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Class Resources

The resources listed below are opportunities to learn and not a replacement for a student’s own work.
Resources are supportive tools intended for collaboration to accompany different styles of learning.
BCC’s LRC does not condone plagiarism.

The HBCU Homecoming Experience

Stanford Alumni: Growth Mindset

TED Talk: Motivation

 Due to Copyright Laws the LRC cannot post free PDFs from the web, but they exist!!
 
Anthropology
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Sociology
Coming Soon!
 

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Employment Criteria

Minimum employment criteria for all Peralta Colleges’ student workers:

  • Be admitted and enrolled as a student in the Peralta Colleges
  • Be authorized to work in the United States
  • Enrolled during the previous Spring semester in order to work as a student worker during the Summer session or enrolled in the Summer session
  • Comply with applicable District policies and procedures
  • Be at least 18 years of age
  • Be not currently employed within the Peralta District as a short-term, temporary employee, adjunct faculty or in any other employment category, except Student Trustee
  • Pass the appropriate background check.
 
Hiring Notice – Tutor

Minimum requirements to work as an LRC tutor:

  • Be at least 18 years old. 
  • Be authorized to work in the United States
  • Minimum of a “B” letter grade in the subject area you are interested in tutoring.
  • Recommendations from at least one instructor for the subject(s) in which interested in tutoring.
  • Current enrollment within Peralta Colleges in at least one course (can be a credit or non-credit course).
  • Comply with applicable District policies and procedures as outlined in hiring paperwork
  • Cannot be currently employed within the Peralta District as a short-term, temporary employee, adjunct faculty or in any other employment category, except Student Trustee
  • Must be enrolled/successfully complete Educ 510A/B, Tutor Training, 0 unit course.

Necessary skills:

  • Exhibit thoughtful, strong, personable communication skills 
  • Critical thinking: Foster a desire for self improvement, reflection, and growth 
  • Must demonstrate initiative or self-starting abilities: display drive, purpose and determination 
  • Demonstrate timeliness, dependability, and responsiveness to other staff
  • Willingness to collaborate with students, other tutors, front desk staff, and instructors.
  • Exhibit curiosity for developing strategizing skills
  • Curiosity and passion for your subject

Desired skills:

  • Demonstrate a desire to collaborate and engage with students and coworkers in a professional way
  • Show initiative, resourcefulness, preparedness, and multitasking skills
  • Adaptability and capacity to engage with students to best fit their needs
  • Express interest in collaborating with other student workers on projects at the LRC

BCC Tutor Application:

BCC Student Tutor Application

 
 
Hiring Notice - Front Desk

Minimum requirements to work as an LRC Front Desk Staffer:

  • Be at least 18 years old.
  • At least one recommendation from a professor at Berkeley City College. You may include a recommendation from a previous educator.
  • Current enrollment within Peralta Colleges in at least one course (can be a credit or non-credit course).

Necessary skills:

  • Critical thinking: Foster a desire for self improvement, reflection, and growth 
  • Must demonstrate initiative or self-starting abilities: display drive, attentiveness, and determination 
  • Demonstrate timeliness, dependability, and responsiveness to other staff
  • Exhibit curiosity for developing strategizing skills
  • Express an affinity for community-centered thinking and have the ability to create a welcoming environment in an online space

Desired skills:

  • Exhibit thoughtful, engaging, and resourceful professional abilities or be open to actively working on them.
  • Willingness to collaborate with students, tutors, other front desk staff, and instructors.
  • Show initiative, preparedness, and multitasking skills
  • Adaptability and capacity to engage with students in a variety of ways
  • Express interest in collaborating with other student workers on projects at the LRC
  • Display interpersonal skills by being flexible, assertive, and caring

Berkeley City College’s pay rate for student workers/tutors is the local minimum wage, which will be $18.07/hour in Berkeley, California.

LRC Application for Front Desk:
LRC Staff Application

 

The LRC supports tutoring across the curriculum in multiple subjects as requested by academic departments. We tend to accept applications, depending on need, for the following departments: Social Sciences (Sociology & History), Multi-Media Arts, American Sign Language, Computer Information Systems, Economics, Education, Health and Human Services, Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Business and Modern Languages.

