Schedule
Please see the tentative Agenda below for each day's activities. Click here for a list of helpful FAQs.
Please note: All listed times are Pacific Time
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Day I |
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8:00 – 8:30 AM |
Pre-Conference Breakfast |
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8:30 AM – 12:45 PM |
Pre-Conference Session: |
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1:00 – 2:30 PM |
Opening Session and Plenary Session #1: Welcome Keynote Address: Presenter: Arnold Chandler This presentation will describe a class of evidence-based programs described as "meaning-based" interventions that have been shown to dramatically improve key outcomes for youth of color as well as substantially close racial gaps. Rather than compensating for skill deficits, these models focus on altering meaning as the core mechanism driving their effects. |
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2:30 – 2:45 PM |
Afternoon refreshment break |
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2:45 – 3:45 PM |
Collaborative Conversations Facilitated small-group discussions organized by conference themes and high priority topics. Eleven total discussions across five themes. |
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· Equitable Access · Deepening Partnerships · Holistic Student Supports · High Quality Program Design · CTE/Career Pathways |
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3:45 – 4:00 PM |
Break |
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4:00 – 5:00 PM |
Concurrent Sessions #1 |
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Gateway to College 101 Presenters: Gateway to College (GtC) is a dual enrollment model that started at Portland Community College over 20 years ago and now exists at 30 community colleges nationally. This program model established itself as a counter to the early Dual Enrollment models that sought to enroll only high performing students. Join us to learn about the history of GtC, its essential elements, its impact and consider the needs of your community for a dual enrollment model that provides an equitable on ramp to postsecondary education for underserved populations. |
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Liberation and a New Legacy - Equity Empowerment Access Programs In this session, we will share the journey of liberation, empowerment and legacy of our Pierce College Equity Empowerment Access programs. From the days of small beginnings to being the lighthouse and strength for our beautiful, intelligent, and powerful BIPOC students and all who come to the village. You will learn our lessons of leadership and sacrifice and what freedom means to secure access for BIPOC students and the collective village. If you are ready to create a new legacy for yourself, students, and college… join this freedom journey with us Pierce College–EDI CARES Wakanda style. |
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Reaching Rural Students through Early College Presenters: |
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STEM Pipelines to Success: Leveraging High-School & Industry Partnerships at Ohio Community Colleges Presenters: Innovative dual enrollment programs are on the rise to get students on a career pathway as early as possible and meet local industry needs. Within Ohio, two such colleges have had transformative impact on their local communities through hands-on, STEM education: Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) and Northwest State Community College. This work has been recently highlighted by the Ohio Association of Community Colleges in a series of case studies on strong College Credit Plus models – Ohio’s dual enrollment program. Tri-C’s Youth Technology Academy enables underserved urban students to earn college credits using an experiential, project-based technical curriculum, while Northwest’s STEM Public-Private Partnership Program provides rural students with technical education and advising support with valuable exposure to potential careers and employers. Both build a pipeline from high school to career, changing students’ perceptions about their readiness and ability to succeed in college. |
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IMPACTing Underrepresented ECHS Students: Collaborative Advising and High School Counseling Presenters: |
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5:15 – 6:15 PM |
Reception |
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Day II |
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8:00 – 9:00 AM |
Breakfast |
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9:00 – 10:00 AM |
Plenary Session #2 Systemwide Approaches for Equitable Pathways to Postsecondary Education Presenters: |
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10:00 – 10:15 AM |
Morning Coffee break |
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10:15 – 11:15 AM |
Concurrent Sessions #2 |
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Unlocking Potential with Cross-Sector Collaboration, Learning and Equity Action Planning Presenters: Unlocking potential in dual enrollment programs requires strong K-12 and community college partnerships, intentional planning, and alignment of programs and supports to ensure students have equitable access to high-quality dual enrollment and the resources needed for success. The Greater LA Education Foundation and Los Angeles County Office of Education are striving to expand access to dual enrollment for students of color, low-income, and first-generation students in Los Angeles County communities with the Los Angeles College Accelerator Network (LA-CAN), a regional dual enrollment community of practice. With support from Education Strategy Group, participating district-community college partners have established shared equity goals and action plans to enhance dual enrollment access and support for all students. This session will share how the LA-CAN helped deepen partnerships, the steps to establishing a shared action plan, and recommendations for how other regions can structure multi-sector partnerships. |
