Sustainability is more and more of an issue in the world and on campuses. An English instructor and a speech instructor demonstrate hands-on techniques instructors can use to create classrooms that sustain available resources and reduce waste by moving toward paperless instruction, as well as educate students through projects to reduce waste themselves. Topics include the importance of teaching sustainability and creating sustainable classrooms, the value of using electronic texts in class, the benefits of electronic submission and grading, and special challenges encountered when using electronic media. This highly practical and interactive session includes tips and techniques for grading electronically, using electronic texts, and using tablet computers.

William Yarrow, Coordinator
English and World Languages
Joliet Junior College

Bobette Wolesensky, Associate Professor
English Literature Foreign Language and Speech
Palm Beach State College

8:30 AM
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

There are numerous examples of innovative approaches to developmental education that improve student success and goal attainment, but very few are applied systemically on our campuses. The presenters discuss the theory behind an incremental revenue approach and work hands-on through a tool developed for participants to take back to their own campuses. This presentation invokes a dynamic dialogue among participants by delving into the theory behind the incremental revenue and will benefit anyone involved or interested in developmental education.

Robert Johnstone, Senior Research Felllow
Rp Group
Completion By Design Assistance Team

9:45 AM
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

This session opens a dialogue about the use of web-based education for independent study that permits inactive workers to refresh and reinforce their learning and encourages a return to active employment in their chosen fields. Provided is a demonstration of the Sinclair Online continuing education program during which participants learn about the use of the online modules for continuing education for radiology technologists, nephrology practitioners, and registered or licensed practical nurses. An explanation of the online RN refresher program provides convincing support for this use of web-based education.

Marcia Miller, Nurse Educator
Center for Nursing Continuing Education
Sinclair Community College

Denise Moore,
Sinclair Community College

11:00 AM
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

This session provides the most important aspects of researching potential grant funds, writing the grant, and preparing a packet that maximizes the likelihood you will be funded. Participants receive information about the types of grants and funders, weblinks providing specific information about grants and tools to use as you prepare proposals, and the know-how to get and keep funding. Participants are provided with the outline for grant preparation, specific assistance for finding potential grants, a budget packet, and a goals and objectives primer.

Genie Wessel, Project Coordinator
Health Sciences
Howard Community College

1:00 PM
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

Explore systems and strategies to ensure excellence in the use of part-time faculty in the classroom. A model of hiring practices, methods of orientation, and approaches to teacher preparation including iStream, adjunct certification training andstrategies for inclusion and recognition are presented. Materials include examples of established programs that model strategies currently being implemented at one or more community colleges. At the conclusion of this session, participants are able to design a comprehensive system for hiring and supporting part-time faculty that can be incorporated into their college’s strategic plan.

Joseph Gadberry, Consultant
Johnson County Community College

Helen Burnstad, Director Emeritus
Staff and Organizational Development
Johnson County Community College

2:15 PM
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

Hear how Growing Giving offers proven ways to grow relationships internally and externally. The presenter discusses specific recommendations that have worked to enhance the productivity, effectiveness, and bottom-line returns of community college advancement efforts.

Brenda Babitz, Retired President
Foundation
Monroe Community College - SUNY

8:00 AM
Monday, March 03, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

The League for Innovation and the National Repository of Online Courses have partnered to bring new and innovative tools and multimedia resources to community colleges. This presentation focuses on the online resources the partnership provides to administrators, faculty, staff, and students to support innovation, professional development, collaboration and research. Participants learn about multiple content materials and resources, including streaming video, publications, project highlights, social authoring, curriculum building, and more. These pieces are highlighted as the audience is led through iStream's tabbed navigation. A closer look at the NROC offerings is also provided. This session highlights benefits available specifically to League iAdvantage Members (iStream subscribers).

Terri Rowenhorst, Director
Membership
National Repository of Online Courses

11:00 AM
Monday, March 03, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

Members of the College Board’s National Commission on Community Colleges present findings of the Commission’s report on the critical role community colleges play in American education. Shared are the report’s recommendations as participants engage in a discussion about how the influence of these institutions can be expanded to respond to the workforce challenges facing the nation.

