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South Carolina Technical Education Association

Annual Conference

February 15 – 17, 2018

Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort

Myrtle Beach, SC

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Keynote Address Friday, February 16, 2018 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

This year the keynote address will be a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Tim Hardee, President of the South Carolina Technical Education System. Panelists are: Steve Townes who is the Chairman of ACL Airshop, and CEO and Founder of Ranger Aerospace; and Laura Hewitt, Vice President, Education & Membership of the South Carolina Hospital Association. Over the coming decades, South Carolina faces a projected shortage of workers for jobs in the Aerospace, Advanced Manufacturing, and Health Care industries. Not enough South Carolinians follow educational pathways that prepare them for jobs in these areas. This panel will discuss the current state of the workforce of these employers in South Carolina, with a particular focus on how the South Carolina State Technical College System can support these businesses and industries to meet the future demand as they grow and prosper.

Below you will find a brief biography of each member of the panel followed by the pictures.

Steve Townes is the CEO and founder of Ranger Aerospace and its aviation services affiliates. Ranger’s largest and latest enterprise is ACL Airshop, the worldwide Air Cargo products, services, and leasing company, for which Townes is Chairman. He is also Board member and past Chairman of “SC Aerospace,” a statewide public/private partnership in the fastest-growing aerospace state in the US. Townes is an engineering graduate of West Point, where he earned the coveted Eisenhower Award upon graduation. He also holds an MBA from Long Island University and completed the advanced “PMD” post-MBA graduate program at Harvard Business School. Townes founded Ranger Aerospace in 1997 in Greenville SC. Ranger co-

invests with private equity institutions to acquire, lead and grow companies in the aviation and aerospace sectors. Under Townes’ leadership, Ranger Aerospace has employed as many as 4,250 people at 56 airports, and has transacted over $490 million in acquiring, divesting and internal capital growth projects. Large-scale previous Ranger successes include “ASIG,” Skytanking GmbH, Keystone Helicopter, Composite Technology Inc.,

Welcome to SCTEA’s Conference The theme for 2018, “Educating the Future”, focuses on the many partnerships that the SC Technical College System has with 4-year colleges, high schools, businesses, and industry. The Board has planned a fantastic conference for all employees of S.C. technical colleges. Professional development opportunities have been enhanced, and we hope that everyone will find sessions of interest to attend and take advantage of this affordable, practical and valuable conference. The Awards Luncheon, held on Friday, will honor the Educators of the Year from each technical college and the System Office and will have the presentation of the Student Community Involvement Awards along with the A. Wade Martin Innovator of the Year Award.

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Ranger International Services Group, and Intech Aerospace. Ranger’s most recent acquisition is ACL Airshop, with air cargo support operations at 40 of the world’s Top 50 airports. Plans call for at least doubling to global strategic footprint and capabilities of this unique company in the next few years. Over the past 20 years, Ranger Aerospace has spawned three large aviation services enterprises with revenues of well over $100 Million each. They each began modestly, and then kept accelerating. Steve has some excellent career advice to the students of South Carolina Technical Schools: “If you learn how to work on or around airplanes, you’ll likely have a well-paid job for life.” Steve will explain what he means by that, and will offer experienced insights into the burgeoning aerospace sector here in the South, in his trademark “high energy” style.

Lara Hewitt currently serves as the Vice President, Education & Membership at the South Carolina Hospital Association. In her role, she oversees the major membership events, member services, personal membership groups, the William L. Yates Conference Center, and the association’s workforce initiatives. Lara has been with the association since 2001 where she began her career with expanding outreach to the Medicaid population, a grant funded project under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, later moving into workforce development and then stepping into leadership roles in the planning of membership events, governance activities, and educational program development. Lara holds a Bachelors in Health Science from Clemson University and a Masters in Public Health from the University of South Carolina. She currently

holds board positions on the state chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Community Free Medical Clinic of Kershaw County. She is married with two active, baseball loving sons and resides in Lugoff, SC. Dr. Tim Hardee became System President of the SC Technical College System in November of 2016. Prior to joining the System Office, he served as President of Central Carolina Technical College.

