Category: Webinars

Tuesday, January 30th, 2018 at 12:00pm MT

Utah State University has completed preparation work to implement the Interstate Passport. This webinar will describe the scripts and processes used by USU to complete tasks in the Ellucian Banner student information system. These solutions include (1) identifying students that meet the requirements to earn a Passport; (2) creating the process to submit the list of Passport students to NSC; (3) creating the process to identify new transfer students and send that list to NSC to confirm students that have the Passport; (4) processes to enter the Passport into Banner to appear on the transcript so that degree audits systems can show lower-division general education requirements as complete.

Speakers

Carl Ellsworth, Enterprise Data Operations, Utah State University

Carl Ellsworth heads up Enterprise Data Operations at Utah State University. Working collaboratively with functional personnel at USU and some across the state, he serves as a technical resource to configure, support, and when necessary, extend the functionality of the primary records systems. His previous experience includes systems administration in the USU Registrar’s Office, supporting fundraising efforts for the Church Educational System and philanthropic efforts as a Data Analyst for LDS Philanthropies, and service with the Utah Army National Guard. Carl received his B. S. in computer science and a M. S. in management information systems from USU.

Kristi Swainston, Programmer Analyst, Utah State University

Kristi Swainston is a programmer analyst for the Registrar’s Office at Utah State University. Her main responsibilities in this position include querying student information from the Banner database and building reports from this information. She assisted in the migration from Oracle’s Discoverer to Evisions’ Argos reporting software and continues to build and maintain reports in Argos. Kristi received her B.S. in management information systems from Utah State University.

Roland Squire, Passport Registrar Expert, Interstate Passport, WICHE

Roland Squire has served as the university registrar for Utah State University (USU) for four years. He has worked on the Interstate Passport project from its start. Prior to working for USU he had a career in information systems, first as a systems developer with Salt Lake City and then as the management information services director for the Utah Department of Public Safety. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Utah State University. Prior to attending USU Squire served four years in the Air Force assigned to the White House Communications Agency.

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 at 12:00pm MT

Members of the Quantitative Literacy faculty team, Jonathan Bodrero and Bob Turner, will share information about the process for developing the Passport Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and their accompanying Proficiency Criteria (PC). You will learn how they were able to find alignment across their institutions – where there was easy consensus and where they had to work through the differences. This information should provide a good background for understanding the role of the PC and leading discussions on your campus about determining the congruence of your institution’s/state’s learning outcomes with the PLOs.

Speakers

Jonathan Bodrero, Associate, Professor, Math, Snow College

Jonathan Bodrero is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Snow College. He earned his bachelors and masters degrees from Brigham Young University and has been teaching full time at Snow College for seventeen years. In addition to the Interstate Passport project, Jonathan has experience with outcomes-based assessment as he chaired the Math GE Tuning team for Utah and currently serves as institution point person for the AAC&U Multi-State Collaborative to Advance Quality Student Learning. He is also involved in the creation of an OER text aligned to the Math Core Standards for grades 6 – 8.

Robert Turner, Mapping State Coordinator, Interstate Passport, WICHE

Robert “Bob” Turner retired in June 2011 after four years as Oregon University System assistant vice chancellor for academic standards and collaborations. He worked with Oregon’s public universities, statewide faculty senate, and K‐12 and community college leadership on student learning and student transitions among educational institutions. Turner received a B.S. in biology from Seattle University and a Ph.D. in embryology from the University of Oregon, and taught and conducted biology research for over 30 years. He is an emeritus professor of biology at Western Oregon University, where he was honors program director and interim dean of liberal arts and sciences.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2017 at 12:00pm MT

What’s involved in creating a Passport Block? Who and what should be included? How long will it take? What happens when it’s completed? If you are curious about these questions, this webinar is for you. Come learn about how to construct a Passport Block from a system level perspective.

Speaker

Paul Turman, System Vice President for Academic Affairs South Dakota Board of Regents

Paul Turman is the System Vice President for Academic Affairs, South Dakota Board of Regents. His responsibilities include oversight of the Regental system common course catalog, research and economic development, institutional research, new programs, and state scholarship programs. Turman received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2000), and prior to joining the South Dakota Board of Regents staff, Turman taught as an associate professor at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI), and was recognized for outstanding teaching and service at the institutional and national levels. Throughout his academic career he has published 34 peer reviewed research articles at the national and regional levels, as well as co-authored four books.

Wednesday, August 30th, 2017 at 12:00pm MT

The webinar will cover the details of the tasks registrars and institutional researchers will perform to fully implement the program and how they relate to services provided to Network members by the National Student Clearinghouse. The presentation will discuss one-time set up tasks as well as how most tasks can be fully automated to minimize ongoing effort.

