Program Agenda

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18

7:00 am – 6:00 pm
Registration Open

7:30 am – 11:30 am
Field Trip for International Guests

7:30 am – 4:00 pm
The ATD Equity Institute: From Theory to Practice

8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Every Learner Everywhere Convening
 

9:00 am – Noon
Pre-Conference Workshops
Requires pre-registration

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Pre-Conference Workshops
Requires pre-registration

ATD Coaches Meeting

4:15 pm – 5:45 pm
Opening Plenary: A Vision for Student Success 2020 

Presenters:

• Dr. Karen A. Stout, President and CEO, Achieving the Dream, Inc.
• James Fallows, Journalist and Co-Author of the national bestseller, Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America

5:45 pm – 6:45 pm
Opening Reception 
 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19

7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration Open

7:00 am – 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
Connecticut System Cohort Breakfast
Team Time

8:30 am – 9:45 am
Morning Plenary: The Future of Teaching and Learning: Collaborating Across Institutional Divides

10:00 am – 11:15 am
Concurrent Sessions

10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Presidents Colloquium
For campus presidents and chancellors only

11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Concurrent Sessions

• Building Mindset for Success from Day 1
• Early College High School Equity Building Strategies: Right students, right start
• High Impact Practices and Equity: Pathways to Student Success in General Education
• Math and English and Pathways – Oh my!
• Transformational Advising: Two Institutions, One Statewide Focus on Advising Redesign
• Turnaround: Measuring Transformative Change & Its Effect on Student Retention
• Using AlamoADVISE and the Transfer Advising Guides (TAGs) within the AlamoINSTITUTES to increase Credential Completion
• You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide: Embedding Cross-Functional Support to Increase Success

12:45 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch Break

1:15 pm – 2:15 pm
Innovative Collaboration Sessions

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Spotlight Sessions

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
TCU Afternoon Session
By Invitation only

3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions

• Accelerating More Students To and Through Gateway Courses in the First Year - Improving Success & Equity in Outcomes
• Bringing Global Learning to Your Campus Though Virtual Exchange
• Guided Pathways: Early Experiences of Entering Students
• Implementing and Scaling an Effective Model: 3-Year Findings from the ASAP Demonstration in Ohio
• Navigating from Assessment to Completion: Using Positive Messages to Improve Enrollment & Retention
• Pedagogy Matters: Ensuring that Students are Learning
• Using Predictive Analytics to Identify Risk and Increase Student Persistence

3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
The Finish Line Game Experience

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Receptions
 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20

7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Registration Open

7:00 am – 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
ATD 101 Breakfast
Tennessee System Cohort Breakfast
USC Racial Equity Breakfast 
Team Time

8:30 am – 9:45 am
Morning Plenary: Aiming for Equity: Early College & Dual Enrollment 
Presenters:

• David Thomas, Associate Vice President, Strategic Initiative at Community College of Philadelphia
• Shasta Buchanan, Associate Vice President, College & High School Relations at Austin Community College
• Alex Perry, College in High School Alliance 
• John Fink, Community College Research Center

10:00 am – 11:15 am
2019 Cohort Meeting
The Finish Line Game Experience
Concurrent Sessions

• A Tale of Two Colleges: Changes for Success at a large urban college and a mid-size rural college in Tennessee
• And the Oscar Goes To: Lessons Learned from Aspen Prize Winners and Finalists
• Anytime, Anywhere: An Equitable, Scalable, & Impactful Approach to Academic Support
• Student Success Information Interventions: Helping students navigate college services and resources
• Supporting Students from Application to Graduation: Lessons from an Advising Redesign
• The Academy for Social Change and Community Transformation: An Educational Ecosystem Strategy
• The Journey to Leader College - An Institutional Approach to Scaling Student Success
• The Long and Winding Road To Creating an Institutional Student Success Framework: A Systems Thinking Approach

11:30 am –12:30 pm
Spotlight Sessions

12:45 pm – 2:15 pm
Recognition Luncheon

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
20 x 20 Presentations

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Tribal Colleges and Universities Afternoon Session

3:45 pm – 5:00 pm
2018 Cohort Meeting
Concurrent Sessions

• Collaboration, Student Belonging, and Mindsets in a Fully-Online Mathematics Learning Experience
• Equity & Inclusion in Teaching & Learning: The Moral Imperative for Social Justice in the Community College Setting
• First-generation Student Success: Findings from a Landscape Analysis of Community Colleges
• Keeping the Promise: The Financial Sustainability of the College Promise Movement
• Leading for Equity at Pasadena College
• Learning Communities as a Strategy that Models and Supports Guided Pathways
• Purpose First: Aligning Career and Guided Pathways at the College of Southern Nevada and Houston Community College
• Rear View Mirror: Lessons Learned from Two Years of Case Managed Advising
• Students as Teachers: Improve Student Outcomes and Meet Equity Goals by Listening to Students

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
DREAM Scholars Reception
Aspen Fellows Meet-Up

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Gateway to College Reception
TCU Reception
 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21

7:00 am – 8:15 am
Continental Breakfast
Team Times

8:30 am –10:30 am
Closing Plenary: Change the Story, Change the Future 
Presenters:

• Crystal Echo Hawk, Founder and Executive Director of IllumiNative

Student Voice Panel Presentation

10:30 am – 12:45 pm
Team Time

10:45 am – 12:45 pm
South African Delegation: DREAM Debrief