Thursday, April 14, 2005,
Schedule
Jackson Community College
-- Potter Center (Click location
for directions)
8:00 - 8:45 Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:15 - 11:30 Presidents' Panel Future Directions of
Developmental Education
Barbara Honhart, Baker College
Ed Morante, College of the Desert
Juan Olivarez, President, Grand
Rapids Community College
Dan Phelan, President, Jackson
Community College
Larry Whitworth, President, Washtenaw
Community College
Lunch & Special Populations Update
Dan Woodward, Higher Education
Consultant
State of Michigan, Department of
Labor and Economic Growth
Office of Postsecondary Services
Community College Services Unit
1:15 - 4:00 Conference Workshops
(Choose One)
ü 1:15 - 3:34
Assessment as a Leadership
Tool: Outcomes Assessment for Courses & Programs

ü 1:15 - 2:30
Developmental Educators as
Leaders of Institutional Change

Larry Whitworth,
President, Washtenaw Community College
9:00 a.m. Keynote Address:
Teaching Across Generations
Sheri Beattie
Assistant Director of Effective Teaching and Learning Department,
Baker College System
10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. --
Concurrent Sessions I
Lunch
1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. --
Concurrent Sessions II
2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. --
Concurrent Sessions III
|
MDEC Conference - Friday,
Concurrent Sessions |
|
|
|
Time |
Session 1 |
Session 2 |
Session 3 |
Session 4 |
Session 5 |
|
Concurrent Session I 10:15am - 11:30am |
Exploring the Information Landscape with
Developmental Readers
Margot Haynes |
Mandatory Placement
Ed Morante
|
Facilitating Learning in the 21st
Century
Dan Apple |
Developing "Self-Authorship"
Jane Elizabeth Pizzolato |
MDEC Research Committee Meeting
Linda Spoelman
|
|
Concurrent Session II
1:00pm - 2:15pm |
Developing "Self-Authorship"
Jane Elizabeth
Pizzolato
(Repeat of a.m. session) |
Process Education and Math
Dan Apple
|
Leaving the Door Open: WCC's Reading Program
Gamret and Crudup |
Update on the Cherry Commission
Jim Berry |
College Success: How High School Choices Affect
the
Freshman Year Experience
Mickey Hay |
|
Concurrent Session III
2:30pm - 3:45pm |
ABC's of Perkins
Dan Woodward
|
Developmental Writing On-Line
Carl Wagner
|
Venerable Vocabulary Ventures
Karen Gamret |
MDEC Legislative Action Committee Meeting
Jim Berry |
MDEC NADE 2007 Conference Planning Meeting
Barbara Kenyon |