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Council for Basic SkillsWinter 2020 Meeting MinutesCall to orderA meeting of the Council for Basic Skills (CBS) was held at Edmonds Community College, January 30-31, 2020. Meeting Materials on SBCTC – CBS website.Attendees:Dana McNutt-Bates, Darrell Haynes & Hope Gamez-Bellevue, Judi Wise-BTC, Faviola Barbosa & Rosemary Parsons-BBCC, Erica Almeda-Cascadia, Kelli Bloomstrom-Centralia, Heidi Summers & Sara Gallow-Clark, Jenna Pollock & Felicia Dennis-CPTC, Daphne Larios & Erin Holloway-CBC, Lynn Christofersen-CASV, Robin Desilet & Christine Kobayashi-EDCC, Katie Jensen & Nina Benedetti-EVCC, Diane Smith-GHC, Catherine Cantrell & Lionel Candido-GRCC, Steve Washburn & Justin Dampeer-Highline, Kelli Graham & Judi Faast-Hopelink, Karen Lee-LWIT, Cat Howell-Lit.Source, Theresa Stalick-LCC, Curtis Bonney & Shan Lackey-NSC, Robert DeCoteau-NWIC, Teresa McDermott-OC, Dianna Chiabotti & Amie Batton-Pencol, Lori Griffin-Pierce District, Jodi Novotny & Sofia Marshak-RTC, LaShonda Lipscomb & Zahra Alavi-SeaCentral, Nancy Dick for Brigitte Kidd-Shoreline, Sinead Fitzpatrick Plagge & Jennifer Boland & Kate Orellana-SVC, Shannon Klasell-Sound Learning, Jennifer Barber-SPSCC, John Bowers-SoSeattle, Sherri Fujita & Sarah Stiffler-Spokane, Jayme Person-Stafford Creek, Kim Ward & Rebecca Jayasundara-TCC, Amy Diehr-TCH, Susie Pearson-WWCC, Carol Fitzgerald-WA State Penitentiary, Julie Fitch-WVC, Laura Singletary-Whatcom and Marc Coomer & Ericka Tollefson-YVCLiaisons:All were unable to attendMembers not in attendance:All presentBusiness meetingApproval of Minutes – Fall meeting minutes – MOTION made to approve minutes as submitted / seconded and approved, no abstentions.AnnouncmentsWe no longer need a Vice-Chair vote, as Brent Carter has transitioned to Big Bend Community College, so he will continue on.Treasurer’s Report - $25,594As we have a surplus built up in our account, the Executive Committee would like to propose reducing the annual dues from $200/per person to $150/per person, helping to gradually reduce the build up of funds. MOTION MADE to reduce dues from $200 to $150 / seconded and approved, no abstentions.New businessAsset-based language workshopAmber Huffstickler, The Athena Group, led the council through a series of activities to help shift from deficit- to asset-based language thinking. The activities included looking at college and program materials through the lens of equity and inclusion. (materials posted in the CBS Canvas shell)Equity intention-settingLa Shonda Lipscomb and Zahra Alavi, Seattle Central College, provided a workshop around “What is an Ally”? What it means to be one and the work it requires of you. They provided scenarios and in groups discussed how they might handle the situation.Scenario 1: A white faculty member has given you an application to attend the annual Faculty and Staff of Color Conference. You only have 3 folks of color in your entire department. You have not received an application from any of them. Scenario 2: A faculty member comes to you and is concerned that she was not told that she would have a “deaf person” in her class. She states that she needs to know how to communicate with this person. She also states she doesn’t have time to talk the person to ask how they would like to be communicated with and it’s your job to make it easier for her. Scenario 3: Your faculty member says that he has a student in his class who looks like a man, but identifies with “she/her” pronouns. The instructor tells you that he uses the right pronouns in class. However, whenever the teacher talks to you about this student, he refers to her with “he/him” pronouns. Scenario 4: You recently had a diversity training with your staff and faculty. At that meeting, your director, who is black, became very passionate during the training and made folks feel uncomfortable. One week later you have a white faculty member tell you that after the director’s speech at the meeting, they no longer feel “safe or happy” like they used to when the previous director was there. Your previous director was a white woman. Scenario 5: You are in the teacher’s lounge with a few other faculty and staff. Another faculty member comes in and starts chatting with you about a mutual student. The faculty member says: “Can you believe she wants to be a doctor, she can’t even speak English.” You and another faculty member heard it very clearly, as it was said very loudly.What’s in the By-laws?The Executive Committee worked out an activity for the council to do, without the SBCTC staff present, that would allow them to fully reexamine their purpose and guide their by-laws utilizing and equity lens. The activity included these questions:Why are you here at CBS?What does CBS do?What’s the purpose of the committees in CBS?What do you want CBS to look like?What makes CBS relevant to you and your department?In your opinion, what would be the best format for CBS?The summaries of these questions will be sent to the Executive Team to determine next steps.immigrant student listening sessionGail Wootan, Associate Director WSAC, lead a presentation and discussion to learn more about the ELA/ABE community needs related to higher education access and completion, and how/where WSAC might be a resource + include the emerging efforts for facilitating FAFSA/WAFSA application.SBCTC UPDATE – CBS Meeting Materials websiteJon Kerr provided an overall picture of how our programs are performing in the system. He also shared what the federal priorities, which were chosen to align and support our Designing for Equity Movement. They are: Reauthorization of Higher Education Act (HEA); College Affordability; Workforce Development; Basic Needs Assessment; Undocumented Students and Student Veterans.The bipartisan FUTURE Act reinstated a critical stream of funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions. This is critical to Northwest Indian College as one of our basic skills