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A Sector Approach: Growing College-Going Culture Presenters: The Washington public baccalaureate sector is decentralized and inclusive of a diverse selection of institutions. Over the last few years, the sector has collaborated across differing missions, enrollment populations, sizes, and geography to directly connect with students, families, and education partners directly. The sector has adopted unified academic and admissions policies focused on reducing barriers, increasing college participation, and deepening partnerships through this work. We will engage with participants through active learning about our ongoing experience transitioning from the silos of education towards the transitional space between K–12 and college. The presentation will focus on the college attainment data in Washington, the strategies implemented, and partnerships formed, the challenges faced and proposed solutions, and the lessons learned. |
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High School and Community College Initiatives in Context Presenters: This presentation will share data and lessons learned from a federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant as well as a local American Electric Power AEP grant and examine how one high school in a large urban district was able to innovate to make sustainable changes. Best practices will be shared as will student voices and lessons from practitioners. |
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Innovation through Collaboration: The Opportunity of Rural K-12 and Higher Ed Partnerships Presenters: Recent collaborations have shown what is possible when districts, higher education, and industry partners come together to multiply options available to students while intentionally building pathways that lead to greater postsecondary success and regional economic growth. This session will highlight two rural collaboratives that aim to expand student college and career opportunities, through shared CTE pathways, work-based learning, and resource models. During the session, participants will have the opportunity to learn about key elements of this scalable, replicable structure and to engage in discussion with representatives from the two collaboratives, the Rural Schools Innovation Zone (RSIZ) in South Texas and the Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative (SWCEC) in SW Colorado, as well as Empower Schools, a nonprofit that provides technical assistance in the design, launch and operations of regional, multi-district partnerships including the RSIZ and SWCEC. |
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Structure and Culture: Creative Strategies for Students Left Behind Presenters: Credit for Prior Learning and non-credit classes have allowed us to expand the range of classes we offer our students without risking damage to their college transcripts and financial aid eligibility. In this session, we will discuss these and other strategies to scaffold students into college and career readiness and success. |
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11:15 – 11:30 AM |
Break |
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11:30 – 12:30 PM |
Concurrent Sessions #3 |
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Relationships, Relevance, and Rigor: Foundations that Facilitate College Success Presenters: Some of the brightest minds in education have tried to fix a broken K–12 system to bolster post-secondary graduation rates. High school transformation models, corporate partnerships, and project-based learning are just some of the methods that have been implemented with spotty success. But when a program is created that moves college graduation rates from the 20th into the 70th + percentile in a 10-year period, it’s time to pay attention. This session will highlight the design elements that have made the Early College Alliance @ Eastern Michigan University a successful program–not only in terms of outcomes during high school, but especially with respect to the degree-attainment rates of its graduates after finishing the program. |
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Equitable Access to Dual Enrollment: Cultivating a Research-Practice-Partnership with a Semi-Rural School in Central Washington Presenters: The Washington STEM team will present on the research-practice partnership formed with Eisenhower High School, a semi-rural school in Central Washington, to understand inequities in dual enrollment along axes of race, language, gender, and class. Using a multimethod research approach, researchers and community school partners examined dual credit course-taking patterns based on student demographics, conducted surveys to learn about educator and student dual credit knowledge, interviewed students to learn about their experiences in dual enrollment and ask for advice or how to better support their participation in those courses. Participants will learn how to deepen K–12 partnerships by co-creating data tools to investigate inequities, learn tips for building a leadership team to drive the work, learn key insights for re-envisioning traditional partnerships with Communities of Color, and learn how to leverage quantitative and qualitative data to drive systemic changes in dual enrollment. |
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Professional Learning Communities: Aligning K-12, Community College, and Workforce Partners to Ensure Student Success Participating Colleges: Professional learning communities incorporate many voices and perspectives into planning and creating new approaches to student success and community vitality. In this panel discussion leaders from four colleges will share their experiences facilitating a community-wide professional learning community aimed at creating aligned K-Career pathways. |
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Designing from Students’ Lived Experience: The Power of Empathy Interviews Presenters: There is much attention in education to the use of research-based strategies and data-informed decisions. Empathy interviews help ensure that the missing piece - the diverse lived experiences of people - is also centered in decisions and actions. Join us as we explore how empathy interviews have helped 12 dual enrollment networks in their effort to design innovative, integrated, and equitable pathways. As part of an Accelerate[ED] project, these 12 sites are using empathy interviews with students as a first step in their process. This session combines the story of how Accelerate[ED] used empathy interviews with practical training on the basics of how to conduct empathy interviews at your site. Participants will understand why we should create space to hear the lived experiences of those most impacted by our systems; experience, discuss, and practice empathy interviews; consider the logistics of who, what, and how; and reflect on the key mindsets central to empathy interviews. |