Speakers

Roland Squire, Passport Registrar Expert, WICHE

Roland Squire has served as the university registrar for Utah State University (USU) for four years. He has worked on the Interstate Passport project from its start. Prior to working for USU he had a career in information systems, first as a systems developer with Salt Lake City and then as the management information services director for the Utah Department of Public Safety. He earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from Utah State University. Prior to attending USU Squire served four years in the Air Force assigned to the White House Communications Agency.

Michael Torrens, Director, Analysis Assessment and Accreditation, Utah State University

Michael Torrens is director of Analysis, Assessment & Accreditation (AAA) at Utah State University, a premier student-centered, land-grant and space-grant university. He leads institutional research, assessment, and accreditation efforts. The AAA office is a resource for data-driven decisions, serving USU’s students, faculty, staff, administration, and the wider community. Previously, Torrens served as director of Applied Research & Innovation at CFED in Washington, D.C., where he managed the Local Capital Market Investment Fund and led asset-building research, program development and policy work for six years. Prior to his work in Washington, he served as executive director of New Jersey Community Capital. His international work encompasses Zimbabwe, Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru. He holds a B.A. from Brown University and M.P.P. from Princeton University.

Tuesday, July 25th, 2017 at 12:00pm MT

This month (July 2017) Interstate Passport, a program that facilitates block transfer of lower-division general education attainment based on learning outcomes, celebrates its first year of operation. In this overview, find out how this grass-roots-initiated program works, why it’s needed, and who’s involved. We’ll tell you what we’ve accomplished, about some of our lessons learned along the way, and where we’re headed to support our nation’s rising numbers of transfer students.

Speaker

Pat Shea, Director, Academic Leadership Initiatives, Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)

Pat Shea is the director of academic leadership initiatives for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), one of four regional compacts established by the U.S. Congress in the early 1950s. In this role she provides oversight for two membership organizations of chief academic leaders in the region–the Western Academic Leadership Forum and the Western Alliance of Community College Academic Leaders—and their related projects. Additionally, Shea is the principal investigator for the Interstate Passport, a program designed to facilitate nationwide block transfer of lower division general education based on learning outcomes at institutions participating in the Interstate Passport Network.

Learning Outcomes Handout

Thursday, June 29th, 2017

Chair of the Human Society and the Individual faculty team, Jonathan Carrier, will share information about the process for developing the Passport Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and their accompanying Proficiency Criteria (PC). You will learn how the team was able to find alignment across their institutions – where there was easy consensus and where they had to work through the differences. This information should provide a good background for understanding the role of the PC and leading discussions on your campus about determining the congruence of your institution’s/state’s learning outcomes with the PLOs.

Speaker

Jonathan Carrier, MS (Chair), Center for Teaching and Learning, Assistant Director, Psychology Faculty, Laramie County Community College

Jonathan Carrier is the Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and a Full-Time Psychology Instructor at Laramie County Community College. He mentors and trains faculty in pedagogy, assessment, curriculum design and development, and best practices in classroom management. Previously, he was the School Chair of Math and Sciences at Laramie County Community College and has also been a Mental Health and Rehabilitation Counselor. Carrier holds a B.S. in Psychology and Sociology from East Tennessee State University and a dual M.S. in Community Mental Health Counseling and Rehabilitation Counseling from Portland State University. He is completing a Ph.D. in Leadership with a Specialization in Psychology at the University of the Cumberlands.

Friday, April 14th, 2017

Description

Members of the Teamwork and Value Systems faculty team Rebekah Villafana and William Albritton will share information about the process for developing the Passport Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and their accompanying Proficiency Criteria (PC). You will learn how they were able to find alignment across their institutions – where there was easy consensus and where they had to work through the differences. This information should provide a good background for understanding the role of the PC and leading discussions on your campus about determining the congruence of your institution’s/state’s learning outcomes with the PLOs.

Speakers

Rebekah Villafaña, Director, Associate Adjunct Instructor, Sociology, College of the Canyons

Rebekah Villafaña is currently an Associate Adjunct Instructor, in the Sociology Department, at College of the Canyons, located in Southern California. Ms. Villafaña currently serves on the Curriculum Committee and Civic Engagement Steering Committee, and she is a co-advisor for the Sociology Club. Ms. Villafaña has a background in basic education and taught English as a Second Language and Evidence-Based Reading Instruction in the Division of Adult and Career Education for Los Angeles Unified School District for 10 years. As such, she bridges the gap for under prepared students by incorporating Reading Apprenticeship strategies, using Sociological reading content at the community college level. Her Baccalaureate of Arts and Masters of Arts degrees are both in Sociology and were earned at California State University, Northridge. Additionally, she holds a Full-Time Adult Education Teaching Credential, from the University of San Diego. In her spare time she loves to read, cook, and garden.

