TILT Summer Conference: CSU Pueblo & Global Partners
Supporting Today's Students
Wednesday, May 15th 2024
Keynote Speaker: Deborah A. Santiago
CEO and Co-founder of Excelencia in Education, America’s premier authority on efforts accelerating Latino student success in America
Deborah A. Santiago is the CEO and Co-founder of Excelencia in Education, America’s premier authority on efforts accelerating Latino student success in higher education. With more than 20 years of experience as a thought leader, educational visionary, and innovator, she’s been instrumental in shaping evidence-based practices and strategies.
Co-founding Excelencia in Education in 2004, Santiago focuses on informing policy and collaboration to accelerate student success, particularly with a Latino perspective. Her extensive contributions include addressing legislative issues in higher education and enhancing awareness for Latinos in federal agencies as the Deputy Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.
She’s also actively involved in community efforts such as dropout prevention and parental engagement. As CEO, Santiago leads initiatives to expand educational opportunities through community-informed research, direct engagement with education leaders, and policy advocacy at all levels. A passionate advocate for Latino students, she’s a sought-after speaker and her work is widely cited in prestigious publications. Santiago serves on advisory boards, emphasizing equity in education.
Theater
Keynote Address
2024 Summer Conference Keynote: From Ideas to Action: Inclusive Excellence and Intentionally Serving Today’s Students
Wednesday, May 15th 9 – 10 am | LSC Theater
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, May 15
Keynote Address: From Ideas to Action: Excellence and Intentionally Serving Today's Students
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM | LSC Theater & Zoom
Keynote will be given by Deborah Santiago, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Excelencia in Education. Session aligns with the Inclusive Pedagogy domain of the Teaching Effectiveness Framework.
TEF Alignment: Inclusive Pedagogy
Supporting Adult Learners and Student Veterans
10:10 AM – 11:00 AM | Morning Session A
Presenters: Benjamin Schrader, PhD; Lisa Chandler, LCSW
- This presentation will examine best practices for supporting adult learners and student veterans in higher education, while also dispelling a lot of myths, preconceived notions, and outdated models for understanding these populations
Who are the Freshmen in Your Classroom? 2022 CIRP Data Results
10:10 AM – 11:00 AM | Morning Session B
Presenters: Kacee Collard Jarnot, Director of Assessment, Division of Student Affairs;Tonya Buchan, Senior Faculty Developer and Program Manager, Teaching Effectiveness Initiative Program, TILT
Embedding Questions of Equity in Pedagogical Approaches to Generative AI
10:10 AM – 11:00 AM | Morning Session C
Presenters: Ellie Light, Assistant Dean for Student Success, College of Liberal Arts; Rosa Martey, Faculty Coordinator of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Liberal Arts
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This session will be hosted as a radio-style interview session with content-area experts in generative AI. We will focus on explaining how generative AI works, the ways in which it prompts us to think about equity in use and in AI products, and some of the ways educators can think about the use of generative AI in writing assessments. The goal of the session is to get participants thinking about ways to approach generative AI that teach critical and ethical thinking, maintain the need for academic risk-taking, and enhance the connection between writing and knowledge generation itself.
Inside the College Experience: Student Perspectives
11:10 AM – 12:00 PM | CSU Student Panel
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Join our panel of students who will be sharing their insights and perspectives on the opportunities and challenges they face both inside and outside the classroom. Audience members will be invited to submit questions for the panelists ahead of time if there are any specific questions you’d like to ask.
So, You want to be a Department Head/Chair Panel Session
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | Afternoon Session A
Presenters: Deb Colbert, Professional Development Program Administrator for Talent Development; CSU Department Chairs and Heads Panel
- Aspiring to lead a department? This session will provide some essential insights and practical strategies from a panel of current Department Chairs/Heads. Whether you’re new to the role or seeking to enhance your leadership skills, join us to explore the responsibilities, challenges, and opportunities that come with this critical position.
Student Mental Health and Wellbeing: Data, Support, and Resources
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | Afternoon Session B
Presenters: Viviane Ephraimson-Abt, MS, MEd, LPC, Manager, Well-being Initiatives, CSU Health Network
- This session provides an overview of students’ mental health data and how it compares nationally. Participants learn about the CSU Health Network and mental health and well-being student support resources, including digital tools like online, cognitive behavioral therapy modules to support skill-building and behavior change, an app that helps mitigate loneliness and updates/features of the You@CSU platform. How to support a student in distress and application of the Well-being in Academic Environments Tool Kit are also discussed. Participants come with questions and leave with a bigger tool kit to support undergraduate and graduate students.
U-Behavior: Coaching Study Behaviors Leads to Student Success
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | Afternoon Session C
Presenters: James E. Folkestad, PhD, Professor and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar; Thomas A. Rausch, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar
- Are you looking for a powerful tool to enhance student learning outcomes and provide empirical evidence of your impact in the classroom? Look no further than the U-Behavior method. This innovative instructional approach, seamlessly integrated into the Canvas Learning Management System, empowers you to coach students in effective study strategies such as distributed practice, retrieval practice, and interleaving. With U-Behavior, you’ll have access to personalized visualizations of student practice behaviors, offering valuable insights into your students’ study habits. Not only does U-Behavior lead to significant improvements in student study behaviors (Cohen’s d of 1.2), but it has repeatedly boosted performance by one letter grade (Cohen’s d = 0.70) on comprehensive final examinations. The method also provides instructors with tangible evidence of their efforts to support student learning and success. Join us to discover how U-Behavior gets students to practice (study) while you teach and how the method can provide you with significant evidence on how you are implementing the Teacher Effectiveness Framework (TEF).
TEF Alignment: Instructional Strategies
Grading Practices that Support Students
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Afternoon Session D
Presenters: Lisa Dysleski, Associate Deans for Undergraduate Programs; Alyson Huff, Noah Racey, Jess Rushing
- Do you ever wish your students would be more worried about their learning than the number of points they receive on an exam or assignment? Or that students wouldn’t approach you about the extra credit that could bring their B to an A? Do you ever wonder if grades actually hinder the learning process? Maybe you wish grading was not part of your teaching job at all due to the stress on students and on you? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions or are curious about the alternative-grading movement in higher education, we invite you to join this session. We will introduce you to the history and rationale for alternative-grading practices and to several CSU faculty who use these practices to make their course a learner-centered, supportive, and equitable experience for all students. If you already use alternative-grading practices in your course, you are welcome to join the session to share your story and meet like-minded colleagues.
TEF Alignment: Feedback and Assessment
Faculty Panel: What Does Supporting Today’s Students Look Like in Your Classroom?
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Afternoon Session E
CSU Faculty Panel
- Join us as our panelists discuss the changes they’ve seen in their classrooms and students in recent years and share how they ensure the students in their classrooms feel supported.
TEF Alignment: Classroom Climate
Information Evaluation and Research Skills in the Age of ChatGPT
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Afternoon Session E
Presenter: Kristy Nowak, MLIS, First-year Experience and Student Success Librarian
- ChatGPT and other large language models have the potential to change how people interact with information and research. In this session, we will examine how ChatGPT has influenced the information landscape, including sources, information evaluation, research strategies, and the role of citation. We will discuss different models for evaluating information, including the CRAAP and SIFT methods, and how people can find more reliable information online. We’ll also discuss impacts for traditional research assignments and discuss process-based assignments. This session will include a discussion of available library resources, including research tools and guides to support student success and information literacy skills.
TEF Alignment: Instructional Strategies