Dr. Hardee has over 30 years of experience in education throughout the State of South Carolina. Prior to entering higher education administration, he served as a teacher, coach, counselor, and principal on the K-12 level. Dr. Hardee graduated with a B.S. in Psychology from Coastal Carolina University, a M. Ed. in Counselor Education and an Ed.D. in Educational Administration from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Hardee serves on the State Workforce Development Board, The Coordinating Council for Workforce Development and the SC Council on Competitiveness. He is a graduate of Leadership South Carolina and the South Carolina Economic Developers Institute.

Dr. Hardee was presented the Coastal Carolina University Outstanding Alumni award and the Sumter Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Achievement Award.

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Conference Schedule

Thursday, February 15, 2018 Friday, February 16, 2018 (Continued)

12:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Registration 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Keynote

3:00 p.m. – 7 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open 12:20 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Awards Luncheon

3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. Early Bird Sessions 2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Sessions

4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. Early Bird Sessions 3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Sessions

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Vendor Reception (Vendor Area)

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Business Meeting

Friday, February 16, 2018 Saturday, February 17, 2018

7:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Registration 9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

Sessions

7:30 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Exhibit Hall Open

8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. Sessions 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

Sessions

8:50 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. Break Vendor Area

11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

Sessions

9:15 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. Sessions Noon – 12:30 p.m.

Closing Session

10:05 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. 10:25 a.m.

Break- Vendor Area Door Prize Drawing -

Vendor Area

Sessions

3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

Engaging in Person

Palisades A Audience: General

Presenter: Rick Judy, College Preparatory and Transitional

Studies Department Chair, Piedmont Technical College

Engagement is more than off-the shelf tools (albeit many are very good…or they wouldn’t still be around). Engagement at the truest and most profitable level is connecting with each individual student where they are, and most importantly at an individual and personal level. Engagement is breaking down the teacher and student barriers and being a real person. Engagement is talking to, not at a student. Engagement is laughing with a student, not at a student.

Engagement is whatever it takes to help that student see their potential.

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The Enrollment Funnel and Its Implications for

the Various Functions of a College

Palisades B

Audience: General

Presenters: Dr. Matteel Jones, Vice President for Student

Services; Dr. Chuck Morton,

Dean, Satellite Campuses; Tanisha Latimer,

Dean, Enrollment Services, Greenville Technical College

Visualizations of a funnel have been used in business settings since the early decades of the 20th century to help individuals understand various processes like sales and production. In recent years, post-secondary education has begun utilizing the image of a funnel to visualize the process of enrollment. This presentation will demonstrate how colleges in South Carolina can use this beneficial tool as they visualize their particular enrollment processes from prospect through graduate. As part of the presentation participants will be engaged in a discussion of what a funnel could look like for their particular institution.

Leading for Transformation:

Advising in Disguise

Palisades C Audience: General

Presenters: Jennifer Black, Dual Enrollment/Early College

Coordinator; Rhonda Sherman,

Outreach Program Manager, Central Carolina Technical

College

Can you imagine the overwhelming pressure a high school student taking college classes can feel? Do you remember what it was like to have a guidance counselor who could only spend a few minutes with you to discuss your future? When high school scholars are taking college courses, it requires a great amount of engagement and team work from our partnering high schools, outreach/satellite campuses, and the dual enrollment coordinators to make sure the experience is a success. Working collaboratively to make advisement effectively work for dual enrollment and early college students takes several approaches. We have utilized a combination of advisement methods and coined it “Advising in Disguise”. The culmination consists of different methods of advisement and transformational leadership. Students are being prepared for success in the classroom and

beyond high school graduation at the same time.

Data Literacy and

Information Visualization

Palisades D

Audience: General

Presenter: Jannette L. Finch, Librarian,

School of Professional Studies and North Campus,

College of Charleston

21st century citizens make sense of data by both interpreting and creating visualizations. The type of visualization employed reveals information within data. Common visualization types include charts, tables, graphs, geospatial maps, and network graphs. Within these types, the use of color, shape, line, hierarchy, and composition suggests relationships and reveals patterns, illuminating themes and information lost within text or spreadsheet. Understanding effective visualization is essential to data and information literacy. The presenter will share:

Tips on interpreting misleading infographics.

