2019 Pre-conference Workshops
New CEO Academy
Offered by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
Friday, April 12: 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 13: 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Price: $550
AACC’s New CEO Academy is designed for CEOs in their first year of the job. Session content covers trends and issues facing community colleges and includes those topics that previous new CEOs have indicated that they wish they knew more about before beginning the presidency. Learn directly from retired, seasoned, and new CEOs with a track record of success.
Blaze Your Trail to the Presidency
Offered by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT)
Friday, April 12: 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 13: 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Price: $500
What is the path of a successful candidate for a community college presidency, from submitting a cover letter and resume to the final interview with the governing board? This workshop will offer an in-depth look by mirroring the steps of the application and interview processes. The full spectrum of the application and interview processes will be reviewed, analyzed, and discussed in the order that they occur in the real world. This session will conclude with important information on governance and how to prepare to work with and for a board of trustees, as well as learning what trustees look for when interviewing candidates for the college presidency.
Strategic and Equity-Centered Leadership: The Cornerstone of Organizational Transformation
Offered by National Asian Pacific Islander Council, National Council on Black American Affairs, and National Community College Hispanic Council
Friday, April 12: 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Price: $250
Unprecedented and disruptive challenges and complexities face higher education leaders every day. For example, leaders worry about their institutions’ preparedness to address inequitable levels of success among students of color and the increasing, complex needs and dynamics of students with low socio-economic status. Whether such conditions are the results of the changing demographics of our communities, increasing competition, declining enrollments, conflicting demands, or decreasing resources, successful college leaders must provide strategic, yet equity-centered solutions to complex issues and situations. This workshop is intended to prepare diverse leaders for senior-level positions in higher education and to develop strategies that will help them address organizational challenges and succeed in their leadership journeys.
Chance Favors the Prepared: Data Protection Strategies in Higher Education
Offered by Educause
Saturday, April 13: 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Price: $200
Not a day goes by without a news media report of a data breach. No matter the defenses employed, it seems inevitable that an information security event will happen on campus. This session will briefly explore the current state of data breaches in higher education and the threats facing campuses today, review the information security incident response process and highlight the parts of the response process that college leaders must know, and discuss data protection strategies. The purpose of the session is not to scare, but to inform participants and help them to think strategically about the information security and data privacy issues facing community colleges today.
Measuring Quality: How Can I Use Data to Improve?
Offered by the Community College Research Center
Saturday, April 13: 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Price: $200
This half-day session will provide community college leaders with approaches to more effectively use data to drive student success in institutional improvement efforts. Attendees will learn how to better identify achievement gaps, use early indicators to identify student populations at risk of not being successful, set appropriate improvement targets, and better evaluate the return on investment for student success initiatives. Experts in community college data use will share real-life examples and approaches the attendees will be able to use at their institutions.
Embracing Diversity and Equity: Best Practices in Community Colleges
Offered by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
Saturday, April 13: 1:00–4:00 p.m.
Price: $200
Leaders in member institutions often approach AACC to request insight on issues including Title IX, LGBTQ issues, ADA regulations, civil rights/EEOC compliance, culturally responsive pathways, and pedagogy, and campus climate concerns. This interactive workshop has been developed to provide perspectives from four high-level diversity professionals and their presidents and offer fresh insight on how they manage their responsibilities while navigating the multi-faceted realms of diversity, inclusion, and equity at their respective campuses. Participants will learn strategies to promote and implement diversity and equity regardless of where they sit in the organization.