SANTA MONICA COLLEGE STUDENT EQUITY PLAN GOALS AND PRIORITIES Bo Board d of Trustees Meetin ing Au August 2 2019 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | Equity Steering/Institutional Effectiveness
2018-19 2014-15 Student Equity Plan 2019 • Learned how to measure equity • Student Equity and • and working with disaggregated Achievement Program: data. 2020 2017-18 2015-16 Integrated Planning: Center • Set Goals to eliminate gaps • Equity in Redesign Implemented Pilot Programs • Create a shared vision, • Learned a shared equity • mission and framework vocabulary. Expanded race dialogue • beyond the equity plan. 2016-17 USC Race and Equity Center • • Engaged in racial equity dialogue • Teaching Men of Color, CUE 2 Hiring.
Evolution of Equity Planning Student Equity/Student Student Equity and Success Support /Basic Integrated Plan Achievement Skills Initiative Combines integrated Integrated Plan 17-18 Separate programs, ● ● ● planning funding streams: 5 goals that align with funding, and goals. ● SSSP/Student vision to success, Student Equity Plans 2014- ● ● Equity/BSI student equity, 16 Requires Revamped noncredit, matriculation Access, Basic Skills ● ● Student Equity Plan (3 rd outcomes, and AB705. Completion, Course iteration) Distinct Funding streams Success, Transfer, ● Newly defined metrics Did not require numeric Degree/Cert Completion ● ● Proportionality Index goals Percentage Point Gap ● ● Method SMC Goals focused on Method ● Equity. SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | Equity Steering Committee
SMC’s Equity Framework Equity Vision statement, “SMC is a dynamic Authentic and culturally responsive educational Communication community that upholds the values of equity, inclusion and social justice as a pathway to personal and academic excellence.” Culturally Responsive Equity Mission statement , “SMC is an Cultural Equity Facilitation/ Humililty educational institution dedicated to providing Change Management an equitable learning and working environment. We intend to make clear, through our lived values and praxis, our commitment to inclusive excellence, which is High Impact reflected in our student outcomes and Practices employee satisfaction.” 4 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | Intentional Equity/Retention Committee/Integrated Planning/ Equity Steering Committee
Equity Plan Metrics: Years 2017-18 By 2021-2022… 2. Retention: 3. Completion: Fall to Spring Transfer Math/English With-in 1 Year SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | Equity Steering/Institutional Effectiveness SANTA MONICA COLLEGE Institutional Effectiveness 5
SMC’s Rationale for Goals SANTA MONICA COLLEGE Institutional Effectiveness 6
SMC’s Equity Plan Goals Metric* Baseline Performance Target Goal by 2021-2022 – % Increase/Decrease Over (2017-2018)** Equity Gaps Eliminated Baseline Performance (Improve by)*** Access: 12,004 10,284 +17% Applicants who Enroll (+1,720) Retention: 25,226 22,724 +11% Fall to Spring Persistence (+2,502) Course Completion: 994 442 +125% Transfer Math & English in (+552) One Year Completion: 3,717 2,361 +57% Vision Goal (Degree/Cert) (+1,356) Transfer: 5,000 3,444 +45% Any Four-Year Institution (+1,556) SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | Equity Steering/Institutional Effectiveness SANTA MONICA COLLEGE Institutional Effectiveness 7
Foundation for Equity Work at SMC 8 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | Equity Steering Committee
Embed equity goals into college wide planning ● Equity and the Institutional Authentic Communication Effectiveness Committee: Racial Equity and Setting ○ Culturally Ambitious Goals Responsive Cultural Equity Facilitation/ Humililty Change ● Equity and SMC Redesign: Management Centering Racial Equity in the ○ (Guided Pathways) Redesign High Impact of the SMC Practices 9 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | Equity Steering Committee
Implement inquiry-based processes to eliminate racial equity gaps English Department: Implemented English Academy (2014) ● Center for Urban Education (CUE) Equity ● Training (2015) IR/Equity/Dept. Flex Day (2015) ● Faculty continue to attend CUE trainings, ● Teaching Men of Color (2015-19) Expanding Inquiry/Equity Data Coaching: Vision for expanding equity inquiry ● 10 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | Equity Steering Committee
Assess and improve the racial climate across SMC USC Racial Equity Center: National Assessment of Collegiate - Campus Climate Equity Institute - Racial Equity Leadership Academy - Community College Equity Assessment Lab Build capacity to serve minority - males Training: Teaching/Supporting Men - of Color 11 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | Equity Steering Committee
