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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - Roundtable/Concurrent Session 2 - 1:30pm - 3:00pm
FAcUlTy vOIcES:
A NATIONAl cONvERSATION ABOUT STUdENT SUccESS ANd cOMPlETION
location: Willow A
Presented by: Cynthia Wilson, Vice President, Learning and Research, League for Innovation in the Community
College, Chandler, AZ
Faculty Voices, a League for Innovation in the Community College initiative, is engaging community college faculty
in a national conversation about student success and completion. Faculty have largely been left out of the national
The Chair Academy’s 24th Annual International Leadership Conference
conversation on this important issue, and this initiative is using various methods to hear directly from faculty about
(a) effective contributions they and their institutions are making to student success and completion, and (b) faculty
concerns regarding the national focus on completion. This session focuses on early fndings from the initiative and
ways community college faculty can participate in the conversation.
Participants will beneft from this session by
• Reviewing the rationale for the project
• Understanding the scope and activities of the project
• Exploring the fndings of the project up to the time of the presentation
• Learning ways their institutions and faculty can participate in the project
• Providing input to the project
PERK UP THOSE RABBIT EARS!
TEcHNOlOgy INITIATIvE PARTNERSHIPS TRANSMIT
HIgH-dEFINITION ORgANIZATIONAl cHANgE
location: Willow B TECHnoLogy TRACK
Presented by: Maggie Beers, Director, Academic Technology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Large technology initiatives impact every member of an institution, providing opportunities for productive, yet
challenging, discussions on organizational culture, values, and readiness for change. This session will engage
participants in a multimedia case study on a successful implementation of web-based student evaluations of
teaching effectiveness, focusing on sensitivities and strategic solutions regarding campus business, governance,
communications, technology and support.
Attendees will beneft by:
• Aligning with core organizational values to drive change
• Enlisting campus governance to create and interpret policies
• Building support from stakeholders through communication
• Co-developing business processes with campus units
• Sharing technology requirements, selection and deployment processes
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FAcUlTy vOIcES:
A NATIONAl cONvERSATION ABOUT STUdENT SUccESS ANd cOMPlETION
location: Willow A
Presented by: Cynthia Wilson, Vice President, Learning and Research, League for Innovation in the Community
College, Chandler, AZ
Faculty Voices, a League for Innovation in the Community College initiative, is engaging community college faculty
in a national conversation about student success and completion. Faculty have largely been left out of the national
The Chair Academy’s 24th Annual International Leadership Conference
conversation on this important issue, and this initiative is using various methods to hear directly from faculty about
(a) effective contributions they and their institutions are making to student success and completion, and (b) faculty
concerns regarding the national focus on completion. This session focuses on early fndings from the initiative and
ways community college faculty can participate in the conversation.
Participants will beneft from this session by
• Reviewing the rationale for the project
• Understanding the scope and activities of the project
• Exploring the fndings of the project up to the time of the presentation
• Learning ways their institutions and faculty can participate in the project
• Providing input to the project
PERK UP THOSE RABBIT EARS!
TEcHNOlOgy INITIATIvE PARTNERSHIPS TRANSMIT
HIgH-dEFINITION ORgANIZATIONAl cHANgE
location: Willow B TECHnoLogy TRACK
Presented by: Maggie Beers, Director, Academic Technology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Large technology initiatives impact every member of an institution, providing opportunities for productive, yet
challenging, discussions on organizational culture, values, and readiness for change. This session will engage
participants in a multimedia case study on a successful implementation of web-based student evaluations of
teaching effectiveness, focusing on sensitivities and strategic solutions regarding campus business, governance,
communications, technology and support.
Attendees will beneft by:
• Aligning with core organizational values to drive change
• Enlisting campus governance to create and interpret policies
• Building support from stakeholders through communication
• Co-developing business processes with campus units
• Sharing technology requirements, selection and deployment processes
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