California Community College IRPE Webinars and Meetings

Upcoming Webinars and PIER to PIER Meetings

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Annual Community & Member Engagement Meeting

Thursday, May 2, 2024 | 12:00–1:00 pm

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Join us for The RP Group’s Annual IRPE Community & Member Engagement virtual meeting!

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Hearing about our upcoming Board election process?
Knowing more about our statewide research and planning resources?
Learning more about how we are working to fulfill our commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion?
Sharing some ideas about how we can support your professional learning needs?
Finding out how we are serving our community and members?

The RP Group is committed to creating spaces for two-way communication between the IRPE field and our organization, along with opportunities for dialogue and networking among IRPE practitioners.

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Recorded Webinars and Workshops

Workshop Series: Reframing Metamajors to Create Equitable Guided Pathways

Workshop 1: Designing Metamajors to Address Equity Gaps

Thursday, May 6, 2021 | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Presented by WestEd
Presenter: Kathy Booth

Clarify how you can construct metamajors that help students imagine their futures, connect with others who share their dreams, and practice the essential skills within related disciplines.
Learn a new framework to help students imagine, connect, and practice throughout their college journey.
Leave with a set of tools that help to identify core skills at the metamajor level that connect academic pathways to jobs--particularly for non-CTE disciplines.

Workshop 2: Leveraging Student Support (Re)defined in Guided Pathways

Thursday, May 13, 2021 | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Presented by RP Group
Presenter: Darla Cooper

Examine the Imagine-Connect-Practice Framework through the lens of the Six Success Factors in order to support a more effective and holistic approach to providing students with a valuable experience in their metamajors.
Explore what metamajors would look like if students were experiencing the Six Success Factors as they Imagine, Connect, and Practice.

Workshop 3: Aligning Course Learning Outcomes to Occupations

Thursday, May 20, 2021 | 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Presented by JobSpeaker
Presenter: Jarlath O’Carroll

View the end-to-end technical support structure that will help students see their pathway through education into jobs and a career. The technical support provides a front-facing view into the metamajors but also provides on-going engagement of a skills pathway that ensures students see the benefits of their work.
See how the technical support helps students stay on the path, collect essential skills, find work-based learning opportunities, and understand how their path leads into employment.

Webinars/Workshops

2024 Webinars/Workshops

Spotlight on STEM Calculus 1: Impact of Preparatory Pathways on Completion, March 2024 (Recording)
Webinar sharing the results from the report: Preparatory Pathways and STEM Calculus Completion: Implications of the AB 1705 Standards and the Technical Appendices.
Spotlight on STEM Calculus 1: Impact of Preparatory Pathways on Completion, March 2024 (PPT)
Slides used in webinar sharing the results from the report: Preparatory Pathways and STEM Calculus Completion: Implications of the AB 1705 Standards and the Technical Appendices.

