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CT State Catalog

The CT State catalog provides all degree and certificate requirements, as well as the general education core and individual courses by discipline.

BOR Historical Documents

All aligned CT State degrees and certificates as approved by the BOR can be found on our website.

All Programs

Status updates below for all CT State Community College programs in the various stages of the curriculum process.

Curriculum Process

Approval for all curriculums will follow the order of the steps outlined below

Approach and Process Presentation

Draft templates completed

Draft templates completed by program/discipline faculty volunteers

Faculty invited to review and revise

All program/discipline faculty invited to review and revise templates

APRC reviews templates

Aligned Program Review Committee (APRC) - reviews templates for consistency with alignment guidelines

SF ASA CC approves templates for Distribution

Students First Academic and Student Affairs Consolidation Committee (SF ASA CC) - approves templates to be distributed for campus endorsement

Templates go to campuses

Degree and certificate program templates go to campuses for endorsement

APRC reviews endorsement

Aligned Program Review Committee (APRC) - reviews campus endorsement votes and feedback

SF ASA CC approves templates

Students First Academic and Student Affairs Consolidation Committee (SF ASA CC) approves templates to be forwarded to CCIC

CCIC approves templates

College Consolidation Implementation Committee (CCIC) - approves templates to be forwarded to Academic Deans Council

Academic Deans Council reviews curriculum

Academic Deans Council reviews curriculum to be forwarded to BOR-ASA

BOR-ASA approves templates

Board of Regents-Academic and Student Affairs (BOR-ASA) approves templates to be forwarded to BOR

Board of Regents (BOR) approves curriculum

State/External Agencies

BOR approved curriculum forwarded to state/external agencies as needed (e.g., Office of Higher Education)

Course Outlines

All approved CT State course outlines can be found on OneDrive (please note, some information such as Gen Ed designations are being currently updated). For those faculty interested in using a CT State syllabus, we are happy to share this sample course syllabus template.

Legacy to CT State Courses and Programs

A list of every unique legacy college degree and certificate by name has been matched to its CT State degree and certificate.

Unique College Program Crosswalks

Finalized crosswalks from many campus-specific legacy degree and certificate programs to new CT State degree and certificate programs can be found here. Please note: these crosswalks are for advising guidance purposes only. They do not represent a formal agreement as to how classes will be applied for individual students.

No CSCU Transfer Pathway student will be penalized by having to take any additional course(s) due to the transition to the new Framework30 (FW30) requirements. 

Graduation Variance Procedure for Legacy Students

(Form and procedure for variances will follow in Fall 2023)

Purpose: To hold harmless all students who complete legacy Connecticut community college degree or certificate requirements but, due to credit discrepancies solely created through the curriculum alignment process, are missing one or more credits to graduate from an equivalent CT State Community College (“CT State”) degree or certificate program.

Prerequisite Guidance

The following prerequisite guidance should be used to ensure students are not harmed due to the alignment of courses and programs and that we have consistent and equitable advising and registration for Fall 2023.

Alignment and Completion of Math and English (ACME)

Alignment and Completion of Math and English (ACME) uses Guided Pathways design principles and expertise in CT State Community College to develop and recommend policies and practices that facilitate student completion of college level math and English within the first year.

Policy

All elements of this policy will be implemented no earlier than fall 2023 and no later than fall 2025 by decision of the planning and design teams described throughout this document.

Updates

May 26, 2022 - ACME Year End Report 2021-2022

ACME Year End Report 2021-2022


May 13, 2022 - ACME Update

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce that CT State Community College will begin implementing the Alignment and Completion of Math and English (ACME) Policy to scale in Fall 2023. Approved by the Board of Regents in May 2021, this policy aims to increase completion of English 101 and the appropriate college-level gateway math course during a student's first year through implementing corequisite education. All students will begin their community college education in English 101 and the college-level gateway math course most appropriate for their program with the corequisite supports as needed. This policy also directs the offering of accelerated English as a Second Language (ESL) sequence, which has been piloted at some colleges.

