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Full Title: Reducing Implicit Bias: Improving Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
on College Campuses
Session 1: Basic Implicit Bias Training
When: 8:00am - 12:00pm
Where: Board Room
Presenter: Dr. Rita Cameron-Wedding
Professor of Ethnic Studies and Coordinator Women's Studies Program
Sacramento State University
https://www.csus.edu/ethn/faculty and staff/cameron-wedding.html
Description: Implicit bias leads us to think of our disciplines as race neutral. Many people say
“I treat everyone the same, I don’t notice race.” Being oblivious to race and how
implicit bias can be embedded into the course material and the teaching methodology
means that students can inadvertently be disadvantaged in the classroom. The same
thing can happen when dealing with gender. Much of the race and gender biases that
occur in public systems including educational institutions are unintentional. Even
people who believe they treat everyone the same can discriminate in subtle but consequential
ways. Bias reflected in the curriculum, classroom, staff and faculty hiring, and student
services/discipline, can negatively impact the quality of the campus climate.
This two-part training is designed to explore how implicit biases based on identities,
e.g., race, gender/sexuality, social class, religion, age and disability can adversely
impact campus life.
This training will explore strategies to reduce biases and simultaneously support
diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Session 1: Basic Implicit Bias Training
Participants are asked to take the Harvard Implicit Association Test prior to Session 1:
Participants are recommended to takes as many tests as possible.
Each test requires 10-15 minutes to complete.
Session 1 will discuss:
- The relationship between colorblindness, stereotyping and institutional discrimination.
- The difference between historic and contemporary biases such as micro-aggressions
and how they persist on college campuses virtually unnoticed.
- How implicit bias can affect teaching styles, student-teacher and student-student
interactions, grading and the choice of course materials.
- How coded (race and gendered) language can promote biases.
Participants are strongly recommended to attend Session 1 in order to benefit most from Session 2 on Tuesday, October 9,
2018.
Presentation: Implicit Bias: Impact on Decision-Making
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When: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Where: Room 1421 (Fish Bowl)
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When: 9:30am - 11:30am
Where: Room 1738
Presenter: Dennis Prendergast
Description: Dennis Prendergast of Safety Training Zone will be providing a 2-hour workshop covering
defensive driving techniques focusing on passenger van safety, including vehicle inspection.
This training is for all Athletic Department coaches, assistant coaches, volunteers,
and staff who will be driving student-athletes in our fleet of 10-passenger vans.
This workshop is also highly suggested for other department staff that intend to use
the athletic vans to drive students. Upon completion of the workshop, a certificate
will be issued. A certificate of completion is required of all van drivers.
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Full Title: The Academic Success and Tutoring Center - Making It Work For You and
Your Students
When: 10:00am - 11:50am
Where: ASTC, Inside Library
Presenters: George Olgin, John Gaines, Gema Leon, and Sara Simmons
Description: One-on-one tutoring, group tutoring and study sessions, student success workshops,
quiet study spaces, computers and printers, borrowable technology and materials—these
are just a few of the many things we offer at the ASTC. This session will cover who
we are, what we do, and how and why we do it. Additionally, we want to hear from
you—the faculty and staff of SCC! How can we better support you and your students?
Let’s work together to assist, encourage, and inspire the students of Solano Community
College!
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When: 10:00am - 10:50am
Where: Room 743
Presenter: Amy Obegi
Description: Every program must map their relevant SLOs to their PLOs so the program learning outcomes
for degrees and certificates can be assessed. Come learn how to do this mapping in
CurricuNET META. Accreditation requires that all PLOs are assessed, and we are required
to report our completion rates yearly. Help us to get to the 100% completion level!
Discipline faculty are encouraged to come as a team.
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When: 11:00am - 11:50am
Where: Room 743
Presenter: Amy Obegi
Description: Come learn how to input your SLO assessments into CurricUNET META. Solano College's
goal is to have ALL course SLOs assessed and in META by the end of Fall 2018. If you
haven't already had this training, come see how it is done!
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When: 11:00am - 11:50am
Where: Room 445
Presenters: Mary Jones, Sal Abbate, and Tracy Drake
Description: Learn how your retiree medical benefits work once you retire. You will learn about
what options you have available in retirement and how our medical plan coordinates
with Medicare. We will also cover who to contact if you need to make changes once
you retire.
