Friday

October 20, 2017

8am-2:50pm

Weatherford College

Wise County Campus

5180 Hwy 380

Bridgeport, TX 76426

North Texas Community College Consortium

1155 Union Circle #310800

Denton, Texas 76203

940.565.4035

http://ntccc.unt.edu/ ntccc@unt.edu

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The North Texas Community College Consortium Research and Institutional Effectiveness Committee presents

12th Annual Outcomes and Assessment Conference

FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK PATHWAY

Students on the Road of Success

8 to 9 am — Registration and Breakfast (WCWC Cafeteria)

9 to 10:30 am — General Session I (WCWC Lecture Hall)

Welcome: Christine Hubbard, President, North Texas Community College Consortium

Introduction of the Keynote Speaker:

Marlon Mote, Director of Curriculum & Instructional Assessment, Tarrant County College District; Chair, Research and Institutional Effectiveness Committee

Keynote Address:

Substantive Change Updates, Webinars, and Resources:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Commission on Colleges Kevin Sightler, Director of Substantive Change, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

10:30 to 10:40 am — Break

10:40 to 11:30 am — Breakout Sessions: Round 1

11:30 am to 12:50 pm — Lunch (WCWC Cafeteria) and

General Session II (WCWC Lecture Hall)

Introduction of the Keynote Speaker: Teresa Isbell, Dean, Planning, Research, and Institutional Effectiveness, El Centro College; Immediate Past Chair, Research and Institutional Effectiveness Committee

Keynote Address:

Setting Regional Targets for 60x30TX: Updates from the

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Jenna Cullinane-Hege, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Strategic Planning and Funding,

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

1 to 1:50 pm — Breakout Sessions: Round 2

2 to 2:50 pm — Breakout Sessions: Round 3

Conference Speakers

Brookhaven College

Brianne Sardoni Professor of English

Collin College

Allison Venuto Professor of Education

Kathleen Fenton Associate Dean, Academic Services

El Centro College

Teresa Isbell Dean, Planning, Research, and

Institutional Effectiveness

Jonathan Parker Program Manager, STEM Articulation and

Dual Credit

Tanisha Shorter Director of College Programs

Dual Credit

Grayson College

Dayna Ford Developmental Math Professor

Logan Maxwell Mathematics Chair

North Central Texas College

Cristina Gottardi Academic Advisor

Mackenzie Reiter Academic Advisor

Amanda Worth Academic Advisor

Crystal Wright Department Chair

History and Philosophy

North Texas Community

College Consortium

Christine Hubbard President

Richland College

Susan Long Dean

Technology Enhanced Learning

Southern Association of

Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

Kevin Sightler Director of Substantive Change

Tarrant County College

Kamille Coleman Academic Advisor

South Campus

Breakout Sessions: Round 1 — 10:40 to 11:30 am

#1—Substantive Change Updates, Webinars, and Resources: Continuing the Conversation

Room: Lecture Hall Kevin Sightler, Director of Substantive Change, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges

Continue the conversation on substantive change in this open forum Q&A session.

#2—Guided Pathways: Creation of an Inventory of Career Clusters and Stackable

Credentials at Tarrant County College

Room: WCWC 226 CLARA Project

Isaac Rivera, Assistant Director, Curriculum and Instruction, Tarrant County College District

Learn about how Tarrant County College has mapped courses and programs to career clusters to create an inventory of stackable credentials to support student academic and career pathways.

#3—We! ¡Nosotros! Building Relationships Through a Collaborative Approach to Dual Credit

Room: WCWC 228 Jonathan Parker, Program Manager, STEM Articulation and Dual Credit, El Centro College; with Tanisha Shorter, Director of College Programs-Dual Credit, El Centro College

Join us as we review the development and sustainability of our campus-wide Dual Credit Committee and learn how to build a body of Student Service/Affairs personnel as well as Faculty, Division Coordinators, and Deans to support and guide the work of a Dual Credit program.

#4—Student Self-Assessments: A Bridge to Developing Growth Mindset

Room: WCWC 230 Cristina Gottardi, Academic Advisor, North Central Texas College; with Mackenzie Reiter, Academic Advisor, North Central Texas College; and Amanda Worth, Academic Advisor, North Central Texas College

“The real man […] gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection” (Thomas Paine). Come learn how to empower your students to be proactive through self-assessments. Participants will learn how to intentionally navigate conversations with students to help foster their success by identifying their strengths and opportunities for growth.