Augustine Gallego, Chancellor Emeritus
San Diego Community College District

Paul Sechrist, President
Oklahoma City Community College

12:15 PM
Monday, March 03, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

You have a recycling center and your new building will meet LEED standards. Now what? Lane Community College (LCC) asked itself this question and then engaged the campus community in an invigorating sustainability conversation resulting in multifaceted action toward economic vitality, social equity, and responsible environmental stewardship. The presenters describe LCC’s successful adoption of sustainability as a core value, explain how to build a culture for sustainability and how sustainability is being infused into the curriculum, and share strategies for implementation at your campus.

Mary Spilde, President
Lane Community College

Margaret Robertson, Instructor
Advanced Technology
Lane Community College

2:45 PM
Monday, March 03, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

Emergency preparedness in higher education has become a hot topic since 9-11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Virginia Tech tragedy. This discussion highlights one community college’s process of and outcomes from developing and implementing a comprehensive emergency management plan. Specific attention is paid to emergency communication among staff, faculty, and students and the implementation of an emergency management plan on an urban, multicampus institution. The session includes a discussion about ways participants are responding to this timely and complicated subject on their campuses.

Jerry Mason, Director
Student Life
Community College of Denver

4:00 PM
Monday, March 03, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

The use of Second Life, a multiuser virtual environment, is the newest trend in razor-edge teaching. During this session, participants learn about the basics of Second Life and brainstorm ideas about its ethical use as an instructional tool. Presenters lead a tour of Dante’s Inferno, Edgar Allan Poe’s House of Usher, Grendel’s Lair, Camelot, The Women and War Learning Community Classroom, the Kate Chopin Classroom, Frankenstein’s Lab, Walden Pond, and the Virtual Naylor Project. Participants receive a resource kit to get started exploring virtual worlds at their institutions and discuss how to create effective and ethical assessment techniques in virtual environments.

Beth Ritter-Guth,
Lehigh Carbon Community College

David Longenbach, Dean
Liberal Arts
Burlington County College

8:00 AM
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

This session is designed to help senior administrators determine their interest in becoming college presidents. Innovative strategies for assessing readiness for the presidency are explored, as are how to gain experience in weaker areas before applying for a presidency. Also addressed are timing factors to be considered in connection with career moves into CEO positions.

Brenda Beckman, Senior League Consultant
League for Innovation in the Community College

11:00 AM
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

For most students and faculty, assessment is not taken lightly. Instructors are frequently frustrated when they realize, often while grading a major test or final exam, that what they thought they were teaching is not what the students learned. This session provides a comprehensive overview of traditional and alternative assessment strategies and ends with a glimpse into the future of assessment and a challenge to Innovations participants to embrace and explore a fusion of old strategies and new technologies.

Celeste Fenton, Designer and Facilitator
Perkins Professional Development Institute
Hillsborough Community College

Brenda Watkins, Instructional Designer
Innovative Teaching and Technology
Hillsborough Community College

12:45 PM
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

Employee hiring and retaining is a critical piece of the puzzle in creating welcoming and positive learning centered environments. League Board Member Colleges emphasize and promote diversity in all aspects of the colleges’ culture. Faculty and staff members from four League Board Member Colleges share experiences as new employees at their respective colleges. The presenters represent diverse races and cultures and offer insights to the campus culture. Session participants also share what they are doing to create a welcoming and inclusive campus environment.

Andrew Jones, Chancellor
Coast Community College District

Maria Harper-Marinick, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Academic Affairs
Maricopa Community Colleges

Sylvia Jenkins, President
Moraine Valley Community College

Karen Wilson, Professor
Teaching and Learning
Delta College

2:00 PM
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education and the Deputy Assistant secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education present current and funding sources and opportunities available to community colleges from the U.S. Department of Education. Participants learn about FIPSE, STEM, Perkins; and more.

Pat Stanley, Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of vocational and adult education
U.S. Department of Education

3:15 PM
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building

For some time, community college leaders and decision makers have been urged to adopt and work in a culture of evidence rather than a culture of anecdote. The presenter defines a culture of evidence, describes its necessary components, and illustrates the importance of and ways in which data should be used to improve college planning and management. Also discussed are ways culture of evidence components can be used to benchmark the four categories of community college student success, as well as two national data collection and sharing consortia developed for identifying and selecting similar institutions for peer comparisons and national benchmarking.

Jeff Seybert, Higher Education Consultant
Research, Evaluation, and Instructional Development
Johnson County Community College

4:30 PM
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Governor's Square 14, Concourse Level, Plaza Building