Diverse Leadership in Science
Summer Talk Series
The UCLA Center for Diverse Leadership in Science (CDLS) will be hosting a Summer Series of professional development and research talks with topics from Financial Responsibility to Soil Contamination. These talks are open to the public and all are welcome!
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SI Friday Happy Hours
Join colleagues across the country for stimulating conversation each week on topics such as:
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Webinar from the SEA Change Institute
Talking about Leaving STEM Revisited: STEM Learning Experiences and Their Consequences
Future webinars in this series:
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Bringing Broader Impacts Training to Your Institution
ARIS Webinars: Broader Impacts 101
- Tuesday, Aug. 4, 12-2 p.m. PST
- Wednesday, Sept. 2, 10-12 p.m. PST
- Wednesday, Oct. 1, 10-12 p.m. PST
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2020 SACNAS National
Diversity in STEM Conference
October 19-24th, 2020
The largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM diversity event in the country, the SACNAS conference, serves to equip, empower, and energize participants for their academic and professional paths in STEM.
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Free Webinar:
Scientific Teaching in Practice (STiP) Webinar
August 8th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm PST
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Looking for more events?
Check Out the UCLA CEILS Curated Calendar of Events
Looking for other online events related to inclusive teaching or student equity? Check out the CEILS calendar of events for a curated list of local and national workshops, webinars, and conferences! The calendar is updated regularly so check back often.
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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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For the First Time, Latinos are the Largest Group of Californians Admitted to UC
In a historic shift, Latinos are the leading group of prospective freshmen accepted into the University of California for fall 2020, part of the system’s largest and most diverse first-year class ever admitted, according to preliminary data released Thursday. “This has been an incredibly challenging time as many students have been making their college decision in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said UC President Janet Napolitano.
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A Survival Guide for Black, Indigenous, and Other Women of Color in Academe
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uthor Aisha S. Ahmad writes "This week, I was awarded tenure at my university. Brown. Muslim. Woman. Tenured. As I enter this new stage of my career, I can think only of you: the BIPOC woman starting her journey in higher education. The next generation. There are many things I wish I had known when I was new to academic life. I wish to disclose these secrets to you, to help protect your gifted mind from the injuries and injustices that keep Black, Indigenous, and other women of color out of academe.".
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Turns Out You Can Build Community in a Zoom Classroom
Covid-19 made this spring — well, you know the words: unprecedented, uncertain, weird, insane, scary. But it posed even more challenges for professors who teach in 10-week quarters. After all, those of you on the semester system had already met and connected with your students when campuses began shutting down over spring break. At least you could use the remaining weeks of the semester to build on what you had started in person. Those of us on the quarter system didn’t have anything to build on. We came back from spring break to entirely new courses in virtual classrooms filled with new students, many of whom we’d never met. We had to create community from scratch.
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One Way to Show Your Students You Care and Why You Might Want to Try It
For years, Reesa-Marie Dawkins has included on her course syllabi a note to students titled: “When life happens … send me an email.” In several paragraphs, Dawkins, an adjunct professor for the University of Alaska system who teaches statistics and logistics online, describes the kinds of personal challenges students might confront during the term, and urges them to seek her help when they do. “I will help you get through it,” she writes, “(no matter what it is).”
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New Faculty: Making the Transition from Graduate School to a Primarily Undergraduate Institution
The vast majority of new college and university faculty members receive very little training for their jobs, and often very little training once they have their jobs. How can we support their transition from graduate school to a primarily undergraduate institution (PUI)? Every year thousands of higher-education faculty members begin a job for which they have had little or no training.
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The Professor Is In: Fear, Anxiety, and the Faculty Career
Graduate students, untenured faculty members, and even some tenured ones are worried about what the economic fallout of Covid-19 will mean for their careers in higher education. Reports and rumors are flying — about budget cuts, program eliminations, and faculty layoffs — at both private and public institutions, even as they grapple with the prospect of “reopening” in the fall, with no vaccine in sight.
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How Did Six Community Colleges Design Supports for Part-Time Faculty? A Report on Achieving the Dream's Engaging Adjuncts Project
This report describes findings from a study of the Engaging Adjunct Faculty in the Student Success Movement project, a two-year initiative led by Achieving the Dream to develop and implement strategies to support adjunct faculty in improving student outcomes. Work in the project—guided by design principles related to classroom activities, professional development, employment policies, and the use of data—was led by teams of full- and part-time faculty and administrators at six participating community colleges.
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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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Assistant Adjunct Professor
Organic, Physical, and General Chemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
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Assistant Professor
Climate Equity and Environmental Justice
University of California, Berkeley
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Animal Physiology
Pomona College
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Lecturer Pool of Aerospace Engineering
San Jose State University
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Instructional Specialist of Technology/Education
California Northstate University
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Adjunct and Part-Time Positions (many disciplines)
Los Angeles Community College District
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Adjunct and Part-Time Positions (many disciplines)
North Orange County Community College District
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Assistant Adjunct Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Director for Educational Analytics and Assessment, Center for Educational Effectiveness
UC Davis
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Educator of Equity and Accessibility
San Jose State University
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Lecturer Pool Civil and Environmental Engineering
San Jose State University
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Adjunct and Part-Time Positions (many disciplines)
Ventura County Community College District
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Adjunct and Part-Time Positions (many disciplines)
Coast Colleges
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To have your openings posted in our newsletter, please send job announcements to
[email protected]
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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
[email protected].
If you wish to be added to the California Regional Collaborative mailing list for future newsletters and special announcements, please send your request to
[email protected]
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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
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