Instructional Programs
& Services
2012 Bellwether Award Winner:
Pasadena City College
Pasadena, CA
Math Jam: Setting First-Year Students on the Right Pathway
Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California, won in the Instructional Programs and Services category, which recognizes programs and services that foster or support teaching and learning in the community college. The program titled, Math Jam: Setting First-Year Students on the Right Pathway is an award-winning two-week, no-cost summer program that provides a creative, engaging, no-stress environment in which first-year community college students can experience math success before beginning college. The transition-to-college program offers innovative math instruction, structured supplemental support, and orientation-to-college activities.
Presenters:
Mark W. Rocha,
Superintendent-President, Pasadena City College
Javier Carbajal-Ramos,
Program Outreach Specialist, Teaching and Learning Center, Pasadena City College
Planning, Governance
& Finance
2012 Bellwether Award Winner:
Alamo Colleges
San Antonio, TX
Collaboration, Communication and Consensus: An Organic Approach to the Budget Crisis
Alamo Community College, San Antonio, Texas, won in the Planning, Governance and Finance category, which recognizes programs or activities that improve efficiency and effectiveness in the community college. The program titled, Collaboration, Communication and Consensus: An Organic Approach to the Budget Crisis tackled fiscal cuts in the midst of unprecedented enrollment increases and rising operating costs. Fifty leaders from throughout the organization, including trustees, met the challenge head on during six days of budget retreats. Twenty-five budget reduction strategies, focusing also on student success, were identified and implemented.
Presenters:
Gareth Beitzel,
Board of Trustee, Chairman, Alamo Colleges
Bruce Leslie,
Chancellor, Alamo Colleges
Diane Snyder,
Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, Alamo Colleges
Workforce
Development
2012 Bellwether Award Winner:
Quinebaug Valley Community College
Danielson, CT
Breaking Down the Walls: A Pathway to the American Dream. STRIDE (Skills, Transition, Respect, Integrity, Direction, and Employment)
Quinebaug Valley Community College, Danielson, Connecticut won in the Workforce Development category, which identifies strategic alliances that promote community and economic development. The program titled, Breaking Down the Walls: A Pathway to the American Dream. STRIDE (Skills, Transition, Respect, Integrity, Direction, and Employment) is an innovative, state-funded transitional workforce program serving parents both pre and post-release coming out of incarceration. Curriculum and post-release case management supports are designed to assist parents in reentering the workforce resume their parental roles and reduce recidivism.
Presenters:
Aili Arisco Cordova,
STRIDE Career Specialist, Quinebaug Valley Community College
Catherine Menounos,
STRIDE Job Developer, Quinebaug Valley Community College
Julie Scrapchansky,
STRIDE Program Director, Quinebaug Valley Community College
Andrew Clark,
Director/Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, Central Connecticut State University
Dr. Ross Tomlin,
President, Quinebaug Valley Community College