Between 2018 and 2021, as part of the Guided Pathways work in CSCU, and led bythe CSCU Student Success Centerand its Guided Pathways Managers, hundreds of faculty, staff, and administrators collaborated on recommendations that set the foundation for the BORACMEpolicy. Over the past year, faculty working groups, with continued support from national experts from the Dana Center, have dedicated hundreds of hours to readying the components of theACMEpolicy for implementation. Over the coming year, much work remains ahead of us that will see faculty working groups studying and refining the implementation ofACMEto ensure that at scale it meets the BOR expectation of advancing equitable student success.

James Gentile and Andrew Sottile lead the English faculty workgroup, Debora Rimkus leads the math faculty workgroup, and Hannelore Moeckel-Rieke leads the ESL faculty workgroup. Each discipline workgroup consists of faculty members from across the CT State Colleges and Universities, all of whom contribute to the design and implementation ofACME. TheACMECore Steering Committee coordinates the activities of the discipline workgroups, and it developed a website to share information aboutACMEwork:ACME. It serves as a repository for meeting information, presentations, and other resources and links to discipline-specific webpages.

ACMEand corequisite education provide a fundamental shift from our current practice of prerequisite developmental education. Gateway math and English courses are prerequisites or corequisites for many courses. Therefore, all faculty must consider the implications of this policy on their programs and courses over the coming academic year. The leads for each discipline group are preparing professional learning opportunities and resources to support faculty and staff during this transitional period.In the meantime, the leads are available to answer questions as needed and will keep faculty updated on developments through CMAC, CCET and ESOL councils.Faculty teaching corequisite courses will receive targeted outreach and professional development opportunities to support successful implementation of these courses.

Thank you once again to everyone who has helped make this equity-informed, faculty-led, and student-centered work a priority. I look forward to the rollout in Fall 2023 but recognize that the work is far from done. I encourage all faculty and staff to become actively involved in the rollout, so that together, we deliver the best possible corequisite supports to our students.

Miah LaPierre-Dreger, EdD
Interim Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
CT State Community College
mlapierre-dreger@ccc.commnet.edu

Committees

Extended Huddle

Members
  • Joseph Cullen - CT State - Program Review and Assessment
  • Kim Dragan - Northwestern - Finanical Aid Representative
  • James Gentile - Manchester - ACME Faculty Lead
  • Alicia Hall - Tunxis - ACME Faculty Lead
  • Brian Kapinos - CT State - Advising
  • Amanda MacTaggart - System Office - CSCU Student Success Center
  • Jesse-Douglas Mathewson - CT State - Institutional Research
  • Laura McCarthy – Northwestern - Placement Testing Administrator
  • Sigrid (Siggy) Nystrom – Gateway - ACME Faculty Lead
  • Andrew Pelletier - Housatonic - Academic Support Center/Tutoring
  • Aja Shabana - Middlesex - ACME Faculty Lead
  • Rashida Williams - Tunxis - ACME Faculty Lead
Meeting Agendas/Minutes

Both the Core Steering Committee and the Advisory Council continued to meet in spring 2022 in small workgroups to complete tasks necessary for fall 2023 implementation.

ACME Advisory Council

The ACME Advisory Council is a multi-stakeholder group charged with providing input on the implementation of the Alignment and Completion of Math and English policy. Meeting several times a year, this council will also receive updates from the ACME Extended Huddle and other relevant workgroups and bring relevant information back to their respective constituents.

Members
  • O. John Maduko, CT State President
  • Karen Hynick, CT State Provost
  • ACME Faculty Leads: Dr. James Gentile, Prof. Alicia Hall, Prof. Aja Shabana, Prof. Sigrid (Siggy) Nystrom, Prof. Rashida Williams
  • Placement Testing Administrators: Georgette Hyman/ Laura McCarthy
  • Advising: Dr. Brian Kapinos
  • Financial Aid representative: Kim Dragan
  • Admissions Council: Jennifer Meny
  • Scheduling: Ryan Pierson
  • Academic Support Center/Tutoring: Andrew Pelletier
  • Assessment: Dr. Joseph Cullen
  • Jason Scappaticci: Pre-marticulation programs
  • Disabilities: Prof. Joseph Navarra
  • Learning Disabilities: Susan Murphy, Ron Chomicz
  • Institutional Research: Dr. Jesse-Douglas Mathewson, Patrick Keller, David Nielsen
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Dr. John-Paul Chaisson-Cardenas, Dr. Kerry Beckford
  • DoSa Council Co-Chairs: Sara Hanson and Jason Scappaticci
  • Academic Deans co-chairs
  • SDE: Ajit Gopalakrishnan
  • State university reps in relevant disciplines (UConn or CSCU faculty)
  • CMAC Representatives: Iddo Ben-Ari, Amanda Sweeney
  • CCET chair(s): Dr. Forrest Helvie 
  • ESOL Council chairs: Prof. Alicia Hall, Prof. Sigrid (Siggy) Nystrom
  • ACME Historians: Dr. Hannelore Moeckel-Rieke, Dr. Francine Rosselli, Prof. Andrew Sottile, Prof. Amanda Sweeney
  • Transitional Council: Emily de Toro
  • Professional Development/Center for Teaching: Dr. Forrest Helvie
Meeting Agendas/Minutes