2023 Webinars/Workshops

Spotlight on... Moorpark College: Academic Probation Reimagined, November 2023 (Recording)
Webinar recording of The RP Group's "Spotlight on..." series featuring Moorpark College: Academic Probation Reimagined.
Spotlight on... Moorpark College: Academic Probation Reimagined, November 2023 (PPT)
Slides from webinar of The RP Group's "Spotlight on..." series featuring Moorpark College: Academic Probation Reimagined.
The African American Transfer Tipping Point: Exploring the Transfer Journeys of Over 7,000 African American/Black California Community College Students, October 2023 (Recording)
Webinar recording of October 2023 Event "The African American Transfer Tipping Point: Exploring the Transfer Journeys of Over 7,000 African American/Black California Community College Students."
The African American Transfer Tipping Point: Exploring the Transfer Journeys of Over 7,000 African American/Black California Community College Students, October 2023 (PPT)
Slides from webinar sharing results from new report "The African American Transfer Tipping Point: Exploring the Transfer Journeys of Over 7,000 African American/Black California Community College Students."
Corequisite Support as a Lever for Improving Outcomes: A Qualitative Exploration, October 2023 (Recording)
Recording of the webinar highlighting promising practices from interviews conducted about corequisite support courses in both English and math that promote more equitable outcomes, and a panel of practitioners sharing their specific practices.
Corequisite Support as a Lever for Improving Outcomes: A Qualitative Exploration, October 2023 (PPT)
Slides used in webinar highlighting promising practices from interviews conducted about corequisite support courses in both English and math that promote more equitable outcomes, and a panel of practitioners sharing their specific practices.
Real College California: 2023 Survey Results of CCC Students’ Basic Needs Webinar, September 2023 (Recording)
Webinar recording presenting key findings from the Real College California survey that assesses the basic needs securities of students from California Community Colleges. Basic needs indices related to food, housing, and homelessness will be provided, along with disaggregated information by region and select student demographics. Implications for local and state decision-makers will also be discussed.
Real College California: 2023 Survey Results of CCC Students’ Basic Needs Webinar, September 2023 (PPT)
Slides used in webinar presenting key findings from the Real College California survey that assesses the basic needs securities of students from California Community Colleges. Basic needs indices related to food, housing, and homelessness will be provided, along with disaggregated information by region and select student demographics. Implications for local and state decision-makers will also be discussed.
Exploring BSTEM and SLAM Outcomes Through the Transfer-Level Completion Dashboard, September 2023 (Recording)
Webinar recording featuring an overview and demonstration of a complementary dashboard view to the Transfer-Level English and Math Dashboard called the Business, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (BSTEM) and Social Sciences and Liberal Arts Mathematics (SLAM) Dashboard which allows users to review completion rates for students on a BSTEM or SLAM pathway and explore outcomes by varying starting courses in the pathway and over differing timeframes.
Exploring BSTEM and SLAM Outcomes Through the Transfer-Level Completion Dashboard, September 2023 (PPT)
Slides used in webinar providing an overview and demonstration of a complementary dashboard view to the Transfer-Level English and Math Dashboard called the Business, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (BSTEM) and Social Sciences and Liberal Arts Mathematics (SLAM) Dashboard which allows users to review completion rates for students on a BSTEM or SLAM pathway and explore outcomes by varying starting courses in the pathway and over differing timeframes.
AB 1705 Non-STEM Validation, Business Administration and Template Assistance, June 2023 (Recording)
Webinar recording focused on assisting colleges with submitting additional validation for non-STEM programs of study to meet AB 1705 requirements. Results from a recent analysis of Business Administration student outcomes are shared, with information about how to replicate the analyses locally. In addition, guidance on submitting local validation of non-STEM programs to meet validation requirements are discussed.
AB 1705 Non-STEM Validation, Business Administration and Template Assistance, June 2023 (PPT)
Slides used in webinar focused on assisting colleges with submitting additional validation for non-STEM programs of study to meet AB 1705 requirements. Results from a recent analysis of Business Administration student outcomes are shared, with information about how to replicate the analyses locally. In addition, guidance on submitting local validation of non-STEM programs to meet validation requirements are discussed.
Corequisite Validation for Transfer-Level English and Math Description, March 2023 (Recording)
Web event recording highlighting examples of corequisite validation practices and considerations for CCC faculty, administrators, and institutional research and planning effectiveness (IRPE) professionals interested.
Corequisite Validation for Transfer-Level English and Math Description, March 2023 (PPT)
Slides used in web event recording highlighting examples of corequisite validation practices and considerations for CCC faculty, administrators, and institutional research and planning effectiveness (IRPE) professionals interested.
Investigating the Predictive Validity of Common ESL Tests: Maximizing Gateway English Throughput for International Students in the California Community Colleges, February 8, 2023 (Recording)
Webinar highlighting how well information about international students’ initial curricular pathway (English or ESL), level of placement in the pathway, and ESL placement test score(s) can predict their throughput in gateway English. The focus is on the value of different commonly used ESL placement tests, including the Combined English Language Skills Assessment (CESLA) and multiple types of ACCUPLACER tests.
Investigating the Predictive Validity of Common ESL Tests: Maximizing Gateway English Throughput for International Students in the California Community Colleges, February 8, 2023 (PPT)
Slides highlighting how well information about international students’ initial curricular pathway (English or ESL), level of placement in the pathway, and ESL placement test score(s) can predict their throughput in gateway English. The focus is on the value of different commonly used ESL placement tests, including the Combined English Language Skills Assessment (CESLA) and multiple types of ACCUPLACER tests.
EDI Self-Assessment Tool and IRPE EDI Living Glossary Webinar, 2023 (Recording)
Webinar introducing two new tools we developed to center our work on equity. We introduce two resources - an EDI Self-Assessment Tool and Living Glossary of EDI Terms we developed contextualized for IRPE Professionals. Learn how we used the tool to assess our hiring and committee processes, how one college used it to support their SEAP planning, and how EDI concepts show up in IRPE work and experiences.
EDI Self-Assessment Tool and IRPE EDI Living Glossary Webinar, 2023 (PPT)
Slides from webinar introducing two new tools we developed to center our work on equity. We introduce two resources - an EDI Self-Assessment Tool and Living Glossary of EDI Terms we developed contextualized for IRPE Professionals. Learn how we used the tool to assess our hiring and committee processes, how one college used it to support their SEAP planning, and how EDI concepts show up in IRPE work and experiences.

