The Office of Instruction, The Basic Skills Initiative, The Title III Grants and The IMPACT AAPI Grant are proud to present De Anza’s fourth annual conference dedicated to student-centered learning

Engaging Students Where They Are:
Cultivating Learning Environments Conducive to Success
for All Students

This conference celebrates effective student-centered practices and strategies that facilitate student success and highlights techniques, methodologies and pedagogies focused on the following:

• Basic Skills – for all students, and particularly for under-served and under-represented students
• Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles
• Learning in Communities
• Resources of Support and Intervention - for students at risk of failing or dropping out
• Service Learning
• Development of the Whole Student – Academic, Institutional, Professional, and Personal Competencies

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

Thank you all for joining us for this day of community building, discussion and growth!

Opening Plenary Session:  8:45 – 9:45

This opening exercise will provide staff and faculty with an opportunity for active engagement in the service and pedagogical needs of Basic Skills students.
Led by De Anza Students: JoManikea James, Rong Chen, Patrick Ahrens, Richard Falsetti, Karen Trueba, Jose Martinez, Mayra Miranda, and Samera Hadi,
Developed and Written by Maryalice Bonilla

This interactive workshop is for Community Service Learning faculty who want to deepen their knowledge and skill regarding 1: the reflection process used in CSL classes, 2:  their ability to assess a “good” student reflection (how to gauge and grade student reflections) and 3:  resources of outstanding student reflections and how they got their students to write with that depth and clarity in making the connections between course content and the students’ service learning experience.
Facilitated by Jackie Reza, Sponsored by ICCE

How many times have you felt overwhelmed by the numerous needs of your students? One student has poor attendance because of childcare; one has severe reading or writing limitations; one has no money to buy the books. Wouldn’t you love a support team that helped you along the way? Wouldn’t you love an easy guide to let you know exactly what academic and personal services are available to help which students and how to contact them? This workshop will not only give you detailed information of resources on campus to help your students, but will allow you to feel less isolated in your classrooms. Come join us for an interactive dialogue on academic and personal programs like FYE, EOPS, Puente, Sankofa, CCP, DSS, WRC, and LSL and how they can help you and your students where they are.
Facilitated by The Title III Language Arts Team

The Ultimate Juggling Act - A day in the life of a student-athlete: A roundtable discussion (S72)

This interactive discussion will focus on the many demands put upon student-athletes.  We will give you a snapshot of who our student-athletes are and what a typical day/week/quarter looks like for them. There will be a round table discussion with several of our student-athletes sharing what has aided in their success, as well as what barriers they have encountered.  We will present what the athletic department does to help ensure their success and retention.  Ultimately we hope that there will be an open dialog on what can be done to better serve our student-athlete population.
Facilitated by De Anza Student Athletes, Kulwant Singh and Matt Trosper

This interactive workshop is for faculty and staff who want to deepen their knowledge and understanding regarding contemporary issues facing Filipino Americans, especially high school and college students.  The workshop will feature a discussion of pedagogical strategies, resources and practices that PEP uses/developed to engage students.
Facilitated by Pin@y Educational Project’s Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales and Rod Daus-Magbual,
Coordinated by Mayra Cruz and Karen Chow for De Anza College IMPACT AAPI, APALI and ICCE

In this interactive workshop, LEAD students who have researched the issues of being an undocumented student will present their findings and discuss how classroom teachers and counselors can help students find their way through the AB540 process, as well as help to educate families about their options. 
Facilitated by ¡LEAD! Students, Sponsored by Marc Coronado

The objective of this workshop is to help participants’ fine tune an intellectual and aesthetic appreciation for the text while also developing skills in multiple areas. Specifically, the goal will be to encourage the integration of the mental, psychic, and astral reading bodies to promote a holistic approach to the reading process.  Finally, participants will learn to respond to the text at a metacognitive level synthesizing textual themes, symbols, and metaphors with their own responses.
Facilitated by Shilpa Arora

This workshop is all about being a reflective practitioner. We will focus on some perceived barriers faculty may have in being more student-centered. We will explore an article (in a mock day’s lesson) to elucidate the importance of reflection and how we can work on being less resistant to student-centered philosophy.
Facilitated by LaQuisha Beckum and Robert Molinar

Please join the leaders of the new Learning Resources division for an introduction to their services and an interactive discussion of how faculty and staff can work collaboratively to ensure opportunities for success for all De Anza students.
Facilitated by Gregory Anderson, Judy Mowrey, and Linda Elvin

This interactive workshop is for faculty and staff who want to deepen their understanding and share experiences in helping SE Asian students (Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, etc.) succeed at De Anza College.   The forum will feature an invited panel with student, staff, alum, and faculty representation.
Facilitated by Michael Chang, Sponsored by De Anza College IMPACT AAPI, APALI and ICCE

Sankofa symbolizes one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge.  This workshop will engage participants in a dialog about strategies for accelerating success for African Ancestry students.
Facilitated by David Coleman and Ulysses Pichon
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In this workshop, participants will experience a summative activity that deals with modeling using linear functions.  It requires application of several concepts learned in elementary algebra, as well as interpretation of the results. This workshop will be suitable for faculty in all disciplines seeking to utilize an experiential approach to teaching and learning.
Facilitated by Diane Mathios
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Building Teamwork in Business and Beyond   (Admin 119)

This interactive workshop will allow participants to engage in real classroom activities that facilitate teamwork in the classroom. Teamwork stimulates interpersonal relationships within its members, which encourages continuous effort students who may feel isolated or who are on the verge of dropping out. Tips and suggestions for team projects will be exchanged and discussed. This workshop promotes teamwork in the classroom and is suitable for all disciplines.
Facilitated by Lale Yurtseven

This live guitar performance and presentation is an interactive workshop that combines informed listening, live music, and discussion/reflection. Given factual information, (historical, musical, etc.), and a corresponding abstract live musical performance, listeners are stimulated to correlate the two and to interpret them, while reflecting upon personal thoughts. Thus, this workshop is to encourage and to promote thoughtful listening and thinking.
Facilitated by Steve Lin

Please join your colleagues in a discussion about promoting participation in our classes. The goal of the workshop will be to identify the potential benefits of student participation (in learning knowledge, skills, and attitudes) in our classes (and of course, beyond the classroom), the obstacles to participation, and strategies/methods for deepening and broadening the community of participants.
Facilitated by Robert Stockwell

This closing exercise will provide staff and faculty with an opportunity for active engagement in the service and pedagogical needs of Basic Skills students.  The prize drawing will be held during this session.
Led by De Anza Students: JoManikea James, Rong Chen, Patrick Ahrens, Richard Falsetti, Karen Trueba, Jose Martinez, Mayra Miranda, and Samera Hadi,
Developed and Written by Maryalice Bonilla