Welcome
To the 21st General Assembly
Dear Student Leaders, Advisors, and Honorable Attendees, It is our utmost pleasure on behalf of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges (SSCCC) to welcome you to the 2016 Fall General Assembly (GA). It will be a special and momentous one, as we will begin the journey on shaping our future as an organization as our first complete year as a non-profit approaches. Throughout the course of this weekend, you will have the opportunity to enhance your skills as student leaders and advisors, engage in important and productive discussion and debate, network with student leaders from across the state, and gain exposure to the SSCCC Internal Operating Committees and Caucuses Those who have attended General Assembly before will be pleased to hear that we have heard your requests. We took this initiative to make it easier for everyone to take part in Caucus Meetings and Special Interest Meetings by moving them earlier on Friday. We have also spread out the breakout session so they are no longer just on the first two days making it easier for everyone to receive training. Finally we have reduced the overlap of speeches and meals. So you can eat in peace. If need anything feel free to stop any of us, The 2016 SSCCC Board of Directors
***Note lunch starts at 1:30 pm***
Sunday Breakouts 10:50am to 12:10pm
Director Jesse Foster and VPLA Gerson Liahut
Breakouts
Room: Lincoln
Come by the Women in Leadership breakout to learn about being a successful female leader in nontraditional or typically male dominated roles! Hear from a variety of speakers about their careers and have a chance to ask questions about their journey into leadership.
Room: McClellan
Tired of the seemingly endless budget cuts to Higher Education in CA? Come and learn about California property tax laws, how they have had an effect on educational funding, and what you can do to raise awareness of this issue and the need for reform.
Taking Back our Education: CA Commercial Property Tax Reform
Day One
Director Lucy Hendrix
Women in Leadership
How to Use Your Leadership Philosophy Effectively
How to Create a Caucus
VPRA Dal Arambula, Director Angela Toledo, Director Adam Molina
Room: Roseville
Where there's a cause, there's a Caucus! Learn how to formally become recognized by the Student Senate for a California Community College as a body of like-minded individuals. As they operate independently of SSCCC, Caucuses are free to advocate on causes that the they care about. We're starting anew and trying to consolidate power for all groups, and in this breakout, we will show you how!
Room: Placer
In this breakout we will be helping student leaders identify their leadership style using a brief exercise and how identifying your leadership style will help you become a more effective student leader. Next we will be discussing effective means of communication by identifying the differences between constructive and destructive debate. Lastly we will be using the Thomas-Kilmann conflict grid to identify different types of conflict and ways to resolve conflict.
Director Lorena Aguilar, Director Saleem Moinuddin, Director Mateo Rodriguez
Room: Rocklin
Financial Aid at the California Community Colleges
This session will discuss financial aid and affordability issues within the California community college (CCC) system. Participants will explore changes in financial aid policies and practices that can impact CCC student access to available aid, state and federal grants, and loans.
One of the primary objectives of the Education Planning Initiative (EPI) is student success. EPI has been working towards this goal since its inception. One of its key components is assisting students in career exploration, allowing them to best utilize the skills they have learned. This session will showcase the tools that the EPI is developing for students. In addition, there will be a demonstration of the Student Services Portal that will be launching at pilot schools later this year
David Shippen, Director of Statewide Programs, Califronia Community Colleges Technolgy Center
Room: Jackson
Laura Szabo-Kubitz of TICAS
Education Planning Initiative
Room: Mess Hall
Lorenzo Cuesta, PRP
The Majority Rules, But Why Let Them
Join Lorenzo Cuesta, the former California State Association of Parliamentarians President, as he walks you through the basics of Robert's Rules. This is a must attend breakout for students new to the world of student government.