Suggestions for choosing visualization types.

A menu of tools to create data visualizations or infographics.

A robust bibliography of sources and examples.

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4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

Art of Teaching for Generation Y and

Z – Students Come 1st

Palisades A

Audience: Faculty

Presenter: Matthew Alimagham,

Computer Technology Instructor,

Spartanburg Community College

Are we ready for Generation-Z? Are we ready for new coming technologies? At the present time most of our students are from Generation-Y (Millennials) and we are still trying figure them out, let alone here comes Generation-Z. I believe teaching is an art and the more we master it the better we can help our students to learn. We have to adapt to the new generations’ way of learning and to the new technologies as well. The new generation mostly are unengaged and moving away from group activities due to the gadgets and technologies, so we have to help them to have a sense of being part of the group. We have to establish connection to our students. We have to move them, mix them, and engage them. We may have to create time to listen to their problems. We may have to change our way of teaching.

Renovating and Constructing Brick and Mortar Classrooms for 21st Century Education

Palisades B

Audience: Staff and Administration

Presenters: Barbara Mooneyhan,

Director of Media Services; Beth Rickenbaker,

Manager of Technology Support, Midlands Technical College

While Online Education is all the rage, colleges and universities cannot afford to ignore the construction, renovation and maintenance for the traditional on-campus classrooms. With the ever-changing technology demanded by today’s students, planning and maintaining these classrooms of the future requires a new and diverse set of skills by our technicians. Hear how MTC in Columbia, SC plans for and maintains our 250+ multimedia classrooms on 7 campuses with a dedicated staff and funding that is increasingly out paced by technological development.

Communication and Soft Skills for Educators,

the Power of Being a Team Player

Palisades C Audience: Faculty and

Administrators

Presenter: Lynda D. Altman, Early Childhood Education, Lead

Instructor, Aiken Technical College

This workshop is designed to bring an interactive exchange for instructors and students in the classroom. Ideas for incorporating soft skills will be shared and take place in the workshop. The power of interactions with your students and colleagues will be examined there will sharing exercises that you can take back to the college and sue with your students. There will be a discussion of professional ethics as a compass for success in your career.

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Vendor Reception

Vendor Area

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8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.

From Skeptic to Believer: 5 Reasons Why I Changed My Mind about Online

Learning

Palisades A Audience: Faculty and

Administrators

Presenters: Su Gibson, Hospitality Management

Instructor, University of South Carolina

Beaufort and Palmetto College; Sean Barth,

Hospitality Management Department Chair and Internship

Coordinator, University of South Carolina

Beaufort

We’ve all heard about trends in online learning, but is it really comparable to the quality of education available in classrooms? Why would students want it? What are the benefits? How can teachers engage students in an online format? In this session, Su will share her experiences transitioning from teaching face to face courses on campus to 100% online courses at the college level. She will outline the techniques she has adopted to enrich the online learning experience, increase

engagement from students and improve the quality of the work they produce for assessment. Common issues and pitfalls will be addressed during the session, useful technology tools will be highlighted, and time for Q&A will be included.

Work Ethic Skills (WES): Rising to the Challenge

Palisades B Audience: General

Presenters: Jennifer Lopes,

Spanish Instructor and Co-Chair of WES Committee;

Tony Amos, Welding Instructor and Co-Chair

of WES Committee, Piedmont Technical College

Although recent college graduates possess the disciplinary knowledge needed to perform on–the–job technical skills, employers criticize their lack of generic professional and employability skills that ensure success in the workplace. Consequently, institutions of higher education have been tasked with teaching employability skills by incorporating them into the academic curriculum. However, the challenge lies in how to effectively integrate these work ethic skills into the curriculum and develop acceptable methods of assessment that demonstrate proven mastery of these skills. This session gives you a glimpse into how PTC is working to meet this challenge and offers a model that may provide insight

for other educational institutions.

