- To increase student enrollment, retention and completion.
- To develop and maintain an equity-focused climate.
- To adopt a “culture of data”.
- To aligned of student support services.
- To align student goals, curriculum, workforce development, and community involvement.
Welcome Message from President López
I am delighted to welcome you to the Harold Promise. The Harold Promise is in collaboration with the Achieving the Dream (ATD) network and its equitable outcomes cohort. It is designed to renew our commitment to equitable outcomes for all of our students – especially, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and poverty-impacted students. The Harold Promise is very closely aligned with our mission, values, strategic priorities, and my vision for the college. More importantly, the Harold Promise will ensure we maintain our commitment to being a student-centered institution and focus all of our college resources on student learning, development and success.
This three-year journey starts now with the forming of several key college teams to develop year. The coming months will involve all members of the college community to develop a 3-year action plan guided by the insights of our core, cata and other teams. Your involvement is not just encouraged, it is essential. Your insights, experiences, and dedication to student success are invaluable to this process. This site will provide information of our collective work, ATD resources, and how you can get involved. I look forward to working alongside each of you to improve the student experience and outcomes based on data-informed decisions and equity principles.
Our Goals
College Commitments
As a member of Achieving the Dream and the Accelerating Equitable Outcomes Cohort HWC commits to:
- Learning process mapping and alignment.
- Develop a culture of assessment.
- Use quantitative and qualitative data to illustrate our story and make the necessary changes to better serve students in and out of the classroom.
- Obtain support and active engagement among its internal stakeholders.
- Identify inequitable policies and advocate for change.
- Offer support for students to work within institutional policies and practices.
- Closing outcomes gaps – Increased use of data to inform decision-making, a greater commitment to equity and closing equity gaps. Alignment and integration strategic goals and initiatives, and implementation of high-impact practices to strengthen student learning.
- Full college wide transformation in support of student success.
Areas of Focus
Re-imagine student services including: advising, career services, and student activities.
Enhance and support faculty engagement in the life of the college.
Incorporate Caring Campus faculty behavioral commitments.
Implement Strategic Planning Council
Our Framework
The Student Journey
The College Journey
Meet our Teams and Coaches
Core Team
- Theresa Carlton
- August Kampf-Lassin
- Alisa Alkins
- Rosie Banks
- Kim Bowens
- Gabriella Cambiasso
- Michal Eskayo
- Sherri Hayden
- Regina Lira
- Danielle Miles
- Juan Moran
- Victor Munoz
- Carrie Nepstad
- Jennifer Vogel
- Jackie Werner
Data Team
- August Kampf-Lassin
- Phil Vargas
- Christina Carrillo
- Ainka Clepper
- Jeni Meresman
- Fernando Miranda-Mendoza
- Dan Pattley
- Jeff Swigart
Achieving the Dream Coaches
Laurie Heacock
Laurie Heacock has worked in the community college sector for over 35 years and has served as a coach for Achieving the Dream since 2010. She has worked at the College of Southern Maryland, Anne Arundel Community College, and Broward College in a variety of roles including research, information technology, advising, and instruction. She served as the Vice President of Data & Analytics and Senior Advisor at Achieving the Dream prior to her retirement. Laurie serves on the Data and Metrics Advisory Panel for the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. In addition to coaching Harold Washington, Laurie is serving as the coach liaison with the City Colleges of Chicago.
Chris Calienes
Chris Calienes is the Interim Chief Diversity Officer at Roger Williams University. He has worked in several areas in higher education, including Institutional Research, Assessment, Strategic Planning, and Accreditation. In his 20-plus years of experience he has worked in institutions including community colleges, small liberal arts colleges and comprehensive universities, always maintaining equity at the center of all his efforts. Chris has also taught several Sociology and Geography courses as well as various workshops on assessment, learning communities, accreditation and equity. He continues to engage in research about indigenous resistance movements in his native Peru, and advocacy work with K-12 non-profit programs.
Timeline
