Registration Fee
(includes breakfast, lunch and mid-morning/afternoon breaks):

Below is the Early Bird Fee (must register by May 28th to receive this discounted fee)

Group Discount — Fee: $425ea
First-time/Standard — Fee: $475ea
Former Attendee — Fee: $450ea*

GO ONLINE TODAY AND REGISTER AT: http://cpcc-cfar.com/registration/

Conference Agenda at a Glance

The first two half-day sessions are for first-time attendees (Sunday afternoon and Monday morning). *Those who attended in 2011 or before need to arrive in time for lunch on Monday, July 16th (day two). However, we welcome you to attend Sessions I & II if you would like a refresher.

Day 1: Sunday, July 15, 2012 (First-time Attendees)
12:00 – 1:00 pm   Registration
1:00 – 5:00 pm   Session I: Institutional Effectiveness 101A
Presenter: Terri M. Manning, Ed.D.
Center for Applied Research, Central Piedmont Community College

Institutional Effectiveness 101A

This afternoon block consists of several sessions that cover the following:

  • The urgency of institutional effectiveness – why colleges and universities need to keep their finger to the pulse of their community and student body and address national trends.
  • Taking stock of your institutional environment and the readiness for change.
  • The definition of IE and what is typically included in an IE Plan
  • Accreditation and the national mandate for outcomes assessment
  • The student success agenda and IE
  • Developing useful IE processes and gaining “buy in”
  • The nuts and bolts of outcome assessment
  • Logic modeling
  • Developing and defining outcomes – prioritizing outcomes
  • Measuring outcomes
  • Using results of outcome assessment to improve and grow
2:45 – 3:00 pm   Break

Session IB: Institutional Effectiveness: The National Mandate for Learning Outcomes Assessment

The purpose of this session is to:

  • discuss useful IE processes and methods to gain “buy in”
  • identify training needed by faculty and staff on the “nuts and bolts” of outcome assessment
  • discuss the use of logic modeling and other forms/helpful processes
  • define the six step process to develop, define, prioritize, and measure outcomes
  • create methods to require the use of results to improve and grow
Day 2: Monday, July 16, 2012 (First-time Attendees in the morning)
8:00 – 9:00 am   Breakfast (those staying at the conference hotel, DoubleTree)
9:00 – 12:00 pm   Session II: Institutional Effectiveness 101B
Presenter: Terri M. Manning, Ed.D.
10:15 – 10:30 am   Break

Institutional Effectiveness 101B

This morning block consists of several sessions that cover the following:

  • Fundamental elements of IE such as academic program review, administrative unit review and general education assessment.
  • An effective program or unit review process – what do we care about
  • The results of a good one
  • Institutional support for program and unit review
  • Including outcomes in instructional, administrative and student services
  • Sample outcomes
  • Identifying general education competencies through consensus
  • Assessing general education competencies
  • Using results to improve performance
  • Critical issues in the top 25 highest enrolled courses (the gen ed core)
12:00 – 12:45 pm   Lunch (All Attendees)
12:45 – 2:15 pm   Session III: Getting Beyond Accreditation: Using Assessment to Facilitate Transformation in the Classroom Presenter: Linda Suskie, Consultant, Former Vice President, Middle States Commission on
 
2:15 – 2:30 pm   Break (All Attendees)
2:30 – 4:30 pm   Session III: Continued

 

Day 3: Tuesday, July 17, 2012
8:00 – 9:00 am   Breakfast (those staying at the conference hotel, DoubleTree)
9:00 – 10:15 am   Session IV: A Bird’s Eye View of Institutional Effectiveness:
Presenter: Dr. Robin Hoffman, Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

 

Using design thinking to transform an organization, product, service or event
into an experience yields impressive results: Enhanced learning, greater student success, the creation of a memorable feeling of support and life-long engagement. The designed experience is more accessible, engaging, and resource efficient while promoting success and rewarding employee engagement. This is because experience design is both transactional and transformative: every experience designer is an experience; and every experiencer, via his or her reactions, a designer of experience in turn. This session will provide hands on introduction to the potential of design thinking.
10:15 – 10:30 am   Break (All Attendees)
10:30 – 12:15 pm   Session V: Creating Engagement:
How Design Thinking Can Make Experiences Transformative
Presenter: Ann Welsh, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, University of Cincinnati
12:15 – 12:45pm   Lunch (all attendees)
12:45- 2:15 pm   Session V: Design Thinking, Part Deux
Presenter: Ann Welsh, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, University of Cincinnati

Building on the morning session, participants will use the basics of co-invention and
design thinking gained in the first session to create elements of a user experience,
developing personas, narratives and concepts that, in combination, create
transformative experiences.

2:15 – 2:30pm   Break (all attendees)
2:30- 4:00 pm   Session VI: Facilitating the Right Discussion with Faculty on Assessment, Teaching and Learning
Presenter: Virginia Anderson, Towson University

 

Day 4: Wednesday, July 18, 2012
8:00 – 9:00 am   Breakfast (those staying at the conference hotel, DoubleTree)
9:00 – 10:30 am   Session VII: How to Conduct Effective Strategic Planning: Consideration of Past, Present and Future Issues
Presenter: Dr. Darroch “Rocky” Young, Chancellor Emeritus, Los Angeles Community College District
10:30 – 10:45 am   Break (all attendees)
10:45 – 12:15 pm   Session VIII: Assessment of Online Learning:
Issues of Quality, Equality, Faculty Skill and Student Experience
Presenter: Jennifer Mauldin, MS, Regis University
12:15 pm   Farewell and Good Luck!

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