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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. 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. This web page 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 resources.
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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 to the availability of outcome data on post-secondary and/or employment goals attained by students who were academically under-prepared when they entered community colleges.
Contact:
Juan G. Cruz
(916) 327-2987
jcruz@cccco.edu
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