Achieving the Dream
For 100 years, Bakersfield College has been committed to meeting every student, wherever
they are, and helping them progress and achieve their educational goals and transforming
their lives.
Achieving the Dream will provide a rigorous and comprehensive approach to ensuring that this work continues. Achieving the Dream is an approach to student success which will be integrated into the fabric of what we do, every day, at Bakersfield College.
The program brings in the framework to help Bakersfield College fine-tune the work we already do to help every student succeed.
Bakersfield College will be “underlining” all students.
Certain populations are disenfranchised, and we are all-too aware of this ongoing issue. Scores and data indicate a widening achievement gap.
Using the model from Achieving the Dream, we will identify, in a disaggregated manner, those student populations not achieving at the same level and develop targeted interventions to help them succeed.
Process Map
To see the latest, you can view the Process Map
Team Members
Persistence & Process Mapping
- Jennifer Achan
- Helen Acosta
- Amber Anderson
- Alexandro Castro
- Grace Commiso
- Dr. Zav Dadhaboy
- Robert Dean
- Victor Diaz
- Rebecca Farley
- Laurie Fladd
- Jenny Frank
- Erineo Garcia
- Consuelo Gonzalez
- Dan Hall
- Craig Hayward
- Christina Howell
- Jennifer Jett
- Sooyeon Kim
- Jackie Lau
- Marisa Marquez
- Denice McCauley
- James McGarrah
- Erica Menchaca
- Bill Michal
- David Moncayo
- Krista Moreland
- Laurel Mourtzanos
- Melissa Myers
- Bob Ngo
- Sean Nickell
- Ben Perlado
- Paula Pitcher
- Lysander Ramos
- Derek Robinson
- Michelle Smith
- Imelda Valdez
- Stephen Waller
- Ashlea Ward
- Virginia (Ruthie) Welborn
- Mindy Wilmot
Maximizing Financial Aid
- Amber Anderson
- Alex Castro
- Grace Commiso
- Tony Cordova
- Robert Dean
- Victor Diaz
- Rebecca Farley
- Laurie Fladd
- Jenny Frank
- Patsy Garcia
- Connie Gonzalez
- Consuelo Gonzalez
- Dan Hall
- Craig Hayward
- Jennifer Jett
- Sooyeon Kim
- Jackie Lau
- Marisa Marquez
- Anna Melby
- David Moncayo
- Krista Moreland
- Bob Ngo
- Sean Nickell
- Ben Perlado
- Paula Pitcher
- Lysander Ramos
- Imelda Valdez
- Stephen Waller
- Ruthie Welborn
Data
- Presentation: ATD 5 Elements of Success (10.2013)
- Student Success Disaggregated Data (12.2013)
- 2013 KCCD ARCC Scorecard Summary
- BC ATD Supplemental Data
- Five Elements of Success
Principles Assessments
- ATD Principles Assessment Results 2013 (Excel)
- ATD Principles Assessment Results 2013 (PDF)
- ATD Principles Assessment Results 2014 (Excel)
- ATD Principles Assessment Results 2014 (PDF)
- ATD Principles Assessment Results 2014 - Visual Representation of Data
Reports
- BC ATD Implementation Plan Progress Report - December 2014
- BC ATD Implementation Plan - May 2014
- BC 2013-14 Work Plan
ATD College Visits/Summits
- Fall 2015:
- Fall 2015: Student Success Summit website
- Spring 2015:
- Fall 2014:
- Spring 2014:
Study Series
Presentations
Core Team
- Primavera Arvizu, Director of Financial Aid, CARE EOP&S & CalWorks
- Kimberly Bligh, Professor and Faculty Chair, Education
- Lesley Bonds, Student Success Program Manager
- Henry Covarrubias, Equity Program Manger
- Zav Dadabhoy, Interim President
- Nan Gomez-Heitzeberg, Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs
- Brian Hirayama, Professor, Communication
- Odella Johnson, Director of Equity & Inclusion
- Keri Kennedy, Educational Advisor
- Marisa Marquez, Interim Director, Transfer Center
- Erica Menchaca, Faculty, Education, Math
- Emmanuel (Manny) Mourtzanos, Dean of Instruction
- Stephen Waller, Dean of Instruction
- Jessica Wojtysiak, Faculty, Education, English