Both the Core Steering Committee and the Advisory Council continued to meet in spring 2022 in small workgroups to complete tasks necessary for fall 2023 implementation.

    Resources
    ACME Phase 1 --Fall 2023
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    Dec. 6, 1-2 PM James Gentile, Andrew Sottile, Hannelore Moeckel-Rieke, Melanie Majeski, Deb Rimkus, Andre Freeman, Amy Feest, Michael Stefanowicz
    English

    Closing the Equity Gap, November 2, 2021

    An introduction to corequisite English in Connecticut. English ACME leads: James Gentile and Andrew Sottile ACME Project Manager: Laura McCarthy Dana Center Senior Policy Analyst: Jeremy Martin

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    English

    A Window into California Remediation Reform, February 25, 2022

    This workshop provided an overview of remediation reforms in California, including a brief overview of AB 705 (a 2017 California law that reformed placement and remediation across the state); a look at implementation of the law across the state, focusing on both successes and challenges; and a review of how these reforms have impacted completion, overall and in specific populations.

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    English

    A Window into a Corequisite Classroom Mar 25, 2022

    This workshop discussed the corequisite support structures used in California as well as principles of corequisite pedagogy through a window into a corequisite college-level writing classroom, which will include sample assignments from both the college-level writing course as well as support activities used in the corequisite course.

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    English

    A Window into Campus Supports for Corequisite Students, Apr 22, 2022

    This workshop provided a discussion of some of the challenges colleges face when creating a corequisite support course and the ways a campus can help support the most vulnerable students in the corequisite course, including counseling support, tutoring, and non-academic supports.

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    English

    A Panel on Corequisite Course Design

    This panel discussion featured three CT English faculty, who overviewed their approaches to English 101 with embedded support and share best practices that will help with the transition to a corequisite model in 2023.

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    English

    ACME English Progress Report May 2022

    This presentation provided an overview of the work completed in the 2021-22 academic year and a preview of 2022-23.

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    General

    The Case for Corequisite Education. January 13, 2022

    This presentation provided an overview of research that supports the effectiveness of corequisite education. January 13, 2022, Connie Richardson, The Charles A. Dana Center, The University of Texas at Austin

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    General

    Corequisite Education

    Powerpoint that accompanied The Case for Corequisite Education, January 13, 2022, Connie Richardson, The Charles A. Dana Center, The University of Texas at Austin

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    General

    A New Era of Student Access at California’s Community Colleges

    This report examines the effect of implementation of state law AB 705 which reshaped remediation and placement in California's community colleges

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    Math

    Community College Students Assessed as Needing Mathematics Remediation: Seven-Year Impacts of Corequisite Remediation with Statistics

    This report examines the long-term effects of corequisite education in Statistics courses at three CUNY colleges

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    General

    The Effects of Corequisite Remediation: Evidence From a Statewide Reform in Tennessee

    Tennessee was the first state to implement system-wide corequisite education in 2015. This report analyzes data from 13 community colleges.

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    Math

    Corequisite Mathematics Toolkit

    Tools and resources for the design and implementation of equitable and effective support courses

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    General

    Co-requisite Remediation Full Implementation 2015-16

    This report from the Tennessee Board of Regents examines data from the first year of system-wide corequisite education in 2015-2016.

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    Math

    California State University System's Task force on Quantitative Reasoning

    This report contains recommendations for changes to policies and practices regarding student proficiency in quantitative reasoning in the state of California.

