{"id":7947,"date":"2017-08-17T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T23:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/?p=7947"},"modified":"2017-08-17T16:56:57","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T23:56:57","slug":"summer-scholars-institute-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/uncategorized\/summer-scholars-institute-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Scholars Institute 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC05179.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7948 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC05179-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"summer scholars students\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC05179-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC05179-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC05179-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/DSC05179-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Skyline College Summer Scholars Institute (SSI) successfully finished its second year with 116 entering freshmen completing either a 2-week accelerated module or the standard 5-week module.\u00a0 Both modules were designed to accelerate student learning and placement into transfer level math and English as a central component of the Skyline College Promise for students to \u201cGet In, Get Through and Graduate\u2026On Time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Summer Scholars Institute continued to recognize each students humanity and culture by developing relevant curriculum that would enable students to explore their \u201cCollege Success Story: Personal Identify and College Readiness.\u201d SSI offered an expanded program this year to provide an immersive two-week experience for 24 students to develop the skills to place into transfer level English if they were already placed at transfer level Math or the converse, as well as complete a Counseling 101 course. At the same time, the traditional 5-week module was offered with 92 students participating in English and Math Seminar series along with a Counseling 100 or Career and Life Skills 137 course.\u00a0 Moreover, to facilitate the development of students\u2019 professional development and co-curricular skills, the program participated in a day-long Workforce Development Conference at the SFO Hilton Hotel enhancing their communication and networking skills, as well as explored the world of entrepreneurship and international education while meeting with the Mandela Scholars.\u00a0 Students also began planning for their future transfer through college visits to UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to accelerating student placement and preparation into transfer level math and\/or English, the 2017 SSI enabled students to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Develop their critical consciousness and thinking skills<\/li>\n<li>Increase their comfort and confidence engaging the collegiate experience<\/li>\n<li>Increase their academic skills and efficacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A prime example of student growth was exhibited in their math progression.\u00a0 SSI created a tailored curriculum where students were expected to learn specific math concepts that would both place prepare them for, and place them into, their transfer level math course.<\/p>\n<p>The Program concluded on Thursday, August 3, 2017 with a Graduation Ceremony with over 200 students, family members and guests celebrating the success of SSI students and launching them into the 2017-18 academic year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Article by Michael Stokes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Skyline College Summer Scholars Institute (SSI) successfully finished its second year with 116 entering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}