Quick Links

Countdown

April 1st

Days
:
Hrs
:
Min

AACC Annual Schedule

Download the program booklet here. The app will include the most up-to-date information.

Session titles, descriptions and room locations are subject to change.

Search / Filter Print

Keyword:
Speaker(s):	Session Speakers

Saturday, Apr 01, 2023	Saturday, Apr 01, 2023 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM MDT	Edmund J. Gleazer Jr. Opening Lecture Location: Aurora Ballroom, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Aurora Ballroom, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040117:0018:30 068	SAT, APR 1
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 12:00 PM - 1:45 PM MDT	Hail and Farewell Luncheon and AACC Business Meeting Location: Aurora Ballroom, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Aurora Ballroom, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040212:0013:45 074	SUN, APR 2
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Outstanding Alumni Celebration Location: Juniper Ballroom, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Juniper Ballroom, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040410:0012:00 077	TUE, APR 4
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM MDT	Awards of Excellence Gala Location: Aurora Ballroom, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Aurora Ballroom, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040318:0020:00 071	MON, APR 3
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Speed Networking - Sunday, April 2 Location: Adams Ballroom B, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Adams Ballroom B, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040216:0017:30 059	SUN, APR 2
Saturday, Apr 01, 2023	Saturday, Apr 01, 2023 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM MDT	AACC Commission on Structured Pathways (by invitation) Location: Red Rock 8, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 8, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040112:3015:30 000	SAT, APR 1
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM MDT	American Association of Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC) Awards Breakfast Location: Spruce 3-4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Spruce 3-4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040207:0008:30 000	SUN, APR 2
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	A Common Sense "Secret Formula" for Workforce Development Success Exacting workforce development strategies has proven to be a decades-old mystery for many two-year colleges, state higher education agencies, and national departments. Where, what, and how to invest in tomorrow's workforce has remained a moving target for many reasons: constant shifting economies and conditions, changing priorities by administration, and an arguably backwards industry engagement approach by practitioners, generally. We are here to declare we have cracked the code and are ready to reveal our secret formula, and the best news: it's steeped in common sense. Speaker(s): Josh Wilson Chris Lorch Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	A Futures Focus to Build Just, Equitable, and Sustainable Futures Come learn how a college can thrive in these volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) times through developing a futures focused community. MiraCosta College is the first community college in the nation to comprehensively and broadly apply a Futures Framework in creating just, equitable, and sustainable futures. Working with partners across the nation and world, MiraCosta hopes to lead the way in empowering colleges in building the futures we seek. Learn about the tools and skills that can help develop Futures mindsets. Speaker(s): Sunita Cooke Charlie Ng Wendy Stewart Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	A New Paradigm for Enrollment Management and Retention Anne Arundel Community College (AACC) implemented its Enrollment, Retention, and Completion Committee (ERCC). This sesssion will share how a college-wide team manages essential enrollment management policies, procedures, practices and protocols through a collaborative process that infuses stakeholder voices, is data-driven, and focuses on equitable outcomes. By integrating college leadership, faculty, and staff from across the institution as never before, the college has reversed recent enrollment trends and increased retention of all students. Speaker(s): Dawn Lindsay Felicia Patterson Tanya Millner Location: Crest 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	A practical approach to increased employer engagement In 2020, Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) resurrected its Bioprocess Technology program to support impending industry growth. Rebuilding from the ground up, CCCC rethought everything, including curriculum, student support, and especially industry involvement. Determined to break the mold, CCCC applied and was accepted to the second cohort of the Pathways to Innovation Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) Academy. In this session, presenters will discuss how the implementation of the BILT model resulted in increased employer engagement, continuous curriculum improvement, and improved student outcomes. Speaker(s): Lisa Smelser Margaret Roberton Location: Homestead 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	A program response to student’s needs post-pandemic The Upward Bound program at Houston Community College - Central has been designed to equip participants with strong social-emotional skills so they can cope with everyday challenges and benefit academically, professionally, and socially. To meet the student’s social, emotional, and academic needs following two unstable consecutive academic years we developed a three-staged framework that includes combined evidenced-based program interventions from Bottom Line and Summer Nudging. This new program design is hopeful and positive. Speaker(s): LaTonya Brown Muddasir Siddiqi Stacy Welcome Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	A Roadmap that Turned Columbia-Greene’s Innovation from No to GO! A series of technology deficits culminating in a security breach in 2021 at Columbia-Greene Community College (C-GCC) precipitated a rigorous technology assessment to determine the institution’s IT maturity level. A disappointing rating of <2 (on a scale of 0-4) highlighted their inefficiencies in remote working and learning, security, and network infrastructure. Determined to modernize processes and systems, the college sharpened its focus and immediately began its transformation by prioritizing and subsequently meeting critical milestones as it delivered on its innovative vision for student, community, and staff success. Speaker(s): Carlee Drummer Jon Hazelgren Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	A Six-Pronged Approach to Improve Student Retention and Success Improving retention, success and graduation rates are common community colleges goals. This session will provide a Developmental Education Division team approach to utilize mini projects designed to produce big impacts for the most vulnerable students. Focus is placed on the use of a combination of instructional strategies and course embedded student supports. Specifically, this session will highlight the following high impact mini projects: multiple measure placement, in class re-testing, acceleration, common course blueprint curriculum, embedded and connected tutoring, developmental class registration. Speaker(s): Marjorie Kerbel Robin Eckert Teri Floyd-Brumm Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	Accelerating Economic Mobility for Marginalized Populations Along with other billionaires, MacKenzie Scott signed The Giving Pledge, a promise from the mega-wealthy to give away most of their fortunes. By Fall 2022, Scott had donated $12.8B to over 1,200 organizations including numerous community colleges and higher education nonprofits. Harper College, Alamo Colleges, and Achieving the Dream are using their Scott gifts to reach populations struggling against inequities. The experiences of these institutions offer lessons for colleges seeking to implement high impact strategies aimed at achieving equitable outcomes and economic mobility for students. Speaker(s): Avis Proctor Mike Flores Karen Stout Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	ACEing it: Campus-Wide Coaching Lifts Retention 6-12 Percent From 2017 to 2022, including during the pandemic, the ACE it program at Brazosport College drove a 6-12% increase in retention and boosted student GPAs by 0.11 to 0.16 points on a 4 point scale. Structured, intentional and intrusive coaching fostered student belonging, connected students to resources and guided students through barriers. Required participation for all first time at Brazosport College students and all full-time professors and salaried professional staff offer a blueprint for improvements in both the student and coach experience. Speaker(s): Sasha Tarrant Susan Lancaster Jo Greathouse Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Achieving Equitable Access through Ivy+ Textbook Innovation College access and affordability is critically important in today’s policy environment. Ivy Tech’s new Ivy+ textbook model is one way the College is responding to the rising cost of textbooks, ensuring all students have equitable access to their required textbooks to improve student outcomes, and closing equity gaps. This session will introduce the Ivy+ textbook model, Indiana’s landscape, and our evidenced-based research approach. The session will also cover practical strategies that supported statewide implementation at scale and how we gained stakeholder buy-in and faculty support. Speaker(s): Dominick Chase Dean McCurdy Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	Advancing a Culture of Care: A Model for Institutional Excellence Tallahassee Community College’s ZIP Code, 32304, is deemed the poorest in Florida with 60% of students identifying as non-white. In an effort to address both equity and access, the college developed a college-wide CARE model in partnership with faculty, staff, and students. Utilizing design-thinking sessions, numerous strategies were applied including embedding academic supports and developing a personalized learning model for incoming students. This session will highlight the strategies and methods used to build institutional culture, close equity gaps and increase student success rates campus wide. Speaker(s): Angela Long Jim Murdaugh Calandra Stringer Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Advancing College and Career Outcomes for High School Students Ivy Tech Community College has worked closely with state agency partners at the Indiana Office of Career & Technical Education and the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to completely redesign secondary CTE programming. Devising new K-12 pathways/programs of study backward designed from Ivy Tech provide Indiana high school students the opportunity to earn a stackable postsecondary credential and complete up to a years’ worth of postsecondary education and training while in high school. Pathways include aligned industry-recognized certifications and work-based learning experiences. Speaker(s): Rebecca Rahschulte Travis Haire Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM MDT	Advancing Equity with High Impact Faculty Professional Learning The evidence is now clear. High impact professional learning is key to effective efforts to engage educators, build student success and advance equity-focused change. This session introduces a process through which cross-functional college teams are working in cohorts to strengthen their professional development programs and more effectively advance strategic, institution-wide innovation. Session attendees will be provided helpful resources, including a new report on professional learning at community colleges, and will engage with experienced educators who are leveraging faculty professional learning for equity-focused student success. Speaker(s): Yolanda Wilson Karen Brunner Monica Trent Location: Red Rock 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040312:1513:00 001	MON, APR 3	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	AI and Machine Learning: Degree Pathways and Partnerships Chandler-Gilbert Community College and Estrella Mountain Community College partnered with the Arizona Commerce Authority and Intel Corporation to develop the first two-year degree program in artificial intelligence and machine learning in the United States. Come and join this interactive session to learn more about strategies for building public/private partnerships that are meeting the changing workforce needs through innovative curriculum and lab design to foster student success in the high-demand and high-wage jobs of the future. Speaker(s): Greg Peterson Rey Rivera Habib Matar Location: Homestead 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	AlamoEXPERIENCE – A Work-Based Experiential Learning Model The pandemic created an opportunity to expand the types of work-based learning and close equity and achievement gaps by focusing on the student’s career knowledge, and skills. Learn how students can benefit from multi-modal internships and the acceleration of collaboration to provide services at each student engagement point and career development opportunities. Examine one showcase with San Antonio College’s Earn On program, which addresses financial barriers that can block student access to internships. Speaker(s): Cassandra Segura Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	AlamoTHRIVE – Expanding Mental Health Support for Students The Alamo Colleges District and the AlamoTHRIVE committee developed a plan to address the growing mental health needs of the students of the five colleges within the District. With diverse student communities at each college, the project will help to address underlying capacity to mental health needs of each college community through capacity building, addressing or eliminating stigma, student education campaigns, and ongoing assessment and program evaluation. Speaker(s): Dr. Leticia Duncan-Brosnan Dr. Aisha Woods Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Allied Health Scholars Program: Linking logically related partners We will describe the foundational pillars, operational model, and outcomes of the Allied Health Scholars Program, a unique partnership between Baptist Health Academics and Miami Dade College, established to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare workforce. We will illustrate the selection process; the scholars’ application of theoretical knowledge in a practice-based setting; and their immersion in our culture of quality and commitment to clinical and service excellence. Additionally, we will describe the algorithm used to convert scholars into full time employees. Speaker(s): Bryan Stewart Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	An Instructional Leadership Academy for Closing Achievement Gap Discover how a faculty-driven development program, Instructional Leadership Academy (ILA), was scaled from division to college to system/state-wide with amazing results. With almost 25% (550) of all full-time state faculty having completed the program over the past four years, student and college performance indicators and outcomes have increased significantly. Find out how faculty diversity can be harnessed to create a learning-centered college or system, leading to substantial closing of socioeconomic achievement gaps. Speaker(s): Tony Holland Anthony Sanders Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Assessing and Building Support Systems for Student Parents Student parents face distinct challenges and competing priorities including economic insecurity