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OCCA was honored to have Martha Kanter, Under Secretary of Education open the conference. She, along with Pat Callan (National Center for Public Policy & Higher Education) and Ken Patchett (Google), rounded out the conference. Each of the 20 break-out sessions was packed with topics supporting the conference’s “Ensuring a Sustainable Future” theme.
Click on the links below to view PowerPoint presentations of some of the breakout sessions (in Adobe PDF format).
So You Think You Want To Be a President?
The workshop focused on how to prepare, personally and professionally to apply for a community college presidency. Two Oregon community college prsidents and a board member led the dialogue and answered questions.
Preston Pulliams, District President, Portland Community College
Rita Cavin, President, Linn-Benton Community College
Jim Harper, District 4 Board Member, Portland Community College
Applied Baccalaureates – What Does This Mean for Community Colleges
Some community colleges are now offering specific baccalaureate degrees. This session reviewed the development of this new paradigm, discussed the rationale and summarized some of the concerns and challenges that community colleges faced in other states when offering baccalaureate degrees.
Loretta Seppanen – Assistant Director of Research & Analysis, Washington State Board for Community and Technical College
Vision for the Future: Preparing Students to Create and Live in a Sustainable World
This session provided ideas about how to integrate practices that support and improve the health of systems that sustain life and equip and educate students and staff to participate in building a socially diverse, just and sustainable society.
Susie Cousar – Faculty, Health & Physical Education, Lane Community College
Jennifer Hayward – Sustainability Coordinator, Lane Community College
Margaret Robertson – Faculty, Advanced Technology, Lane Community College
Utilizing Community Partnerships to Develop Real World Applications and Policy Support
Knowledge or solutions to problems cannot be accomplished in isolation nor with ingrained methods that have been tried and failed. The development of new solutions and new paradigms
for problem solving and partnerships are critical for success.
Patrick Lanning – Dean, Instructional Services, Chemeketa Community College
Renee Stoops – Director, Sustainable Plant Research and Outreach, Chemeketa Community College
Comprehensive Enrollment Management to Promote Fiscal Sustainability
Having courses and programs available for students with limited resources is critical for the economic development and well being of the region and state. Managing operational
details of scheduling and using data to guide decisions is a critical piece of the puzzle
Sonya Christian – VP Academic and Student Affairs, Lane Community College
Don McNair – Executive Dean, Academic Affairs, Lane Community College
Craig Taylor – Director, Institutional Research, Lane Community College
Creating a Message: Skills2Compete
Last year, Oregon launched a national Skills2Compete Campaign to change the debate around postsecondary education and skills training to create a national guarantee that every U.S. worker
will have access to the equivalent of at least two years of education or training past high school—leading to a vocational credential, industry certification, or one’s first two years of college. Oregon’s Skills2Compete Campaign was presented, along with ideas about how you can use the materials and message.
Agnes Balassa – Western Regional Field Director, Workforce Alliance
Student Success Indicators
An in-depth look at Oregon community college student performance and emerging practices for improving student success. Participants learned about one state’s experience
with defining what success means for community college students, and the framework for and indicators of student success.
Cam Preus – Commissioner, Community Colleges and Workforce Development
Laura Massey – Institutional Effectiveness Director. Portland Community College
Ensuring a Sustainable Future by Maximizing Student/Customer Value While Minimizing Waste
Information about how one college is attempting to become a lean learning organization by creating more value for its students/customers with fewer resources.
Larkin Franks - Vice President – Instruction, Mt. Hood Community College
Dave Shields - Board Member,Mt. Hood Community College
Michael Martyn - Principal, SISU Consulting Group
John “Ski” Sygielski - President, Mt. Hood Community College |
Salem, OR 97301