2022 Webinars/Workshops

African American Transfer Tipping Point Webinar, October 2022 (Recording)
Webinar sharing findings from the African American Transfer Tipping Point study on the factors that impact transfer success among African American/Black students.
African American Transfer Tipping Point Webinar, October 2022 (PPT)
Slides from webinar sharing findings from the African American Transfer Tipping Point study on the factors that impact transfer success among African American/Black students.
Supporting Students with Disabilities in Transfer-Level English & Math, October 2022 (Recording)
Webinar highlighting throughput rates for students enrolled in Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) by disability type. Findings show that throughput rates increased for every disability type from 2015-16 to 2019-20 in both English and mathematics.
Supporting Students with Disabilities in Transfer-Level English & Math, October, 2022 (PPT)
Slides from webinar highlighting throughput rates for students enrolled in Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) by disability type. Findings show that throughput rates increased for every disability type from 2015-16 to 2019-20 in both English and mathematics.
Using Disproportionate Impact Methods to Identify Equity Gaps, September 2022 (Recording)
Webinar for anyone looking to enhance their understanding of the methodology for determining the presence of disproportionate impact (DI). The report is accessible to practitioners of all experience levels interested in how to apply different approaches to calculating DI (i.e., PPG-1, proportionality index, 80% rule).
Using Disproportionate Impact Methods to Identify Equity Gaps, September 2022 (PPT)
Slides from webinar for anyone looking to enhance their understanding of the methodology for determining the presence of disproportionate impact (DI). The report is accessible to practitioners of all experience levels interested in how to apply different approaches to calculating DI (i.e., PPG-1, proportionality index, 80% rule).
CCC IRPE by the Numbers, June 2022
Webinar featuring findings and discussions associated with The RP Group's 2022 IRPE Demographic Survey and 2021 Survey of IRPE Offices.
IE and Marketing Collaboration: Using data-driven decision-making to measure and improve college outreach strategies, May 2022
Webinar highlighting the RP Group's 2022 Outstanding Project Award. Moorpark College shares how they are collaborating with their public information office and the college's PACE program to increase enrollment of students from disproportionately impacted populations.
Maximizing Math and English Completion: An Equitable Placement Paradigm Blooms, April 2022
Presentation at the CCC Trustees conference on outcomes and implementation of AB 705 and ideas for Trustee engagement.
Transition in Math from High School to Community College Before and After AB 705, February 2022 (Recording)
Webinar highlighting findings from the research brief examining changes in math enrollments based on math enrollments students completed in high school before and after AB 705.
Transition in Math from High School to Community College Before and After AB 705, February 2022 (PPT)
Slides from webinar highlighting findings from the research brief examining changes in math enrollments based on math enrollments students completed in high school before and after AB 705.

