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“Chancellor Oakley has demonstrated the intellect, courage, creativity and heart needed to lead the California Community Colleges to continued success in the future,” said Epstein, noting that the board’s move was supported by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Office. “We look forward to approving a new contract with the chancellor to send a message that our commitment to student achievement and equity will continue.”
After a closed-session meeting to evaluate the performance of Oakley, who was selected as state Chancellor in July 2016, the board directed its general counsel to prepare terms of a contract renewal to be voted on at its next meeting in July.
Key reforms being implemented within the community college system to achieve the Board of Governors Vision for Success include:
• Adoption of Guided Pathways, an organizational framework that improves the way colleges build and deliver programs and better integrates student support services.
• Fundamental remedial education reforms that eliminate flawed and discriminatory standardized testing for placing student in courses when they enter college. These changes are unlocking student potential and accelerating access to transfer-level learning in English, mathematics/quantitative reasoning, and English as a Second Language.
• A revised funding formula that aligns financial incentives with student needs and rewards success so that more students entering community colleges have the opportunity to achieve their educational goals.
• The California College Promise, which makes available to colleges flexible resources such as free tuition for first time, full-time students and other types of supports to encourage academic success.
• An online college that starting in fall 2019 will be accessible to working adults who need short-term college credentials to get ahead into today’s economy but who are not able to attend brick and mortar colleges.
The California Community Colleges is the largest system of higher education in the nation, composed of 73 districts and 115 colleges serving 2.1 million students per year.
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The high school history classes have researched various ways to retire the flag respectfully and have decided that they wish to bury the flag on campus.
The students will hold a ceremony on Friday, May 24, at 2:45 p.m., complete with patriotic music and a speech or two from members of the VFW post in Clearlake.
The public is invited.
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UKIAH, Calif. – Mendocino College Superintendent/President Dr. Arturo Reyes announced that Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade will speak at the Mendocino College Class of 2019 Commencement.
Dr. Jeff Duncan-Andrade is an associate professor of raza studies and race and resistance studies at San Francisco State University.
Dr. Duncan-Andrade is also a founder of the Roses in Concrete Community School, a community responsive lab school in East Oakland and the Community Responsive Education Group.
As a classroom teacher and school leader in East Oakland for the past 25 years, his pedagogy has been widely studied and acclaimed for producing uncommon levels of social and academic success for students.
Duncan-Andrade lectures around the world and has authored numerous journal articles and book chapters on effective practices in schools. He has written two books and is currently completing his third book with Harvard Press.
In 2015, Duncan-Andrade was tapped to be a commissioner on the National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future and in 2016 was part of the great educators invited to the White House on National Teacher Appreciation Day by President Obama. He is also the 2019 Laureate for the prestigious Brock International Prize in Education.
Duncan-Andrade has also been ranked as one of the nation’s most influential scholars by EdWeek’s Public Influence Rankings for the past four years.
Duncan-Andrade’s transformational work on the elements of effective teaching in schools serving poor and working-class children is recognized throughout the U.S. and as far abroad as New Zealand.
His research interests and publications span the areas of urban schooling and curriculum change, urban teacher development and retention, critical pedagogy, and cultural and ethnic studies.
He works closely with teachers, school site leaders, union leaders, and school district officials to help them develop classroom practices and school cultures that foster self-confidence, esteem, and academic success among all students.
Duncan-Andrade holds a Ph.D. in social and cultural studies in education and a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature, both from the University of California – Berkeley.
“We're honored to have Dr. Duncan-Andrade at this year’s commencement. His empathy for the challenges faced by our students and his advocacy for applying critical pedagogy to help close the opportunity gap for all students make him a great fit to inspire our community, enlighten our district’s equity-minded practices, and honor our graduates,” said Dr. Reyes.
The commencement ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 24, at 6 p.m. on the Stadium Field at the Ukiah campus.
The Mendocino College Ukiah campus is located at 1000 Hensley Creek Road, Ukiah.
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KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Terry Dereniuk and Margaret Eutenier, members of the Lake County California Women for Agriculture, recently presented mini-grants to teachers in Riviera Elementary School and Kelseyville Elementary School for ag projects in their classrooms.
Lesa Turner, kindergarten teacher at Riviera, plans to use the grant money to purchase an incubator and warming equipment so that her class can learn about the lifecycle of chickens.
The project will be self-funding in future years allowing more than one class of kindergarteners to benefit.
Fourth grade teacher Sara Yurosko of Kelseyville Elementary School will use the grant funds to purchase supplies for her project. She is planning to teach her class how to care for plants by growing vegetables.
In addition to providing plants to the school garden, Yurosko plans to send home a vegetable plant with each student.
Agriculture is a prime economic driver for Lake County and has been a way of life for many families for generations.
Lake County California Women for Agriculture works to promote agriculture in future generations through scholarships for graduating seniors and students enrolled in college level studies related to agriculture and the mini-grant program for kindergarten through eighth grade.
The mini-grant program was started in 2013 as another avenue to support education and agriculture in Lake County.
Grants are available for kindergarten through eighth grade classes. Grants applications will open again in the fall of 2019.
Lake County California Women for Agriculture is a dynamic, grassroots, all-volunteer organization established in Lake County in 1976.
The goals of CWA include advocacy, education, and promotion of agriculture. Membership is open to anyone interested in protecting and promoting agriculture.
For more information, visit www.lakecountycwa.org.