William Albritton, Associate Professor of Information and Computer Science, Leeward Community College

William Albritton is an Associate Professor of Information and Computer Science (ICS) at Leeward Community College, where he has taught since 2008. Past and current positions within the college include IT Committee Chair, Curriculum Committee Chair, and Faculty Senate Chair. His community service includes volunteering at science fairs, computer education events, and Access Surf. Previously, he taught ICS courses at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for 6 years, and also taught scuba diving on Maui as a PADI Scuba Instructor and taught English in Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT). Albritton received his BA in Physics and minor in Japanese from Oberlin College, and an MS in ICS from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Thursday, March 30th, 2017

Members of the Human Cultures faculty team Laura Vidler and Melissa McAllister will share information about the process for developing the Passport Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and their accompanying Proficiency Criteria (PC). You will learn how they were able to find alignment across their institutions – where there was easy consensus and where they had to work through the differences. This information should provide a good background for understanding the role of the PC and leading discussions on your campus about determining the congruence of your institution’s/state’s learning outcomes with the PLOs.

Speakers

Laura Vidler, Chair, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Professor of Spanish, University of South Dakota

Laura Vidler is Professor of Spanish and Chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics at the University of South Dakota. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Irvine and has published numerous studies on performance theory and drama of the Spanish Golden Age. Vidler is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater. She is also founder and director of The Comedia Theory Institute, Inc., a non-profit organization that promotes performance and performance studies. She was previously Professor and Program Director of Spanish at the United States Military Academy, West Point.

Melissa McAllister, Instructor, English as Second Language, St. Petersburg College, FL

Melissa McAllister served as Wyoming’s faculty liaison for the Human Cultures interstate faculty team. She has taught English as a Second Language (ESL) for more than fifteen years, and is currently a faculty member at St. Petersburg College in Clearwater, FL. Throughout her career in higher education, she has taken on roles that support student success through a variety of roles. McAllister has a B.A. in international studies from Emory University and an M.S. in teaching ESL & applied linguistics from Georgia State University, and she is a doctoral candidate in curriculum & instruction at the University of Wyoming.

Wednesday, March 29th, 2017

Members of the Written Communication faculty team James Goodman and Teresa Tande will share information about the process for developing the Passport Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and their accompanying Proficiency Criteria (PC). You will learn how they were able to find alignment across their institutions – where there was easy consensus and where they had to work through the differences. This information should provide a good background for understanding the role of the PC and leading discussions on your campus about determining the congruence of your institution’s/state’s learning outcomes with the PLOs.

Speakers

James Goodman, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Leeward Community College

James Goodman has served at Leeward Community College in Pearl City, Hawaiʻi as Dean of Arts & Sciences since 1995. He has chaired his campus’ Developmental Education Committee and has worked with his faculty to develop a number of programs including the AS in Natural Sciences. He chaired the Passport Learning Outcomes Team for Written Communication in 2012 and later recruiting faculty for Round II. Prior, he was an Associate Professor in Art and served as Faculty Senate Chair. Goodman earned his BFA and MFA at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Teresa Tande, Associate Professor English/Humanities, Lake Region State College

Teresa Tande, associate professor of English/Humanities/Communication at Lake Region State College, has held her full-time position the past eight years, following 20 years as a part-time instructor. During that time she also taught high school and then middle school English. She is involved with the state General Education Council, having just served as its president. In addition to several language arts related state initiatives, Tande is also involved with the college’s retention, diversity, and accreditation committees. Tande received her B.S. in music and English and her Master’s in Education and her National Board Certification in Language Arts.

Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

Members of the Critical Thinking faculty team Paul Disney and James West will share information about the process for developing the Passport Learning Outcomes (PLOs) and their accompanying Proficiency Criteria (PC). You will learn how they were able to find alignment across their institutions – where there was easy consensus and where they had to work through the differences. This information should provide a good background for understanding the role of the PC and leading discussions on your campus about determining the congruence of your institution’s/state’s learning outcomes with the PLOs.

Speakers

Paul Disney, Adjunct Instructor of Business/Economics, Western Oregon University

Paul Disney is currently teaching business management as an adjunct instructor at Western Oregon University. Previous to this position he served as a U.S. Army Aviator and retired after 30 years of active service with the rank of Colonel in 2010. He is a 1980 graduate of Elizabethtown College, Pennsylvania, and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Boston University. Paul attended the Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, and graduated with a Masters of Strategic Studies in June 2002.

James A. West, Arts & Humanities D, Leeward Community College

James West has served as chair of the Arts & Humanities Division at Leeward Community College since 2001. He is also chair of Leeward’s General Education Committee. Previously, he has served as faculty senate chair. West received his BA and MA in philosophy from the University of Hawai’i.