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Video Presentations

A Video Overview of the 2009 Hewlett Leaders program, including profiles of Chaffey College, College of the Canyons, and Mendocino College.

The following six are video of presentations given during the 2009 Strengthening Student Success conference. They are produced by The Research and Planning Group for the California Community Colleges.

What We Learned from the Hewlett Leaders in Student Success
Speaker: Linda Umbdenstock and visiting team members: Wade Ellis, Elaine Baker, Janet Martinez-Bernal, Susan Obler, Julie Stark, Video of the

Southwestern College.
Bilingual Intensive Training Program Model
Speakers: Sandra Corona, Marisa Soler-McElwain, Michelle Dawson & Irma Alvarez.

Santa Barbara City College.
Partnership for Student Success
Speakers: Sheila Wiley, Jerry Pike & Pam Guenther,

Columbia College.
Academic Wellness Educators (AWE): More than Just Basic Skills
Speakers: Anne Cavagnaro, Adrienne Seegers, Patricia Harrelson

Mendocino College.
Doing Small Well: Bulding Community among Teachers and Learners
Speakers: Virginia Guleff, Debra Polak

Southwestern College.
Implementing a Department Final in Developmental Math
Speaker: Kathy Tyner, Alex Juden, Peter Herrera, Shannon Gracey

Profile of Chaffey College.

Profile of Mendocino College.

Profile College of the Canyons.

May 2009 Hewlett Leaders Colloquium. Excerpts from the discussion.

Tools & Strategies

A Model for Change. Based on commonalities among colleges with demonstrable success in moving students through basic skills, we created a model for the process of change experienced at the colleges. (pdf document)

Leading through Change: Sustaining Basic Skills Advances in Tough Times Hewlett Leader college presidents and representatives presented mini-practicums on these topics at the Strengthening Student Success Conference conference in November 2009. (pdf document)

How to Use the Gold Standard: A self-study tool. (pdf document)

Publications

Program Overview and Key Findings, November 2009. Written at the conclusion of the two-year program, this report describes three overarching principles that contributed to the success of the 2008 and 2009 Hewlett Leaders. Courageous Leadership; Fearless Engagement with Data and Reflective Practices; and Structured, Integrated Strategies. The report contains many examples of the ways these three principles are put into action at individual colleges.

2008 Hewlett Leaders brochure, September 2009

2009 Hewlett Leaders brochure, September 2008