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    Math

    Mathematics Prerequisites for Success in Introductory Statistics

    This resource from the Dana Center provides recommendations for prerequisite skills necessary for success in Introductory Statistics courses.

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    Math Courses and Pathways

    Contacts

    Prof. Aja Shabana, ACME Math Faculty Lead
    Email: aja.shabana@ctstate.edu

    Resources

    See resources section above.

    English Courses

    Curriculum

    • ENG 1010, ENG 1010H
      ENG 1010: Composition satisfies the Written Communication I requirement. It is additionally offered in an Honors format.

    • ENG 0910
      ENG 0910: Composition Workshop is the linked corequisite course for ENG 1010.

    • ENG 1020, ENG 1020H, ENG 1030, ENG 1030H, ENG 1080
      ENG 1020 /1020 H: Composition II and Literature, ENG 1030 / ENG 1030 H: Composition II and Non-fiction Texts, and ENG 1080: Composition II: Technical Writing and Presentation each satisfy the Written Composition II requirement. These are included here to illustrate the progression from Written Communication I to Written Communication II. They are not directly part of the ACME project.

    Resources

    See resources section above.

    Contacts

    Dr. James Gentile, ACME English Faculty Lead
    Email: james.gentile@ctstate.edu 

    Prof. Rashida Williams, ACME English Faculty Lead
    Email:
    rashida.williams@ctstate.edu

    English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)

    Contacts

    Professor Alicia Hall, ACME ESOL Faculty Lead
    Email:
    alicia.hall@ctstate.edu

    Prof. Sigrid (Siggy) Nystrom, ACME ESOL Faculty Lead
    Email: sigrid.nystrom@ctstate.edu

    ESOL Contacts for Placement Testing

    Capital
    James Rodriguez,
    ESOL Administrator
    Location: Room 406

    Phone: 860-906-5203
    Email: james.rodriguez@ctstate.edu

    Gateway
    Clara Mena, Testing Administrator
    Location: Center for Educational Services (CES), Room S205

    Phone: 203-285-2519
    Email: clara.mena@ctstate.edu

    Sigrid (Siggy) Nystrom, ESOL Program Coordinator
    Email: sigrid.nystrom@ctstate.edu

    Housatonic
    Vickie Fabrizio, Testing Director
    Phone: 203-332-5217
    Email: vickie.fabrizio@ctstate.edu

    Manchester
    Alina Ciscel, ESOL Program Coordinator
    Phone: 860-512-3241
    Email: alina.ciscel@ctstate.edu

    Naugatuck Valley
    Karlene Ball, ESOL Program Coordinator
    Phone: 203-575-8156
    Email: karlene.ball@ctstate.edu


    Norwalk
    Dr. Hannelore Moeckel-Rieke, Chair Arts and Humanities II
    Location: E206
    Phone: 203-857-7355

    Email: hannelore.moeckelrieke@ctstate.edu

    Luke McCarthy,
    Language Lab Coordinator
    Location: E208

    Phone: 203-857-7174
    Email: luke.mccarthy@ctstate.edu

    Pamela Pia, Testing Center Educational Assistant
    Email: pamela.pia@ctstate.edu


    Quinebaug Valley
    Maria Garcia-Alvarez, GP Advisor, Allied Health and English as a Second Language
    Phone: 860-932-4108
    Email: maria.garciaalvarez@ctstate.edu

    Elkin Espitia-Loaiza, ESL Program Coordinator
    Location: W203A/Danielson and 100I/Willimantic
    Phone: 860-932-4155
    Email: Elkin.espitialoaiza@ctstate.edu

    Three Rivers
    Carolyn Prunier
    Location: Advising Office
    Phone: 860-215-9318
    Email: carolyn.prunier@ctstate.edu

    Vicky DiFilippo, ESOL Coordinator
    Phone: 860-215-9466
    Email: vicky.difilippo@ctstate.edu

    Tunxis
    Alicia Hall, ESOL Program Coordinator
    Phone: 860-773-1754
    Email: alicia.hall@ctstate.edu

    Emily Melzen, Placement Testing Coordinator
    Email: Emily.Melzen@ctstate.edu

    Academic Program Review (APR)

