Alumni Meeting
Thursday, April 21, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
recorded session
Dr. Tristan Denley, Deputy Commissioner of Academic Affairs and Innovation at the Louisiana Board of Regents
Moderator: Christine Work, Institutional Planning, Assessment and Research, Orange County Community College
Session Description: In this session, Dr. Denley will use a data and research-informed approach to explore how institutions might deliberately create and implement curricular and process redesign aimed at improving student success and narrowing outcome disparity for students of different races, genders, and incomes.
Welcome, sustainability, and celebration
Thursday, April 21, 10:30 - 11:15 am
recorded session
President Burt-Nanna, Monroe Community College
Johanna Duncan-Poitier, Sr. Vice Chancellor, Community Colleges and the Education Pipeline
Moderator: Kimberley Collins, Associate Vice President, Academic Services, Monroe Community College
Concurrent Session 1A
Thursday, April 21, 11:20 am - 12:20 pm
Sustaining focus on equitable student success through leadership transition
(suggested audience: presidents, cabinet level leaders, trustees)
recorded session
Josh Wyner, J.D., Vice President, The Aspen Institute; Founder and Executive Director, College Excellence Program
Moderator: Kathy D'Aprix, SUNY Guided Pathways State Coach and Associate Vice President for Academic Support Services, Onondaga Community College
Session Description: How can college leadership work to ensure that momentum for guided pathways reform continues even amid leadership transitions? Josh Wyner, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute College Excellence Program, will lead this session designed to share strategies for how community college presidents, board members, and members of the cabinet can use their unique leadership positions to sustain focus on pathways work through periods of transition at the college. This session will draw from learnings from community colleges that have been finalists for the Aspen Prize and those particularly successful in implementing transformational change through guided pathways reforms to improve student success outcomes.
Concurrent Sessions 1B
Thursday, April 21, 11:20 am - 12:20 pm
The benefits of shared governance in fostering collaboration
recorded session
Christy Woods, Professor at Monroe Community College & President of the Faculty Council of Community Colleges
Wendy Johnston, Associate Professor in Political Science SUNY Adirondack, & Vice President, Faculty Council of Community Colleges
Moderator: Wendy Beesley, SUNY Guided Pathways State Coach, and Assistant Dean for Student Success, SUNY Ulster County Community College
Session Description: Strong shared governance is conducive to a transparent, collaborative, inclusive, and an overall smooth process. This session will identify the various parties and their role in creating, implementing, and assessing guided pathways.
Concurrent Sessions 1C
Thursday, April 21, 11:20 am - 12:20 pm
Implementing a campuswide professional learning framework
recorded session
Dr. Michele Campagna, Assistant Dean of Learning Initiatives and Student Success, Westchester Community College
Kimberley Collins, Associate Vice President, Academic Services, Monroe Community College
Jen Eaton, Associate Professor of Math/Coordinator & Center for Professional Excellence, Hudson Valley Community College
Dr. Kamil Hamaoui, Associate Professor of Psychology, Westchester Community College
Moderator: Joe Falco, SUNY Guided Pathways State Coach and Executive Director of Student Success, Rockland Community College
Session Description: This session will review the New Learning Compact framework and share the ways in which our colleges have leveraged it to support a holistic approach to teaching faculty and professional staff professional learning. In order to support our students, we need to strategically invest in and coordinate professional learning for all our employees (faculty, professional staff, support staff and administrators). Panelists will share concrete examples of work on their campus as well as strategies and recommendations.