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Achieving the Dream’s two-day virtual Teaching and Learning Summit, Advancing Equitable Student Learning in Times of Accelerating Change, brings together faculty, leaders of professional learning, instructional designers, department chairs, deans, and others for interactive workshops and guided conversations to advance campus-wide transformation.

Our current moment—a time of accelerated change in higher education—calls for us to be agile educators, implementing equity-minded strategies such as culturally responsive practices, open educational resources, and high-impact professional learning to sustain and scale our classroom innovations.

Together, let’s navigate the changes ahead and advance equity in student learning and success on our campuses.

Schedule-at-a-Glance
Thursday, October 26: Virtual opening session and interactive sessions 
Friday, October 27: Virtual interactive sessions 

Advancing Equitable Student Learning in Times of Accelerating Change sessions will address how the strategic use of teaching and learning tools and artificial intelligence (AI) can benefit our students and improve our classrooms. Session topics will center on three themes:

1. Being resilient educators as we grapple with/respond to accelerating change as a positive force for student success.
2. Creating space for collaborative peer-to-peer guidance to plan for and adapt to accelerating change effectively.
3. Developing a set of tools that educators can use, in their respective roles across the college, to advance student success in a time of accelerating change.

“This institute was OUTSTANDING! I walked away with valuable insights and tools to implement at my college and in my classroom.”

“Loved everything about it! It was eye opening and great to learn from diverse voices and get to commune with other faculty across the US.” 

“This whole institute has been transformational for me” 

What are the Advancing Equitable Student Learning in Times of Accelerating Change learning outcomes?

• Knowledge and skills to critically examine existing curriculum, pedagogies, and practices.
• High-impact pedagogies and professional learning that your institution can adapt and combine to meet your campus-specific goals and needs.
• Future-forward tools and strategies, including AI in the classroom and transformative approaches to utilizing OER, to proactively address and dismantle inequities in instruction and student learning experiences.
• Insight into how ATD's services (e.g., coaching, seminar, opportunity assessment, courses, workshops) can support your institution's initiatives, programs, and policies to improve teaching and learning on your campus.

Who should attend?
Higher education professionals and cross-functional teams who want to implement new strategies to build their college's capacity in teaching and learning and advance equitable student outcomes. To encourage adjunct faculty to join us, Achieving the Dream is pleased to offer special adjunct faculty pricing to provide an opportunity to build and grow essential skills and dialogue with peers.

Learning Objectives: 
This program has been designed so that attendees come away from the Summit with:

• the knowledge and skills to critically examine existing curriculum, pedagogies, and practices. Through the utilization of future-forward tools and strategies, including AI, educators will be able to develop and implement inclusive, culturally responsive instructional approaches that honor diverse perspectives, amplify student voices, and promote equitable opportunities for all learners.   

• deeper understanding of the diverse ways that ATD network colleges adapt and combine high-impact pedagogies and professional learning to meet their campus-specific goals and needs.  

•  greater awareness of the potential of future-forward tools and strategies, including AI in the classroom and transformative approaches to utilizing OER, to proactively address and dismantle inequities in instruction and student learning experiences.  

• broader insight into how they can draw on ATD’s Teaching & Learning services (e.g., coaching, seminar, opportunity assessment, courses, workshops) to support their efforts to build initiatives, programs, and policies aimed at improving teaching and learning on their campuses.  

                                                                          Registration Fees 
Registration for the Teaching and Learning Summit, Advancing Equitable Student Learning in Times of Accelerating Change includes access to all virtual sessions taking place October 26-27, 2023.  

ATD Network Colleges, per attendee:
Faculty and Administration: $279
Adjunct Faculty: $199
A 10% discount is available to institutions that register a team of three or more attendees (automatically deducted at checkout when registering three people at the same time). Click here to see if your institution is an ATD Network College.

Out-of-Network Colleges and Other Organizations, per attendee:
Faculty and Administration: $339
Adjunct Faculty: $199
A 10% discount is available to institutions that register a team of three or more attendees (automatically deducted at checkout when registering three people at the same time). Click here to see if your institution is an ATD Network College.

Please note: Zoom links for the sessions will be emailed to all attendees the week prior to the Summit.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received after Wednesday, October 18, are subject to a $75 administrative fee. Substitution requests may be submitted in writing to events@achievingthedream.org by October 20 and will be confirmed via return email.

Sponsorship Opportunities

Sponsorship opportunities are available for this event. Please contact Dayna Gilliard at dgilliard@achievingthedream.org or call 240- 450-3805 

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