We recommend that you split up and send members of your team to different concurrent sessions.
Concurrent Sessions address issues that teams have identified as a focus for the institute and topics that will further teams’ work on action plans.
Tuesday, July 9
Plenary 1 | 8:15-9:15 am
Concurrent Sessions I | 9:30–10:45 pm
- I-A: LC 101 Workshop: Introduction to learning communities
- I-B: Nuts & bolts of integrative assignments: Let’s get started!
- I-C: Practical politics of making excellence inclusive
- I-D: Turning It “On” – onboarding new learning community colleagues
- I-E: Beyond accountability: Using assessment to foster a culture of teaching and learning
- I-F: Putting equality at the center of educational development work
Concurrent Sessions II | 1:30-2:45 pm
- II-A: The role of learning communities in guided pathways
- II-B: Great Courses, Great Assignments
- II-C: Planning Ahead: Scaling and sustaining your LC/LLC program through effective strategy planning
- II-D: Equity and assessment: What’s being measured, what does the evidence tell us, what do we do?
- II-E: Critical reflection for learning: What’s in your tool box?
- II-F: Getting beyond the label: What makes high-quality HIPs?
Bright Ideas (Optional) | 7:00-9:00 pm
- Becoming an HSI – Partnering with ESCALA for STEM
- Shaping LLC MOUs using the LLC best practices model
- Beyond a business model: private-public partnerships & student retention
- Games as facilitators for complex classroom inquiry
- Going beyond metrics: The power of qualitative assessment
- Achieving equity by valuing cultural wealth
- Delaware State University AAAC&U general education and assessment action plan
Wednesday, July 10
Plenary 2 | 8:15-9:15 am
Concurrent Sessions III | 9:30-10:45 am
- III-A: Inquiry plus community: A recipe for ongoing educational improvement
- III-B: Integrating content when it’s challenging
- III-C: Recognizing and creating positive change
- III-D: Critical collaborations for student success
- III-E: Listening to and learning from students – The role of formative assessment
- III-F: Using assessment to strengthen your LC/LLC program
- III-G Sustainable learning-centered professional development