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12th Annual Developmental Education Regional Forum Stepping Stones to Success in College and Career April 21, 2017 4849 W. Illinois Avenue Dallas, TX 75211 8:00 am to 8:45 am — Registration (East Lobby) Presented by the North Texas Community Continental Breakfast (Large Gym E126) College Consortium, 8:45 am to 10:30 am — Morning General Session (Performance Hall E 127) the Texas Higher Education Welcome: Robert Garza, President, Mountain View College Coordinating Board, the Texas Workforce Commission, Overview of the Day: Christine Hubbard, President, North Texas and the Community College Consortium Texas Association for Developmental Education 9:00 am to 9:45 am — Keynote Presentation 1 (Performance Hall E 127) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and Developmental Education: 2017 Updates Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Introduction of the Keynote Speaker: Monica Stansberry, College, Career, and Continuing Education & Developmental Studies Coordinator, El Centro College; President, Texas Association for Developmental Education; Member, NTCCC Developmental Education Committee Keynote Address: Suzanne Morales-Vale, Director, Developmental and Adult Education, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 9:45 am to 10:30 am — Keynote Presentation 2 (Performance Hall E 127) Texas Workforce Commission Goals and Pathways: Adult Education, Academic and Technical Programs, and Career Introduction of the Keynote Speaker: Logan Maxwell, Chair of Mathematics & Engineering, Grayson College; Member, NTCCC Developmental Education Committee Keynote Address: Anson Green, State Director, Adult Education and Literacy, Texas Workforce Commission 10:30 am to 10:40 am — Break North Texas Community 10:40 am to 11:30 am — Breakout Sessions: Round 1 College Consortium 11:30 am to 12:50 pm — Lunch and General Session (Large Gym E 126) 1155 Union Circle #310800 Denton, Texas 76203 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm — Facilitated Discussion (Large Gym E 126) 940.565.4035 Trends, Issues, and Opportunities: Strategies for Regional Work http://ntccc.unt.edu/ in Support of Developmental Education [email protected] At your table, discuss the trends, issues, and opportunities on the worksheet in your conference packet. Your table facilitator will record your ideas, and we will collect them and use them to plan Follow us on Twitter: 2017-2018 regional developmental education opportunities. https://twitter.com/NTxCCC 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm — Breakout Sessions: Round 2 2:00 pm to 2:50 pm — Breakout Sessions: Round 3 Breakout Sessions: Round 1 — 10:40 am to 11:30 am #1—Q&A Session with Suzanne Morales-Vale and Anson Green Conference Speakers Room: Performance Hall (E 127) Amarillo College Suzanne Morales-Vale, Director, Developmental and Adult Education, Texas Tamara Clunis Higher Education Coordinating Board; with Anson Green, State Director, Adult Vice President of Academic Education and Literacy, Texas Workforce Commission Affairs Continue the discussion begun in the morning general session and learn more about Collin College steps THECB and TWC are taking to support adult and developmental education. Ann Blackman Director, Instructional #2—Helping First Generation Students Succeed Technology and Associate Faculty Room: E 21 Courtenay Jauregui Allison Venuto, Professor of Education, Collin College Professor Education, Discipline Please join us for an interactive presentation of ways we can help first-generation Lead for Education & Child Development students and students from historically under-served populations become more successful learners. We will discuss teaching strategies, resources, and growth Allison Venuto Professor of Education mindset. Elaine Zweig #3—Tarrant County College Non-Algebraic Mathematics Pathway Professor, Education and Child Development Room: W 104 Tommy Awtry, Divisional Dean of Math & Science, Tarrant County College Dallas County Community College District Southeast Campus; with Rosalyn Walker, District Director of Academic Operations and Student Learning & Success, Tarrant County College District Kenneth Goffney Instructional Specialist III Tarrant County College is embarking on the district wide implementation of a non- algebraic mathematics pathway model. After a year long piloting effort a deliberate El Centro College systematic approach will begin this summer to drastically move student's math Monica Stansberry success needle, while saving students time and money. College, Career, and Continuing Education & Developmental #4—Self-Contextualizing Learning Through a University E-portfolio Studies Coordinator; President, Texas Association for Room: E 58 Developmental Education; Samuel Williamson, Community and Service Learning Coordinator, University