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Designing Pathways with Careers in Mind: Tools to help align K–12 CTE and Meta Majors to Living Wage Jobs. Presenters: Using common LMI (labor market information), WestEd developed a pathway mapping process and data tools, designed in tandem with technical assistance, to strengthen alignment between K–12 and college programs. These efforts supported the development of a robust regional, equity-centered K–14 pathway system responsive to regional labor market opportunities. Our presentation will summarize methodology development, data tools and technical assistance work in California and engage participants in their application to other K–12 and community college partnerships. |
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12:30 – 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
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1:30 – 2:30 PM |
Concurrent Sessions #4 |
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Bard Sequence Seminar: Bringing Dual Enrollment to Your Door Presenters: As one high school administrator has put it “The greatest strength (of the Bard Sequence) is providing a dual enrollment experience that we can truly feel like we are in a partnership. Other programs simply want our students and do not invite counselors into the conversations... It has been incredibly helpful working alongside Bard to figure out what works best for everyone, especially our students.” The Bard Sequence program has had remarkable success bringing its Sequence Seminar dual enrollment program to partner high schools that serve historically marginalized student populations. The program is unique in that it seamlessly integrates college professors into the high school setting. This presentation will outline the methodology that has allowed us to foster strong partnerships with high schools, school districts, consortiums, and non-profit organizations that have created equitable outcomes for Bard Sequence students. |
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Jumpstart: A Roadmap for Equitable Dual Enrollment Policy and Practice K-12, Higher Education, and State leaders have the opportunity to re-imagine how strategies like dual enrollment can transform our systems and move us closer to closing racial equity gaps in education. The session will provide an overview of four key dual enrollment policy and practice shift priorities, with recommendations for stakeholders at each level of education to identify disparities, set equity goals, and take actionable steps to prioritize access and success for underrepresented students. |
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Cultivating a Culture of College and Career: Developing Shared Responsibility for Student Success Presenter: Center for the Future of Arizona leads a 5-year USDOE Education and Innovation Research (EIR) grant focused on supporting high needs students to increase interest and enrollment in pathways focused on careers in STEM fields, including Computer Science and cybersecurity. The grant partners are piloting a distributive advising approach to share responsibility for the same students, increase student dual enrollment participation and increase the percentage of students prepared for career success. Partners designed a Co-Advising Framework in collaboration with Jobs for the Future. The framework outlines 5 activities coordinated between high school and post-secondary partners that will increase enrollment of high-need students in these pathways and support them in achieving their college and career goals. Participants will explore the Co-advising framework and hear from CFA about key learnings and data from the first two years of implementation of the EIR grant. |
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From Silicon Valley to the Shores of Lake Erie — Engaging Youth with Emerging Technology Presenters: Lorain County Community College located in Elyria, OH was the first institution to adopt FlexFactor, created by NextFlex, a Manufacturing USA Institute, located in San Jose, CA. FlexFactor is a transdisciplinary outreach & engagement program designed to bridge students into STEMM-based pathways. The program employs project-based learning, encouraging meaningful application of STEMM solutions to real-world problems. FlexFactor embeds experiences with industry and higher education, introducing students to STEMM careers and the education pathways that provide skills needed to be competitive hires. Attendees will learn how LCCC leveraged FlexFactor to connect our most economically, racially, and geographically diverse student populations to in-demand STEMM and advanced manufacturing careers. Since Spring 2018, LCCC has engaged 2,151 students in grades 7 – 12, in 17 districts. |
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The Philadelphia Experiment: Redefining and Resurrecting Dual Enrollment for Philadelphia's Students Presenter: David Thomas, Community College of Philadelphia After losing state dual enrollment funding in 2011, Philadelphia's dual enrollment program for city students was heading for an end after 20 years. However, opportunity sprang up from a seemingly impossible challenge. With new partnerships, new approaches to funding streams and new funders, expanding access to new student groups, and a team of committed problem-solvers who didn't see or accept failure as an option, dual enrollment in Philadelphia - the nation's poorest large city - was redesigned and resurrected. This session will briefly chronicle the history of dual enrollment at Community College of Philadelphia from its near burial in 2011 to today, where enrollments are at an all-time high as well as are the successes of students, partnerships, and programs. |
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2:30 – 2:45 PM |
Break |
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2:45 – 3:15 PM |
Lightning Learning Sessions 30-minute introductions to new projects and innovations. Practitioners will debut new innovations and seek input from the field. |
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Two-Generation Approaches to Dual Enrollment Presenter: Julia Lawton, Achieving the Dream |
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Inspiring Young Students: The Importance of K–8 Partnerships Presenter: Amie Granger, Harper College Since 2014, Harper College has worked to cultivate strong relationships with more than 40 K-8 schools in response to its district’s changing demographics, a rise in suburban poverty, and an increase in chronically underserved populations. By intentionally devoting resources to growing relationships with its elementary and middle school districts, Harper is showing young students and their parents that postsecondary education is affordable, accessible and, most importantly, possible. In this session, participants will learn about Harper initiatives aimed creating early exposure to postsecondary education opportunities and inspiring an early interest in college. Community Relations Manager Amie Granger will highlight details and outcomes about Harper’s Ambassador School program, annual Experience Day event and the college’s school tour initiative, which has impacted more than 23,000 young students. |