providers. The Act will also facilitate and simplify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) application process.Some of the key FUTURE Act features include:Guaranteed mandatory funding for critical institutional aid programs, including Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Predominantly Black Institutions, and the Asian American, Native American, and Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Programs.The Act also Eliminates 22 questions from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).It will also end the need for many community college students to undergo the cumbersome student aid “verification” process—which requires students to supply copies of documentation such as tax returns, W-2 statements, etc. to verify the data submitted.The Act also Facilitates access to income-based repayment, which allows low-income individuals to have repayment amounts aligned to their income. If income is low enough, payments can be as low as $0 dollars per month. In the past this option has been dramatically under-utilized by low-income, low-balance borrowers—often community college students.Our state is required to submit a new combined state plan to OCTAE for 2020-23, it is due 3/2 to ensure that the funding is available 7/1. The state plans historically have been due 4/1, which has put some pressure on partners get their sections updated. The Title II Section is complete and passed its initial review by OCTAE. The rolled-up plan is called the TAP Plan and is compiled by the Workforce Education and Coordinating Board (WTECB), they plan to send the plan out for the 30-day comment period next bined state plans receive after 4/1 will be accepted, however, it does not provide them with the 90-days required for review. Which means, that they cannot guarantee funding to be available 7/1.Will Durden shared how is working on Ability to Benefit. His first proposal to OCTAE were if a student is co-enrolled in HS+ and I-BEST, the first 6 credits would be waived and they would receive financial aid right way. That proposal was rejected and so he submitted a second proposal modified based on OCTAE’s feedback. Now we wait another six months to see if OCTAE approves or not.Questions for SBCTC received after the meeting:Where does the department get funding to pay for high school transcripts? There is no readily available source to pay for this. Perhaps the college foundation is a possibility. Also, using WDC support funding for co-enrolled students might be possible. Finally, advocacy by the department for the student to see if transcripts could be released at no cost.Students who are incarcerated: HS+ how do they maintain enrollment once sentenced and moved? If a student transfers between one corrections site to another, the first site should transcribe all completed competencies. These competencies would be accepted by the receiving corrections program and the student could pick up where they left off. As HS+ becomes available at all sites, the requirements for graduation will be the same so students do not lose ground when they are transferred.Are these students possibly going to be expected to pay back their tuition? No, students funded through WIOA Title II funds or by the DOC contract would be expected to pay back tuition.Do all Basic Skills within the CTC’s have workload inequity between ABE/ESL faculty and academic/prof/tech faculty like Seattle Colleges? No. Each college negotiates ABE/ELA salaries and workloads separately. Salaries and workload vary significantly across the system. CBS may want to collect this information through the listserv.How is CBS and SBCTC supporting equitable workload for faculty in basic skills? We would suggest that CBS collect this information and then share it with their respective Vice Presents of Instruction and the Instruction Commission through the CBS Chair. The SBCTC BEdA Office has shared this with our Deputy Executive Director and with the IC Transitions Committee. As this is a part of the negotiated agreement at each college, SBCTC has no say in the local negotiations. We do however advocate for equity when the occasion presents mittee ReportsGuided Pathways Committee – Heidi Summers and Faviola BarbosaWhere are folks with Guided Pathway?Heard about BBCC’s boot camp/transitioning to college level – Strand for Rendezvous?Equity & Inclusion Committee – LaShonda Lipscomb and Zahra AlaviNew co-chair, Hope Gamez – Zahra is leaving the end of the quarterDebriefed the morning activity – there’s need to continue doing the activity/practiceNeed training on anti-racist and anti-biased approachesNeed training around safety for People of ColorBringing in “Student Voice”- it can be very emotional for them, how are we helping them after they share their stories with us?How do we build in space/time to debrief and process when we experience challenging situations?Innovations Committee – Robert DeCoteau & Sarah StifflerThey would like to develop an Ability to Benefit Implementation GuideCommunity Outreach, Recruitment & Retention Committee – Sherri Fujita & Erin HollowayThey reviewed provider submissions from 2018-19 federal reports questions 5 and 7. They are looking to see what’s working, marketing, retention.Potential ATC/CBS meeting in the fall. Reviewed the IC work plan and found areas where the councils need to collaborate to achieve the IC goal.Program Integration & Development Committee – Laura SingletaryStill looking for a co-chairNew Deans/Directors Canvas shell is being developed with help from SBCTCAction ItemsThere were no action itemsCBS Name tags – from now on, please bring your college name tag to use at the CBS meetings, if you do not have one, Christy will make you one to use at the meeting.Meeting Schedule for 2019-20Spring – April 23-24, 2020 – Clark CollegeMeeting Schedule for 2020-21Summer – July 2020 – there will be NO meeting at Rendezvous ................
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