Bridging the GAP

between Secondary and Post-Secondary

Manufacturing Programs

Palisades C

Audience: General

Presenter: Steven Watterson, Education Associate,

South Carolina Department Education Office of Career and

Technology Education

Mechatronics: Students from secondary to post- Secondary. With 16 Technical Colleges, 42 Career Centers and numerous Comprehensive High Schools. How do you get each one to talk the same language when it comes to credit for secondary students transferring to post-secondary with accomplishments already achieved?

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SC Aerospace Workforce

Development

Palisades D Audience: General

Presenter: Adrianne Beasley, Director of Aerospace Initiatives,

SC Council on Competiveness, South Carolina Department

Education Office of Career and Technology Education

This presentation will include overview of the current aerospace industry, its workforce and growth potential. It will focus on the educational opportunities throughout the state for K-12, 2-year and 4-year colleges, as well as resources for transitioning adult workforce. The presentation will highlight the efforts of the SC Aerospace Education Working Group, which is a collaborative group of educators throughout the state with a common interest in growing the aerospace pipeline.

9:15 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.

New Techniques in Synchronous Online

Classroom Management

Palisades A

Audience: General

Presenter: Phil Smith, Computer & Information Technology Instructor,

Tri-County Technical College

This presentation will review the presenter’s experiences with synchronous online classroom instruction and will present new technologies and approaches to his instruction modality.

Burnout is Real! Now

What?


Presenter: Meredith Brown,

Psychology Instructor, Piedmont Technical College

It is important to keep ourselves well so we can be refreshed and at our best. This session will discuss the definition, signs, and symptoms of burnout and how burnout effects every aspect of our lives. Specifically individuals will be given information to help recognize burnout and take

away techniques / tips to help combat burnout in their lives.

Change Their Minds – Quick Implementation

Classroom Activities with Big Results

Palisades C

Audience: Administrators and Faculty

Presenter: Jacqueline Walters, Radiologic Technology Clinical

Coordinator, York Technical College

After reading Linda Nilson’s Creating Self-Regulated Learners, our department implemented some of the best practices and profited huge returns impacting student preparedness, increased scores and retention of students. One student even said, “I really get more out of the lecture and other assignments if I do the reading first”!! Let me share with you what you can do…. And it’s easy. As an instructor, implementation requires minimal preparation time and most activities can simply be monitored, not grading. These changes in academic performance and motivational behaviors can have a substantial impact on your students’ outcomes in your course, other courses and their entire life!

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Building College Prepared Student

through Dual Enrollment

Palisades F

Audience: Faculty and Administrators

Presenters: Keith McKenzie,

Automotive Technology Instructor;

Bill Kitt, Automotive Technology

Instructor, Florence Darlington Technical

College; D. J (Durwin) Bass,

Automotive Technology Instructor,

Hannah-Pamplico High School

Properly run Dual Enrollment Programs can be very beneficial, not only to the student involved, but also for college enrollment going forward. The key is to develop an interest with the student as well as show the necessity of these learned skilled in the work world. The key is to make the courses as close to, if not exactly, like the courses at the normal college level so the student can make a virtually seamless transition into the post-secondary program. This takes close ties and constant communication with the High School partner. We will discuss some ways to accomplish this ideal.

10:05 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

Break - Vendor Area

Door Prize Drawing - 10:25 a.m.

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Keynote Panel Palisades ABC

Audience: General

Panelists: Steve Townes, Chairman of ACL Airshop and

CEO & Founder, Ranger Aerospace;

Lara S. Hewitt, Vice President, Education &

Membership, South Carolina Hospital

Association; Moderator: Dr. Tim Hardee,

President, South Carolina Technical

College System

Over the coming decades, South Carolina faces a projected shortage of workers for jobs in the Aerospace, Advanced Manufacturing, and Health Care industries. Not enough South Carolinians follow educational pathways that prepare them for jobs in these areas. This panel will discuss the current state of the workforce of these employers in South Carolina, with a particular

focus on how the South Carolina State Technical College System can support these businesses and industries to meet the future demand as they grow and prosper.