2021 Webinars/Workshops

Emerging Practices and Resources to Support ESL Placement and Throughput: Innovations and Practices, November 2021 (Recording)
Webinar highlighting innovations and practices from a few community colleges designed to support English language learners in the California Community College system.
Emerging Practices and Resources to Support ESL Placement and Throughput: Innovations and Practices, November 2021 (PPT)
Slides highlighting innovations and practices from a few community colleges designed to support English language learners in the California Community College system.
Emerging Practices and Resources to Support ESL Placement and Throughput: Guided Self-Placement, October 2021 (Recording)
Webinar showcasing examples of GSP models used at different colleges and highlight relevant research around effective GSP practices.
Emerging Practices and Resources to Support ESL Placement and Throughput: Guided Self-Placement, October 2021 (PPT)
Slides showcasing examples of GSP models used at different colleges and highlight relevant research around effective GSP practices.
Keeping Students on Their Transfer Path during the Pandemic and Beyond, October 2021 (Recording)
Webinar featuring a panel of students and transfer practitioners sharing their pandemic-related transfer experiences. Hear about ways students could advocate for themselves and how colleges can take action to support students with transfer, during the pandemic and beyond.
Keeping Students on Their Transfer Path during the Pandemic and Beyond, October 2021 (PPT)
Slides from webinar featuring a panel of students and transfer practitioners sharing their pandemic-related transfer experiences. Hear about ways students could advocate for themselves and how colleges can take action to support students with transfer, during the pandemic and beyond.
How Does Algebra 2 Affect Math Throughput?, September 2021 (Recording)
Webinar recording reviewing the evidence and recommendations from a new Multiple Measures Assessment Project (MMAP) research paper that explores the impact Algebra 2 completion has on transferable, college-level math throughput for students in STEM or SLAM pathways.
How Does Algebra 2 Affect Math Throughput?, September 2021 (PPT)
Slides from webinar reviewing the evidence and recommendations from a new Multiple Measures Assessment Project (MMAP) research paper that explores the impact Algebra 2 completion has on transferable, college-level math throughput for students in STEM or SLAM pathways.
Fun with Maps! Practical GIS Tools for Institutional Effectiveness, August 2021
Webinar archive from August 18th, 2021 covering GIS tools and resources that can be used to support data-informed decision-making related to educational access, basic needs, equity, and strategic enrollment management. Tim Smith of Long Beach City College and Karen Snow of Calbright College share methods, planning considerations, and resources to support institutional effectiveness.

2020 Webinars/Workshops

2020 RP Group Institutional Effectiveness Project of the Year Award
Video presenting Coastline College’s Aeron Zentner with the RP Group’s 2020 Institutional Effectiveness Project of the Year Award.
2020 RP Group Research and Evaluation Project of the Year Award
Video presenting De Anza College’s Mallory Newell, Jerry Rosenberg, and Ola Sabawi with the RP Group’s 2020 Research and Evaluation Project of the Year Award.
Predictive Modeling to Improve Student Outcomes, October 2020
Webinar by the Orange Coast College highlighting lessons learned and outcomes associated with a 3-phase predictive analytics project to improve enrollment.
CCC Data Warehouse Utilities for Researchers, September 2020
Webinar by the CCC Technology Center of CCC Data, a part of the Data Services Program initiative from the CCCCO covering CCC data platforms, data resources and report options, and ways to connect with the Data Warehouse.
Focus on Equity: Scaling DI Calculations for Rapid Dashboard Development, September 2020
Webinar showing the 'DisImpact' package in R that helps scale DI calculations across many different levels of disaggregation, outcomes, cohorts, and scenarios, with just a few lines of R code.
Where the Six Success Factors and Affective Strategies Meet to Support Online Learning, August 2020
Webinar providing new ways to engage and support students in an online environment through affective non-cognitive approaches, strategies, and practices guided by our Six Success Factors.
Dr. Cooper Presents in ACTLA's Digital Dialogues on Student Support (Re)defined, May 2020
Webinar in part of the Digital Dialogue Series with Dr. Cooper speaking on the important role tutoring and learning assistance has on building virtual partnerships with students and communities online.
Focus on Equity: Identifying Disproportionate Impact Using Excel, June 2020
Webinar featuring an excel tool to identify disproportionate impact and a demonstration of the tool for examining various student outcomes data.
Students Speak Their Truth about Transfer, May 2020
Webinar featuring students, a transfer director, and their respective experiences around transfer as they relate to transfer study findings. Plus, get a useful overview of Starfish and Canvas shell to help students close to the transfer gate.
PIER to PIER: All About Canvas, April 2020
Watch and listen to this speaker/host-only version of an April PIER to PIER meeting discussing and demonstrating data uses and implications around Canvas.
IRPE Community and Member Engagement Meeting, April 2020
Watch and listen to the 2020 April 16th recorded webinar.
Show me the numbers. How are colleges collecting and using data on LGBTQ+ students?, January 2020
Watch and listen to the 2020 January 31st recorded webinar.

