Flex and Convocation Spring 2022 Flex Week has a great line-up of events. Click the button below to see the full schedule. |
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All employees are invited to ARC's Spring 2022 Convocation on Zoom Friday, January 14, from 8:30 to 11:30 am. The event will feature: - Messages from the Academic, Classified, and Student Senates
- Introduction of new employees and years of service and retiree recognition
- Updates from our Project Teams
- Greetings from the Los Rios Board of Trustees and a conversation with President Melanie Dixon and Chancellor Brian King
ARC will welcome guest speaker Dr. Vajra Watson, who will give the keynote address titled “Living Your Legacy: Being, Becoming, and Belonging at ARC.” Dr. Watson is a scholar-activist, faculty director, and professor of educational leadership and racial justice in the College of Education at Sacramento State University, Sacramento (see Dr. Watson’s full biography below). In her address, Dr. Watson will create a sense of collective belonging for the work of educational equity at ARC. All employees will be invited to participate in follow-up professional development workshops on the intersections of belonging, ecosystems of equity, and racial justice facilitated by Dr. Watson during the Spring 2022 semester.
About Dr. Vajra Watson Vajra M. Watson is a scholar-activist, faculty director, and professor of educational leadership and racial justice in the College of Education at Sacramento State University, Sacramento. Watson has over twenty years of experience as a teacher, community organizer and researcher. She is the founder of Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS), an award-winning program that pairs community-based poet-mentor educators and teachers together to develop grassroots pedagogies that reclaim and reimagine schooling. She is the author of three books, Learning to Liberate: Community-Based Solutions to the Crisis in Urban Education (2012), Transformative Schooling: Towards Racial Equity in Education (2018), and The Soul of Learning: rituals of awakening, magnetic pedagogy and living justice (2021), and has published dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.
Dr. Watson serves on a number of Board of Directors, including United Playaz in San Francisco (Board President), the National Urban Education Teacher Policy Project, the National Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, and Kingmakers of Oakland (Board Chair).
Dr. Watson is recipient of the UC Davis Early Career Award, Sacramento’s 40 Under 40 Leadership Award, the Chancellor’s Soaring to New Heights Individual Achievement Award for Diversity, the California Educational Research Association’s Annual Award, the Congressional Woman of the Year Award, the NBA Sacramento King’s Woman of the Year Award, and the American Educational Research Association’s Social Impact Award as well as AERA’s Social Justice Leadership Award.
Dr. Watson is originally from Berkeley, CA and was deeply impacted by the courses she took in the Black and Xicanx Studies Departments at Berkeley High School in the mid-1990s. In 10th grade her final exam question was: “What are you doing to stop and/or curtail the spread of white supremacy in yourself, community, and this world?” This question still shapes her path and purpose.
Dr. Watson obtained her B.A. from UC Berkeley and holds two Master’s Degrees from Harvard University in International Education and Teaching and Learning. She received her Doctorate in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.
Watson identifies as a white, cisgender female. |
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Accreditation Update
Thanks to the hard work of ARC’s Institutional Self-Evaluation Report (ISER) writing teams, we were able to present and gain Los Rios Board approval for our ISER at the November 8 meeting. We have since submitted our ISER, linked evidence files, college catalog, and schedule to the ACCJC for their review and the launch of the formative/summative process of peer evaluation.
In February, the college’s ISER Review Team will focus on how the materials submitted meet the Accreditation Standards. The team will form “core inquiries” regarding any areas in which the materials submitted do not sufficiently or clearly demonstrate how we meet the standards. ARC will then gather additional evidence to share with the team. If this evidence suffices, that core inquiry will no longer be a subject of review at the site visit. The team site visit during the week of October 10 will solely focus on those areas in which there are still questions about meeting the standards.
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January Virtual Training & Development Workshops
This month Los Rios offers a series of informative workshops and trainings. Click on the workshop title below for more information and to register using your Los Rios email.
January’s lineup includes:
Find more upcoming workshops (e.g., Hiring the Best & Equity Representative Trainings) on the District’s Calendar and Events webpage. For past workshop recordings, handouts, and articles on self-care, returning to work, financial wellness, and mental and physical health topics, go to the Los Rios Training and Development webpage and look under “Resources”. |
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Vaccine Clinic January 11
ARC's main campus is hosting a COVID vaccine clinic Tuesday, January 11, from 12:00 to 4:00 pm, sponsored by Sacramento County Public Health. All vaccines are free and walk-ins are accepted as well as appointments. The clinic will offer all three vaccines and offer 1st, 2nd, and booster doses. Go to the ARC online calendar for more information or to make an appointment. |
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Student deadlines
Here are some key student deadlines for spring full-term classes. - January 28 - Last day to drop classes and qualify for a tuition refund
- January 30 - Last day to enroll in classes; also last day to drop classes without notation on record
Looking for the latest academic dates and deadlines? |
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Student Technology Resources
Refer students to the Technology Resources webpage to learn how to download software like Microsoft and Adobe, see if they are eligible for a free Chromebook, and find information about low-cost or free internet and wi-fi. They can also reset their password, set up security questions, or contact Tech Support if they have additional questions. |
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Helpful Reminders
Here are some helpful reminders for the college community: |
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What’s Open on Campus
This spring the college will be offering a limited selection of in-person student support services, in addition to services offered online. To see the latest list of campus student services, visit arc.losrios.edu/reopening. This website will be continually updated with any changes to in-person student support services. |
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Want to know what's happening? Check out the calendars below! |
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