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When: 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: Room 1738
Presenters: Dale Murray (Commissioner Coast Conference) and Erik Visser (Athletic Director)
Description: CCCAA rules workshop mandated for all Solano College staff, coaches, and administrators
who are in contact with student athletes. This includes Head Coaches, paid and volunteer
assistant coaches, academic advisors, athletic trainers, Admissions & Records and
Financial Aid staff.
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When: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: Board Room
Presenters: Michael Wyly and Academic Senate
Description: Proactive and cooperative leadership across the campus community is vital to our work
on Guided Pathways, as we embark together on this transformative work. Join the Academic
Senate, School Coordinators, Administrators, members of the newly formed Guided Pathways
steering committee, and any other interested members of our campus community, as we
discuss Guided Pathways in the context of Solano Community College. This two-hour
meeting will begin our exploration of the Guided Pathways Model through a general
introduction. We will also review, discuss, and provide input on the development of
a program-mapping template for use by discipline faculty—including our counselors—to
inform our AY2019-20 catalog and future student portals. Finally, as time allows,
we will engage in a preliminary discussion of strategies for the development of meta-majors/focus-areas
at SCC. Your participation and input during this session is greatly needed and desired.
Facilitated by LaNae Jaimez (Academic Senate President), David Williams (VPAA), and
Michael J. Wyly (Guided Pathways Coordinator).
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When: 1:00pm - 3:30pm
Where: Room 446
Presenter: Vahid Eskandari
Description:
- All FT and Adjunct Chemistry faculty are invited to discuss the SLO and PLO assessments
for Fall 2018
- All FT and Adjunct Chemistry faculty are invited to discuss and propose plans for
moving to the New Science building
- All FT and Adjunct chemistry faculty are invited to have a detailed discussion regarding
CHEM 160 and CHEM 10 prerequisites
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When: 1:00pm - 2:20pm
Where: Room 443
Presenter: Maureen Powers
Description: Understanding adult learners is critical to the success of any adult education program.
Recruitment, retention and graduation hinges upon student investment and continued
engagement with the program. Program administrators and educators of adult learners
must understand the factors which influence engagement. The generation from which
an adult belongs provides important clues to the unique context of the learner and
reveals subtle preferences which can be used attract and retain adult students. Each
generation typically values and weighs aspects of the educational experience differently.
Taking note of the characteristic differences can help educators to respond to diverse
needs and expectations. Presentation will include research-based best practice techniques
for creating curriculum designed to accommodate the needs of adult learners across
generations and opportunities for faculty to engage in critical discourse.
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When: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: Room 701
Presenters: J.W. Schouten and Carlene Coury
Description: Professors Carlene Coury and Jack Schouten will portray two college professors who
are experiencing difficulties in their classrooms. You are invited to eavesdrop on
them as they talk about issues with attendance, problems with participation, and deadlines
missed or abandoned—you decide.
The thinking behind this presentation is to allow you a forum to vent—if necessary—and
to comment on what you have witnessed, asking after what improvements might work.
We want you to be heard in a collegial setting, examining what we might do to help
you feel better about what you encounter as you teach.
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When: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: Room 702
Presenter: Leslie Banta
Description: This session will discuss the latest developments in the AB 705 implementation. Leslie
Banta is a co-chair of the statewide senate task force which made the recommendations
about implementation that were approved by the senate at this spring’s plenary session.
Presentation: AB 705 - Solano
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When: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: Room 444
Presenters: Nancy Jodaitis and Naomi Follett
Description: Learn how to best support Dreamers – students without a documented citizenship status.
These students struggle with several very complicated roadblocks to accomplishing
their educational and career goals, but the Dreamer movement is growing, and Faculty
and Educational Administrators can be strong allies who make a difference in these
students' lives. Please join us to learn how you can help Dreamers on campus as an
Undocu-Ally!
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When: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Where: Room 445
Presenters: Mary Jones, Sal Abbate, and Tracy Drake
Description: Learn about the different leaves available to employees including but not limited
to FMLA, CFRA, Parental leave, pregnancy disability leave, are just a few examples.
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When: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Where: Room 443
Presenters: Jenny Gonzalez, Guy Brookshire, Sabine Bolz, and Ingeborg Bourdon
Description: Learn and hear the experience of teaching on Travis AFB. Our military students are
dedicated, ready to learn and are striving to succeed in their education and career.
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