and caregiving demands that may alter their path to credential completion. To assist our students in persistence and completion, the Alamo Colleges District established a framework that promotes a supportive and respectful culture for student parents. The framework includes both student success and academic success in building a sense of belonging for student parents that yield educational attainment. Preliminary data results indicate a positive impact on student performance measures. Speaker(s): Mary Helen Martinez Rodell Asher Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Awareness and Capacity Building for an Emerging Pathway Northern Virginia is home to the largest data center sector in the world, with industry demand doubling in response to rapid expansion into cloud computing; however, pathways to data center careers are largely invisible. To address this issue, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) leveraged funding opportunities to increase awareness and capacity for these critical careers infusing student recruitment, work-based learning, professional learning, and infrastructure development. This session will share the results of this effort and generalize these strategies for institutions seeking to respond to new industries in their regions. Speaker(s): Chad Knights Josh Labrie Jack Bidlack Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	Back to Your Future - Reengaging Former Students Students who have an outstanding debt to many colleges are denied enrollment until their outstanding balance is paid. These individuals become former students who are unable to complete their educational goals and affect positive change in their lives. This session focuses on a debt deferral program that can bring these former students back to the college and bring them to completion of their degrees and their goals. Speaker(s): Edward DesPlas Boomer Appleman Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Breaking the Frame: Degrees to Succeed, a Dual Admission Model Degrees to Succeed, a dual admission program, is designed as a retention initiative that calibrates the totality of our respective resources, enabling wraparound support through financial incentives, co-advising, and intentionally designed co-curricular activities that engage students throughout the transfer process. Upon Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree completion, the student experience is validated with junior standing and the acceptance of all credits at the receiving institution. Degrees to Succeed represents a commitment to recognize, reward, and celebrate the success of our shared students. Speaker(s): Jennifer Kilbourne Joaquin Martinez Sandra Kurtinitis Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Bridging Students to College Success: SLCC’s Summer Bridge Program How do we ensure students are not just enrolling in college, but thriving? Leaders from Salt Lake Community College will showcase their revamped and highly successful summer bridge program, reinvented during a global pandemic and supported with Higher Education Emergency Relief Funding (HEERF). Presenters will discuss the high-impact model designed to provide holistic support to students most impacted by COVID-19. Presenters will detail how they leverage college-wide and community partnerships to ensure students are prepared for success in higher education, with a particular focus on students with learning and skill gaps. Speaker(s): Richard Diaz Kathie Campbell Agustin Bautista Silva Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Broadening a Community College’s Role Diversity Equity & Inclusion The role of community colleges continues to expand beyond their academic and workforce role. In order to effectively connect and encompass equity gaps in higher education, colleges must be systemic and intentional towards expanding programs and opportunities for minorities and underserved students. San Juan College will present strategies and focal areas which guarantee student success by expanding entrepreneur and entrepreneurial opportunities, providing high levels of support, and increasing pathways. Speaker(s): Lorenzo Reyes Jr Toni Pendergrass Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Build leadership capacity while scaling institutional improvements Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) and Carnegie Math Pathways (CMP) partnered to examine methods to build leadership capacity while scaling institutional improvements. A National Science Foundation grant helped teams to scale their CMP implementation supported with coaching on change management and leadership development focused on organizational improvement. Within three years and during the global pandemic, MATC successfully transformed developmental math programs, growing enrollment and increasing student success. Hear MATC’s leaders’ perspective on building leadership capacity while scaling institutional improvements at a large diverse urban institution. Speaker(s): Sadique Isahaku Margo Keys Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Building a diverse talent pipeline with public-private partneships Public-private partnerships at the nation’s community colleges are driving workforce development innovation, student success, and access to careers. Learn from Milwaukee Area Technical College about forming employer and philanthropic partnerships to advance business and community goals. The session will feature Johnson Controls Community College Partnership Program, which has earmarked $15m to equip students from underserved communities with education to enter family-supporting careers in HVAC, fire and security, and building systems. Participants will walk away with employer engagement strategies and a partnership readiness checklist. Speaker(s): Vicki Martin, Ph.D. Mike Schade Laura Bray Location: Homestead 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	Building a Peer Mentoring Program for Diverse Student Populations Peer mentoring empowers students to succeed and realize their full potential. Using additional state funding and reorganizing student affairs, the college adapted the successful TRIO model to reach more students and increase retention and graduation rates among Black, African American, Asian American, Latino/a/x, and LGBTQ+ students.Middlesex Community College engages students through peer mentorship, fostering sense of belonging, providing opportunities for reflection and self-examination, building financial wellness, and developing academic and career readiness skills, the program strengthens self-confidence and teaches students to navigate the complex college system. Speaker(s): Noreen McGinness Olson Philip Sisson Tiffany Laudano Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Building Scalable Pedagogy for Equitable Student Success Presenters in this session will explain the initial development process, incentivization strategies, and impact of Florida State College Jacksonville's (FSCJ) professional learning program for faculty. The plan focuses on culturally-responsive pedagogies to engage students in classroom learning and subsequently create a stronger sense of engagement and belonging. A faculty/administrative team co-developed learning opportunities for faculty including micro-credentials, communities of practice, and an action research project, all of which were grounded in research-based best practices gleaned from Achieving the Dream’s Teaching and Learning Toolkit and The New Learning Compact. Speaker(s): Deborah Fontaine John Wall Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	Building Talent Strong Texas Pathways Texas implemented a statewide strategy that mobilizes workforce and education ecosystem partners, including legislators, key business leaders, community college leaders, secondary schools, universities, local workforce boards, and chambers of commerce. In this session, participants will hear how the Texas Association of Community Colleges hosted regional workforce sessions to listen to recommendations of local experts on how colleges could better align programs with industry needs. Furthermore, participants will learn how colleges used labor market data and partnerships to build programs leading to credentials with value. Speaker(s): Cynthia Ferrell Richard Rhodes Tamara Clunis Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Building the Workforce for America’s Infrastructure at FRCC This session will demonstrate a model for creating partnerships with local public works agencies and high school districts that provide jobs for non-college track high school seniors. The jobs can lead to a career that provides a living wage, opportunity for advancement, and can be applied to our associate’s degree. This flexible model can be delivered in multiple modalities, or bundled for asynchronous delivery. Speaker(s): Susan Baillargeon Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Can Today’s Systems Prepare Learners for Tomorrow’s Careers? The postsecondary pathway between high school and the workforce is inefficient and inequitable. This session will debate the best ways to meet our future postsecondary attainment and workforce needs. In “The Big Blur,” JFF proposes restructuring grades 11-14 with a new type of institution that is neither high school nor college to prepare young people for the world of work. However, community colleges are already transforming and adapting–through creative K-12 and workforce partnerships–to meet the needs of their students and communities. Which approach will prevail? Speaker(s): Sobia Khan Joel Vargas Nick Mathern Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	CannaBliss-Growing an Equity Centered Urban Agriculture Department Olive-Harvey College launched its own cannabis certification program, and recently became the first school in the state of Illinois to be approved for an accredited Associate degree in Cannabis Studies. In this session, we will present on how this unique program fulfils a far greater need than a career pathway for our students. It has allowed us to directly serve our community by providing equitable access to quality education while preparing students to enter the burgeoning market which historically has exhibited high barriers of entry. Speaker(s): Akilah Easter Kimberly Hollingsworth Brandon Nichols Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	CCPI-STEM: Diversifying the STEM Education and the Workforce Current and former presidents will address the institutional benefits and opportunities of taking a regional approach to address the dearth of diversity in STEM programs and the STEM workforce by highlighting the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE) grant program and the support systems available to pursue grants in current and emerging STEM fields. The Community College Presidents' Initiative in STEM (CCPI-STEM) is creating regional networks of college presidents and key stakeholders to promulgate and support STEM education with strong connections to workforce development and business/industry partners. Speaker(s): Clayton Railey Charlene Dukes George Boggs Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Challenged to a Duel? Using Dual Enrollment to Meet the Challenge Miami Dade College (MDC) has experienced enrollment challenges felt by most community colleges across the nation. This session will focus on the methods that MDC has utilized to leverage accelerated learning opportunities as well as guided pathways to address enrollment declines for dual enrollment and First-Time-In-College, Direct Entry (FTIC-DE) students. The session will introduce the interactive My Academic Planner (iMAP) as well as demonstrate how Miami Dade College has implemented a robust feeder school engagement approach that is promoting equal access to dual enrollment. Speaker(s): Philip Giarraffa Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Closing Graduation achievement gaps for Native Hawaiian Students Leeward Community College serves the largest number of Native Hawaiian (NH) students from the community colleges, representing over 1,600 NH Students in Fall 2022. The College celebrates a record-high graduation at 150% of time and narrowing the former 11% gap between NH and non-NH completions to a 2% gap (2018 cohort). This significant improvement is attributable to indigenization efforts, creating a sense of place and belonging, to the largest population served by the College. Different strategies and efforts will be presented during the session. Speaker(s): Pi‘ikea Hardy-Kahaleoumi Carlos Penaloza Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	CNC and Autism - Success with the Uniquely Abled Academy South Central College has been successful in creating non-credit academies specifically for young adults with autism. The academies provide training from academic faculty in a condensed manner. The college partners with local employers and state/county agencies to ensure employment and wrap around services for students upon completion, and link industry-recognized credentials with current curriculum to pave the way for graduates to receive credit for prior learning if they choose to further their education at the college. The Uniquely Abled Academy is a proven blueprint for success. Speaker(s): Jim Hanson Kristin Underwood Dimitria Harding Location: Crest 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	College for young adults with developmental disabilities A residential college program for young adults with developmental disabilities will be presented. The session's model is the Special Services program located at ENMU-Roswell, which supports students with developmental disabilities and community workforce needs. The session will focus on operating a college residential program for individuals with developmental disabilities, partnering with community business owners for vocational placements, how to meet the needs of young adults with development disabilities, and advocating for students with disabilities to be hired in various workforce positions. Speaker(s): Rebecca Cobos Shawn Powell Location: Homestead 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Communicating During the Student Lifecycle to Improve Retention Once a prospect becomes a student, you’re finished marketing to them, right? Wrong. Communicating to students during their time at your college can be critical to their success. How well do your advisors engage with first-year students? Does the business office effectively show them how to use the online bill-paying system? How does a struggling student learn about all the support services available? Speaker(s): Jeff Ebbing Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Communities of Interest in the College: Coordinating our Pathways Laramie County Community College (LCCC) adopted the Guided Pathways model and in that work reformed many of our operations. Join this session to learn about the development of the pathway coordinator role. This unique faculty position is responsible for creating strong communities of interest among students, faculty, staff, and industry including community representatives associated with a pathway. Discover their work across the college, utilizing pathway leadership teams to leverage connections and collaborations which influence early successes in student retention, persistence, and academic path clarification. Speaker(s): Sheridan Hanson Trent Morrell J O'Brien Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Consolidation and Research for Equitable Student Pathways Leaders from Dallas College’s Division of Student Success will discuss how the institution has undergone large-scale organizational change over the past three years to address equity gaps and improve students’ academic and workforce outcomes. To create a student-centric approach, the former community college district