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Charge

Members of the Basic Skills Committee work together to develop, recommend, coordinate and implement strategies to help Chabot students successfully acquire the basic skills necessary for their future development.  This will include, but is not limited to: serving as a central forum for campus dialog on the topic of "basic skills", seeking out effective practices developed here at Chabot and elsewhere; and assisting in the identification and acquisition of necessary resources for basic skills program. Our charge is to:

• Define what constitutes "basic skills" Chabot.
• Consider issues relevant to the assessment and placement of basic skills students.
• Collaborate with administration and various campus units in conducting the college's basic skills self-assessment.
• Coordinate with various campus units on larger college-wide planning goals
• Collaborate with faculty to apply/adapt research-based and effective practices in basic skills to Chabot classrooms.

Core Representatives

FACULTY CO-CHAIRS:

• Carolyn Arnold, Institutional Research & Grants
• Rachel Maldonado-Azimina, Counseling and EOPS

ADMINISTRATION

• Marcia Corcoran, Dean, Language Arts
• Matthew Kritscher, Dean, Counseling
• George Railey, Vice President, Academic Services

ACADEMIC SENATE

• Ming-Lun Ho, Science and Mathematics

FACULTY ASSOCIATION

• TBA

FACULTY

• Carolyn Arnold, Institutional Research & Grants, IPBC Representative
• Cynthia Hicks, Coordinator, Learning Connections
• Hisako Hintz, Language Arts, ESL
• Alisa Klevens, Language Arts, WRAC Coordinator
• Deonne Kunkel, Language Arts
• Rani Nijjar, Social Sciences
• Shirley Pejman, DSPS Representative
• Pedro Reynoso, Library
• Carole Splendore, School of the Arts
• Cynthia Stubblebine, Science and Mathematics
• Michael Thompson, Social Sciences

CLASSIFIED

•  Stacey Moore, Student Services Representative

OTHER RESOURCES

• Melinda Matsuda, Vice President, Student Services

Meeting Dates

Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday,12 Noon - 1:00 p.m., Room 1814, unless otherwise noted

Next scheduled meeting:   December 8, 2009