of Member, NTCCC Developmental North Texas; with Meena Naik, Faculty and Staff Development Coordinator, Education Committee University of North Texas Grayson College The University of North Texas is handing students the ability to reflect on, Logan Maxwell contextualize, and digitally represent their learning to potential employers with the Chair of Mathematics & Connect E-portfolio. In this session, we will demonstrate how students contextualize Engineering; Member, NTCCC curricular and co-curricular experiences to connect their campus, community, and Developmental Education Committee career through the e-portfolio. Dayna Ford Developmental Math Director #5—Fun and Easy Activities for Engaging Students Room: E 60 Mountain View College Elizabeth Howell, Department Chair, College Preparatory Studies, North Central Robert Garza Texas College President This session will demonstrate several tried-and-true ideas for getting students North Central Texas College engaged in your classroom. Materials will be shared so that you can go back and Elizabeth Howell implement one of these ideas next week! I will be presenting math activities, but most Department Chair, College could be modified for use in other content areas. Preparatory Studies Page 2 Breakout Sessions: Round 2—1:00 pm to 1:50 pm #6—Equal Connection Conference Speakers Room: E 112 (Continued) Gabrielle Johnson, Adjunct Instructor, Tarrant County College Southeast Campus Tarrant County College A look at the importance of oral communication and six key strategies for teachers of Tommy Awtry Divisional Dean of Math & second language learners, including the use of oral communication activities that can Science, Southeast Campus be modified to adapt to any classroom context to ensure equal application for student Lisa Benedetti comprehension. Divisional Dean of Humanities Northwest Campus #7—”Plunge into It, Move with It, and Join the Dance” Catherine Carter Room: E 58 Instructor/Counselor, College Melisa Jones, Developmental Education Coordinator, Texarkana College Readiness Math Piloting and fulling implementing a co-requisite model for INRW and Composition I has Kevin Cashion been a positive experience at Texarkana College for the faculty and students. A fully Instructor/Counselor, College Readiness Math, Southeast implemented course since Spring 2015, TC has data, strategies, curriculum, and Campus challenges to share about this process. Mary Cinatl #8—Creating Metacognitive Scholars through Engaged and Contextualized ESOL Program Coordinator, Southeast Campus Learning Gabrielle Johnson Room: E 60 Adjunct Instructor, Southeast Campus Courtenay Jauregui, Professor Education, Discipline Lead for Education & Child Development, Collin College; with Elaine Zweig, Professor, Education and Child Cathryn Miller Development, Collin College; and Ann Blackman, Director, Instructional Developmental Math Faculty Chair Technology and Associate Faculty, Collin College Kathy Nevins Three instructors, from Developmental Ed, Early Childhood Education and Lab Manager, Southeast Educational Technology, collaborate to create and teach a college-credit course that Campus accommodates a variety of students including developmental, academic probation and O.W. Petcoff aspiring educators. Lessons learned will be shared on what has worked (and what Instructor/Counselor, College hasn't!) in both face-to-face and online sections. Readiness Reading and Writing, Southeast Campus #9—TCC College Readiness: Foundational Skills for Success in College and Career Angela Pettit Room: W 104 Reading/Writing Faculty Chair Rosalyn Walker, Director of Academic Operations, Tarrant County College Carrie Sullivan District; with O.W. Petcoff, Instructor/Counselor, College Readiness Reading ESOL Instructor, Southeast Campus and Writing; Catherine Carter, College Readiness Instructor/Counselor, Math; Angela Pettit, Reading/Writing Faculty Chair; Cathryn Miller, Developmental Rosalyn Walker Math Faculty Chair; Tommy Awtry, Divisional Dean of Math and Science, SE District Director of Academic Operations and Student Campus; and Lisa Benedetti, Divisional Dean of Humanities, NW Campus Learning & Success College Readiness classes at Tarrant County have proven to be an effective support Texarkana College for students needing individualized instruction which targets specific deficits, prior to enrolling in developmental courses. This program transitions students from College Melisa Jones Readiness courses to Developmental and/or credit-bearing courses through content Developmental Education enrichment and learning techniques. Coordinator #10—Academic Support at Grayson College: Math Hub: A Step in the Right Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Direction and Stepping Up Study Skills, One Video at a Time Suzanne Morales-Vale Room: W 110 Director, Developmental and Logan Maxwell, Chair