    Welcome to the Program Review and Assessment Faculty Resource Page, provided by the Department of Program Review and Assessment (DOPRA). This page is devoted to advancing evidence-based, equity-informed program review and assessment methods, instruments, policies, procedures and practices. It has been developed to support consistency, coherence, and fairness in the collection of data on student success (both academic and non-academic), student learning Outcomes (SLOs), and program effectiveness, with a special emphasis on measures that can be used to promote positive change, strategic planning, data-informed decision-making, and continuous quality improvement. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for improving this page, please contact Joe Cullen, CT State Director of Program Review and Assessment, at joseph.cullen@ctstate.edu or 860-612-7018

    Documents

    College and Career Success (CCS)

    This new course will play a vital role in the Guided Pathways work in Connecticut, and beginning in Fall 2023, will serve as the primary vehicle in CT State Community College degree programs to ensure that every student has the strategies and skills to succeed in college and beyond including a clear and customized academic and career plan.

    Background

    Faculty, staff, and coordinators involved in first year experience courses from the twelve CT community colleges developed a new College & Career Success course during the period of Spring 2018 to Fall 2019. The course was informed by Guided Pathways principles and backward designed to ensure that students develop the knowledge and skills to establish and achieve their academic and career goals. The course outcomes were carefully crafted to serve as a foundation for students to begin to develop core general education competencies, such as critical thinking and information literacy. In addition to emphasizing the development of essential success skills and strategies, the course includes a focus on career exploration culminating in the creation of an academic and career plan. The FYE work group completed the design of the three credit College and Career Success course (CCS 101) for CT State Community College in Fall 2019. The FYE work group then developed and submitted a statement in support of the CCS 101 course recommending the following:

    • FYE/Student Success departments and faculty move the course through their campus curriculum approval process and begin teaching this course at their respective colleges.
    • Academic administrators support the scheduling and staffing of the course.
    • Academic programs include this course in their newly aligned curriculum for the one college.

    The recommendations of the FYE work group were affirmed by the Choice Architecture and Holistic Student Support Redesign teams. The work and recommendations from the FYE work group provided the foundation for the College and Career Success (CCS 101) policy recommendation. The policy recommendations, supported by the staff report, were approved by the BOR in June 2020 (see CSCC College & Career Success 101 Policy).

    The policy requires that all CT State Community College programs include the three credit CCS 101 course and that all degree-seeking students enroll in CCS 101 within the first nine credits.  Additionally, policy requires that CCS 101 1) includes a component that meets the general education core diversity requirement, with the acknowledgement that diversity topics should ideally be embedded throughout the General Education core and across the curriculum and 2) fulfills one of the general education core competencies. There must also be administrative oversight to ensure consistency of delivery and outcomes. An Interim Coordinator of CCS 101: College & Career Success was hired in July 2021 and a CCS 101 Advisory Council was formed in Fall 2021 with representation from each of the twelve campuses. Council voting members included coordinators and instructors of First Year/College Success courses along with non-voting members from Diversity/Equity/Inclusion, Professional Development, and Institutional Research. This council met during Fall 2021 to incorporate the General Education Core Competency of Continued Learning Information Literacy as well as the Diversity Requirement into the course outcomes, description, and topics outline. This new course will play a vital role in the Guided Pathways work in Connecticut, and beginning in Fall 2023, will serve as the primary vehicle in CT State Community College degree programs to ensure that every student has the strategies and skills to succeed in college, an introduction to diversity, and a clear, well designed individual academic and career plan.

    Advisory Council

    Mission

    The CCS Advisory Council will:

    • Oversee the continual curriculum development and assessment process of CCS 101 including providing guidance on assessment of student learning outcomes including Course Outcomes, General Education Core Competency Outcomes, and Diversity Requirement Outcomes.
    • Plan for the optimum delivery of CCS 101 by informing and developing professional learning opportunities for instructors of CCS 101.
    • Determine, refine, and clarify policy related to CCS 101.
    • Utilize and review data/student success measures to evaluate effectiveness of CCS 101 course.
    • Guide practices to enhance quality of instruction statewide including developing a CCS 101 repository, creating consistent job descriptions, training requirements and evaluative measures for CCS 101 instructors.