12:20 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

Awards Luncheon Ballroom

2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

SC Jobs and Education: Continuation of the

Conversation


Panelists: Steve Townes, Chairman of ACL Airshop and

CEO & Founder, Ranger Aerospace;

Lara S. Hewitt, Vice President, Education &

Membership, South Carolina Hospital

Association; Moderator: Dr. Tim Hardee,

President, South Carolina Technical

College System

This session is a continuation of the keynote presentation.

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Please bring your questions for the panel.

New Insights into Helping Prevent

Alzheimer’s


Presenters: Natalie Bankowski, Alzheimer’s Association Program Director for Horry, Georgetown,

Williamsburg, and Marion Counties

For centuries, we've known that the health of the brain and the body are connected. But now, science is able to provide insights into how to make lifestyle choices that may help us keep our brains and bodies healthy as we age. Join us to learn about this research in the areas of diet and nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement. Natalie Bankowski, Alzheimer's Association Program Director for Horry, Georgetown, Williamsburg and Marion Counties, will educate us about living with and preventing the development Alzheimer's, including advantageous lifestyle choices.

Creating Collaborative Partnerships between 2-Year Colleges and 4-

Year Colleges: Expanding Access and Enhancing Preparation

for Students


Presenters: Permelia Luongo, Director of Student and Campus Information Services and MTC Bridge Programs Coordinator;

Dustin Etheridge, Associate Director of the

Gamecock Gateway Program, Midlands Technical College

Successful Bridge programs create access and success for students. The navigation of college for an incoming freshman student can be overwhelming. For some students, this happens twice in their life! Effective partnerships between two- year community colleges and four-year senior colleges can ease that the stress. Midlands Technical College has non-residential Bridge partnerships with 9 senior colleges, as well as one residential Bridge partnership. Students need to know if their community college and four-year college offer the same financial aid to transfers, if the four-year college “accepts” the community college course work, and how credits convey. In this session, we’ll discuss the framework for developing successful bridge programs

(residential and non-residential). This session will be interactive. Colleges are encouraged to share their experiences regarding best practices.

Overcoming the

Instructor Identity Crisis: Engagement

Strategies for All Teaching Styles

Palisades D

Audience: Faculty

Presenter: Dr. Jennifer Morgan, Science Department Chair;

Mandy Jordan, Health Sciences Coordinator

and Biology Instructor, York Technical College

Student success starts with student engagement, but the reality is that some faculty struggle with the challenge of engaging students. In this presentation, we’ll explore a variety of teaching styles and we’ll challenge the notion that some teaching styles or subjects limit your capacity for engagement. We’ll share a variety of engagement strategies that have been matched to each teaching style to give faculty the resources they need to engage their students more effectively.

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Dual Credit Guidelines Career and Technology

Education (CATE) Completers

Palisades F

Audience: General

Presenter: Dr. Eleanor R. Glover Gladney, Office of Career and Technology

Education, Program Team Lead,

South Carolina Department of Education

The Office of Career and Technology Education (OCTE) Guidelines for Postsecondary Alignments for Completer Status has been developed for secondary schools/career centers and postsecondary institutions of higher education when establishing an agreement to offer dual credit to be used for Career and technology Education (CATE) completer status. OCTE provides this opportunity within the “Dual Credit Agreement guidelines set forth by Regulation 43-234 Defined Program, Grades 9 – 12 and Graduation Requirements” and the listing of postsecondary courses identified in the “Activity Coding System manual.”

3:30 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.

Palmetto College’s Online Degree

Programs Though the USC Upstate Campus

Palisades A

Audience: General

Presenters: Susan Richardson, Representative of IM&S-HI

Program, Palmetto College/University of

South Carolina; William Moore,

Representative of Criminal Justice,

Representative, Nursing Program,

Palmetto College/University of South Carolina Upstate,

Palmetto College is part of USC and offers many online bachelor degree programs for students who have at least 45 hours of college credit. Representatives from the programs will present information on the four Palmetto College degrees offered through USC Upstate: Criminal Justice, Nursing, Information Management & Systems, and Health Informatics. Information about students whose careers have been propelled through the successful completion of these degrees will be shared, along with program requirement information. Audience

participation and discussion are encouraged.

