We strive to create a conference that exceeds your expectations. The Academy Board and members believe that the following qualities describe what you will experience.

The Board and members of the Academy of Process Educators invite you to the 2009 Conference held at Gaston College, near Charlotte, North Carolina, July 8-10. Visit www.peconf.com for all the details and easy online registration.

We have a great slate of plenary presenters, workshops,
and papers to help you explore this year’s theme:

Measuring Success in Higher Education

Highly productive

high energy; significant “take-aways”

Synergistic

collaborative mix of participants

Mind-expanding

challenge to current perspectives

Values-based

committed to change in higher education

Egalitarian

inclusive and varied offerings

Participant-based

focused on growth opportunities

Accessible

good value, easy to register and attend

Credible

substance worth passing on to colleagues

Plenary Speakers:

  1. Gaston College President, Dr. Patricia Skinner, will participate in an interactive session with Dr. Steven Beyerlein to illustrate expert use of leadership skills related to empowering faculty to take initiatives with assessment and measurement.

  2. Dr. Terry Ackerman, of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, will discuss Using Item Analysis to Address Multiple Dimensions of Learning.

  3. Dr. Bonnie Mullinix, of the TLT Group and Jacaronda Consultants, will present on Measuring up to Learning Expectations: Rubrics as a Guide To Learning.

Workshops:

These sessions provide intensive participant involvement to assure active learning about important process education topics at all levels. The following sample illustrates the offerings.

  1. Orientation to Process Education

  2. Working with rubrics

  3. Measuring student performance in lab courses

  4. Resources for student teams – the Team-maker and CATME systems

  5. Designing a performance measurement system

Papers:

Although active involvement will be emphasized, paper sessions are shorter and designed to introduce a variety of process education topics related to measurement in addition to the process education philosophy and strategies. These titles exemplify the offerings.

  1. Lean program development

  2. Writing performance criteria

  3. Process education and constructive alignment – the challenge of online assessment

  4. The International Journal for Process Education as a catalyst for scholarship

  5. Getting started in Process Education

  6. Learning skills for life enrichment

  7. Building a stakeholder-based rubric to enhance student communication skills

  8. Measuring value-added tutoring for student success

  9. Affective and cultural issues in transforming the academy

  10. A math skills rubric

We plan to have
some fun too!

During the “Hall of Innovations” poster session at 5:00 pm on Wednesday, July 8th, you can meet many process educators and listen to oldies by Gaston College’s Acadamia Nuts.

On Thursday evening, be our guest for a walk through the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens and then a community-building meal at a local eatery. Transportation will also be free.

Consider staying over for our Academy gathering on Saturday, July 11th (8:30-4:30). If you are looking for collaborators or mentors for your scholarship plans, this active meeting is just what you need. Many of the Academy members have published extensively so joining one of the Academy action teams will assure your progress in this important part of academic life. Contact Academy President Cy Leise cy.leise@bellevue.edu for more information.