consolidated seven colleges into a single institution, implemented a holistic Learner Care Model, and embedded research units with distinct purposes into the Division of Student Success. Presenters will highlight the outcomes of a seamless student pathway from K12 to the workforce. Speaker(s): Beatriz Joseph Karen Stills David Mahan Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Corequisite Developmental Education The ACCESS Program at Itawamba Community College is a corequisite developmental education program with goals to advance students at the same rate as those who are academically prepared. As this program continues to prove success, ICC can increase credit recovery by eliminating non-credit coursework, conserve student financial aid, and condense instructor teaching loads while enhancing instructional support resources. In this model, we remediate student skills in one class with Supplemental Instruction as opposed to a sequence of two-three courses. Speaker(s): Brandi McCraw Michelle Sumerel Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Creating a Sense of Belonging for Marginalized Students at PWI’s Canceled As colleges transition back to in-person offerings, notable declines in student engagement and increases in anxiety and depression since the pandemic have resulted in decreased use of college resources and awareness of campus activities. These changes have been noted particularly by students from historically marginalized groups. A team of professionals from different areas of the college formed to intentionally redesign activities and efforts to increase overall student engagement and improve minoritized students' sense of belonging on campus.This session provides a roadmap for creating such programming. Speaker(s): Lonetta Oliver Bryan Asbury Andrea Walton Location: Summit 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Creating an OER Microcredential for Faculty Open Educational Resources (OER) can increase student learning while breaking down barriers of affordability and accessibility. Research shows students in OER courses more frequently have better grades and lower failure and withdrawal rates than their counterparts in courses that do not use OER. Montgomery College created an OER micro-credential that focuses on and measures relevant competencies, such as the ability to find OER and evaluate for rigor and a demonstration of open pedagogy. Through this faculty professional development, students can continue to be the biggest benefactors. Speaker(s): Shinta Hernandez Mary Robinson Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Creating Faculty Champions! Empowering Students Through Advocacy Creating a culture of care throughout campus, including in the classroom, allows students to build connections and feel supported throughout their educational journey. The Student Advocacy Centers are a district-wide anti-poverty initiative that serves students by meeting their immediate socio-economic deficits allowing students to focus on their education. This session will discuss the San Antonio College's approach to supporting student basic needs. Speaker(s): Jillian Denman Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Cultivating a Culture of Connection for the Changing Terrain A “new norm” has taken flight in doing business with our nation’s colleges. Changing perspectives and expectations based on remote work that began during COVID, has spawned changes in communicating, teaching, and engaging. In-person relationships are displaced by virtual engagement. Added to the work-from-home ethos is a changing culture as younger generations move into senior leadership positions. Learn what colleges are doing to prepare leaders to cultivate connection, care, and creativity to achieve shared goals and desired outcomes in this dynamic environment. Speaker(s): Margaretta Mathis Terry Calaway Steven Gonzales Location: Summit 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM MDT	DEI Employment Strategies That Build an Engaged Community. When do employee voices matter? This interactive presentation will discuss collaborative employee recruitment and retention initiatives at Hudson County Community College (HCCC), which is nationally recognized for diversity and employee engagement. Presenters will highlight HCCC’s culture of care, inclusivity, and impact on student success. Expanding programs focusing on professional development, appreciation, and recognition allows the campus community to stay connected. Speaker(s): Anna Krupitskiy Alison Wakefield Yeurys Pujols Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040312:1513:00 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	DEI Meets High Tech Innovations in IT/Cyber Canceled The session will cover innovations and advancements in The Center of Excellence (CoE) in IT/Cybersecurity with an emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). These advancements include innovations in teaching and learning IT/Cybersecurity through hands-on, experiential learning and partnerships with industry and top cybersecurity experts. The session will cover some specific examples of cybersecurity threats used on the general public. The session will also detail how the PIma County Community College District has successfully addressed closing the achievement gap for underserved communities in this challenging area. Speaker(s): James Craig Chris Bonhorst Ivan Castro Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	DEI: the Missing Ingredient in Academic Program Evaluation This session will address an often overlooked aspect of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives: the impact of program choices on equitable student success. Presenters will suggest a formula to track the opportunity to increase DEI and graduate incomes and share a comprehensive model institutions can use to estimate the cost of implementing an equitable student success initiative. Participants will work in small teams to identify pain points in each metric and develop strategies to improve DEI. Speaker(s): Robert Gray Atkins Olivia Padilla-Jackson Location: Summit 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	Designing & Implementing a Large Scale DEIA Initiative The session will review the implementation of a large-scale diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA) training for faculty across disciplines. The Model Course initiative provides multi-year professional development where faculty learn the most current research in DEIA pedagogy and theoretical understandings of social inequality. Participants then work in teams with mentors to apply the research. Faculty will share how their courses, their pedagogy, and their other work at the college has changed based on their participation in the program. We’ll also review ways we’ve expanded the program. Speaker(s): Julie Grignon Lori Perez Kellie McCants-Price Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Developing a Community College/University Partnership Growing one's own leadership in a rural community college can be difficult, especially when time and limited resources are taken into consideration. The presenters will provide an experiential framework for creating a collaborative partnership between a four-year university and local 2-year institutions for providing leadership training to community college professionals. How the initiative came to be, successes and growth opportunities, and tips for how to foster one's own partnership between two and four-year institutions from a "grow your own" perspective will be shared. Speaker(s): Timothy Maddox-Fisher Kathleen Gallman Deborah Grimes Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Developing an Intentional Ecosystem of Access and Equity Miami Dade College (MDC) developed an intentional ecosystem of philanthropic partners to fuel its access and equity initiatives in response to gaps in black student enrollment, retention, and completion, and Hispanic under-representation in high-wage, high growth occupations.This session will tell the story of how a minority-serving institution, in a minority-majority community, increased persistence outcomes and strengthened engagement of employer partners when it recognized that access and equity issues would only be resolved by engaging the proverbial village. Speaker(s): Malou Harrison Loretta Ovueraye Kesia Vazquez Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Developing Poverty-Informed Faculty to Close Equity Gaps Community colleges across the nation are identifying significant equity gaps between students from poor versus middle-class and/or affluent households. One solution to closing gaps and increasing student success rates for students experiencing poverty is to educate college faculty through professional development. This presentation will share examples from several Minnesota State community colleges who have implemented communities of practice, poverty simulations, and poverty-informed pedagogy workshops. This session will explore the causes and biases of poverty, teaching best practices, and student success outcomes that can be accomplished. Speaker(s): Barbara Embacher Location: Red Rock 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Different Math for Different Path: the Minneapolis Math Pathways The Minneapolis Math Pathways allow students to complete college math requirements in one year or sooner. To reduce or eliminate the developmental math prerequisites, the college innovates its math curriculum, implements guided learning pathways, and advises students to take math courses suitable for their degree programs.This session will present the concepts and the design of these pathways, and showcase the significant positive impact of these pathways on the enrollment, retention, course success and student satisfaction. Speaker(s): Ben Weng Carmen Buhler Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM MDT	Don’t be Afraid to Leave: Elevating your Educational Career This session will help attendees understand how to "develop a leadership passport" that will help them be ready to lead in tomorrow's unique community college environment. Attendees will learn about the leadership attributes and skills needed for leading in the present and future. Attendees will learn how to develop a portfolio that tells their leadership journey using data, acquired skillsets, and demonstrated institutional change. The session will also highlight continued professional development needs and transition planning out of and into a new role/institution. Speaker(s): Jana Schwartz Gillian McKnight-Tutein Aaron Prestwich Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040312:1513:00 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM MDT	Embedding Mental Health into Math to Increase Student Success Many students enter our colleges without the necessary tools and coping skills to mange anxiety and test preparation. Participants will learn the benefits of embedding mental health services into Math courses to increase the success of students enrolled into lower level math courses. Students enrolled in classes with embedded mental health services were more likely to complete and pass their math classes compared to the general population. Speaker(s): Ricky Shabazz Marciano Perez Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040312:1513:00 001	MON, APR 3	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Employer Led Partnerships as an Enrollment, Success & DEI Strategy Learn how Stark State College strategically partners with employers to enroll and upskill incumbent employees as an enrollment and success strategy while advancing equitable student outcomes. We will detail how our employer led partnerships focus on in-demand fields; boost employee morale and loyalty, and help employers recruit and retain employees to meet workforce needs. We will share our exciting outcomes and disaggregated data that shows our minority students in employer led partnerships have higher GPAs, course completion rates and success rates than our regular students. Speaker(s): Stephanie Sutton Lada Gibson-Shreve Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM MDT	Engaging Adjuncts to Promote Student Success Whether from pandemic related reductions, retirements or attrition of full-time faculty, community colleges have hired more adjunct faculty than in years prior to meet demands. With difficulties in faculty recruitment and hiring continuing to plague higher education, adjuncts likely will continue to play a prominent role in teaching and classroom engagement over the next several years. Institutions must provide adjuncts high quality development programs to ensure high quality teaching and high levels of engagement in the classroom. Speaker(s): Michael Baston Lisa Williams Lindsay English Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040312:1513:00 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Engineering Degrees via Community and University Partnerships Responding to the industry need for a hands-on meets theory curriculum, Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) partnered with the University of Kentucky (UK) to create two Engineering Technology AAS/BS degrees. With multiple exit points through stackable certificates, AAS, and BS degrees, the Computer Engineering Technology and Integrated Engineering Technology degrees are attracting a diverse, ready to work workforce. Session will highlight degree development, related student support, industry contributions, and nuanced relationship between the institutions. Speaker(s): Melanie Williamson Greg Feeney Kelsey Carew Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Enrollment perspectives: contrasting perspectives urban and rural In this session Dallas College, one of the largest community colleges in the US, and Coahoma Community College, a public historically black community college in Mississippi serving approximately 1500 students, are joined by the Achieving the Dream foundation to consider contrasting experiences of institutions to national declines in enrollment. The session serves to highlight contextual implications of enrollment decline as well as innovative practices the institutions have implement to stall and reverse decline. Speaker(s): Shawnda Floyd Monica Trent Joseph McKee Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Ensure Success By Partnering With Industry Strategic partnerships are the foundation to successful education and fulfilling the workforce gap. Western Wyoming Community College has successfully partnered with the NextGen Manufacturing Partnership to determine programming needs not only for the service area but the State of Wyoming as a whole. Learn how this partnership has generated the concept, development, and implementation of a Powerline Technology program that did not exist in Wyoming over a year ago. Speaker(s): Amy Murphy Dr. Kim Dale Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Envision, Engage, Enroll Learn how Lee College envisioned a strategy and engaged prospects to enroll the highest number of students in the college's 88-year history. Through collaborative partnerships with local school districts and targeted digital marketing, the college moved from a previous four-year average of 7,800 students to more than 8,400 students this year. Not only did the strategy increase headcount, but also a more than 30% increase in contact hours creating a sustainable ecosystem for the future. Speaker(s): Brian Waddle Lynda Villanueva Scott Bennett Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Establishing an On-campus Safe Parking Program In October 2021, Long Beach City College established an on-campus Safe Parking Pilot Program, an innovative approach to support students experiencing homelessness. Learn about the considerations taken before, steps leading to implementation, the service delivery