Author: Stuart Hyatt

COLORADO ASSOCIATION FOR DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION

2011 FALL CONFERENCE
Friday, October 14, 2011
Pueblo, Colorado

SAVE THE DATE!

Spring 2012
CoADE Conference
Friday, April 13, 2012
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Adams State College
Alamosa, Colorado

2011 CoADE Officers
President: Susan Konantz, Western Colorado Community College
President Elect: Karen Lemke, Adams State College
Vice-President: Ross Barnhart, Pueblo Community College
Secretary: Kelly Zepp, Western Colorado Community College
Treasurer: Jean Olsen, Pikes Peak Community College
Past President: Ian Loy, Front Range Community College

National Association for Developmental Education
500 N. Estrella Parkway Ste B2 PMB 412
Goodyear, AZ 85338
Toll Free Phone: 877.233.9455 • FAX: 623.792.5747
email: office@nade.net web: www.nade.net

President
Jane A. Neuburger, M.S.
Director, Tutoring & Study Center
Syracuse University
111 Waverly Ave., Suite 220
Syracuse, NY 13244-2320
315.443.2005
jneuburg@syr.edu
President-elect
Rebecca Goosen, M.S., Ed.S., Ed.D.
San Jacinto College
4624 Fairmont Parkway Suite 203
Pasadena TX 77504-3398
281.459.7667
rebecca.goosen@sjcd.edu
Vice President
Joyce Brasfield Adams, Ed.S. Hinds Community College 1750 Chadwick Drive Jackson, MS 39204 601.376.4814 jbadams@hindscc.edu
Treasurer
D. Patrick Saxon, M.B.A., Ed.S., Ed.D.
National Center for Developmental Ed.
Appalachian State University
ASU Box 32098
Boone, NC 28608
828.262.6366
saxondp@appstate.edu
Secretary
Betty Black, M.S. Texas A&M University-Kingsville-Retired 10733 Westview Dr.
Corpus Christi, TX 78410 361.241.5858
361.739.5789-Cell kfbjb00@tamuk.edu
Past President
Marcella Davis, M.A. Ed.
Madisonville Community College
2000 College Drive
Madisonville, KY 42431
270.824.8671
marcella.davis@kctcs.edu
Annual Conference
February 22 – February 25, 2012
Orlando, FL
Annual Conference
February 27 – March 1, 2008
Boston, MA

Friday, October 14, 2011
Dear Conference Participants;
On behalf of the Executive Board of the National Association for Developmental Education (NADE), I welcome you to the CoADE Fall Conference at Pueblo Community College, Pueblo campus, in Pueblo, CO.
I know you have been working hard to have a terrific conference with the theme, “Best Practices for Our Developmental Students in This Accelerating Age of Technology”, which supports the philosophy of NADE to create learning environments that allow students to prepare, advance, and excel. Your list of concurrent sessions shows interesting presentation on innovative instruction, use of resources to support learning and the latest in best practices.
I want to express gratitude to your current officers for their dedicated service, congratulate and welcome your new slate of officers for the coming year, and convey the message that the national organization is always available to support your chapter.
There are many benefits to your continued membership in CoADE; some of the most valuable, of course, are the collegial networking and sharing of professional academic expertise among your members. I hope you will also consider involvement at the national level. The 2012 NADE Conference will be held in Orlando, FL on February 22-25 at the Coronado Springs Resort. The Board looks forward to meeting with your chapter leaders during the Advisory Council Reception and Leadership Congress, and with all of you at the conference, especially during the Town Hall Meeting, on Thursday, February 23. Further information on the national conference and on all NADE activities and benefits can be found at http://www.nade.net.
Finally, I encourage you to contribute your professional and personal talents in active service and leadership to CoADE, NADE, and our profession to help insure that Developmental Education in the United States meets the expectations of our leaders and provides vital academic and support services for our students.
Best wishes for a productive and inspirational conference!
Regards,
Jane A. Neuburger, M.S.
NADE President

S P O N S O R S

CoADE thanks the following sponsors whose generosity enhanced the
2011 fall conference. These contributions are so important to CoADE, and they are appreciated by our members.

About our Keynote
Sponsored by Pearson
An award-winning instructor and best-selling author, Elayn Martin-Gay has taught mathematics at the
University of New Orleans for more than 25 years. Her teaching awards include the local University Alumni
Association’s Award for excellence in teaching, and
Outstanding Developmental Educator at University of New Orleans, presented by the Louisiana Association of Developmental Educators.
Elayn has now authored fourteen arithmetic and algebra texts with accompanying videos including the fully digital Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 courses in MyMathLab. Prior to writing textbooks, she developed an acclaimed series of lecture videos to support developmental mathematics
students in their quest for success. Her text materials and video program support her passion of helping every
student to succeed.

