We invite you to join BSI projects, planned or in the works, and to contact us about ways in which BSI might be of service to you.
In Progress
- Pre-Statistics Support (Jay Lehman, Professor, Math)
- English 838/848 Student Success Learning Communities (Barbara Jones, Assistant Professor, English)
- California Acceleration Project Community of Practice (English Team: Jeramy Wallace, Mick Sherer, Robbie Baden)
- ESL Assist (Kristi Ridgway, Professor, ESL & English)
- BSI Short-Term Professional Development Travel Fund (Theresa Martin, Coordinator, Professional Development)
The BSI Committee is also excited to be an active part of cross-campus collaborative projects with the Professional Development Committee/Center for Academic Excellence, the Student Equity Committee, the Diversity in Action Group and Academic Senate and community partnerships with ACCEL San Mateo County and CSM First-Year Success.
Former BSI Projects, Now District/CSM-funded
- S.M.A.R.T (Peer Mentoring, Ron Andrade, Learning Center)
- Reading Apprenticeship/Focused Inquiry Groups (Theresa Martin, BSI/Center for Academic Excellence)
- Project Change (Juvenile Hall Access and Success Program, Katie Bliss, Instruction, Learning Center, Student Support Services)
- Pathway to College (formerly Summer Bridge Academy, Ron Andrade, Learning Center)
- Supplemental Instruction (Ron Andrade, Learning Center, with Lena Feinman, Math)
- Math 811, Cheryl Gregory
- Community College Teaching and Learning Program, Theresa Martin, BSI/Center for Academic Excellence
- Connections Sections: English and Counseling Partnership, Basic Skills English and Counseling
- Math Edge: College of San Mateo Learning Skills Workshops, Harry Nishanian and Joseph Tobener
- Teaching Paradigms, Pedagogies and Basic Skills Students (Research Project), Lorena Gonzalez
- On-Course Workshop I Attendance, On-Course summary, Sylvia Aguirre-Alberto, Tami Hom, Lorena Gonzalez
- Development of Library ESL Collection in Collaboration with ESL Faculty, Lorrita Ford
- Math Placement Test Prep Workshop, Brett Pollack (with Cheryl Gregory)
- Interdisciplinary Faculty Inquiry Groups, James Carranza