In this breakout, SSCCC Executive Vice President Kaydee Miller and Region VIII Regional Affairs Director Lucy Hendrix will discuss general best practices for being an executive board member in your region and/or your Associated Student Organization. Directly following, there will be a test of your leadership skills in an interactive problem solving activity where you will learn techniques to improve communication, collaboration, and future problem prevention. Additionally, groups will brainstorm ideal characteristics and values of great leaders that you can embody and share with your fellow student leaders.
Setting the Tone of the Future
EVP Kaydee Miller and Director Lucy Hendrix
Establishing Executive Presence: Leading your Board to Excellence!
Day Two
In this workshop you will be briefed on the upcoming resolutions procedures for the next General Assembly. Following the brief, you will be broken into a few small groups to work on draft resolutions for the Spring 2017 General Assembly. If your resolution is passed, it could make the difference for generations of college students to come!
VPC Errin Bass and Director Tabitha Romero
Director Lorena Aguilar and Director Alexa Victoriano
National Association of Parliamentarians Test Prep
In this workshop you will be educated on Robert's Rules in preparation for the NAP Test offer Saturday Night at 8 P.M during special interest meetings
Advocacy and Beyond
Fostering Partnerships: Defining the Role of the Advisor
This breakout will discuss how to navigate the political arena; From Campus Politics to the State Legislature. We will cover student's 9+1 rights and effecting change within the community college.
Director Gerald Sirotnak
Trouble in paradise? Join Region VII Directors Lorena Aguilar and Alexa Victoriano to discuss and reshape the growing narrative on the role of the advisor. This breakout will raise awareness and provide training on how to foster better partnerships with campus administration and ASO advisors.
Tami Dunning, RP
How to work with Student Trustee & Board of Trustees
Our Students, Our Future: Tips and Tools for Active Student Engagement
Director Mateo Rodriguez
VPRA Dal Arambula and Director Angela Toledo
Join Vice President Dal Arambula and Region IV Director Angela Toledo to discuss tips and tools to maintain active ASO participation and student engagement. This breakout will cover strategies on how you can increase student engagement in your ASO and your campus.
This breakout will go through tips and tricks on how you can get your Board of Trustee members to work for you and hear your opinions. We will also be discussing your rights as a student when working with your Board of Trustees. Come check out other students practices and modes of communication when working with their Board of Trustees.
Heads Up/ College Promise
Heads Up America’s mission is anything but simple - Build widespread support and broad public understanding to provide a free community college education for all responsible students– a critical investment in America’s future! The College Promise Campaign, created in 2015 under the Obama Administration, is utilizing the benefits of College Promise programs that are being developed locally across California and elsewhere throughout the nation to emphasize the importance of a high-quality community college education. Heads Up America is calling on students, teachers, administrators, business partners and other leaders in helping spread the word about the value and potential impact that universal access to community college will have on our future. Come join us to share your community college stories and discuss ideas on how to make community colleges free! .
Board of Governors Student Member Hasun Khan
Room: North Wing
VPRA Dal Arambula and Director Lorena Aguilar
Director Jesse Foster and Director Saleem Moinuddin
Day Three
Textbook Affordability
How to Make Your Region Work For You
In this breakout we will be discussing the concept of best practices and how they can be utilized to benefit the ASO's. We will also be discussing how each college can be an effective force within their region and the importance of keeping their college active.
Expensive textbooks and course materials are often a barrier to the success of California Community College students, as textbook costs have risen 1041% since 1977, while financial aid has remained relatively stagnant. In this breakout, we will outline strategies to help you work with your faculty and administration at your college to decrease the cost of course materials by taking advantage of existing grant programs and databases.
VPF Philip Dailey
2SRF: Past, Present, Future
Prepare to learn how to bring the fight from your campuses into the halls of the legislature, and most importantly: how to win the fight. This Boot-Camp will EDUCATE you in Legislative and Policy Advocacy; it will also contain the tools and resources necessary to maintain your ENGAGEMENT in advocacy efforts; and most importantly, you will feel EMPOWERED to go out for yourself, and bring about positive change through advocacy for Community Colleges and your peers! "
Lobby Corps - Boot Camp
VPLA Gerson Liahut, Director Luis Jimenez, Director Tabitha Romero, Director Bryanna Siguenza, Director Jesse Foster
Participants will receive an understanding of the second dollar Student Representation Fee: its history, current state, and how to move implementation forward.