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

Friday, October 14, 2011 FALL 2011 CoADE CONFERENCE

8:00 - 8:45 Registration and Breakfast Fortino Ballroom AB
8:45 - 9:00 Welcome: Patty Erjavec, President, Pueblo Community College
9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Address: Elayn Martin-Gay, University of New Orleans Best Practices for Our Developmental Students in This Accelerating Age of
Technology
10:00 - 10:15 Break
Ballroom C 1—Sherry Schreiner, Bob Peterson, Alaa Kassir Course Redesign for Developmental Math at WCCC: Past, Present, and Future
Barb Fortino 2—Aaron Leff Seeing Themselves as Writers: Using auto-ethnography to help students understand how, why, and when they write
MT 106 3—Cameron Cooper Predicting Student Success in General Chemistry via a Diagnostic Algebra Test
MT 108 4—Karey Pharris Understanding by Design: Teaching for Understanding * Double length session
MT 112 5– Kelly Zepp Open Source Textbooks: An affordable and dynamic way to deliver content in higher education
CC 244 6—Deborah Anderson ACCUPLACER Diagnostics and Pearson’s MyFoundationLab New Partnership
11:00 - 11:15 Break

10:15 - 11:00 SESSION 1:

11:15 - 12:00 SESSION 2:

Ballroom C 1—Elayne Martin-Gay Best Practices in a Changing Developmental Mathematics Classroom
Barb Fortino 2—Edith Cranor-Buck, Shelley Read Connecting the Dots Across Campus: Building Learning Communities to create broad-based, interdisciplinary support for developmental students
MT 106 3—Karen Lemke FASTTRACK: Summer Bridge Program for students who need two or more developmental courses prior to freshman year
MT 108 4—Karey Pharris Understanding by Design: Teaching for Understanding (continued)
CC 244 5—Tom Burnosky, Ross Barnhart LearningExpress: A partner for basic skills, test preparation, computer skills, and career guidance
1:45 - 2:00 Break
Ballroom C 1—Nadine Dame The Role of Increased Frequency on Student Performance in the Developmental Mathematics Classroom
Barb Fortino 2—Colleen Weeks “Are You Talkin’ to ME?”: Fostering audience awareness with students in college prep English
MT 106 3—Andy Zaugg Math Emporium with iLearn Math
MT 108 4—Linda Sue Hopps, Anita Schervish, Crystle Rippetoe Bringing It Home!: How to use lesson study to implement ideas learned at conferences
MT 112 5—Paul Gallagher, Marilyn Smith, Randy Landis-Eigsti, Ruth Wengrovious, Andy Stevens Coordinating Your Chess Pieces
CC 244 6—John Whattam, Mitchell Welch How Do You Eat an Elephant?: Rethinking and redesigning developmental education courses for improved student success

12:00 - 1:45 LUNCH & ELECTIONS Fortino Ballroom AB

2:00 - 2:45 SESSION 3:

2:45 - ??? The Three D’s: Fortino Ballroom AB Dessert, Door Prizes, Depart

SESSION ABSTRACTS

SESSION 1

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10:15 - 11:00 Ballroom C
Course Redesign for Developmental Math at WCCC: Past, Present, and Future WCCC piloted the first redesigned math course in the Spring of 2010 after attending a conference in Orlando, FL, sponsored by the National Council of Academic Transformation. The first semester we intended to offer the emporium model for one section; before registration was completed, five sections had been added. This workshop will detail the progress through the next three semesters, the lessons learned, and the plans for the future. We want to honestly share what is working and what isn’t, as well as the problems we have encountered along the way. We will have some student interviews to share as well, about their perceptions of the model compared to the traditional classroom.
Presenters: Sherry Schreiner, Bob Peterson, Alaa Kassir; Western Colorado Community College
10:15 - 11:00 Barb Fortino
Seeing Themselves as Writers: Using auto-ethnography to help students understand how, why, and when they write Using their daily writing tasks (e.g., Facebook status updates, text messages, and grocery lists), students explore the rhetorical principles of purpose, audience and context and their writing processes. A solid understanding of the rhetorical situation and their individualized writing processes prepares students to tackle future writing with confidence.
Presenter: Aaron Leff; Front Range Community College
10:15 - 11:00 MT 106
Predicting Student Success in General Chemistry via a Diagnostic Algebra Test This presentation discusses the fundamental mathematical topics that underlie success in General Chemistry. A 20-minute diagnostic algebra test (DAT) will be presented that resulted in an 83% accuracy in identifying “at-risk” students in General Chemistry.
Presenter: Cameron I. Cooper, Ph.D.; Fort Lewis College
10:15 - 11:00, 11:15 - 12:00 * MT 108
(* Note: double length session)
Understanding by Design: Teaching for Understanding This session will introduce the three stages of Understanding by Design developed by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe (2005). You will obtain an elementary understanding of UbD and be able to begin to apply UbD to develop lesson plans focused on desired student understandings. Templates will be provided.
Presenter: Karey Pharris; Pikes Peak College

