FISCAL RECOVERY AND LONG –TERM

SUSTAINABILITY TASKFORCE
SESSION #1
JUNE 25, 2020

Facilitators: Deborah Harrington, Ed.D, Dean of Student Success &

Jessica Cristo, Ed.D, Associate Dean of Student Success
Introductions
Setting Norms & Shared Values

 Be Engaged and Open to Sharing

 Assume Good Intentions
 Be Kind
 Trust the Process

 Is there anything else you would like to add? Is there something missing?
Setting Expectations for the Group

 Develop an LASC Work Plan based on the Cambridge West Report findings
 Prioritize the workplan activities and develop a comprehensive timeline to be implemented over the
next two-year period
 Assign the work to committees and constituencies within the campus
 Meet frequently to measure the successful implementation of the work plan in its entirety
Community Mapping

 Identifying prevailing conceptions of community and initiating mindful

transformation

 Goals for this activity:

 Identify our personal and college metaphors of community 
 Use metaphor to help us explore complex systems
Vision of Community: Our Personal Metaphors

Ahupua’a
Access to everything
needed to live.

Accountable to those
within.

Responsibility to those
outside.
Seeing Ahupua’a in my World
Surfacing our Personal Metaphors of Community

What is your metaphor of community? How do you

define community? What experiences shaped your
metaphor and definition?

Please draw, write, or find an object that represents

community to you.
Small group share out (Breakout rooms)

 In your group, take turns sharing your metaphors with each other
 When you are done, each of you go to 
PollEv.com/jessicacrist066 and follow the directions 
Whole group share out
Let’s take a look at our word cloud…what do we notice?
Metaphors of Work Community

Rock Band and

Audience

Roles:
● Rock Star
● Musicians
● Producers
● Fans
● Haters
What is the metaphor of community at your
institution?  

Please draw, write, or find an object that represents community

on your campus.
 Rock Band Meets Ahupua’a

Synergy:
● Cultivation of skills
● Talents are valued by community
● Everyone has a role & need each other

Conflict:
● Individual vs collective
● Ego-work vs community-work
● Decision by small group vs collective
decision-making
What is the space between our personal and
college metaphors of community?

 In your group, share your metaphor with each other

 Discuss the following:

 What’s the synergy and conflict between your personal and
college metaphors of community? 
 In what aspects do they clash?  How do they connect?  
Simon Sinek-Golden Circle
BREAK-6min: Think/Write 

 During this break time, please write

 What does the metaphor tell you about your own personal “Why”?
 In other words:  What is the passion that underlies your work?
 WHY do you teach/ advocate/ program build in the ways that you do? What is your
bottom line—the thing that, if pushed, you really won’t compromise on? What drives
you? 
Sharing, Connecting, and Identifying 

 Share your reflections on your personal “WHY” with your group

 Connect: How could we weave together our "whys" as we launch our taskforce work?
 Identify a shared 6 word “why” for your group for doing this taskforce work together 
 Type your group's 6 word why here: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X_omL7USNekSZPiWXLlk2w9hD3wxCvcl-6lWlK
C3DWE/edit?usp=sharing

 Generate some ideas for this taskforce's aspirational metaphor for professional/

educational community that takes your group's 6 word “why” statement into account
 Type your aspirational metaphor ideas here: 
Text Talk- “Is real change possible”

 Take 3 min to review the text. Please highlight, underline or make note of anything
that resonates with you. We will be doing a group discussion. 
Is Real Change Possible?

 In this piece Klein examines the reasons that organizational change efforts
so often fail. He argues that real change occurs when leaders take an
“integral approach.” Reflect upon the following questions, in writing if
possible:
 What does he mean by an “integral approach?”
 Can you think of any examples from your institution that align with and/or push
back on Klein’s framework?
 How might Klein’s framework help you plan your current taskforce work?
Next steps …

 Reflection video: We would like for you to make a quick video reflecting on
the following questions: 
o Think about at a time when a project, plan, program, etc. went well on your
campus?  
o Why do you think it was so successful? What made it special? 
o Do you see evidence of the 4- quadrants?  
 You will then upload it to the Canvas Course before our next session on
July 2, 2020.
 https://ilearn.laccd.edu/courses/125458/discussion_topics/1336489