Infrastructure to eliminate racial equity gaps Systematic Approach of embedding the equity framework across campus Leading courageous ○ conversations around race Visionary leadership and ○ organizational change. Accountability for more ○ systemic change. 12 SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | Equity Steering Committee
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Improving Overall Success AND Closing the Equity Gaps Scenario 3: Strategic Rise Equity can be achieved while 70% improving the Overall overall success by 0% 60% Average: holding the top +10% 60% Overall harmless and setting 50% Average: +20% more aggressive 45% 40% goals for the lower +30% performing groups. 30% 20% Baseline Goal Asian Black Latinx White *The chart is oversimplified and the data are used for illustration purposes only and do not represent SMC data SANTA MONICA COLLEGE Institutional Effectiveness 14
State Mandate: 2019 Equity Plan Goals • Education Code: April 2019 Feb/March 2019 November 2018 June 30, 2019 January 2018 Vet Goal Setting Local Goal-Setting Goal Setting IEC Equity Plan Due Integrated Plan Rationale Guidance SEPI Institute August 2018 January 2019 March 24, 2019 May 31, 2019 SEA Program Allocations Equity Plan Template Data Released Vision Goals Deadline SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | Equity Steering/Institutional Effectiveness SANTA MONICA COLLEGE Institutional Effectiveness 15
Vision for Success Goals: Baseline Years 2016-17 By 2021-2022… SANTA MONICA COLLEGE Institutional Effectiveness 16
Student E Equity Pl Planning: A Activities Implement Inquiry-based Align Goal Setting with IEC process to eliminate equity 2 1 and College Wide Planning gaps Create inquiry teams: The Office IR in Work within the IE committee to develop and • • collaboration with appropriate campus communicate a standardized rationale for programs and committees, will conduct a setting goals, measuring progress to close comprehensive assessment of student support equity gaps at the college. services and communication/ marketing Set ambitious goals and mobilize other • documents using an equity action research planning committees and teams to initiate lens. priorities that close the racial equity gap at Train inquiry team using external SMC. • experts/scholars on the principles of the SMC Engage District Planning Advisory Council, • Equity Framework and on key methods of Academic Senate, SEAP, Program Review, inquiry: observations, interviews, and Equity and Diversity Committee, etc. to initiate document review. transformative change around racial equity Systematically map all services, activities, Incorporate structure in measuring • • structures, and staffing that contribute to effectiveness of interventions and closing racial equity planning metrics. equity gaps district-wide
Student E Equity P Planning: A Activities ( (cont.) Create Infrastructure to support Improve the Racial Climate 3 equity - eliminate racial equity 4 on Campus gaps CCEAL: IR and Equity/PlanningEffectiveness Leader will • • Establish an “Institutional Equity Planning and administer surveys that examine factors that influence Effectiveness” leader that monitors equity data and student success at SMC by faculty and student coordinates the efforts to address institutional services. The National Assessment of Collegiate equity gaps across every division Campus Climate (NACC) will be administered at SMC to Expansion of Data Coaching: IR, Center for Teaching • gather data on how our students are experiencing the Excellence, and Senior Staff Lead on Planning/ institution’s racial climate. Effectiveness expand the existing data coaching The Equity Steering Committee and Center for • program to include equity coaching. Teaching Excellence to create ongoing and sustained • Collaborate with SMC HR, Effectiveness/Planning professional development. leader will develop programming to augment the Train faculty campus on the use of equity minded • language services of Title IX and EEO training; Create confidential spaces where our community can • • Create “ombudsperson” to provide confidential explore questions about race space for employees to discuss issues regarding SMC will create a set of Community Understandings for • campus culture, process microaggressions and other conversations/meetings to respect all voices. forms of toxic workplace behavior. Train and practice Calling In (Authentic Communication) • 18
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