    Meeting Info

    Membership

    Ex Officio Members

    • Professional Development - Forrest Helvie 
    • Institutional Research - Caitlin Boger-Hawkins 
    • Assessment - Joseph Cullen
    • Advising - Brian Kapinos
    • Library - Curleen Elliot
    • Tutoring - Marie Basche, Erica Michalski 

    CCS 1001 Coordinators & Alternates AY 2023-2024:

    • ACC, Marybeth Rajczewski 
    • CCC, Michelle White    
    • GCC, Sandy Kraus
      Alternate: Rose Rodrigues
    • HCC, Becky Samberg
    • MCC, Samantha Gonzalez 
    • MxCC, Terry McNulty,
    • NVCC, Lou Lombard
      Alternate: Jaime Hammond
    • NCCC, Jen White 
    • NCC, Maria Buchta 
      Alternate: Heather DeDominicis
    • QVCC, Brian Clinton
    • TRCC, Rhonda Spaziani
    • TxCC, Melissa Sieffert  

       

      Ex Officio Members

      • Professional Development - Forrest Helvie
      • Institutional Research - Caitlin Boger-Hawkins
      • Assessment - Joseph Cullen 
      • Advising – Emily Santaniello
      • Library - Curleen Elliot 
      • Tutoring - Marie Basche, Erica Michalski

      AY 2022-2023 CCS Coordinators/Members:

      • ACC, Amely Cross
      • CCC, Julia Rosenblatt
      • GCC, Bridget Mullally
         Alternate: Rose Rodrigues
      • HCC, Becky Samberg 
      • MCC, Samantha Gonzalez 
      • MxCC, Eva Jones 
      • NVCC, Lou Lombard
         Alternate: Jaime Hammond
      • NCCC, Jen White
      • NCC, Maria Buchta
         Alternate: Heather DeDominicis
      • QVCC, TBD (Contact John Lewis)
      • TRCC, Rhonda Spaziani 
      • TxCC, Alva Hanson

      Ex Officio

      • Forrest Helvie, Interim Director of Professional Development, CT State 
      • Kerry Beckford, Interim Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, CT State 
      • Caitlin Boger-Hawkins, Director of Planning, Research, & Institutional Effectiveness, Northwestern Connecticut Community College/Asnuntuck Community College 
      • Joseph Cullen, Director of Assessment, CT State
      • Brian Kapinos, Regional Advising Director, CT State 

      AY 2021-2022 Members

      • ACC, Michaela Mullarkey 
      • CCC, Lisa Braverman 
      • GCC, Bridget Mullally and Rose-Mary Rodrigues 
      • HCC, Becky Samberg 
      • MCC, Samantha Gonzalez 
      • MxCC, Emily Canto 
      • NVCC, Jaime Hammond  and Lou Lombard
      • NCCC, Laura McCarthy
      • NCC, Maria Buchta
      • QVCC, Brian Clinton and Kevin Davis 
      • TRCC, Rhonda Spaziani
      • TxCC, Marguerite Yawin and Alva Hanson
      Agendas and Minutes
      Events

      College and Career Success (CCS) Workshop #4 - Recognize Cultural Identity and the Value of Diversity

      Friday, 3/31/23, 10:00a.m. – 11:30 a.m. - College and Career Success (CCS) Advisory Council members share promising practices including teaching strategies (activities, assignments, and instructor resources) to be used to meet CCS Outcome: "Recognize cultural identity and the value of diversity". Guest speaker, Patricia Gagliardi, Director of Education and Restorative Justice, Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from Southern Connecticut State University

      Video: Watch the presentation View Slides

      Guided Pathways Advisor Training on CCS 1001: College and Career Success

      Topics include:

      WHY CCS 1001 is important to student success
      WHAT is CCS 1001
      WHO is required to take CCS 1001
      Exemption and Substitution Process
      WHEN students should take CCS 1001
      HOW students can take this course
      HOW to handle a student scenario

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      Growth Mindset in Mind: Providing High Quality and Productive Feedback to Students in CCS 1001: College and Career Success

      Friday, February 24th 12:00p.m. – 2:00p.m. - During this session, participants learn about how to foster a growth mindset when providing feedback to students. Numerous feedback strategies that will increase engagement and learning while not overly taxing faculty time are discussed and illustrated.