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10:15 - 11:00 MT 112
Open Source Textbooks: An affordable and dynamic way to deliver content in higher education Did you know that community college students are spending a third of their college tuition on textbooks alone? This session will highlight the textbook crisis and offer alternatives that are dynamic, customizable, easily updated, ideal for multiple learning styles, and cost effective to boot.
Presenter: Kelly Lynn-Ford Zepp; Western Colorado Community College
10:15 - 11:00 CC 244
ACCUPLACER Diagnostics and Pearson’s MyFoundationLab New Partnership In response to the growing need for a comprehensive student readiness evaluation system, ACCUPLACER is pleased to introduce its partnership with Pearson’s MyFoundationsLab. This new partnership brings diagnostic, intervention and customized placement testing into one cohesive suite of tools for student preparation and readiness. Please join your colleagues for an informative session detailing these exciting new aspects to the ACCUPLACER system.
Presenter: Deborah Anderson; College Board
11:15 - 12:00 Ballroom C
Best Practices in a Changing Developmental Mathematics Classroom
How can we anticipate and prepare for possible changes in developmental mathematics classrooms, given the current economy? Many classroom techniques and strategies will be discussed that will not only be easy to implement, but will have a positive effect on students and instructors.
Presenter: Elayn Martin-Gay; University of New Orleans
11:15 - 12:00 Barb Fortino Connecting the Dots Across Campus: Building Learning Communities to create broad-based, interdisciplinary support for developmental students Participants will explore Western State College’s Promoting Readiness in Math and English (PRIME) program and learn how our linked courses, learning community and campus-wide support network increases student success. Participants will engage in a dynamic brainstorming session on creative ways to more broadly meet the need of their developmental students.
Presenters: Edith Cranor-Buck, Shelley Read; Western Colorado Community College

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11:15 - 12:00 MT 106
FASTTRACK: Summer Bridge Program for students who need two or more developmental courses prior to freshman year In this session I will describe the summer bridge developmental Writing, Reading and Math programming ASC is piloting Summer 2011, through Title V Hispanic Serving Institution grant funding. I will describe our initial results, what worked and didn’t work, and what we’re planning for Summer 2012.
Presenter: Karen Lemke; Adams State College
11:15 - 12:00 CC 244
LearningExpress: A partner for basic skills, test preparation, computer skills, and career guidance LearningExpress has worked for years with colleges throughout Colorado helping them provide cost effective resources to assist their students with basic skills, test preparation, computer skills and career guidance.
Presenters: Tom Burnosky, LearningExpress Library Ross Barnhart; Pueblo Community College
2:00 - 2:45 Ballroom C
The Role of Increased Frequency on Student Performance in the Developmental Mathematics Classroom Colleges and universities are increasingly offering nontraditional programming to meet scheduling constraints of students. This presentation highlights the benefits of more frequent class meetings, each with a shorter duration. Incremental learning can be utilized across multiple learning environments including traditional brick and mortar classrooms as well as technology rich environments.
Presenter: Nadine F. Dame; Johnson & Wales University
2:00 - 2:45 Barb Fortino “Are You Talkin’ to ME?”: Fostering audience awareness with students in college prep English This presentation/workshop focuses on helping students understand the importance of audience and how it fits into rhetorical appeals of persuasive writing. Useful for ENG 060/090.
Presenter: Colleen D. Weeks; Arapahoe Community College

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2:00 - 2:45 MT 106
Math Emporium with iLearn Math Developmental mathematics students present us with many challenges. We present an approach to these using iLearn math, a comprehensive prescriptive online resource in an Emporium setting.
Presenter: Andy Zaugg; Adams State College
2:00 - 2:45 MT 108
Bringing It Home!: How to use lesson study to implement ideas learned at conferences By building a Lesson Study group, your department can build excitement for new ideas, build stronger ties between instructors, and give support to instructors in the classroom. Lessons shared are from developmental math, but some use literacy strategies.
Presenters: Linda Sue Hopps, Anita Schervish, Crystle Rippetoe; Community College of Denver
2:00 - 2:45 MT 112
Coordinating Your Chess Pieces Taking a college from isolated, disparate departments and service areas to a coordinated Dev Studies program, RRCC has forged a solid foundation for what we hope will continue to be a successful network of college resources focused on student success. We would like to share our successes and failures, and in casting our net out to our sister schools, we hope to learn what others are doing as institutions in order to improve and grow our program.
Presenters: Paul Gallagher, Marilyn Smith, Randy Landis-Eigsti, Ruth Wengrovious, Andy Stevens; Red Rocks Community College
2:00 - 2:45 CC 244 How Do You Eat an Elephant?: Rethinking and redesigning developmental education courses for improved student success The challenge facing Developmental Education professionals has never been greater. The scrutiny on demonstrating results has increased and requires an honest & candid assessment of the changes required to meet these challenges. Learn how to rethink and redesign Developmental Courses into to self-contained modules that are student centric. When we leverage PLATO for Developmental Education we can make significant shifts in the teaching-learning enterprise, making it more active and learner-centered for students struggling in our systems. Lectures and other face-to-face classroom presentations can be supplemented with an array of interactive materials and activities that move students from a passive, note-taking role to an active-learning orientation. Come participate in in an interactive discussion, exploring how PLATO assumes an important role in engaging adult learners through interactive content, providing prescriptive individualization, formative instructional feedback, and reinforcement of developmental course content
Presenters: John Whattam, Mitchell Welch; PLATO Learning

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Denver, Colorado

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