PEBA: Retirement and Insurance

Palisades B

Audience: General

Retirement can be a big adjustment for men and women who have spent their adult lives in the workforce. The Preretirement Insurance presentation will help you determine if you are retirement ready.

Math Encounters of the Criminal Kind: A Learning Community

Palisades C

Audience: General

Presenters: Patricia Hovis, Criminal Justice Technology

Department Chair; Sandra Morrissey,

Mathematics Instructor, York Technical College

We will present on projects developed for the newly implemented Learning Community combining CRJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice and MAT 103 Quantitative Reasoning. By having students create graphical displays of criminal activity, analyze the budgets of prisons, and determine the expected cost of shoplifting, they will be able to connect and contextualize the

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material learned across the two disciplines. Join us as we present what we learned from the first Learning Community of its kind on our campus: Math Encounters of the Criminal Kind!

Small Teaching Tips that Create Large

Learning Gains

Palisades D Audience: Faculty

Presenter: Brenda Mattison, Accounting Instructor,


In this session, the presenter will share small teaching tips that can easily be incorporated into any college course. These tips create an effective and engaging classroom experience and promote active learning and long-term retention of the material. Attendees will walk away with ideas that they can easily incorporate into their courses with minimal preparation time.

The Financial Benefits of CTE

Palisades F

Audience: General

Presenter: Kathryn Hauer, Business Communications

Adjunct Professor, Aiken Technical College

Four-year colleges offer a great career path, but two-year colleges and technical

certificate programs can also be a good financial and life choices for graduating high school seniors and others in the workplace who’d like to make a career change. The financial benefits CTE are very strong.

What kinds of careers does CTE education prepare you for?

Short- and long-term financial benefits of tech school including lower cost/lower debt (tuition/fees/expenses run about half; in SC USC is $26.5K vs Aiken Tech $12K); duration in school; fewer “lost” work years

Great job outlook for tech school graduates

Ms. Hauer is the author of Financial Advice for Blue Collar America.

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

SCTEA Business Meeting


Presenter: Teresa Smith, Administrative Office

Technology Instructor, York Technical College

This business meeting is open to all members of SCTEA.

SCTEA Retirees Business Meeting


Presenter: Ann Osborne, President SCTEA Retirement

Chapter

This business meeting is open to all members of the SCTEA retiree chapter.

9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

A Leader’s Journey in the South Carolina Technical College

System


Presenters: Dr. Forest Mahan,

President, Aiken Technical College;

Dr. Jack Bagwell, Vice President for Academic

Affairs, Piedmont Technical College

Drs. Mahan and Bagwell serve their respective colleges in significant leadership roles, but they each followed their own paths to get to these roles. In this session, the presenters will share their own journeys; relay their own approaches to leadership; discuss what they

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look for in potential leaders; and frame where the South Carolina technical colleges fit into the national leadership crisis often predicted for community colleges. This presentation will help attendees think through their own leadership journeys and explore the types of leadership that will be necessary to lead the SC technical colleges forward in a rapidly changing environment.

The ABC’s of OER: Open Educational

Resources

Palisades B

Audience: General

Presenters: Bonnie Alger, Learning Management System

Technician; Lisa Toland,

Dean of Instruction, Off-Campus, Piedmont Technical College

Is textbook cost a concern for your students? Do they ask, “Do I need to purchase a book for this course?” This presentation will answer these questions and others. Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any types of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. During the presentation a course will be demonstrated

and you will learn how an instructor, the LMS technician, the bookstore, and the librarian collaborated to design a course at no cost (or a very low cost) to students.

Does Utilizing Laboratory Based

Patient Scenarios in a Physical Therapist

Assistant Neurology Class Improve the

Students’ Perceptions of Evidence-Based

Practice (EBP): A Case Report

Palisades C

Audience: Faculty

Presenter: Shari M. Tanner, Physical Therapist Assistant

Program Instructor, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical

College

The presentation will explain the results of a case report that investigated PTA students’ perceptions of evidence-based practice (EBP) after the utilization of laboratory based patient scenarios in a PTA neurology class and how they can be applied in other fields. Fourteen PTA students took part in this study. Students completed a survey regarding their perceptions of EBP prior to receiving their initial lecture in EBP and again as a follow up upon completion of all lab sessions. Results showed that

utilization of laboratory scenarios in a PTA neurology course improved the students’ perceptions of EBP in all categories surveyed.

