2024 Conference
Unlocking the Potential of Our Students
Transformative Practice and Community Building in the Changing Landscape of Higher Education
- Friday, May 17: 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- HyFlex format: MLC 255 and on Zoom
- Please RSVP to attend
This conference is the culmination of the Partners in Learning Institute's 2023-24 Advocacy Series, a year-long series of student-focused panels and discussions designed to help us better meet the needs of our students.
Building on this series, the 2024 conference will foreground student stories and voices by focusing on questions raised by students and by empowering students as the conference discussion facilitators. As we all face a rapidly changing landscape in higher education, this conference offers an opportunity to discuss and develop applied practices to better serve our students. We hope you will join us in this work of community building!
This conference is hosted by the Title III SIP Grant, Guided Pathways, the Equity and Engagement Division, the Online Education and Learning Resources Division, and the Office of Professional Development.
Attendance is open to classified professionals, faculty members and administrators. Classified professionals and full-time faculty participants can earn PGA credit for their attendance. Part-time faculty members can earn PGA or extra pay for their attendance.
If you have questions or accessibility requests, please contact Sal Breiter at breitersal@deanza.edu
Conference Schedule
TIME | ACTIVITY |
8:30-9 a.m. |
Connect over light breakfast |
9-10:30 a.m. |
Morning Plenary: Welcome, Student Panel, and Discussion Activity |
10:30-11:30 a.m. |
Session 1: Knowledge that Supports Success
|
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
Session 2: Spreading the Values of Learning Communities
|
12:30-1 p.m. | Lunch |
1-2 p.m. |
Session 3: Transformative Practice in a Changing Landscape This session will include separate discussion tracks for classified professionals and faculty members
|
2-3 p.m. |
Session 4: Humanization of Our Work This session will include separate discussion tracks for classified professionals and faculty members
|
3-3:30 p.m. | Closing Plenary Discussion and Activity |