The Chancellor's Office sub-unit responsible
for Basic Skills and English as a Second Language (ESL) provides
State Leadership activities for the colleges, including, technical
assistance; program evaluation; faculty/staff development;
research and identification of emerging issues; advocacy; and
special project funding and
 monitoring,
such as California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) Prep courses. The sub-unit also answers
requests for information on community college Basic Skills and ESL
activities from the public, lawmakers, the media and other
interested parties.
A Chancellor's Office Specialist for Academic
Planning and Development is the lead staff for the sub-unit. In
addition to providing overall coordination of sub-unit activities,
the Specialist also chairs the Chancellor's Basic Skills Advisory
Committee. The primary mission of that committee is complementary
to sub-unit activities. It provides a forum for discussion and
dissemination of research findings and other information on the
public value of Basic Skills and ESL instruction and on resource
needs and policy issues related to serving underprepared students
in the California Community Colleges.
Strategic Goals for the Basic Skills & ESL
Sub-unit
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To maximize the effectiveness
and efficient utilization of the system's Basic Skills and ESL
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To identify, promote, and
disseminate information on exemplary programs and best
practices in serving academically underprepared community
college students, to achieve program improvements through
their replication and adaptation to the unique characteristics
of individual community colleges/districts
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To recognize and inform the
public about the system's achievement on the basic skills
mission and on how that contributes tot he availability of
outcome data on post-secondary and/or employment goals
attained by students who were academically under-prepared when
they entered community colleges. |
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