model, and case management strategies to connect students to long-term housing resources. Case management is the pathway to ending homelessness. The relationship of the case manager and student builds upon a connection that will focus on strengths and reinforces establishing a housing and stability plan, monitoring the work together. Speaker(s): Justin Mendez Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Exploring Equity Gaps in Outcomes through Marketable Skills Assess Equitable collection, analysis, and access to data are critical to improve student outcomes. San Antonio College assesses student learning outcomes in every course section, every semester, for every student. The college disaggregates program outcomes to identify and address specific student needs for equitable achievement. This discussion will focus on institutional leadership commitment and transforming institutional assessment practices from measuring Student Learning Outcomes for compliance, to engaging students and faculty in the acquisition of marketable skills to reduce equity gaps and improve institutional student outcome. Speaker(s): Francisco Solis Rosalind Ong Savithra Eratne Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Federal grant-funded coaching-powered organizational development Illinois Central College and South Texas College have implemented in-house coaching programs to enhance the student experience while improving learner outcomes and college processes. Both programs are based on InsideTrack’s evidence-based coaching methodology. Using Title III funds, ICC has improved retention by redesigning its advising services. They’ll share the results and impact of this program. STC won a Title V grant to develop an in-house coaching program to implement a holistic, student-centered model. They’ll discuss the process and the impacts they have achieved. Speaker(s): Kari Schimmel Ali Esmaeili Steve Ast Location: Willow Lake 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Willow Lake 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Fierce Women CEOs: Be one, know one, support one Retaining CEOs is a national challenge impacting community colleges' ability to change transformationally. Today's community colleges students are majority female students, many students of color. This session highlights the lived experiences of three women who became CEOs during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they are working through gendered and color barriers to succeed. This session highlights how to become a female CEO and how to support a female CEO through a transparent conversation about redefining the social construction of the CEO role. Speaker(s): Tawny Dotson Angelica Garcia Tina King Claudia Habib Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	First-Gen & Low-Income Asian American Student Success This session will include an overview and discussion on a study completed on degree completion and attainment of early momentum metrics among first-generation and/or low-income Asian American community college students.Data were collected from four community colleges in the Midwest. A goal of the study was to explore success rates accounting for the intersectionality of identities within the population of Asian American students. Speaker(s): Anthony Ramos Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	From Novelty to Necessity - Developing Your AR/VR Strategy Learn from our model by taking a virtual tour of our AR/VR spaces. This session will show how Northeast Wisconsin Technical College developed specific experiences and classrooms to support this technology, as well as a virtual tour our new Industry 4.0 atrium. This session will highlight tools in use for each of our learning areas and present feedback from students and employers. We will highlight the required technological support and collaboration needed between the information technology and learning teams for these projects to be successful. Speaker(s): Daniel Mincheff Jill Thiede Jeff Rafn Location: Summit 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	6E91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Front Range Community College's Equity Academy for Instruction This session will begin with an overview of Front Range Community College's (FRCC) Equity Academy for Instruction, which is a semester-long, cohort-based teaching development program for full and part-time faculty that centers self-awareness, peer-based learning, and practical application of equity and inclusion concepts and skills to teaching across disciplines. The facilitator will discuss the origins of the Academy and methods for sustaining it, lead participants through several activities included in the Academy, and discuss how participants can adapt this work for their institutions. Speaker(s): Krishna Pattisapu Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Funding Equity: An Equity-Minded Approach to Budget Development In a time of decreasing enrollments, and increasingly thin operating margins, community colleges cannot adequately support and sustain equity-minded institutional change using current budgeting models that–by design–ensure continuing operations and the status quo. In this presentation, administrative leaders from Everett Community College will outline the deliberate, proactive steps the college has taken to transform our longstanding budget development practices and implement a financial stewardship model that promotes transparency, accountability and strategic alignment with equity and social justice outcomes. Speaker(s): Cathy Leaker Laurie Franklin Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	FWD Center: Creating Technicians through Regional Collaboration The Finger Lakes Workforce Development Center (FWD Center) is a flexible, regional training center designed to focus on Industry 4.0 technologies and skilled trades. The foundation of the FWD Center was built on the collective expertise and diverse perspectives of community stakeholders in combination with Monroe Community College’s labor market research. Come learn about the FWD Center, which opened its doors in May 2022. FWD Center start-up funding was provided by the State of New York, the State University of New York (SUNY) system, and private funders. Speaker(s): Robin Cole Kristin Sine-Kinz Gretchen Wood Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	HCA: A Holistic Approach to URM Presence in ALH and STEM Careers This presentation focuses on addressing the lack of healthcare career awareness by underrepresented minority (URM) students. The Healthcare Careers Academy summer enrichment program focuses on addressing the barriers that URM students face when in pursuit of allied health careers. During this session, we seek to reinforce the necessity of exposing URM stakeholders to the various allied health career opportunities and the need for providing a holistic approach to providing students with the tools to achieve success in these fields. Speaker(s): Juel Smith Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Helping students reduce barriers and reengage for academic success Palo Alto College (PAC) and Communities in Schools (CIS) have partnered to create an unusual strategy where the college sends re-engagement staff to students’ homes. Visiting students’ homes allow staff to provide support and services on demand. This act of meeting students “where they are at” aligns with PAC’s mission statement to educate and empower its diverse community. These home visits have led to re-enrollment and access to community and campus support services. Speaker(s): Michael Ximenez Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Highly-Engaged Employers & Faculty Create New AI Program Learn how to create well-targeted degrees and certificates for an emerging technology by combining granular intelligence from industry subject matter experts with faculty curricular expertise using a structured, repeatable process. A major community college leader, a leading industry representative, and the creator of the design process used will share how an Artificial Intelligence set of future-resilient degrees and certificates was created through a shared commitment to address emerging workforce needs. Speaker(s): Ann Beheler Antonio Delgado Aaron Burciaga Location: Crest 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	6E91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	How 4DX engages ALL employees for unprecedented results! Frustrated by watching initiatives slowly and quietly be suffocated by other competing priorities or crushed by the whirlwind of day-to-day responsibilities, leaving no time left to focus on being strategic, Greenville Technical College (GTC) decided to step back and focus. By implementing the Four Disciplines of Execution, integrating cross-divisional coaches, and creating a cadence of accountability, GTC is impacting a decade of relatively flat student success results while changing how our employees think and work! Speaker(s): Keith Miller Julie Eddy Larry Miller Location: Summit 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	How Forecasting and Analytics Informed Future Enrollment Planning Enrollment planning is paramount to managing a colleges’ constrained resources, and setting unrealistic goals can have negative implications. College leaders embraced the art and science of enrollment planning with a robust data and analytics strategy that accurately forecast future enrollment. Reynolds Community College employed a comprehensive data and analytics strategy that informed decisions to stabilize declining enrollment while providing greater access to underrepresented students. Learn how the journey to building data capacity provided the foundation for the college to set and achieved realistic enrollment goals. Speaker(s): Melanie Boynton Terricita Sass Paula Pando Location: Summit 8, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 8, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	How Labor Market Data Integrates with Career Development In today’s economy, it is vital for students to learn how to connect their education to future career opportunities. Providing career and professional development support to students with limited staff is a challenge. In this session, learn how to identify and leverage career champions in faculty and staff and how labor market information, business engagement, and career counseling teams can collaborate to develop work-ready students by bringing targeted audiences together to help bridge departments and best assist students. Speaker(s): Dana Fallon Brent Via Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	How Strong is Your Brand? Everybody knows what constitutes a brand. It’s your logo, right? And your tagline. And the website. And probably the mascot. Is it your mission part of it too? Nothing is more frustrating than not being able to communicate a collective understanding of your college’s brand, of what it is and what it isn’t. Your marketing team is the key player in helping shape and shepherd your brand. Learn the top tips to communicate your value during good times and times of crisis. Speaker(s): Jeff Ebbing Location: Summit 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	How to Survive a Teacher Shortage Without Breaking a Sweat In response to the unprecedented and increasing K12 teacher shortage in Arizona, Pima Community College’s Post-Degree Teacher Certification Program is uniquely designed to address this critical challenge by offering a timely, affordable, flexible pathway to teacher certification in Elementary, Secondary, or Special Education; building strong connections with school districts; and responding quickly and effectively to the ever-changing educational landscape. One hundred new teachers are certified each year through this program. Over the last seven years, 600+ program graduates are certified teachers in our community. Speaker(s): Rebecca Cohen Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Marrying Technology to Advance Student Success Technology platforms abound. From enrollment to completion and everything in-between, community colleges have the opportunity to choose from platforms to promote and track student success and optimize the student experience. Learn how one college is coupling technology platforms to form a marriage made in higher education heaven. Miami Dade College (MDC) utilizes technology platforms, including a robust executive dashboard that provides critical information on key performance indicators that allows the College to cultivate and implement strategies to impact student success. Speaker(s): Philip Giarraffa Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	6E91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Illuminating STEM Pathways for Underrepresented Students In this session, staff at three different community colleges on the West Coast (two in California and one in Washington), running three different models of STEM equity and diversity interventions, present their programs as vehicles to increase the persistence and retention of students from underrepresented groups in STEM academic pathways. Each program shared will cover funding, staffing and operational structures, and flagship program activities which have proven to enable students to meet their goals academically and develop confidence as leaders and contributors in the workforce. Speaker(s): Sophia Kim Timur Kuzu James Reed Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Improving Accessibility in Health Science Education Programs A collaborative, multi-disciplined approach is underway to improve accessibility for students with disabilities in health science programs. Learn about work done to date including, educational programs for faculty, a new Technical Standards Committee, innovative accommodations in classroom and clinical settings, reconsideration of fundamental alteration assessments, and achieving buy-in districtwide at a multi-campus institution. The panel will share how they worked together to affect positive change for students at St. Louis Community College and how the college plans to continue these efforts in the future. Speaker(s): William Hubble Mary Zabriskie Jordan Cooper, MSN, RN FNP-BC Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Improving Learning and Equitable Outcomes with Adaptive Courseware As part of ongoing efforts to improve teaching and learning and increase equitable student outcomes, Lorain County Community College and Cuyahoga Community College tested using digital instruction tools to address high failure rates in foundational courses, particularly among economically marginalized and racially minoritized student populations. More students completed gateway courses and earned higher grades. Students liked learning at their own pace, getting feedback on their progress, and paying less for course materials. This session will share lessons, challenges, and principles for using digital learning materials. Speaker(s): Jonathan Dryden Kara DePaul Paula Talley Location: Crest 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	6E91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Improving Learning Outcomes Using a Virtual Reality Curriculum This session will focus on Virtual Reality (VR) as a way to improve student outcomes. To fully understand VR learning attendees will have an opportunity to participate in a virtual reality learning simulation. Additional topics that will be covered include how to choose a VR provider, how to integrate VR content into the curriculum, tracking student learning and potential roadblocks to effective use of VR in the classroom. Speaker(s): Dr. Todd Freshwater Location: Crest 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	6E91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Inclusive Excellence: From Talking the