IEPI: Institutional Effective Partnership Initiative Workshop -- Student Support (Re)Defined in Action: Applying Research-based Support Strategies to Boost Student Success (Canada College)

Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative (IEPI) Workshop
Student Support (Re)defined in Action:
Applying Research-based Support Strategies to Boost Student Success

How can your district or college better structure support both inside and outside the classroom to maximize student success? Student Support (Re)defined is a multiyear study by the California Community College system’s RP Group that identifies—through interviews with nearly 900 students—the six most critical factors contributing to student progress and achievement. These factors include providing direction to students, keeping them focused on their goals, and creating a campus culture that engages, nurtures, and values all students. Additional information about this study is available online at http://rpgroup.org/projects/student-support-redefined.

The Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative and RP Group are holding several regional workshops on how to integrate these success factors into students’ daily experiences at your college. You will have an opportunity to share what your college is doing, learn about successful strategies at other colleges, and reflect on ways your college’s policies and practices can better support student success and institutional effectiveness.

All workshops will take place from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Registration is required through EventBrite, although there is no registration fee for attending.

• Friday, September 4 at San Diego Mesa College
  Registration link: https://iepiworkshopmesasept2015.eventbrite.com

• Friday, September 4 at Canada College
  Registration link: http://iepiworkshopcanadacollegesept2015.eventbrite.com

• Friday, September 11 at Shasta College
  Registration link: https://iepiworkshopshastasept2015.eventbrite.com

• Friday, September 11 at San Bernardino Valley College
  Registration link: https://iepiworkshopsbvcsept2015.eventbrite.com

• Friday, October 30 at Allan Hancock College
  Registration link: http://iepiworkshopallanhancockoct2015.eventbrite.com

• Friday, November 6 at Clovis Community College, Herndon Campus
  Registration link: http://iepiworkshopstatecenternov2015.eventbrite.com

• Friday, December 4 at Golden West College
  Registration link: http://iepiworkshopgoldenwestdec2015.eventbrite.com

Who Should Attend?
Each district/college is encouraged to bring a team of representatives that could include the following: CEO, CIO, CSSO, CBO, faculty representatives, classified staff representative, institutional researcher, and coordinators from basic skills, SSSP and student equity.

What’s on the Agenda?
Each workshop will address questions, including:

• What is Student Support (Re)defined and the connection to IEPI?
• What initiatives, programs or activities are colleges doing that connect to the six success factors?
• What does Student Support (Re)defined look like in action from peer colleges? Time will be included for teams to develop plans for implementing new ideas and/or expanding existing ideas and connecting them to the new IEPI indicator framework.

Workshop Details
Lunch will be provided. While there is no cost to attend the workshop, participants are responsible for any travel costs.

About IEPI
The Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative (IEPI) is a collaborative effort to help advance the institutional effectiveness of California Community Colleges. Most importantly, IEPI will enhance the system’s ability to effectively serve students. It is jointly administered by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and College of the Canyons. Major components of the initiative include development of the statewide indicators per SB 852 and SB 860, making Technical Assistance Teams (now called Partnership Resource Teams) and implementation grants available to colleges interested in receiving assistance, and providing professional development opportunities.

About The RP Group
The RP Group, a non-partisan nonprofit, strengthens the abilities of California Community Colleges to gather, analyze and act on information in order to strengthen student success. Grounded in our roots as a professional association for researchers and planners, the RP Group provides research, evaluation, professional development, and technical assistance services that support evidence-based decision-making and inquiry.