The Future Is High Tech – But the Keys to Success May Be Low

Tech


Presenter: Amy Bell, Mathematics Professor,

Central Carolina Technical College

As we work with the latest generations of students, we need to evaluate our strategies and how technology is impacting our students as learners.

Professional Writing at the Two Year College

Palisades F

Audience: Faculty and Administrators

Presenters: Amber Yedinak English Instructor;

Heidi Bradley, English Instructor,

Trident Technical College

This presentation will be a general explanation of the program for the Professional Writing Certificate at Trident Technical College. After laying the ground work for the program’s course requirements,

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the focus will turn to both the ENG 263 Writing for Social Media and ENG 260 Intro to Technical Writing courses. By taking an in depth look into these two writing mediums, and showcasing how they are quickly becoming valuable, well-paying jobs in today’s market, participants will come to understand the importance of educating students to not only become better writers and communicators, but also place importance on how they should construct their writing in a constantly evolving and demanding professional environment.

10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

Using Excel for a Grade Book – Because Paper Is

So 20th Century

Palisades A Audience: Faculty

Presenter: George Fiori,

Computer and Information Technology Instructor,


Learn how to use Excel to build a grade book to categorize and keep track of scores, create weighted averages, spot exceptions, drop lowest scores, and determine a final Overall Grade and Letter Grade, as well

as keeping up with class attendance. We will use various functions: AVERAGE(), COUNT(), COUNTA(), IF() (with nested IF()s), and ROUNDED() ), create named ranges (to make the functions easier to work with), and use Conditional Formatting.

Influence the Influencers: Leveraging

Partnerships to Maximize Influence

Palisades B

Audience: General

Presenters: Derrah Cassidy, Director of Admissions;

Allyson Porter, Associate Director of

Admissions; Pressley Dickson,

Associate Director of Admissions,

Midlands Technical College

Visualizations of a funnel have been used in business settings since the early decades of the 20th century to help individuals understand various processes like sales and production. In recent years, post-secondary education has begun utilizing the image of a funnel to visualize the process of enrollment. This presentation will demonstrate how colleges in South Carolina can use this beneficial tool as they visualize their particular enrollment processes from prospect through graduate. As part of the presentation participants will be engaged in a

discussion of what a funnel could look like for their particular institution.

What is the Root Cause

of Great Customer Service?

Palisades C

Audience: General

Presenter: Jeff Estes, Industrial Safety & Maintenance,

Project Manager, Piedmont Technical College

We all know that the best way to solve a problem is to find the root cause. Too often, we think of customer service as solving the problem that the customer has (by finding the root cause) and then making it right. Presto! I gave you great customer service because I solved your problem, right?! Wrong! Great customer service isn’t about finding the root cause of a problem – it is about knowing the root cause of great customer service! What is the root cause? Come find out!

PATHWAY from High School to Employment


Presenter: Chris Satterfield, Planning Advising Transfer

Headquarters (PATH) Coordinator,

Greenville Technical College

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Greenville Technical College launched the Planning and Transfer Headquarters (PATH) in 2014. The idea was to help students enter a two year college and seamlessly transfer their credits to a four year institution. Through the use of articulation agreements, SCTRAC, and partnerships established with four year institutions, we can now better assist students. We serve a large population and last year approximately 1,400 students transferred to other colleges and universities for careers in education, business, healthcare, engineering, aerospace, and many other occupations. The objectives were to help students maximize transfer credits, save money, adjust to college, and assist our students with their educational and career goals. This information would assist other colleges in utilizing the resources available to them to better advise their students with transfer opportunities.

