1. Provide trainings and workshops around equity focuses, culturally responsive and
anti-racist curriculum, syllabi, and instructional practices. |
- Professional Development Co-Coordinators have introduced some training within the
College Hour.The Community Of Praxis (COP) will further address part of this goal.
Further work to emerge from faculty participating in USC Equity Alliance session
on integrating Equity into the curriculum as well as through the IEPI Partnership
Resource Team. Next steps to specify a faculty lead role and put out a call; work
to include developing “bite size” and interactive resources to share with faculty.
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2. Develop an equity-focused guide to curriculum and syllabi development. |
- Faculty and Instruction leadership are committed. Initial discussions held at Department
Chair Meetings; planning in process through the IEPI Partnership Resource Team process
with implementation to begin Fall 21.
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3. Conduct audits of curriculum for cultural responsiveness, inclusivity, and teaching
about historical and systemic racism. |
- Faculty and Instruction leadership are committed. Initial discussions held at Department
Chair Meetings; planning in process through the IEPI Partnership Resource Team process
with implementation to begin Fall 21.
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4. Provide implicit bias testing and related training across the college in partnership
with the district. |
- Mission College hosted a Community Conversation on Implicit Bias during its All College
Day in late January 2021. The entire campus was invited to take the Implicit Association
Test and create an understanding and awareness of implicit bias and how it plays out
in our everyday lives. This was co-facilitated by Karen Gee, Psychology Faculty, and
Ken Songco, Director of Student Equity and Success.
- A Follow Up Community Conversation on Implicit Bias was conducted in March 2021 to
go over the Six Interventions to Tackle Implicit Bias from Georgetown University and
to reflect on one or two interventions participants can try either in the workplace
or in their daily lives.
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5. Establish a work team to apply for and plan for the implementation of a student
UMOJA program. |
- Umoja counselor, Umoja community task force is formed, A2MEND participation. Strategic
plan to grow and support UMOJA and support for African American students.
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6. Establish a work team to plan for the re-introduction of the Student Leadership
and Engagement Institute. |
- The Professional Development Co-Coordinators have been tasked with reviewing options
for implementation. Further discussions to be held with implementation delayed until
2021-2022.
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7. Incorporate student feedback from student surveys, point of service surveys, and
other methods to make changes to practices and communications (such as Steps to Success,
Cranium Café, and student notices related to enrollment and financial aid.) |
- Early Alert Redesign Project – Student feedback collected on Early Alert messaging.
- Equity convening in March is focused on support services. Have those participants
take the lead on this initiative. Already engaged in analysis of steps to success.
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8. In partnership with ASG, establish a student events workgroup to provide resources,
support, and coordination in the planning of events that celebrate the history and
culture of our diverse student body. |
- ASG has been limited in events due to COVID; Exploring a partnership with the Mission
Cultural Communication Alliance and ASG in order to ensure students have the necessary
support to organize and implement relevant cultural and historical programming.
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Additional Activities to Support This Priority |
- Social Justice Program: The Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences launched
a brand new Social Justice Program and AA-T degree in Fall 2020. This new rich curriculum
presents students with courses on Social Justice, Race and Ethnicity, Gender Studies
and LGBTQ Studies. Most recently, the college moved the LGBTQ studies class to zero
textbook cost.
- OER Zero Textbook Cost Program: According to the ASCCC California Community Colleges
#RealCollege Survey from March 2019, 50% of California Community College students
were food insecure in the prior 30 days, 60% or respondents were housing insecure
in the previous year, 19% of respondents were homeless in the previous year.
- These insecurity rates were higher for marginalized students, i.e. for students from
LGBTQ, African American, Latinx, Native American communities.The cost of textbook
also has disproportionate effects on minoritized populations as exemplified by higher
reported educational difficulties (such as avoiding or failing a class due to textbook
costs) for Latinx Students compared to white students according to a presentation
by ASCCC OERI representatives at MC Academic Senate Fall 2020 special session devoted
to OER.
- The above quoted insecurities were most likely exacerbated by the Covid pandemic.
To help address these equity gaps during the pandemic, Mission College implemented
a number of successful initiatives such as the Second Harvest Food Bank, Mission College
Food Assistance program, Emergency Assistance funding program and the Mission College
Laptop/WiFi Hotspot loan program.
- Thanks to funding from the Land Corporation and efforts of district Chancellor and
MC Academic Senate, Mission College instituted an OER fund in Spring 2019 designed
to help faculty increase the use of OER materials and transition their classes to
ZTC status.
- According to our Spring 2021 MC OER Report, our number of ZTC sections has increased.
For example, for spring semesters, it rose from 42 sections in Spring 2019 to 84 sections
in Spring 2020 and 251 sections in Spring 2021.
- Student savings from the 2019-2020 OER funded projects will be above $100,0000 and
these annual savings will continue subsequent years. MC Academic Senate and MC faculty
are continuing to work hard to increase the number of ZTC classes and thus help eliminate
barriers to education and close equity gaps for all Mission College students, particularly
those from minoritized groups.
- Mission College Laptop/WiFi Hotspot Loan Program.Second Harvest Food Bank.
- Emergency Assistance Funding program.Free online mental health counseling.Food for
Textbooks program.
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