Basic Skills Initiative

Overview

The Basic Skills Initiative (BSI) is a collaborative statewide effort to address the needs of Basic Skills/ESL community college students, who are academically under-prepared. BSI is intended to facilitate basic skills education and to provide extended professional development opportunities to faculty and staff.

BSI Mission
BSI assists College of San Mateo in its effort to provide comprehensive instruction and services, integrated throughout the institution and designed to nurture the success of Basic Skills/ESL students. 

Please check our Upcoming Campus Events and Projects & Plans page to see how you can get involved!  Let our Upcoming Campus Events page be your first stop when looking for Flex Day activities!

For Professional Development resources, please visit our BSI Institute for Student Success page.

Click here to view the BSI Committee's Logic Model of Short and Long Term Goals