#5—Blending Courses: Success with Just-In-Time Remediation

Room: WCWC 232 Dayna Ford, Developmental Math Professor, Grayson College; with Logan Maxwell, Mathematics Chair, Grayson College

How are you placing and helping under-prepared students or those slightly missing the cutoff on entrance exams? Learn one way Grayson College is servicing these students with blended courses. Students achieve college credit while being assisted with just-in-time supplemental instruction.

Lunch and General Session II — 11:30 am to 12:50 pm

Lunch is served in the WCWC Cafeteria beginning at 11:30am. General Session II begins at 12:00pm in the adjoining WCWC Lecture Hall.

Please be sure to complete the conference evaluation form (provided in your conference packet) and return it to the registration table on your way to the afternoon breakout sessions.

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Conference Speakers

Tarrant County College, Cont’d

Donna Gohlke Academic Advisor

South Campus

Rosemarie Hammon Assistant Director of

Advising and Counseling South Campus

Marlon Mote Director of Curriculum & Instructional Assessment

Anamaria Olivares Academic Advisor

South Campus

Isaac Rivera Assistant Director

Curriculum and Instruction

Christopher Tovar Academic Advisor

South Campus

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Jenna Cullinane-Hege

Deputy Assistant Commissioner

Strategic Planning and Funding

Trinity Valley Community College

Chris Daley Coordinator of

Institutional Research

Vernon College

Katrina Brasuell Coordinator

Pharmacy Technician Program

Weatherford College

Sarah Lock Associate Dean of Dual Credit and

eLearning

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for Information and

Event Registration

https://ntccc.unt.edu

Breakout Sessions: Round 2 — 1:00 to 1:50 pm

#6—Setting Regional Targets for 60x30TX: Continuing the Conversation

Room: Lecture Hall Jenna Cullinane-Hege, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Strategic Planning and Funding, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Continue the conversation on meeting 60x30TX regional targets in this open forum Q&A session.

#7—Raising the Bar for Dual Credit Students

Room: WCWC 228 Brianne Sardoni, Professor of English, Brookhaven College

Dual credit students may arrive under prepared for the demands required of a college writing course. This presentation identifies potential preparation misalignments and demonstrates techniques instructors can use to raise the bar for dual credit students in the writing classroom.

#8—The Journey on Pathways to Academic Student Success

Room: WCWC 230 Donna Gohlke, Academic Advisor, Tarrant County College South Campus; with Rosemarie Hammon, Assistant Director of Advising and Counseling, Tarrant County College South Campus; Christopher Tovar, Academic Advisor, Tarrant County College South Campus; Kamille Coleman, Academic Advisor, Tarrant County College South Campus; and Anamaria Olivares, Academic Advisor, Tarrant County College South Campus

This session presents the intervention process for students on probation, Pathways to Academic Student Success (PASS), which TCC South Campus Advising and Counseling Center has created in an effort to prevent further academic decline. This session details the conception, rationale, PASS process, and statistical outcomes, and presenters will lead participants through case studies.

#9—History, Humanities, and Philosophy: Rethinking Meaningful Assessment

Room: WCWC 232 CLARA Project

Crystal Wright, Department Chair, History and Philosophy, North Central Texas College

How do you create assessments that are meaningful to students, faculty, and the institution and which are clearly mapped to course and Texas Core Objectives? This session shows how North Central Texas College has taken on this challenge in the history, humanities, and philosophy disciplines.

#10—Providing Regional Input: THECB/RAND Dual Credit Study Discussion

Room: WCWC 234 Kathleen Fenton, Associate Dean, Academic Services, Collin College

Discuss the THECB/RAND Dual Credit Study, ask questions, and provide input on next steps and continuing study design.

Consortium Assessment Leadership Institute — 1-2:50pm

Room: WCWC 204 Chris Daley, Coordinator of Institutional Research, Trinity Valley Community College; with Marlon Mote, Director of Curriculum & Instructional Assessment, Tarrant County College District

Orientation for participants in the Consortium Assessment Leadership Institute (CALI).

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Upcoming Consortium

Events and Meetings

October 2017

K-12/Higher Ed Advisor-

Counselor Summit

October 31, 2017 8am-3pm

Region 11 ESC

November 2017

Faculty Innovation

Conference

November 3, 2017 8am-3pm

Itasca Conference Center

January 2018

7th Annual Spring

Leadership Conference

January 26, 2018 8am-3pm

Tyler Junior College

February 2018

North Texas Transfer Collaborative Spring

Meeting

February 2, 2018 10am-3pm

DCCCD District Office

Human Resources Professional Development

Workshop

February 9, 2018 10am-3pm

NCTC Gainesville Campus

Breakout Sessions: Round 3 — 2:00 to 2:50 pm

#11—Process Improvement

Room: WCWC 203 Allison Venuto, Professor of Education, Collin College

Join us for an interactive discussion about how to identify, make, and evaluate changes in our classrooms. We will discuss ideas for making improvements before, during and after the semester that can better help students. Additionally, we will discuss how to determine the effectiveness of changes and data evaluation.

