Equity
Ensure Accountability for Equity Plan Implementation
Equity Plan Re-Imagined: Create a new accountability team (established by the administration) to review implementation progress of the equity plan.
Action Plan: Charge the College Council with reviewing and monitoring the implementation of the equity plan and with providing guidance, support and resources as requested by the Equity Action Council. Use the regular reporting to College Council as an opportunity for updates, feedback, buy-in and resources.
Lead: Michelle Hernandez
Plan Timeline
Winter 2024
Spring 2024
Begin regular updates to the College Council on Equity Plan implementation. Use it as an opportunity to seek input, feedback, buy-in, and resource requests for this work.
Fall 2024
Begin regular updates to the College Council on Equity Plan implementation. Use it as an opportunity to seek input, feedback, buy-in, and resource requests for this work.
Winter 2025
Begin regular updates to the College Council on Equity Plan implementation. Use it as an opportunity to seek input, feedback, buy-in, and resource requests for this work.
Spring 2025
Leadership is assigned sections of the Student Equity & Achievement Plan to collaborate with their teams in composing actionable strategies to address disproportionately impacted groups as outlined by the state.
Fall 2025
- Support the Curriculum Committee in developing an equity review process for evaluating Course Outlines of Record in keeping with Title 5 updates centered on equity and accessibility.
- Evaluate faculty needs surrounding equity-focused professional development training and opportunities (through office hours, surveys, conversations, and other communications) and collaborate with the Office of Professional Development and Office of Online Education to collaboratively provide these offerings.
- Partner with the Office of Institutional Research and the Office of Professional Development to understand equity gaps for disproportionately impacted communities, and present this information to a subset of instructional departments (Partners in Learning 2.0).
Winter 2026
- Support the Curriculum Committee in revising their equity review process for evaluating Course Outlines of Record in keeping with Title 5 updates centered on equity and accessibility, and begin annual review of Course Outlines of Record using this process.
- Continue to evaluate faculty needs related to equity-focused professional development training and opportunities (through office hours, surveys, conversations, and other communications) and collaborate with the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Online Education to provide these offerings.
- Continue to partner with the Office of Institutional Research and the Office of Professional Development to understand equity gaps for disproportionately impacted communities, present this information to a subset of instructional departments, and support faculty in implementing promising practices to address these equity gaps (Partners in Learning 2.0).
- Support the Curriculum Committee in revising their equity review process for evaluating Course Outlines of Record in keeping with Title 5 updates centered on equity and accessibility, and begin annual review of Course Outlines of Record using this process.
- Continue to evaluate faculty needs related to equity-focused professional development training and opportunities (through office hours, surveys, conversations, and other communications) and collaborate with the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Online Education to provide these offerings.
- Continue to partner with the Office of Institutional Research and the Office of Professional Development to understand equity gaps for disproportionately impacted communities, present this information to a subset of instructional departments, and support faculty in implementing promising practices to address these equity gaps (Partners in Learning 2.0).
Spring 2026
- Support the Curriculum Committee in revising their equity review process for evaluating Course Outlines of Record in keeping with Title 5 updates centered on equity and accessibility, and complete annual review of Course Outlines of Record using this process.
- Collaborate with the Office of Professional Development and the Office of Online Education to collaboratively provide these offerings with equity-focused professional development training and opportunities.
- Continue to partner with the Office of Institutional Research and the Office of Professional Development to understand equity gaps for disproportionately impacted communities, present this information to a subset of instructional departments, and support faculty in implementing promising practices to address these equity gaps (Partners in Learning 2.0).
- In collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research, Office of Professional Development, the Office of Communications, and a range of other shared governance bodies and campus partners, plan a year-long support and reflection program to be undertaken across campus divisions and departments.
Fall 2026
- Provide training and facilitate conversations for the curriculum committee to ensure that all members are comfortable reviewing Course Outlines of Record in keeping with Title 5 updates centered on equity and accessibility.
- Evaluate faculty needs surrounding equity-focused professional development training and opportunities (through office hours, surveys, conversations, and other communications) and collaborate with the Office of Professional Development and Office of Online Education to collaboratively provide these offerings.
- In collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research, the Office of Professional Development, the Office of Communications, and a range of other shared governance bodies and campus partners, support and facilitate a year-long program of reflection and support to be undertaken across campus divisions and departments.
Winter 2027
- Support the Curriculum Committee in the annual review of Course Outlines of Record in keeping with Title 5 updates centered on equity and accessibility.
- Evaluate faculty needs surrounding equity-focused professional development training and opportunities (through office hours, surveys, conversations, and other communications) and collaborate with the Office of Professional Development and Office of Online Education to collaboratively provide these offerings.
- In collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research, Office of Professional Development, the Office of Communications, and a range of other shared governance bodies and campus partners, support and facilitate a year-long support and reflection program to be undertaken across campus divisions and departments.
Spring 2027
- Support the Curriculum Committee in the annual review of Course Outlines of Record in keeping with Title 5 updates centered on equity and accessibility.
- Evaluate faculty needs surrounding equity-focused professional development training and opportunities (through office hours, surveys, conversations, and other communications) and collaborate with the Office of Professional Development and Office of Online Education to collaboratively provide these offerings.
- In collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research, Office of Professional Development, the Office of Communications, and a range of other shared governance bodies and campus partners, support and facilitate a year-long support and reflection program to be undertaken across campus divisions and departments.
Fall 2027
- Support the Curriculum Committee in the annual review of Course Outlines of Record in keeping with Title 5 updates centered on equity and accessibility.
- Evaluate faculty needs surrounding equity-focused professional development training and opportunities (through office hours, surveys, conversations, and other communications) and collaborate with the Office of Professional Development and Office of Online Education to collaboratively provide these offerings.