Talk, to Walking the Walk Open for Inclusive Excellence is a five-week facilitated online course/learning experience designed to engage faculty interested in exploring the fundamental connections among culturally responsive teaching, Open Educational Resources (OER), and open pedagogy. This session will describe how Northern Virginia Community College implemented this Creative Common course into its professional development portfolio and expand access and equity across the Commonwealth. Join us to learn how you can implement this open-access course into your institution’s professional development offerings. Speaker(s): Caryn Sever Kim Grewe Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Increasing Enrollment During a Downturn: The Odessa College Story Odessa College has increased its fall enrollment for a decade straight since 2012, including during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The college has taken an intentional and aggressive approach by leveraging the 8 Week Terms model at scale and galvanizing a college-wide strategic enrollment management team to mitigate the enrollment declines experienced across the nation. The singular topic to that will be addressed in this session is how Odessa College has increased enrollment for 10 consecutive years. Speaker(s): Janice Hicks Greg Williams Jonathan Fuentes Kim McKay Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Innovations on Promise Scholarships to increase equity of Access Philanthropically supported promise scholarships in the Colorado Springs region catalyzed significant enrollment growth during COVID impacted years from the region's most diverse and lowest income high schools. Pikes Peak State College is focused on access and student success and invests in life and academic coaching for all promise scholars to help them successfully complete. The college is also using unique strategies to ensure promise scholarships are funded in perpetuity. Speaker(s): Lance Bolton Kevin Hudgens Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Inside the Beltway: Community Colleges and Congress Today AACC and ACCT legislative staff will provide and overview of the latest developments in Washington, D.C. impacting community colleges. The landscape of the new Congress will be examined, along with the status of AACC's current public policy agenda. Speaker(s): David Baime Jim Hermes Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Integrating DEI into Online Teaching and Beyond How do we integrate DEI into online courses? With an online course, of course. With increased focus on DEI initiatives at our institutions, the need to develop strategies and resources for faculty is paramount. What may come naturally in the classroom requires intentional design online. A panel of three ITC member institutions will discuss the framework that resulted in a valuable professional development course that enables faculty to better learn and develop actionable strategies to better support DEI in online (and face to face) teaching. Speaker(s): Carol Spalding Carlos Morales Martin Hoffman Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Ivy Achieves: Addressing Equity Gaps Through a Network of Support In Fall 2021, Ivy Tech Community College launched a statewide initiative with Lilly Endowment, Inc. with the goal of closing outcome gaps in programs that lead to high-wage, high-demand employment. After reviewing initial outcomes, the college launched a redesigned model in Fall 2022 to better address equity gaps in student success. We will discuss the new model’s strategic focus, including promoting and tracking a set of 10 student success habits, and our anticipated next steps on growing and refining this program statewide. Speaker(s): Morgan Studer Dean McCurdy Monica Hingst Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	Keys to Shaping the Best Future of Community Colleges This session focuses on the strategic imperatives of two community colleges as they reimagine their future based on the lessons learned during COVID-19 and take meaningful actions in the present to accelerate movement toward a preferred future. These colleges are looking with "new eyes" at the educational needs of the students and communities serves, particularly the basic need of racial and economic minorities that were accentuated during the pandemic. They are fast-tracking innovation at all levels in response to a rapidly changing post-pandemic environment. Speaker(s): Curtis L. Ivery Gunder Myran Sunita Cooke Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM MDT	Leadership in Action Creating & Implementing a Vision for Success Having a vision versus operationalizing a vision are two very different concepts and require different approaches and skill sets. Come learn from a seasoned chancellor and college president about how to operationalize a vision, while embedding an equity lens and humanizing the college community to ensure buy-in and long-term sustainability. Through a clear vision, mobilizing the campus community, and creating accountability measures, college leaders can actualize their strategic vision and create a clear model for student success, employee engagement, and positive outcomes for their institution. Speaker(s): Seher Awan Byron Clift Breland Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040312:1513:00 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Leading equitable dual credit… DEEP in the heart of Texas In this session, presenters will share research on Dual Enrollment Equity Pathways (DEEP) models for expanding college access and equity through dual enrollment based on visits to school-college partnerships identified in statewide analysis of dual credit access and success among low-income and students of color. Texas college leaders will illustrate how they have expanded access and created on-ramps to their college pathways to both build back enrollment and increase postsecondary opportunity in their communities. Findings from an economic analysis of DEEP costs/incentives will be discussed. Speaker(s): Pam Anglin John Fink Laurel Williamson Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Learn & Earn: Combining Paid Work with Classwork Students should not have to choose between putting food on the table and going to college. Mountwest, in partnership with local company CJ Hughes, developed a Utility Construction program, in which students begin paid on-the-job training after only eight weeks of classroom training, allowing students the opportunity to earn an income while earning their degree and the ability to apply classroom learning on the job. Join us to discuss this innovative model designed to meet students’ financial and education needs and industry’s workforce needs. Speaker(s): Kristy Wood Josh Baker MacKenzie Morley Location: Willow Lake 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Willow Lake 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Leveraging Community Partnerships to Enhance Student Success In September 2022, Middlesex Community College (MCC) was awarded a second five-year, $1.7 million grant from the Department of Education for Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) program to expand academic and student support that focuses on increasing access and removing barriers for Asian American students. MCC has established extensive connections with many Asian American community-based organizations and cultural institutions in Lowell, Massachusetts. This presentation will highlight how leveraging community partnerships can enrich students’ social, emotional, well-being, cultural identity and sense of belonging. Speaker(s): Philip Sisson Virak Uy Noreen McGinness Olson Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Listen to Me: What Helps Community College Students Persist To learn what helps students persist, the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) conducted longitudinal focus groups with students across the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters at three community colleges. Join us as we share what these students said about the triggers that might lead to their attrition as well as the leverage points that can change those outcomes. We will also learn how Tarrant County College Southeast Campus (TX) and Owens Community College (OH) are helping their entering students get started and persist beyond the first semester. Speaker(s): Courtney Adkins Dione Somerville Bill Coppola Location: Crest 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Living the Commitment to Racial Justice at our Community Colleges MiraCosta College established a commitment to becoming a racially just organization in 2019. Learn how the college has sustanined comprehensive efforts to enhance equity and student outcomes through transforming how we think of our students, data access and impact, hiring, cultural assessment, and professional learning. Results are rolling in and the synergy between efforts is paying off. Come prepared to learn, share, and support colleagues within the session in addressing equity gaps. Speaker(s): Sunita Cooke Wendy Stewart Charlie Ng Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Maintaining a Transformative Culture During Institutional Changes Canceled Ongoing institutional change is now a constant in higher education. Leaders at every level must be flexible and responsive, but also capable of identifying and sustaining the initiatives with demonstrated efficacy in student success and equity. In this session, presidents from the Community College of Denver and Fayetteville Technical Community College will discuss the ways they leveraged different leadership positions and addressed campus transitions to maintain a transformative culture of teaching and learning, grounded in evidence-based practice and measurable faculty and student outcomes. Speaker(s): Marielena DeSanctis Mark Sorrells Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Making Success the Default for Students Student success is at the center of discussions in community colleges across the country. At Metropolitan Community College-Omaha, students and partners turn to us to provide education and training that leads to jobs and economic advancement. We looked at our data, realized we had some gaps, asked ourselves tough questions, and took action. Learn how we planned and implemented a guided pathways-like governance structure, called "Path Forward" to support a multi-year journey with a goal to make success the default for students. Speaker(s): Hollie Knake Jacqueline Almquist Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Managing Uncertainty: The NLC Student Entry to Exit Data Continuum Levering knowledge to achieve student equity is core to Northeast Lakeview College Post-Secondary Data Partnership (PDP) participation. PDP participation is cornerstone to a " reimagined" college-wide learning construct which leverages institutional knowledge, operational data and student engagement for change. Such efforts have resulted in expanded data accessibility, assumption demystifications, and performance contextualization for student achievement equity, institutional effectiveness and planning. Speaker(s): Marty Fortner Veronica Garcia Tangela Dove Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	MAP Initiative: Maximizing CPL for Veterans and Adult Learners Learn how the California Military Articulation Platform (MAP) Initiative's cohort of 55 community colleges is changing lives by awarding up to 30 units of credit for prior learning (CPL) to veterans and adult re-entry learners--saving a year of benefits while increasing equitable access, retention, and completion (+17%) leading to transfer and career attainment. This session will provide a demonstration of MAP processes, including the CPL search tool, Veteran intake, articulation, credit award, articulation adoption and non-military CPL processes. Speaker(s): Samuel Lee Terence Nelson Calvin Gloria Mark DeAsis Janelle Brekke Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Mott Community College’s Equity Framework for Decision Making In the summer of 2021, Mott Community College implemented the Five-Step Decision-Making Template. The template guides reflection, promotes critical thinking, and provides a systematic framework for leaders as they move through decision-making processes. The template compels leaders to work collaboratively to redress harms historically done to racialized and minoritized groups. The ultimate purpose of the decision-making template is to close equity and opportunity gaps by removing systemic barriers and grounding every decision in caring and compassion. Speaker(s): Beverly Walker-Griffea Jason Wilson Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Moving HCC Forward to One Front Door With increasing student interest in workforce development programs, credit and noncredit, Howard Community College (HCC) has shifted focus to serving the pipeline of career-focused students and their trajectory recognizing the value of stackable credentials and guided pathways. The college is building new programs through credit and noncredit collaborations to meet the regional workforce and student needs like short-term trainings, stackable credentials, and registered apprenticeships. The college is also improving wrap-around support of students and linkages between pathways that are meaningful to students and their goals. Speaker(s): Melissa Curtis Minah Woo Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	No Holding Back: Untangling Equity Implications of Holds Policies Nearly every enrolled college student will experience at least one student administrative and/or student success hold during their career, but institutions struggle knowing the breadth of holds that have accumulated over years and with monitoring the impact of holds, at all, let alone for equity issues. Get a preview and actively consider how you can use the tools and guidelines for analyzing holds data and changing campus policy, that were generated in the No Holding Back project conducted by Western Interstate Commission of Higher Education (WICHE), American Assocation of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) and twelve public institutions. Speaker(s): Sarah Hannes Peace Bransberger Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Nobody Wants To Be Here: Trauma informed DEI strategies Through a student engagement survey,Olive-Harvey College (OHC) learned that students who identified as LGBTQIA+, as having a disability and as Latino/a/x reported a lower sense of belonging on campus. As a PBI and an emerging Hispanic Serving Institution, OHC aimed to identify barriers in student support services, create wholistic retention strategies and to cultivate a trauma-informed, culturally sensitive campus community through student engagement activities and trainings for faculty and staff. Speaker(s): Patrice Henderson Michelle Adams LaTia Lane Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	Open To All: Leading Open Education Efforts While Open Education Resources (OER) efforts began as cost saving initiatives, evidence points to OER increasing student outcomes, driving enrollments, and reducing equity gaps. Further, OER is leveraged to implement culturally responsive and antiracist pedagogy. Learn how community college leaders drive OER initiatives by aligning with institutional and community priorities such as enrollment management, equitable outcomes, and pedagogies of care. Attendees will learn about potential challenges of leading OER programs and leave with resources to help them start or level up their OER efforts. Speaker(s): Deborah Baker Lisa Young James Glapa-Grossklag Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Oriented toward Success: Training for Successful Online Learning Ensuring online students have both technological efficacy and technological