The LRC advances the vision and mission of Berkeley City College by providing an inclusive, diverse and collaborative learning environment that supports students’ engagement and contribution to the learning and exploration of academic subjects. The LRC provides one- on-one tutoring, group tutoring, study rooms and learning resources, both online and in-person, to help students become independent learners, succeed in their courses and reach their college, career and transfer goals.

SLOs (Student Learning Outcomes) & SAOs (Service Area Outcomes)

The LRC’s SLOs (Student Learning Outcomes):

  • After tutoring sessions, the student will demonstrate improved understanding of subject matter and feel better prepared to transition to more advanced concepts

  • Students will exhibit attitudes and behaviors that promote increased engagement in subject matter and greater participation in their own learning

  • Students will be able to learn and apply various strategies for solving problems, understanding concepts and demonstrating knowledge.

The LRC’s SAOs (Service Area Outcomes):

  • The LRC provides an inclusive, diverse and collaborative learning environment that supports student engagement and contribution to the learning and exploration of academic subjects across the curriculum
  • The LRC provides accurate and comprehensive information to facilitate and increase student access to learning support across the campus
  • Services and materials provided in the LRC are relevant, accessible and useful.

Berkeley City College’s BCCRadio2050, hosted by CamIno from BCC’s Learning Resources Center.  BCCRadio2050 is here to create lively and engaging conversations with BCC’s vibrant community and our diverse surrounding communities to keep us all connected with the latest and greatest.

BCC Radio2050 Episode 6: Fariba Rahman, Berkeley City College 2023 transfer student. 

Our sixth episode with special guest, Fariba Rahman, who was recently accepted into UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Fariba shares her insight with the transfer process and how to make community shortly after your transfer acceptance.

BCC Radio2050 Episode 5: International Education: BCC Student, Mahiro Katoh and Director, Thomas Torres-Gil. 

Episode 5! Join us with special guests, BCC International Student, Mahiro Katoh, and Peralta Colleges’ International Education Director, Thomas Torres-Gil. We learn more about Mahiro’s path to navigating community college and how BCC’s International Education program has helped her.

BCC Radio2050 Episode 4: Sequoia Boubion-McKay.

Our fourth episode! Check out Multimedia Art Animation at BCC with special guest and BMA Animation founder, Sequoia Boubion-McKay. We discuss Sequoia’s journey to become an independent animator thanks to support from BCC’s MMArt Animation classes.

BCC Radio2050 Episode 3: Women’s Leadership Club with special guests, Club President Dharvi Jindal and Club Event Manager Parneet Virk. 

On our third episode, we discuss the club’s curation of safe spaces and the importance uplifting women, especially in leadership. Learn more about the Women’s Leadership Club’s events and campus initiatives with special shout outs to BCC staff.

BCCRadio2050 Episode 2: BCC’s Veterans Resource Center with special guests, VRC Coordinator Jeejun Bertuso and BCC engineering student and U.S. Marine and U.S. Army veteran Steven Ogbuehi.  

 Join us as Jeejun and Steven discuss the advantages and obstacles veterans face as they transition from military life to civilian and student life. Learn how BCC’s Veteran Resources Center can support veterans resourcefulness in negotiating VA benefits, community college experiences and transferring to four-year Universities.

BCCRadio2050 Episode 1: Talko Tuesday Latinx Heritage Month

BCC Radio2050’s first-ever episode airs on one of our new series, Talko Tuesday, which focuses on BCC’s Latinx Heritage Month, LHM, 2022. 

Guests include

Martin De Mucha Flores, Ed.D. Associate Dean of Education Success,

Naomi Quiñonez, Ph.D. discusses blessing LHM’s opening ceremonies and her writing workshop for Puente,

Susana Praver-Perez discusses the screening of the documentary Simulacros de Liberación/Drills of Liberation with Director Juan C. Davila,

Filmmaker Ernesto Mireles and Alejandro Perez, Ph.D. Ethnic Studies, discuss the screening of the War of the Flea: The Fight for Xicano Studies.

Episode 1 of BCCRadio2050 Talko Tuesday found on:

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