Charge
Committee within PGS
The Guidance, Resources, Integration, and Transformation (GRIT) Committee operates in collaboration with PRAC and the Academic Senate to support College of Marin's commitment to providing equitable opportunities and fostering success for all members of our diverse community. GRIT reviews institutional plans, program reviews, and data to ensure that equity and access are embedded in all plans and programs and that resources and efforts support overall student success, including credit and noncredit ESL and basic skills.
Specific responsibilities include:
- Convene responsible parties working on the goals as outlined in the most recent Integration Plan to ensure alignment of efforts and the sharing of data and resources.
- Review internal and external research and promising practices relating to equity with regard to access, retention, success, and completion.
- Provide progress reports in accordance with the Chancellor’s Office guidelines to local and statewide stakeholders.
- Identify, promote, and disseminate information on exemplary programs and effective practices in serving academically underprepared and historically underrepresented community college students.
- Support faculty and staff professional development and innovative instructional strategies aligned with the Integration Plan.
Composition
- Minimum 4 Faculty appointed by the Academic Senate
- Minimum 4 Classified appointed by the Classified Professional Liaison Committee (CPLC)
- Minimum 2 Administrators appointed by the Superintendent/President
- Minimum 2 Students appointed by Associated Students of College of Marin (ASCOM)
The GRIT Committee make-up will be members who represent the following:
- Math (Faculty)
- English Skills (Faculty)
- ESL (Faculty)
- Counseling/Learning Communities (Faculty)
- Administrative Dean
- PRIE
- Students
- EOPS
- Equity Coordinator/Student Activities and Advocacy
- Student Accessibility Services
- Outreach
- Veterans
- Enrollment Services
- CTE/Strong Workforce
2020-2021 Members
Chair
Tonya Hersch, Educational Success Programs
Faculty
Gina Cullen, Counseling
Marian Coulson, Math
Miguel Oropeza, College Skills & English
Classified Professionals
Hugo Guillen, EOPS
Andrea Hunter, Enrollment Services
Alexander Jones, Career Services, Internships, and Service Learning
Ellen Shaw, Fiscal Services
Students
Bea Cazares
Administrators
Tonya Hersch, Educational Success Programs
Sadika Sulaiman Hara, Activities and Advocacy
Staff Resources
Emy Bagtas-Carmona, Enrollment Services
Katheryn Horton, Workforce Development
Stormy Miller, Student Access and Accessibility
Melanie Palomino, Educational Success & Instruction
Anna Pilloton, School and Community Partnerships
Holly Shafer, Planning, Research and Institutional Effectiveness
Cari Torres Benavides, Instruction