self-efficacy in the use of educational digital tools, especially the learning management system, is crucial for student success and persistence. In response to this dilemma, Blinn College faculty and staff developed an online student orientation that has trained more than 40,000 students to navigate their online courses effectively. Join college representatives to begin the assessment of your own program and learn more about design and implementation strategies and positive student outcomes, especially for economically disadvantaged students. Speaker(s): Mary Hensley Joyce Langenegger Becky Almany Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Overcoming challenges STEM peer mentors faced during the pandemic Many institutions adapted to online learning during the pandemic. But what effects did this transition have on the efficacy of peer mentor programs and embedded tutoring? This session will discuss the methods Academic Peer Coaches at Palo Alto College utilized to ensure students had access to academic support services throughout the pandemic. Learn how this experience improved our understanding of the need to continue to offer services remotely to close the gap in access to these services for our minority and non-traditional students. Speaker(s): Ashley Aguilar Erron Gonzalez Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Overdue! Rethinking Facility Usage to Support Learning for All The future of the community college will require increased learning spaces designed for everyone! Creating and celebrating a learning space where students and employees synergize toward positive outcomes is vital to the success of your institution. At Tyler Junior College, a strategic inventory of spaces led to the reinventing of an entire facility, maximizing resources and investments leading to collective action toward a sense of belonging and achievement. During this session, participants will learn the strategies utilized to expedite action toward significantly stronger learning spaces. Speaker(s): Maggie Ruelle Katie Moses Juan Mejia Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Pell In Prisons is Back: Institutional Approaches to the New Rules Now that the Deptartment of Education has finalized regulations to bring Pell Grant eligibility back to prison education programs, community colleges are gearing up to create or expand their offerings for incarcerated individuals. The new regulations will require colleges to reexamine their new and existing programs to ensure that the programs are Pell-eligible. This session will explore how state and institutional leaders are navigating this new terrain, providing insight to your institution as it does the same. Speaker(s): Joe Garcia Leigh Goodson David Musser Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Pikes Peak State College’s New Approach to PLA According to a Center for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) study of 48 institutions of higher education, students who are awarded Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) have significantly higher graduation rates than non-PLA students. PLA also helps recruit students and builds relationships between colleges and employers in their communities. However, applying for, evaluating, and awarding PLA can often be challenging. To help address these challenges, PPSC created a new position to serve as a liaison between faculty and students and lead PLA community outreach. Speaker(s): Gary Walker Location: Spruce 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Spruce 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Power of Earn-and-Learn Partnerships The national workforce crisis is hindering economic growth and individual/family prosperity. Because of missions, community colleges were built for this moment. We must urgently meet this challenge by adopting flexible new delivery models that integrate employers, community partners, and funding to produce a work-ready workforce. This session will share successful approaches leveraging reinvented earn-and-learn strategies for workers of all ages and across several high-growth industry sectors, including healthcare, information technology, manufacturing, and especially critical to fueling Ohio’s burgeoning semiconductor industry. Speaker(s): Marcia Ballinger Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	Presidency in Rural America: Ethnically Diverse Candidate Playbook This session is a “playbook” and an invitation for ethnically diverse candidates to seek a community college presidency in rural America, land the job and thrive. The setting is a multi-campus medium size college in rural Minnesota. Based on 10 years’ experience as a president of color, the presenter shares nine principles with true-life practical examples for a successful and impactful tenure. Attendees will learn about challenges and rewards of solving difficult problems like death on campus, the pandemic, social injustice, and IT security incident. Speaker(s): Adenuga Atewologun Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 7, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Program Data Dashboards: Communication Tool & Change Accelerator Lorain County Community College (LCCC) will share how its innovative program review process and data dashboards engage the entire campus, including all academic programs and a wide range of non-academic units of the College, to drive change to improve educational quality and efficiencies in academic programs. This widespread engagement ensures that academic and co-curricular programs maintain relevancy, utilize resources most efficiently, and communicate support needs. This collaborative approach allows LCCC to adapt more quickly to changes in student interests, community needs, and local employment trends. Speaker(s): Tracey Meilander Thomas Benjamin Jonathan Dryden Location: Summit 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Project Navigate: Innovative Technology Solutions at SPCC Join us as we share how South Piedmont Community College (SPCC) developed and implemented a series of innovative technologies to increase student success and access while improving staff efficiency. The results of Project Navigate include significant increases in student/faculty interaction, active and collaborative learning, and positive student perceptions regarding institutional support; reduction of staff time devoted to basic and time-consuming tasks; efficiency for students regarding access to a multitude of services; and effective wayfinding all housed in our new SPCC Navigate app. Speaker(s): Malinda Daniel Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Promoting Belonging and Equity in Course Curriculum As education systems become increasingly diverse, it is crucial for diverse students to see themselves reflected in the course materials they consume as this may lead to higher persistence, retention and overall student success. It is also vital for non-marginalized students to gain a better understanding of the experiences of others particularly as they navigate a world which is much more diverse and global minded than ever before. This session will provide practical ways in which attendees can promote diversity and inclusion through their course content and feel confident doing so. Speaker(s): Primrose Igonor Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Promoting Faculty Development: The JEDI Fellowship As we work to create more equitable and inclusive campus environments to yield successful outcomes across demographics, we must consistently evaluate and change the systems, policies and practices that result in inequity. This session is for those interested in learning about a fellowship designed to create opportunities for faculty to meaningfully engage in institutional justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) efforts. Presenters will share how the JEDI Faculty Fellowship supports faculty development and Harper College’s goals to address equity gaps for students and employees. Speaker(s): Tamara Johnson Markenya Williams Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 10, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Promoting Volunteerism and DEI for Student Success Student Success is enhanced by diverse representation in academia. Utilizing volunteerism increases diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) awareness and mentorship by examining the culture of the college and the community. As a result, students are more inclined to participate in college initiatives when they experience more diverse leadership throughout the institution. It is the goal of this workshop to demonstrate the impactful effects of volunteerism for continued professional growth and expansion of diverse networks necessary to assist with more inclusion in higher education for student success. Speaker(s): Tammy Robinson Stephanie Fujii Kathy Acosta Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Providing unique experiences for your donor giving circle Tulsa Community College (TCC) Foundation’s annual donor giving circle, President’s Society, had died off due to employee changes and the pandemic. To revitalize the program, TCC Foundation staff worked to create meaningful opportunities for donors to interact with the college president, faculty, and staff while having fun and learning more about the College. As a result, the President’s Society has increased its memberships significantly and provided experiences donors want to attend. Speaker(s): Kari Shults Leigh Goodson Location: Summit 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM MDT	Put your money where your mouth is: budget and strategy alignment The community college of the present offers what our students need today. However, if colleges are to remain relevant, institutions must pivot and support employees that will innovate, and seize opportunities, by getting them what they need, when they need it. Presenters will share the supplementary budget process they implemented which allows requestors to seek funding beyond their regular department’s operating budget any time of year. Participants will share systems from their institutions that help their colleges empower employees and encourage change. Speaker(s): Lindsay White Kari Shults Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040312:1513:00 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Re-Engage and Re-ignite Enrollment For Students Long Beach City College has used strategies and initiatives to re-engage disproportionately impacted student populations from the pandemic's beginning (Spring 2020 through Fall 2022). The workshop will also address and feature a tiered case management approach to re-engaging our Black/African American and Asian Pacific Islander communities. Additionally, the session will highlight critical partnerships with institutional partners to facilitate these re-engagement efforts. Speaker(s): Erainia Freeman Nohel Corral Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Reaching New Heights in Learning Through Immersive Technology In this rapidly changing world of technology, the time to embrace the inclusion of immersive technology in the teaching and learning process has come. Augmented and virtual reality are more accessible than ever before and present an incredible opportunity to dramatically transform student engagement and learning. To reach new heights, community colleges should strategically utilize these immersive technology tools. In this session, information will be shared about how AR and VR is being embraced and embedded in the classroom and across the curriculum at LSC-Tomball. Speaker(s): Lee Ann Nutt Jackie Thomas Location: Crest 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	6E91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Reaching New Heights Through Healthcare Partnerships Many communities throughout the country are experiencing shortages of healthcare workers. Additionally, there is a lack of diversity in many healthcare professions. The state of Washington is not immune to these statistics. To address these two important issues, Tacoma Community College created and expanded multiple partnerships with local healthcare entities. This presentation will highlight these partnerships, and discuss the work that was done to develop them, and the lessons learned. Speaker(s): Ivan Harrell Marissa Schlesinger Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Reaching New Heights to Become an Anti-Racist College Real work to create colleges that are providing equitable access and promoting equitable student and employee success, goes way beyond creating statements and offering programs. Tacoma Community College has been on a journey to address issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), specifically with the goal of becoming an anti-racist institution. This session will highlight our EDI framework, highlight policies, procedures, practices, and structures that have been redesigned, as well as share early outcomes and the journey it has taken to get to this place. Speaker(s): Ivan Harrell Karl Smith Patty McCray-Roberts Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Redesigning the Way Texas Community Colleges Are Funded For the past year, the Texas Commission on Community College Finance has met to determine a new way to fund community colleges. This presentation will focus on the new proposed model and how it ties funding directly to measurable outcomes such as transfer rates, credentials of value, credentials in high-demand fields, and dual credit. Most notably, how the model moves away from a static formula, to one that is dynamic and provides colleges with predictable funding based on their own success. Speaker(s): Ray Martinez William Serrata Ellie Rodriguez Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Reimagining early college partnerships: A focus on integration In fall 2022, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) began fully hosting a 7-12 charter public school for students who have experienced challenges in traditional educational settings. Career and technical education are strongly integrated into learning experiences via weekly learning labs in a range of programs and early college pathways. This session will focus on the innovative work to date and the exciting vision for the future. Presenters will incorporate lessons learned and launch points for attendees. Speaker(s): Jeff Rafn Kathryn Rogalski Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Reimagining the Enrollment Process Using Guided Pathways Presenters will describe how Wor-Wic Community College reimagined the enrollment process through a year-long experience. Using the Guided Pathways framework, the institution made significant changes to its enrollment onboarding process including the use of career pathways assessments, the addition of enrollment coaching, creating a new academic advising model and putting in place a new student orientation system. The changes resulted in increases in retention and persistence, and provided a better workflow for students accessing the college post-pandemic. Speaker(s): Bryan Newton Deirdra Johnson Amanda Messatzzia Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Reinventing Ourselves to Center Race Consciousness Equity change efforts at Anne Arundel Community College and Lee College include cultivating an environment for meaningful, respectful engagements across racial/ethnic groups among faculty, staff, and administrators. Redesigned professional development opportunities are fostering learning, dialogue, and trust building while addressing discrimination and bias experiences among faculty and staff. Among the outcomes the colleges seek are shared understanding of racial equity; bolstered skills for equity-minded, culturally responsive pedagogical practices; and ongoing opportunities