California Community Colleges are at a critical juncture. Sticking with the status quo won’t cut it in the continued- and post-pandemic environment, where students endure deeply entrenched poverty, and institutions will confront disruptive demographic and mounting competition. In a volatile, uncertain environment, colleges need to be acutely attuned to the shifts that are taking place

You will acquire an understanding of warm demander pedagogy (Kleinfeld), which will empower you to leverage your relationships with your students to challenge them through push and care. You will learn how to construct wise feedback and deliver it through video to support your students in achieving their full intellectual potential. This session will include

Please join us and guest speaker Dr. Valerie Lundy-Wagner as she discusses how to use Disproportionate Impact (DI) data to make informed equity decisions on campus and build a better foundational understanding of how the system can be more bold and specific in meeting Vision for Success goals. This webinar is intended for California community

Consider joining us to connect and reflect with colleagues for this fall "R & R" session.  R & R events invite any and all staff to spend relaxed, yet focused time using tools such as journal writing, the arts, and individual and small group reflection to encourage introspection, collegiality, and a renewed sense of purpose

The idea of higher education as an engine of social mobility is widespread and attractive. Yet higher education is also an engine of social reproduction, reinforcing inequities and concentrating access to opportunity and wealth in the highest income families. There are systemic barriers in colleges and universities that prevent higher education from reaching its potential

We will once again seek to recognize the tremendous work done by Rio Hondo employees each month with our two awards: "Rio Stars" - Honoring a specific incident of an individual employee going the “extra mile” to benefit a student(s), colleagues and/or the campus community that occurred within the last year. And "Better Together" -

The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO), in partnership with the California Community Colleges Classified Senate (4CS) and California School Employees Association (CSEA), is inviting all classified professionals to complete a needs assessment to gauge professional development needs related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). As the CCCCO develops a more inclusive professional development plan, we want input

Psychology research has shown that small teaching interventions can have a big impact on how students think about their learning. Changing that narrative can be a gamechanger. This session will provide an overview of this research and guide you through the creation of either a Wisdom Wall or self-affirming ice breaker using either Flipgrid or

Guest: TBA

Now entering the third decade of the twenty-first century, in the library world we find ourselves in uncharted territory, an environment where the place of print collections and the physical books they comprise is being radically redefined, some would say threatened, for several reasons. What I will argue here today is that it’s possible in

This webinar emphasizes how learning successful equity implementation in the system requires a village. This webinar will also provide resources for students and faculty to use on their campus. Registration link to come.