Teacher Education Department Teacher Performance Assessment System TPAS

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WASC Town Hall
Civic Engagement
March 20th, 2007 100pm 230pm Loker Student
Union
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Creating New Paths Together A Strategic
Planning Discussion of Campus and Community
Growth
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Four Core Issues for the WASC Self-Study

• Core Issue 1 Academic Quality
• Improving and
• enhancing student
  outcomes

Core Issue 3 Diversity Facilitating meaningful
Interactions among Members of our Learning
community
Core Issue 2 Campus Change Building
sustainable structures and processes
for educational effectiveness

• Core Issue 4 Civic Engagement
• Integrating
• campus and
• community
• initiatives

http//www.csudh.edu/wasc/
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Definition of Civic Engagement
Civic engagement means working to make a
difference in the civic life of our communities
and developing the combination of knowledge,
skills, values and motivation to make that
difference. It means promoting the quality of
life in a community, through both political and
non-political processes. (Ehrlich, Civic
Responsibility and Higher Education, 2000)
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CSUDH Vision of Communiversity
the model for Communiversity, an institution
that sees its future tied to the community that
it serves and a community that sees its future
growth and development enhanced by the presence
of the University. (Excerpted from the Strategic
Plan and quoted in the institutional proposal)
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Forms of Civic Engagement

• Community Service and Volunteerism
• Community Service-Learning
• Internships and Fieldwork and other
• experiential education methods
• Community-Based Participatory Research
• Political Engagement can you give examples

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Moderator

• Dr. James T. Strong, Dean
• College of Business Administration
• and Public Policy

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Panelists

• Sheree Andaya Coordinator, County of Los Angeles
  Courts,
• JusticeCorps Program CSUDH Alumna
• Ernest Klinger CFO and Executive VP, Its A
  Grind Coffee
• Michael Pucci Director, University Government
  Community Relations , University Advancement
• A. Marco Turk Director , Negotiation, Conflict
  Resolution
• Peace Building Program
• Patrick Naranjo Math/Science Tutor Coordinator ,
  Center for Learning and Academic Support
  Services (CLASS) CSUDH Alumnus
• Irene Vasquez Director , Division of World
  Cultural Studies
• Sue Needham Acting Chair , Anthropology
  Department
• Jill Aguilar Director, Early Advancement Program
  (EAP)
• Kate Esposito Special Education Program
  Coordinator,

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CSUDH Alumna Sheree Andaya, Coordinator
JusticeCorps, County of Los Angeles Courts

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Ernest Klinger, CFO and Executive VP
Its A Grind Coffee

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Michael Pucci, Director
University Government Community Relations
University Advancement

• Maintains regular contact with all our city,
  county, state and federal elected and appointed
  officials and staff members.
• This positive contact also is extended to
  community and business leaders. These key opinion
  and policy influencers are important partners to
  our university.
• University Government and Community Relations
  assists with coordinating campus activities with
  these individuals and groups.

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Dr. A. Marco Turk, Director
Negotiation, Conflict Resolution Peace
Building Program

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CSUDH Alumnus Patrick Naranjo, Tutor Coordinator
Center for Learning and Academic Support Services
(CLASS)

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Dr. Irene Vasquez, Director
Division of World Cultural Studies

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Dr. Sue Needham, Acting Chair
Anthropology Department

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Dr. Jill Aguilar, Director
Early Advancement Program (EAP)

• Improves Communication between H.S. CSUDH
• Tools for seniors to improve their preparedness
• Teacher professional development
• Adjust senior-year coursework to prepare for
  college-level coursesReduce need for college
  remediation courses that do not count toward a
  baccalaureate degree
• Community Contacts Since August 2006

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Dr. Kate Esposito, Special Education Program
Coordinator, Transition to Teaching

• Professional Development School - CSUDH, in
  collaboration with LAUSD, initiated and
  implemented a SPED PDS model in Local Districts
  G, K, I J
• School based
• Student cohort centered
• Equity, diversity, and cultural competence
• Collaborative program design and delivery
• Faculty/School instructional teams
• PDS steering committee
• Transition to Teaching- Designed for University
  interns
• School District contracted teacher of record
• Critical Friends Reflective Inquiry Group
• Accelerated Curriculum
• Shared Classes for General Special Education
• Collaborative Partnerships
• Articulated vision and goals
• Advisory board
• Co-teaching
• Shared resources

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SG4
Major Finding 1 CSU, Dominguez Hills is less
well recognized in its community than might be
expected, given its 45 year history as the only
publicly funded comprehensive university in the
Greater South Bay Region. Recommendations The
University should expand and make more systematic
its outreach to and interaction with chambers of
commerce, service organizations, and industry
organizations in its service area. The
University should increase the involvement of
members of the community in University activities
by expanding its use of advisory boards for
academic programs and administrative units, and
drawing on more community members to serve on
these boards.
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• Economic Impact Report
• of CSUDH upon
• Surrounding Communities
• http//som1.csudh.edu/newsletter/062005/News1.htm
  

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• Personal Development
• Career Success
• Reputation
• Connection and Interest

• Quality of Education
• Diverse Campus Environment
• Off-Campus Delivery Systems
• Preparation for Work Environment and/or Advanced
  Degrees

http//www.csudh.edu/oir/alumnisurvey/alumnisurvey
.html
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• Academic, Personal and
• Social Outcomes
• of Civic Engagement/
• Service-Learning

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• How do we each benefit from
• Civic Engagement activities?

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• Values
• Identity
• Commitment
• Reflection

http//www.csudh.edu/coe/wasc/M_CivEngagementMatri
x.htm
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• What do we want to do related to best practices?