2019 Webinars/Workshops

Institutional Practices to Increase Student-Centered Formula Performance Outcomes. December 2019 (PPT)
View the PowerPoint to the 2019 March 25th recorded webinar.
Institutional Practices to Increase Student-Centered Formula Performance Outcomes, December 2019 (Recording)
Watch and listen to the 2019 December 9th recorded webinar.
Collecting Student Voices: Presented by AIR & The RP Group, March 2019
Watch and listen to the 2019 March 25th recorded webinar.

Resources to Support Equitable Placement Implementation

Moving from Compliance to Ensuring Learning: Conducting Ongoing Examination, Evaluation, and Reflection, February 2022
Slides used in webinar providing colleges with ideas to continue to evaluate implementation of transfer level placement beyond AB 705 compliance. Ideas shared include using the Student Success Factors to ensure learning, collaboration ideas between research and faculty, how to evaluate disproportionate impacts, and considerations post Covid.
A Qualitative Exploration of AB 705, February 2021
Webinar sharing the results of interviews with 14 colleges statewide on their implementation of AB 705.
MMAP: Supporting DSPS Students in Transfer-Level English and Math, May 2020
Webinar sharing results from a statewide analysis of transfer-level English and Math for DSPS students by various disability types and how De Anza and Coastline colleges are supporting DSPS students in transfer level courses which are now online.
Corequisite Supports for Math and English, April 2020
Webinar by Pasadena City College, Porterville College, and Allan Hancock College showcasing their corequisite supports and outcomes for transfer-level English, Statistics and B-STEM math courses and how they are transitioning online.
Evaluating AB 705, April 2020
Webinar addressing the requirements of title 5, AB 705, and AB 1805, how to evaluate pre-transfer level curriculum and placement models that deviate from the default placement rules. It also addressed ideas on how to deal with online spring 2020.
AB 705 and ESL, April 2020
Webinar sharing the ESL structures at Irvine Valley College and Laney College and the Guided Self-Placement Models for ESL students at Laney and Cerritos Colleges.
Access, Enrollment and Success: Statewide Results for Transfer-Level English and Math - DSPS Students, November, 2019
Webinar focusing on outcomes of DSPS students in transfer-level English and math courses. We will be joined by Antelope Valley and Los Medanos Colleges to share how they are supporting DSPS students as well as the CCCO to answer your questions.
Analysis, Evaluation, and Collaboration: AB 705 for Institutional Research Professionals, November 2019
Webinar helping IRPE professionals support and evaluate local AB 705 implementation.
ESL and AB 705: Research and Implementation, October 2019
Webinar sharing examples from Cuyamaca College’s ESL department and research pertaining to statewide ESL student journey types.
Access, Enrollment and Success in Transfer-Level English and Math Courses in the California Community Colleges, September 2019
Webinar presenting the results from the statewide analysis of transfer-level English and math courses between fall 2015 and fall 2018.

Note: Slides 11 & 12 in the audio recording have been updated. Please refer to the PowerPoint.
AB 705 In Action! Experiences of Early Implementers, September 2019
Webinar sharing examples from the English and Math departments at Citrus College and College of the Redwoods on their work adapting to AB 705 changes a year in advance of compliance.
Developing an AB 705 Evaluation Plan, November 2018
Webinar discussing how to develop an evaluation and/or research plan to track and monitor student placement and throughput under AB 705.
AB 705 Adjustments, Ethnicity, Gender and Special Populations, October 2018
Webinar sharing the default placement rules disaggregated by various student populations. Examples were shared on how various colleges are supporting special populations to help them succeed in transfer-level courses.
Evaluating Innovative Curriculum Under AB 705, October 2018
Webinar providing a method for proposing and evaluating corequisite and two-semester developmental innovations. The process and methods covered will provide clarity regarding how colleges are coming into compliance with AB 705 and AB 1805.
Adapting MMAP to AB 705 - Full Post Conference Workshop Video, July 2018
Slides of the full post-conference workshop on AB 705 in.
AB 705, ESL and English Composition, August 2018
Joint webinar by RP Group and CATESOL sharing AB 705, ESL, and English Composition.

Workshops and Web Events

Upcoming Webinars and PIER to PIER Meetings

Annual Community & Member Engagement Meeting

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Recorded Webinars and Workshops

The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (The RP Group) strengthens the abilities of California Community Colleges to gather, analyze, and act on information in order to strengthen student success.