and expectations for faculty and staff examination of policies having disproportionate impact by race. Speaker(s): Kellie McCants-Price Victoria Marron Francesca Carpenter Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Reinventing Workforce Development through eLearning Discover how labor market trends have pushed an evolution of workforce development by forcing industry and college partners to create fresh and innovative eLearning programs to upskill potential employees. Together with Beyond Campus Innovations (BCI), Arapahoe Community College (ACC) will unpack how to create workforce development programs that link industry, government and colleges to potential employees. We will review models that BCI and ACC have deployed that create direct talent pipelines that have led to direct employment opportunities to close the skills gap Speaker(s): Eric Dunker Marty Lessmann Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Relationships Matter! The relationship between community colleges and their local economic development organizations (EDOs) can facilitate business growth and attract new business to expand or diversify a local economy. The critical success factors leading to productive, ongoing relationships between these two types of organizations are specific and replicable. In this session, you will learn what other colleges are doing to build and maintain successful workforce development and economic development partnerships leading to student jobs and developing a talent pipeline for local employers. Speaker(s): Terry Calaway Margaretta Mathis Pamela Stegeman Location: Summit 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Removing Barriers through a Zero Textbook Cost Initiative This session will focus on the work that has done to reduce student costs and improve student success through our Zero Textbook Cost initiative.Topics discussed will include involvement in the statewide initiative, marking our courses in the data system and on our public search for classes, tracking and reporting cost savings, survey results from students, professional development efforts, our self-hosted Pressbooks publishing system and our OER Creation Program. Additional discussion will include marketing, faculty outreach, student, and administrative support. Speaker(s): Kristin Heathcock Joshua Hill Deborah Kish Johansen Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Rethinking Dual Enrollment Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) has a large dual enrollment program serving more than 15,000 students annually. Retaining these students and connecting them to the college are key elements in improving the overall college enrollment decline. Utilizing innovative programming focused on access and equity and creative funding sources, NOVA has expanded access across its service region and increased the number of students who attend NOVA after graduation by 8%. Speaker(s): Amy Nearman Eun-Woo Chang Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Ringing the Efficacy Dinner Bell: Bringing Everyone to the Table Responding to state and regional workforce development initiatives and to ensure efficient and focused use of funding, a new position created to provide executive leadership working across divisions. Concentrated efforts were made on reskilling, upskilling, and accelerating workforce education initiatives and identifying all student funding methods. Meeting with key leaders throughout the institution, the synthesis of information results in focused priorities including workforce development funding, advisory committee refresh, non-credit and credit alignment, and competency-based education. Come learn about initial successes, lessons learned, and future endeavors. Speaker(s): Shelley Rinehart Laurel Williamson Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	Roadmap to an Academic Support Resource Center for All Students Johnson County Community College (JCCC) opened its new Academic Resource Center in 2020. The center occupies most of the first floor of the library building and brought together several resource centers which had previously been located in buildings throughout campus. Learn how JCCC developed a unified but varied resource for students both in person and online, including study skills support, tutoring in multiple subjects, and study spaces, and hear how JCCC continues to enhance its academic support services for students. Speaker(s): Vincent Miller Kaitlin Krumsick Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Root Down to Rise Up: Reimagining the Community College Experience This session addresses how one community college helps students root down in their education to rise up to their potential. Learn how students find their educational ‘why’ through strong, rooted pre-college programming, advising, and support; set out on their educational path with intentionally designed curricular and co-curricular experiences; connect with dedicated student success teams organized by the student’s career community; and rise into their future with strategic workforce ready certificates designed to prepare students to launch into the workforce. Speaker(s): Kellie Toon Patty Weaver Rushton Johnson Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Scaling 8 Week Terms to Increase Enrollment and Retention Pioneered by Odessa College (OC) with support from Achieving the Dream (ATD), 8-week terms is a modality of instruction intended to serve students with quality instruction and respond to students' need for flexible time for work and family demands, providing equity opportunities and outcomes. OC has leveraged 8-week courses to increase enrollment since 2014, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in record enrollment increases in fall 2020 (3%), fall 2021 (14%), and fall 2022 (1%). Data show students have higher than average course completion and program persistence rates. Speaker(s): Janice Hicks Kim McKay Greg Williams Tramaine Anderson Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Scaling 8-Week Terms for Institutional Transformation As COVID-19 ravaged enrollment and persistence across the country, Texas institutions utilizing 8-week terms were experiencing dramatic improvements in student success metrics. In 2022, the Texas Success Center engaged two exemplar institutions, Kilgore College and Grayson College, to support 11 colleges in adapting program pathways to offer 8-week terms to better meet the needs of today’s students. In this session, the CEOs discuss their instructional model, share with attendees how to get started, and present lessons learned from their deep engagement with their peers. Speaker(s): Christine Bailie Brenda Kays Jeremy McMillen Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Scaling CBE: From First Program to College-Wide Imitative Lakeshore Technical College is transitioning programs to competency-based education (CBE). After launching the first program, college leaders thought that they would only be transitioning a few, but with students' successes, the college has decided to launch the CBE initiative college wide. While scaling, we learned some processes we initially set up needed to change and adding new ideas has helped us look for new alternatives to our challenges. Sharing our challenges and successes of scaling and how we are doing it may help other colleges looking to implement CBE. Speaker(s): Paul Carlsen Tanya Boman Rachel Kroeplien Location: Red Rock 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Scaling Faculty Development Across 13 Colorado Community Colleges Started in 2016 at Front Range Community College, the Active Learning Institute (ALI) is an evidence-based program aimed at improving student success and closing equity opportunity gaps. In Fall 22, the Colorado Community College System opened the ALI to faculty from all 13 colleges including mixed-discipline and Law Enforcement Academy specific cohorts. Attend this session to learn about efforts to scale the ALI across the Colorado system and how the ALI impacted Law Enforcement Academy efforts to address equity, anti-bias, and diverse community learning outcomes. Speaker(s): Landon Pirius Kerri Mitchell Eric Salahub Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Scheduling for Student Success Kaua‘i Community College conducted an action research project to examine and improve the intentional scheduling of courses within ten associate degree programs to enhance opportunities for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander student success through increased course completion, retention, and award completion. The project explored ways this rural campus can address the shift to 75-82% part-time students, mitigate equity barriers, and meet changing student expectations with flexible scheduling options. Presenters will share process, results, implemented changes, and engage participants in dialogue to explore broader equity applications. Speaker(s): Frankie Harriss Pat McGrath Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM MDT	Seamless Transfer Pathways and the Impact on Student Success The Alamo Colleges District Transfer Advising Guides (TAGs) highlights the steps necessary to construct transfer advising guides as part of the Guided Pathways national model. This is an integrated, institution wide approach that helps students clarify their career and degree goals and the pathways that will help them achieve those goals. TAGs improve time toward goal completion by reverse mapping degree applicable courses between Alamo Colleges and their transfer university of choice. Speaker(s): George Railey Angela Guadian-Mendez Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040312:1513:00 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Setting Interim Leaders Up For Success In this session participants will learn about best practices for onboarding interim leaders including the welcome, guide framework to set up short-term and long-term interims for success; how to assist transitioning interims into a new role or back into their previous role; and the successful framework for continuous cycle interims such as department chairs and faculty senate presidents. Speaker(s): Juliane Roybal Liz Csikar Shala Dveirin Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	Shift Happens: Creating a Culture to Embrace DEI Laramie County Community College has been examining and incorporating DEI initiatives to prioritize within their campus community in the last 2 years. This presentation will give an overview of what we have accomplished including the creation of a DEI Advisory Board, development and the implementation of training that provides an understanding of how diversity, equity, and inclusion can be used to interrupt bias in decision-making. The presentation will give an overview of how these were implemented, successes and challenges, and aspirational next steps. Speaker(s): Zeke Sorenson Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 5, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	SPACE: Showcasing Perspective and Cultural Embodiment During this session, a student, faculty member, and administrator will describe the Showcasing Perspectives and Cultural Embodiment (SPACE) project launched in Spring 2022. The collaborative team will elaborate on how the project team approached the following questions: What messages (intended or unintended) do students and their families receive when they arrive on campus? How might we activate spaces across the campus? How might we center student work, voice, perspective, and identity throughout? The team will share successes achieved to date for this Emerging Hispanic-Serving Institution. Speaker(s): Tricia Johnson John Kinsey Mickey Schieferecke Location: Summit 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Starting the Conversation Early: How Pre-Norming Shifts Assessment When institutions assess student work, norming sessions are challenging if participants do not have a common understanding of the rubric language. Palo Alto College implemented “pre-norming sessions” months prior to the norming session to provide faculty and staff time for deeper conversations about how institutional rubrics play out in actual teaching. Participants shared "key assignments" and discussed rubric implications, both within disciplinary peer groups and with the larger group. This session introduces attendees to our college's prenorming process and provides evidence of its effectiveness. Speaker(s): Melissa Elston Amanda Harrison John LaPete Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM MDT	Stop, Drop, and Enroll - Public Service Education Opportunities Our public service industries, including police and fire departments, have an express need for completing educational benchmarks allowing for promotions and pay increases. Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) excels at partnering with area industry to meet expressed needs. Through industry discussion several educational models were developed to advance those working in our public service industries. We will present established models developed for the Department of Corrections, Police, Fire and Paramedic departments in the BCTC service area. Speaker(s): Melanie Williamson Holly Clifford Valdis Zeps Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040312:1513:00 001	MON, APR 3	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Strategies to integrate Career Services into All Majors Hostos Community College recently moved its Career Service Office from continuing education and workforce development division to academic affairs. In addition to the support the Career Services Office has provided to the career and technical education (CTE) programs, Hostos is developing plans to integrate career skills into all majors. The presenter will describe our framework to support CTE students to develop career skills and connect them with industry and our plan to connect career service with students in the liberal arts major. Speaker(s): Shiang-Kwei Wang Location: Red Rock 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	Stronger Together: Consortial Approaches to Expand Student Access This session focuses on the development of three consortia within the Colorado Community College System – Colorado Online, Rural College Consortium, and the Colorado Skills Institute. All three consortia aim to expand and ensure equitable access to high quality courses, programs, and support services regardless of the student’s geographic location, or the small size and limited resources of the college. In addition, these three consortia have the goal to improve efficiency, increase net revenue, and ensure college sustainability well into the future. Speaker(s): Joe Garcia Landon Pirius Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Student Equity: The Imperative of Turning Words into Action Achieving equity for students requires changes in how community colleges prepare themselves to be student ready. To ensure that the goals for equitable outcomes are achieved, a college should have a strategic plan, priorities, and measurable benchmarks. The hard work to make this all possible is rarely addressed or prioritized: How do you build equity mindedness among all members of the college community so that the needed changes to produce improved student outcomes are achieved? This session will address converting equity talk to actions. Speaker(s): Suzanne Johnson Jennifer Ramirez Robson Location: Cottonwood 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Cottonwood 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Student Future Ready: Innovatively Redesigning Spaces Tarrant County College (TCC) is focused on helping 21st-century students become world-ready. By committing to the institution's 3 Goals and 8 Principles, TCC will function as One College, be student ready, and serve the