STEM in K-12 Leads to General Engineering Technology at TCTC

Palisades F

Audience: General

Presenter: Donna McIntire, General Engineering Technology

Program Director, Tri-County Technical College

For the last 8 years the General Engineering Technology (GET)

program at TCTC has conducted STEM-Day events at K-12 schools. In several GET courses students are required to design and create, graded, technology projects to showcase to students and teachers at K-12 schools and to students and faculty at the college. The event provides many benefits:

Engage K-12 students to foster further interest in STEM.

Create mentorship for K-12 teachers

Help our students appreciate what they have learned in our program courses.

Help create a long pipeline for future GET students.

11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

Help Students “Dig” Poetry, One Approach

Palisades A

Audience: General

Presenter: Dr. Martha Benn Macdonald,

English Adjunct Instructor, York Technical College

NEED/ISSUE/PROBLEM Have you heard your students complain about having to read poetry? “Man, I don’t get this. I don’t dig this stuff.” In English 102 and the upper-level

literature classes, we teach poetry. We want our students to understand and see value in the poems they read. PROCESS/PROCEDURE In this interactive workshop, I will begin with a couple of poems portraying the metaphor students use, “digging poetry,” and share techniques and strategies with participants. There will be handouts and activities for participants. OUTCOME Participants will leave this interactive session with activities for their classes the following week. These activities will promote student engagement and maximize student success. The presenter will also offer suggestions for future projects. Whether you take a genre, chronological, or thematic approach in your classes, you will find this workshop fun and useful.

Restaurants, Policing, and Education, Really? You Gotta be Kidding.

Another Retention Session?

Palisades B

Audience: General

Presenters: Dr. Marc Weiss, Business and Criminal Justice

Department Chair, Williamsburg Technical College;

Lance Corporal Greg Griggs, South Carolina Highway Patrol

Recruiter

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So many times, colleges talk about retention – but what are we actually asking faculty, staff, and administrators to do? Many times, well planned and well-presented presentations require complicated formulas or expensive databases. This presentation is a light hearted look at customer service, as some restaurants emphasize it, as it relates to retention in education. The presenters will examine how to apply customer service and how it works in the college environment; using proven strategies in both recruiting in policing and retention in college programs. Both presenters have professional an applicable experience, and will present inexpensive and practical strategies.

Comprehensive Advising Process at

CCTC


Presenters: Elizabeth Bastedo,

QEP Coordinator; Kayla Bird,

Freshman Advisor, Sharome Henry,

Freshman Advisor Sara Neil,

Freshman Advisor, Central Carolina Technical

College

This presentation will demonstrate how CCTC has designed and implemented a Comprehensive Advising

Process that incorporates a Freshman Focus Center and Freshman Advisors. The Freshman Advisors will describe how the Comprehensive Advising Process has been tied into the COL 105: Freshman Seminar class.

Future Directions: Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College and USC Palmetto College

Partnership


Presenters: Dr. Susan Elkins, Chancellor;

Dr. Alice Taylor-Colbert, Director of Innovation,

University of South Carolina Palmetto College;

Donna Elmore, VPAA;

Mike Hammond, Associate Vice President for

Administration, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical

College

Working together on articulation agreements has enabled Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College and USC Palmetto College to help students realize their dreams of completing both an Associate’s degree and a Bachelor’s degree while continuing to live and work in their community. Hear from students and leaders about the advantages when institutions join together for student success. The audience will be invited to share ideas for

future partnerships.

From Strategy to

Success: Connecting Student Engagement

Efforts to Campus-Wide Learning

Palisades F

Audience: General

Presenters: Linda C. Jameison, Assistance Vice-President for

Student Support and Engagement;

Mark Dougherty, Dean of Student Development,


Creating an engagement model that connects co-curricular outcomes to classroom outcomes requires a strategic framework for campus wide participation. TCTC is using a cross-function approach to integrate 21st Century work place SLO’s into co-curricular learning initiatives. This presentation will highlight the collaborative and connected nature of our student engagement model and directly relates to conference themes regarding skills our industries are require from our graduates. We will outline several connections between academic and student affairs operations to create an environment conducive to student success. The engagement model stresses interconnected initiatives to provide a holistic engagement experience.

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12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Closing Session

Palisades ABC Audience: General

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