Andy Cabrera Gonzalez
Sustainability: Planting the Seeds for a Health Campus
The Board of Governors
One of the most impending crises of our time is climate change. Environmental sustainability is much more than saving the trees and recycling your bottles. Find out what you can do on your campus to make a positive impact for your community and your planet."
Learn about the body that passes the policies and sets the course for the largest system of higher education in our nation. The Board of Governors created the BoG fee waiver in 1984 which over 5.1 million students have benefited from. However, our work as a board encompasses so much more including finding solutions to persisting problems with student success varying from closing the achievement gap to ending the issue of accreditation compliance for our colleges. Learn from your two student members Hasun Khan and Eman Dalili about how the Board of Governors affect your daily life and what you can do as a student leader to ensure your voice is heard.
Board of Governors Student Members Hasun Khan and Eman Dalili
CANCELED
ASO Roundtable
Lorenzo Cuesta, PRP and Tami Dunning, RP
Helen Grieo, Common Cause Northern CA Organizer
This workshop will cover planning a campaign: including setting goals, strategies, tactics and action organizing.
Student Activism & Political Power
Brown Act
This workshop will help your ASO learn how to properly comply with the Brown Act.
President Courtney Cooper, Executive Vice President Kaydee Miller, Events Chair Gerlad Sirotnak, and VPC Errin Bass
Having an issue with the SSCCC? Come vent your concerns to various members of the SSCCC Executive Committee where we will take your suggestions to better serve you and be the best Board of Directors we can be.
Friday Keynote
Lorenzo Cuesta is a Professional Registered Parliamentarian and a Distinguished Toastmaster. He is the past president of the California State Association of Parliamentarians (2012-16) He serves as a parliamentarian for national, state, and local associations during conventions and quarterly meetings. During the same 19 years he has taught parliamentary procedure and the Brown Act to numerous boards and at many association conferences. He taught Anatomy and Physiology to the Medics during his service in the US Army. He believes that Telling is not Teaching; and Listening is not Learning. Only interactive teaching leads to learning.
Lorenzo Cuesta, Prp
Saturday Keynote
Dr. Pamela D. Walker serves as vice chancellor for educational services at the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. Dr. Walker is a highly regarded educational leader with experience as a faculty member and administrator in the K-12 system, multiple four-year university systems and in the California Community Colleges. She came to the Chancellor’s Office from American River College after spending time as vice president for student services and interim president. At Cerritos College, she was the dean of heath, physical education, recreation, athletics and dance and interim dean of admissions and records. Prior to her tenure in the California Community Colleges system, Walker worked at both public and private colleges and universities. Walker is a tireless advocate for the benefit of education working throughout her career to develop programs of distinction to better serve students. She is passionate about mentoring the next generation of leaders and has taught graduate classes and served on numerous dissertation committees.
Pam D. Walker, Ed.D.
Special Interest Meetings 11/12 Parliamentary Procedures: Mess Hall Black Caucus: McClellan Support and Protect, Leveraging Leadership to Help Marginalized Students: Lincoln Grassroots & Organizing: Room A Disability and Mental Health Caucus: Sacramento Student Trustees: Roseville Clubs: Rocklin Latinx Caucus: Placer CA Coalition for Change & Unity: Cordova
Meet Your Region
Meet ups start at 11:30 am
Region 1: Cordova Region 2: McClellan Region 3: Rocklin Region 4: Lincoln Region 5: Roseville
Region 6: Jackson Region 7: Placer Region 8: Room A Region 9: General Session Room Region 10: Mess Hall
We hope you enjoy GA! with love, The Events Team