Retreat Agenda
Thursday, September 26
Check in area open at Tehachapi Mountain Retreat
12:00 – 5:00 PM
Cabin/tent set up & move in
Welcome to bring lunch to the Camp and eat there
Lunch on your own
View Tehachapi food options: https://basecamp2019.weebly.com/food
3:45 PM Welcome and Overview of the Event
Transparency Session
4:00 PM
• Addressing serious issues honestly #nojudgementzone
Pinyon Pine Tent
• Challenges and solutions to program concerns
Structured Team Time
5:00 PM
• Goal setting for the weekend
Pinyon Pine Tent
• Facilitation of self-identifying areas of focus for deliverable
6:00 PM
Community Dinner, catered buffet
Mess Hall
8:00 PM Optional evening activities
Friday, September 27
7:00 – 9:30 AM
Breakfast, self-serve Continental
Mess Hall
Optional Morning Wellness Activities
7:00 - 10:00 AM • Hiking, Nuooah Nature Trail
• Mindfulness/Personal Time
7:00 - 8:00 AM Yoga Session I (all levels)
8:30 – 9:30 AM Yoga Session II (all levels)
9:30 AM Introduction to the Park – Led by Park Ranger
Group 1: Sustaining Futures Community of Practice Summit
Facilitated by NYU’s McSilver Team
Audience: Sustaining Futures Teams Only
10:00 AM Aim: To celebrate the work from this past year with fellow Core
Implementation Team members from the Sustaining Futures
Pinyon Pine Tent
Community of Practice
• Teams will have 10-15 mins to share an update
• Preceded by a webinar in early September informing SF members of
expectations
Event sponsored by Bakersfield College Innovation Award fund
Group 2: Introduction to Trauma & Resiliency
10:00 AM Facilitated by NYU’s McSilver Team
Live Oak Tent Audience: all non-Sustaining Futures attendees
Aim: Foundational presentation on trauma and resilience
1:00 PM
Lunch, catered buffet
Mess Hall
McSilver Facilitated Afternoon Session
Audience: entire group! (both SF & non SF members)
2:00 PM Aim: Focusing on self-reflection and mindfulness, identifying personal
Pinyon Pine Tent impacts of teaching in a prison environment, emphasis on resilience
Part 1: Recognizing the unique experience of teaching in a prison
environment
• ProQOL
• Self-Reflection: guided questions to think through the impact of the
work
Part 2: Recognizing the strengths/improving Compassion Satisfaction
• Group Sharing
• What are the values that bring you to this work?
• How does this work align with how you see yourself/your identity?
• Tony Salerno’s not so famous resiliency scale
5:00 PM
Collaborative Funding Opportunities - Optional Group Discussion
Pinyon Pine Tent
6:00 PM
Community Dinner, catered buffet
Mess Hall
8:00 PM Optional Evening Activities
Saturday, September 28
7:00 – 9:30 AM
Breakfast, self-serve Continental
Mess Hall
Optional Morning Wellness Activities
7:00 - 10:00 AM • Hiking, Nuooah Nature Trail
• Mindfulness/Personal Time
7:00 - 8:00 AM Yoga Session I (all levels)
8:30 – 9:30 AM Yoga Session II (all levels)
9:30 AM
One Voice - Collective Ethnography Project Introduction
Pinyon Pine Tent
Event sponsored by Bakersfield College Innovation Award fund
10:00 AM Workshop Session 1
Pinyon Pine Tent Strand A: Engaging Faculty with Training & Support
(Rory Johnson, Tory Eagles)
Strand B: DSPS, Integrated Counseling, Ed Plans, & SEA Funding
Live Oak Tent
(Karee Hamilton, Anna Carlson)
Strand C: Policy Advocacy (College/State/National) Group Efforts
Elderberry Tent
(Alec Griffin, Peter Fulks, Rebecca Silbert, Kellie Nadler)
11:20 AM Break
11:35 AM Workshop Session 2
Pinyon Pine Tent Strand A: Personal Wellness
(Kellie Nadler)
Strand B: Equity of OER, Material Resources, and Research Papers at Scale
Live Oak Tent
(Julie Cornett)
Strand C: Developing and Disseminating Best Practices
Elderberry Tent
(Peter Fulks, Alec Griffin)
1:00 PM
Lunch, catered buffet
Mess Hall
College Team-Time to Produce Self-Identified Deliverable
• Team Program Development
2:00 PM • Identifying Important Equity Resources
• Trauma & Resilience, how to address marginalized populations
equitably
5:00 PM
Community Dinner, catered buffet
Mess Hall
8:00 PM Optional Evening Activities
Sunday, September 29
7:00 – 9:30 AM
Breakfast, self-serve Continental
Mess Hall
Event Deliverables
9:30 AM
• State & National Faculty Assessment
Pinyon Pine Tent
• Chancellor’s Office Training & Questions
Finalized Team Goals
10:30 AM
• Team Share-outs on areas of focus
Pinyon Pine Tent
• Support for implementation
11:30 AM Wrap up and Pack up
Lunch on your own View Tehachapi food options: https://basecamp2019.weebly.com/food
Event sponsored by Bakersfield College Innovation Award fund