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      College and Career Success (CCS) Workshop #3 - Create Academic and Career Plans

      Friday, 12/9/22, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm - College and Career Success (CCS) Advisory Council members share promising practices including teaching strategies (activities, assignments, and instructor resources) to be used to meet the CCS Outcome: "Create academic and career plans including financial and success strategies for goal attainment"

      Video: Watch the presentation Slides: Agenda - Career and Academic Planning Slides: Academic and Career Planning Slides: Incorporating Focus2 into Career Assignments

      College and Career Success (CCS) Workshop #2: Define and Apply College Success and Resilience Strategies

      Friday, 11/18/22, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm - College and Career Success (CCS) Advisory Council members share promising practices including teaching strategies (activities, assignments, and instructor resources) to be used to meet the CCS Outcome: “Define and apply college success and resilience strategies”

      Video: Watch the presentation Slides: Download the slides

      College and Career Success (CCS) Workshop #1: Identifying and Engaging with Campus Resources and Community

      Friday, 10/14/22, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm - College and Career Success (CCS) Advisory Council members share promising practices including teaching strategies (activities, assignments, and instructor resources) to be used to meet CCS Outcome: Identify campus resources and engage with the campus community.

      Video: Watch the presentation Slides: Download the slides

      Engaging Students in Asynchronous and Synchronous Online College and Career Success (CCS) Courses”

      Fri, Sep 16, 2022 - Participants learned about the importance of the College and Career Success course and how they can engage online learners in this class. Student endorsed and research-based student engagement strategies that can work in asynchronous and synchronous learning environments will be shared and modeled.

      Video: Watch the presentation Slides: Download the slides

      Presented by

      Christine Harrington

      Questions

      Please contactJill Rushbrookwith any questions.

      CT State Professional Learning Day

      Resources from CT State Professional Learning Day for FYE/College and Career Success on 11/12/21:

      Videos

      Presentation Articles and Slide Decks


      More resources to be added soon! Stay tuned!

      Resources

      Overview and Training

      • College & Career Success Course Overview & Training
        This online presentation on Microsoft Stream provides an overview of the College & Career Success Course and addresses the following topics:

        • WHY CCS is important to student success
        • WHO…
          is required to take CCS
          our students are
          should teach CCS
        • WHEN students should take CCS
        • WHAT is CCS 1001
        • HOW to teach CCS 1001
        • WHERE CCS is housed on org chart
        • Important contacts and resources
        • Future plans for CCS 1001!
      • CCS Overview & Training Slides

      • CCS Course Shell and Repository

        The CCS Course Shell and Repository are found on Blackboard under “Organizations”:

        CCS Course Shell

        • The CCS Course Shell in Blackboard is a sample shell that can be customized. It is an example of how this course can be organized with samples of course content. 

        CCS Course Repository

        • The CCS Course Repository is where you will find a wealth of content that is organized by the Main Topic Areas and then more specific topics in subfolders to help you meet the outcomes of the College & Career Success course. NOTE:  This repository is a work in progress and will be in continual development. If you have a resource you would like shared on this repository, please submit to your College & Career Success Coordinator for the CCS Advisory Council to review. 

        How do I access the CCS Course Shell and/or Repository?

        • To get access to the CCS Course Repository in Blackboard, please use the self-enroll instructions provided by your CCS Faculty Coordinator. If you have any questions, please contact Katie O’Connell at koconnell@commnet.edu.
        • To get access to the CCS Course Shell, please contact your local Educational/Instructional Technology staff member. The Shell will be visible under “Courses” in Blackboard and you will have access to copy the course using the Course Copy feature.

      General Education

      The charge of the General Education workgroup will be to explore a common General Education for the Connecticut community colleges.
      Final date to submit General Education appeals forms for the Spring 2022 semester was May 20, 2022. The CT State Curriculum Congress will be proposing a process for vetting General Education courses during the 2023/24 academic year.
      Group Leads
      • Michael Stefanowicz (ACC), Co-Chair
      • Michael Stutz (TRCC), Co-Chair
        Member Until Feb 2020
      Members
      Last updated: April 4, 2025 | 12:40 pm