#12—Following the Dual Credit Pathway: CCs Respond to the THECB-RAND Report

Room: WCWC 228 Sarah Lock, Associate Dean of Dual Credit & eLearning, Weatherford College

In this panel discussion, Texas community college administrators respond to the THECB- RAND Corporation's joint "Dual Credit Education in Texas: Interim Report" (2017) and discuss dual-credit education in a post-HB 505 world.

#13—Increase Student Success in Online Gatekeeper Courses

Room: WCWC 230 CLARA Project

Susan Long, Dean, Technology Enhanced Learning, Richland College

Learn how Richland College identified barriers to success in online gatekeeper courses, addressed these barriers through professional development, and has developed strategies for evaluating the effect of changes on closing student success gaps between online and face-to-face courses.

#14—Creating and Maintaining a Pharmacy Technician Program Handbook

Room: WCWC 232 CLARA Project

Katrina Brasuell, Coordinator, Pharmacy Technician Program, Vernon College

Creating and maintaining a program handbook is one of the keys to successful assessment and alignment with institution, state, industry, and accreditor requirements. Learn about Vernon College’s approach to the creation and maintenance of the Pharmacy Technician Program handbook.

#15—Creating a System to Follow Student Progress and Success at Collin College

Room: WCWC 234 Kathleen Fenton, Associate Dean, Academic Services, Collin College

How do you create a system to help you watch how students flow throughout your college’s courses and programs. This session demonstrates Collin College’s efforts to do just that and shares results and lessons learned.

Consortium Assessment Leadership Institute — 1-2:50pm

Room: WCWC 204 Chris Daley, Coordinator of Institutional Research, Trinity Valley Community College; with Marlon Mote, Director of Curriculum & Instructional Assessment, Tarrant County College District

Assessment Basics for participants in the Consortium Assessment Leadership Institute (CALI).

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FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK PATHWAY: Students on the Road of Success

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Thank you to our conference sponsor!

12th Annual Outcomes and Assessment Conference

FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK PATHWAY: Students on the Road of Success

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Breakout Session Overview

Tracks Round 1

10:40 to 11:30 am

Round 2

1:00 to 1:50 pm

Round 3

2:00 to 2:50 pm

Track 1

Innovation,

Accreditation, and

Improvement

Lecture Hall

Substantive Change Updates, Webinars,

and Resources: Continuing the

Conversation

Lecture Hall

Setting Regional Targets for 60x30TX:

Continuing the Conversation

WCWC 203

Process Improvement

Track 2:

WCWC 226

Pathways and

Partnerships

Guided Pathways: Creation of an

Inventory of Career Clusters and

Stackable Credentials at Tarrant County

College

CLARA Project

Providing Regional Input: THECB/RAND Dual

Credit Study Discussion

Creating a System to Follow Student Progress

and Success at Collin College

Track 3

WCWC 228

Dual Credit

We! ¡Nosotros! Building Relationships

Through a Collaborative Approach to

Dual Credit

Raising the Bar for Dual Credit Students

Following the Dual Credit Pathway: CCs

Respond to the THECB-RAND Report

Track 4

WCWC 230

Assessment for

Student Support

Student Self-Assessments: A Bridge to

Developing Growth Mindset

The Journey on Pathways to Academic Student

Success

Increase Student Success in Online Gatekeeper

Courses

CLARA Project

Track 5

WCWC 232

Instructional

Assessment

Blending Courses: Success with Just-In-

Time Remediation

History, Humanities, and Philosophy:

Rethinking Meaningful Assessment

CLARA Project

Creating and Maintaining a Pharmacy

Technician Program Handbook

CLARA Project

WCWC 204

Consortium

Assessment

Leadership

Orientation

Assessment Basics

12th Annual Outcomes and Assessment Conference

FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK PATHWAY

Students on the Road of Success

We are excited to have five conference tracks with sessions organized into three rounds to meet the

diverse interests and needs of our attendees.

Track 1: Innovation, Accreditation, and Improvement Primary Audience: Everyone

Track 2: Pathways and Partnerships Primary Audience: Administrators

Track 3: Dual Credit Primary Audience: Administrators, Faculty and Staff

Track 4: Assessment for Student Support Primary Audience: Student Support Staff

Track 5: Instructional Assessment Primary Audience: Faculty