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Beyond Belonging: How a Strengths-Based College Success Course helps Students Develop a College Identity Presenters: We will use student voices to discuss SPSCC’s required class, College and Career Success 101: Pathways to Success, which we have spent five years researching, designing, assessing and revising. The curriculum focuses on self-efficacy, metacognition, evidence-based study skills, and emerging information literacy. Students identify their strengths, cultural support systems, and motivations as assets rather than deficits. Assignments follow Universal Design for Learning guidelines, which value multiple means of demonstrating knowledge. We will discuss auditing the curriculum for anti-racist practices, and the ongoing practice of having students shape the content. Finally, we will cover our next equity strategies: offering a pilot program for College in the High School, hiring tenure-track faculty to focus on equity, diversity and inclusion, and developing trauma-informed sections. We will end with data highlighting how CCS 101 particularly benefits underserved students. |
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Translating National and State Recommendations for Local Partnerships Presenters: Closing equity gaps is a priority at national, state, and local levels. Unlocking Potential made national recommendations for closing these gaps in six areas: equity goals and public reporting; program integrity and credit transfer; finance; course access and availability; instructor capacity; and navigational supports. The Illinois Dual Credit Report shared the gap analysis and recommendations for closing opportunity gaps in Illinois based on the six areas in Unlocking Potential. In this session, participants will reflect on where their states and institutions stand in each of the categories as well as recommendations, they have for making changes in their states or organizations. The session will conclude with examples of the work College of DuPage and College of Lake County are doing with their high school partners to address key areas of opportunity within the six Unlocking Potential categories. |
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Open Education Resources (OER) as an Equity Strategy for Dual Enrollment Presenter: Dr. Tanya Scott, Achieving the Dream |
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3:15 – 3:30 PM |
Break |
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3:30 – 4:30 PM |
Role-Alike Discussion Sessions Interactive discussion sessions for attendees to connect with role-alike peers and address shared concerns |
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Day III |
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8:00 – 9:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast |
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9:00 – 10:00 AM |
Concurrent Sessions #5 |
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Leveraging Employer Partnerships to Deepen College & Career Learning in High School Presenters: The Linked Learning Alliance will lead a conversation with Linked Learning educators, partners, and students to learn more about how you can create high-quality college and career readiness pathways in partnership with high-impact employers in your local context. |
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Assessing K-12 Partnerships: Looking at Dual Enrollment Data Presenters: Interested in understanding the key metrics colleges use to guide decisions and set benchmarks for equity in dual enrollment? ATD's Research and Evaluation team leaders will bring their expertise in defining metrics and assessment tools that help colleges and their partners define, track, and drive equitable student success. |
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Student Success Coaches: Holistic Student Support Strategies for Non-Traditional Dual Enrollment Students Presenters: Many students face multiple obstacles that prevent them from engaging with college programs. Gateway to College programs successfully serve students who have dropped out of high school or will not graduate in a traditional school. Through personalized coaching and increased accountability, Gateway programs empower these students to persist and achieve success in college courses. In this session, participants will unpack the role of the Student Success Coach and the innovative support strategies they employ and share strategies to better serve historically marginalized students as they access dual enrollment programs. |
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Innovations in Advising and Teacher Credentialing for Increasing Access to Dual Enrollment Presenter: Alex Perry, College in High School Alliance |
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Building a Strategic Portfolio of K-12 & College Partnerships Presenter: Nick Mathern, Achieving the Dream To create better supported pathways from K–12 through postsecondary education, communities need a strategic approach to partnerships between K–12 school districts and colleges. Simply opening seats in college courses, or offering college coursework at a high school, without a broader strategy of outreach focused on creating an appetite and readiness for postsecondary education, will not dramatically change who enrolls and gains the benefit of postsecondary education. Take a first look and provide feedback on ATD’s K–12 Partnership Portfolio, which provides a framework for assessing individual programs as well as the impact of the broader portfolio of partnerships on local postsecondary attainment goals. |
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10:00 – 10:15 AM |
Break |
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10:15-11:15 AM |
Plenary Session #3 Facing the Future: Can Today's Systems Prepare Learners for Tomorrow's Careers? Presenters: |
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11:15 AM – 12:00 PM |
Action Planning Time Guided planning sessions with ATD coaches designed to help you and your team reflect on key learnings and map out strategies and action steps to bring these lessons to life on your campus. |