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Open Forum on Pathways & the Faculty Experience
Hours: 3
We invite ACC faculty to join us and learn about Guided Pathways and opportunities to leading the development of our ACC Faculty Experience. Instructional Services, the Faculty Senate and Adjunct Faculty Association have partnered to focus this year's Achieving the Dream site visit on faculty engagement. Dr. Kay McClenney, ACC's Achieving the Dream Coach, will be the keynote speaker and share national research that is driving the pathways movement and examples of how colleges around the country are engaging faculty in student success efforts.
Faculty who attend will be able to participate in table conversations and share reflections, ideas and suggestions on their role in shaping the student experience.
The Faculty Senate and Adjunct Faculty Association Meetings will follow.
Continental Breakfast and Lunch will be provided. For questions or to let us know about dietary restrictions,
please email Courtney Grams at courtney.grams@austincc.edu.
See how to connect to the Live Stream Online here: http://sites.austincc.edu/facdev/faculty-engagement-webcast/
Kay M. McClenney is an independent consultant and partner in Mc2 Consultants. She serves as Senior Advisor to the President & CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges. She was founding Director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement at The University of Texas at Austin from 2001 through April 2014, and she also served during that period as a faculty member in the Program in Higher Education Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin.
Also at the University, she served as a founding partner and senior consultant to work on the national Achieving the Dream initiative. In addition, she was co-director of Student Success BY THE NUMBERS; CLASS — the California Leadership Alliance for Student Success; and the national Bridges to Opportunity initiative. She previously served for 10 years as Vice President and chief operating officer of the Education Commission of the States.
Dr. McClenney continues to serve as a leadership coach for Achieving the Dream. She has been a consultant to education institutions, state higher education systems, state government, and professional associations in 47 states and internationally. In addition, she served for a number of years as a community college educator, during which she was a faculty member, program director, system administrator, and interim CEO.
A frequent keynote speaker, Dr. McClenney also has authored numerous publications on education issues, strategic planning, accountability, student success, and leadership. She earned her Ph.D. in educational administration from the Community College Leadership Program at The University of Texas at Austin. Her previous degrees are a B.A. from Trinity University and an M.A. in Psychology from Texas Christian University.
Throughout this body of work, Dr. McClenney has been a committed advocate for diversity and equity in higher education, often bringing needed emphasis to issues of structural racism and disproportionate outcomes. Among her culminating projects at UT-Austin was a special report and accompanying student video focused on Aspirations to Achievement: Men of Color and Community Colleges.
Kay has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and the Executive Board of the American Association of Women in Community Colleges (AAWCC). She received the 2002 PBS O'Banion Prize for contributions to teaching and learning in America, the 2009 Mildred Bulpitt Woman of the Year Award from the American Association of Women in Community Colleges, the 2009 International Leadership Award from NISOD, and the 2011 National Leadership Award from the American Association of Community Colleges. She was co-chair of AACC’s 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges. And in 2014, Phi Theta Kappa honored Dr. McClenney with the Alliance for Educational Excellence Award, presented in recognition of the body of work undertaken to improve student success in community colleges.
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