community. In this spirit, the College is redeveloping and redesigning facilities for student success with work and learning spaces centered around collaboration and integrative learning. This session shares with institutional strategy makers and operations teams how TCC is implementing 3G8P on the physical footprint of the College. Speaker(s): Zarina Blankenbaker Margaret Lutton Kevin Harper Location: Summit 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 6, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	Student Success Coach Model: Rethinking Admissions & Advising Streamlined processes are essential to improving recruitment, reducing summer melt, increasing retention and overall success of students. Laramie County Community College (LCCC) will discuss how Student Success Coaches were utilized by transitioning their previous admissions representatives and academic advisor positions to this new role. The Success Coach Model provides a streamlined, single point-of-contact considering every aspect of being a student. This model improves processes and services to students resulting in increased recruitment, retention and completion while reducing barriers. Speaker(s): Sarah Hannes Blake Paintner Kaycie Kilmurray Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040308:0008:45 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Student Voice Will be the Loudest: A Fundamental Necessity During this period of upheaval, creating a college culture that actively and intentionally listens to students matters more than ever. Therefore, “Student Voice Will be the Loudest” has been the clarion call of Lone Star College-Tomball this academic year. In this session, participants will discuss the underlying philosophy and be provided with practical strategies to amplify student voices. Presenters will share the various ways faculty, administration and staff learned what students had to say and specific actions taken to help students reach new heights. Speaker(s): Lee Ann Nutt Jackie Thomas Location: Crest 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Supporting Linguistic Diversity with a Multilingual Approach To meet the needs of increasing linguistic diversity within its community, Montgomery College responded with a multilingual approach that is welcoming and inclusive. Central to this response was the creation of a language advisory group that provides insight into how the College should reach and communicate with speakers of languages other than English. This session will highlight how the College has advanced efforts to remove language barriers and will share strategies to create a supportive environment for a linguistically diverse community. Speaker(s): Stacey Gustavson Vanessa Zambrano Location: Willow Lake 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Willow Lake 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	Supporting Students and Growing Enrollments in a Post-COVID World Community colleges across the U.S. are seeing an unprecedented decline in new enrollments and retention. Hear two Texas community college systems compare and contrast their strategies for improving recruitment and retention in post-pandemic America. By utilizing human support and data insights, both of these college systems have been able to identify barriers preventing students from starting or continuing their education and provide personalized support to help them better their lives through higher education. Speaker(s): Sammi Morrill Gloria Smith Donald Dement Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM MDT	TBR's Workforce Model: Creating Tennessee's Workforce of Tomorrow This session will expose participants to the Tennessee Board of Regent's workforce model and showcase how it is leveraged to create a work-ready workforce through partnerships with companies like Amazon, Google, and emergency medical providers and police departments across the state. Participants will explore statewide data and strategies to respond to equity gaps, review key partnerships driven by industry, legislation, and other stakeholders, and build a data narrative and programmatic pitch using data from Tennessee. Speaker(s): Zachary Adams Jothany Reed Tom Sewell Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040312:1513:00 001	MON, APR 3	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM MDT	Teach Up: The Teacher Education Workforce of Tomorrow Everyone has a teacher shortage. But nontraditional teacher education candidates are everywhere. This session shares strategies for up-skilling paraprofessionals and substitute teachers to increase their earnings, fill vacancies, and provide high quality learning for students. Strong partnerships between local districts, community colleges, and four-year colleges and universities are critical. Also important is a willingness to incorporate experiential models that leverage existing knowledge and skills for more equitable outcomes and a diverse teacher workforce. Speaker(s): Toni Pendergrass ElizaBeth Utley Eddy Rawlinson Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Willow Lake 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040314:3015:15 001	MON, APR 3	6F91CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM MDT	Teaching and Inspiring with Talent Management This program offers for discussion, a case study of a Talent Management strategic initiative to offer faculty and staff professional development, along with community development and mission support. Assessments of this strategic initiative, now in its second year, and the experiences of attendees and their colleges will be discussed to identify general strategies for talent management for community colleges. Speaker(s): Shah Hasan Betty Young Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040312:1513:00 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Teaching Critical Thinking or Thinking Academically Many language learners and native speakers in developmental English classes have trouble providing academically appropriate supporting information / examples in their writing; they often resort to personal stories and anecdotes. In this session, the presenter will share a technique on teaching an important critical thinking skill: providing details and adequate supporting information in body paragraphs / essay. The technique will be illustrated through an actual sample of student work. Speaker(s): Evgeniya Kozlenko Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Homestead 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	Technological Skills and Online Distance Learner Engagement Students' technological skills have been shown to be important to a range of outcomes; yet, we know little about how these skills shape several aspects of the community college student experience. This session presents the findings from an empirical study examining the association between technological skills and a host of outcomes, including students': (1) sense of belonging; (2) engagement with faculty and classmates; (4) academic integration; (5) academic disengagement behaviors; and (6) understanding of class expectations. Implications for faculty and leadership will be discussed. Speaker(s): Gabriela Hamilton Location: Red Rock 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040215:1516:00 001	SUN, APR 2	611AABC7-A827-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	Technology, Tenacity, and Teamwork - The New Rural Pathway “Technology, Tenancity, and Teamwork” has led to robust efforts in Colorado to realign individual rural college resources to a consortium of resources ensuring a robust, sustainable future for student success. This session will explore the incubation of the Rural College Consortium, the support garnered by the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, as well as state legislative support for state- of- the- art technology and additional financial support for needed faculty credentialing and professional development [from the Governor’s office].The Consortium works to develop effective systems, processes, and practices for sharing courses, programs, non-credit programming, services, staff, and other resources across a technological and talent network encompassing the entire state. Access and opportunity for rural students while reducing regional and socio-economic equity gaps far beyond the capacity each college alone is a must! Speaker(s): Patricia Erjavec Landon Pirius Curt Freed Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040309:0009:45 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	That’s A Wrap: Building a Comprehensive Wraparound Service Model The pandemic magnified needs outside the classroom that many community college students have. This session presents a wraparound service model that Miami Dade College (MDC) implemented. MDC Wraps integrates an early alert system for students that have non-academic needs (housing, food, transportation, mental well-being, childcare, etc.) and aligns these services under a single structure – Single Stop. Through the model, grant and institutional funds, as well as public benefits are leveraged, customized, and made available to students in need. Speaker(s): William Soto Marie Bernardin Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM MDT	The CEO, the Board, and Governance Leadership in Challenging Times The community college environment is increasingly beleaguered with declining enrollment, demographic changes, incremental student success gains, equity gap, paradoxical economy, increased competition, cultural/social/ financial pressures, global health concerns, legislative stresses, and, not to mention trustee-CEO conflicts, trustee infighting, and political intrusion into the boardroom. This session will discuss how Covenant Governance and Policy Governance Practice can be powerful tools for great college success outcomes, better relationships between the board and the CEO, and enhanced governance and leadership practice. Speaker(s): Daniel Phelan Dorey Diab Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040316:4517:30 001	MON, APR 3	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	The CLEVER Learning Commons The Tarrant County College Learning Commons harmonizes two critical areas: library resources and learning support services. Tying implementation together is the CLEVER service model, which stands for Collaborative, Learner-Centered, Engaging, Virtual and Flexible, Encouraging and Inspiring, and Responsive. This session will review the initial impetus for the Learning Commons, how the service model informs the student learning experience outside the classroom, and strategies for implementation in which the Learning Commons leadership team is currently engaging. Speaker(s): Eric Camarillo Joseph Cunningham Susan Smith Israel Sanchez Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 4, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM MDT	The Enrollment Cliff – Is it doom & gloom or can it be reversed? Community college campuses shifted to an all-hands-on-deck strategy to reverse the -7% national enrollment trend caused by COVID. Brazosport College’s enrollment increased by 2% in fall 2021 and 5% in fall 2022 compared to fall 2020. By identifying and targeting specific student populations Brazosport was able to address enrollment declines by selecting strategies and policies to effectively manage enrollment. Join our session to learn more! Speaker(s): Cindy Ullrich Priscilla Sanchez Shelley Diviney Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040209:0009:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023	Tuesday, Apr 04, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	The Leadership Framework Through an Equity Lens Using leadership frames, the Equity Avengers will walk through transformative change leadership for education organizations, drawing from their own experiences to inform the discussion. The Equity Avengers are an example of how to “walk it like I talk it” when working toward decreasing achievement gaps in the higher education space. The three leaders come from three very different institutions, yet all have successfully implemented positive change toward greater equity at Compton College, Evergreen Valley College and San Diego Mesa College. Speaker(s): Tammeil Gilkerson Keith Curry Pamela Luster Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Red Rock 9, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040408:0008:45 001	TUE, APR 4	7291CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM MDT	The Rise of LSC-Online: Developing a Comprehensive Online Campus In June 2021 the Lone Star College System announced the creation of the system’s eight campus. Intended to support the fully online learner, LSC-Online, launched in Fall 2022 with an enrollment of 3,643 students. This session will explore the planning that took place over those 14 months, sharing our lessons learned and most successful strategies. From faculty selection, to comprehensive online student services, and cutting-edge instructional technologies, the story of LSC-Online reaches every aspect of the community college setting. Speaker(s): Seelpa Keshvala Laura McMillion Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Summit 1, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040211:0011:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7091CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM MDT	The Role of Community Colleges in Meeting Students' Basic Needs Throughout higher education, there is increasing concern about students who experience food insecurity, housing insecurity, and difficulty meeting other critical needs. Given how this can impact student enrollments, it only makes sense for colleges, in partnership with their communities, to more actively help students meet their basic needs. Join us in a discussion of national data from CCCSE and learn how Long Beach City College (CA) and San Juan College (NM) help address students’ basic needs. Speaker(s): Mike Munoz Linda Garcia Toni Pendergrass Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 3, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040208:0008:45 001	SUN, APR 2	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Monday, Apr 03, 2023	Monday, Apr 03, 2023 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM MDT	The Strategic Plan and Enrollment: A College’s Post Pandemic Story Mohave Community College has undertaken several initiatives to address enrollment declines. Learn about the enrollment planning techniques that the college implemented. This session will also highlight our approach to implementing guided pathways whith included student and faculty supports, and our process for developing an academic master plan designed for a work-ready workforce for both credit and non-credit learners. Speaker(s): Stacy Klippenstein Timothy Culver Kirk Lacy Location: Crest 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	Location: Crest 2, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center	2023040311:1512:00 001	MON, APR 3	7191CB85-5122-ED11-80F2-D7FC6019C8AD
Sunday, Apr 02, 2023	Sunday, Apr 02, 2023 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM MDT	The Yellow Brick Road to a Work-Ready Workforce When it comes to implementing new models of workforce learning that engage employers, we’re not in Kansas anymore. This session shows how Miami Dade College (MDC) effectively engaged local and national employers, state and local government, and leveraged grant funding to build effective workforce models, including apprenticeship programs and other work-based learning opportunities. The result? The most registered apprenticeship programs of any educational institution in Florida with 12 programs, 23 employer partners, 71 apprentices hired, and a sustainable system that meets employer and student needs. Speaker(s): Alexia Rolle Philip Dickey </