South Carolina Technical
Education Association
Annual Conference
February 19 – 21, 2015
Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Welcome to SCTEA’s Conference
The theme for 2015, “Manufacturing the Future: Bringing Business Home”, is a celebration of
the partnerships that the SC Technical College System has developed with the manufacturers in
South Carolina. The Board has planned a fantastic conference for all employees of S.C. technical
colleges. Professional development opportunities have been enhanced, and we hope that
everyone will find sessions of interest to attend. The 2015 Awards Luncheon is honored to have
James C. Williamson, Ph.D. as our guest speaker. The awards luncheon, held on Friday, will honor
the Educators of the Year from each technical college and the System Office and will have the
presentation of the Student Community Involvement Awards along with the A. Wade Martin
Innovator of the Year Award.
The theme for 2015, “Manufacturing the Future: Bringing Business Home”, is a celebration of
the partnerships that the SC Technical College System has developed with the manufacturers in
South Carolina. We hope that everyone will be able to take advantage of this affordable,
practical and valuable conference.
Keynote Address
Friday, February 20.2015
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Robert M. Hitt, III
Secretary of Commerce
Robert “Bobby” M. Hitt III was appointed by Governor Nikki Haley to serve as Secretary of Commerce in
January 2011. Hitt, the previous manager of corporate affairs at the BMW Manufacturing Company in
Spartanburg, brings a wealth of economic development experience to the Department of Commerce and
has personally worked with the previous five commerce secretaries.
Hitt served as the director of planning and development for the Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough law
firm in Columbia. In that role, Hitt was involved in bringing the BMW Manufacturing Company to the
Upstate, one of the state’s largest success stories. He worked for 17 years at The State and The Columbia
Record newspapers. He served as the managing editor of The Columbia Record from 1980 to 1987. In
1988, Hitt was named managing editor of its sister paper, The State, a position he held until 1991.
Hitt is past chairman of the S.C. Manufacturers’ Alliance, has served on the executive committees of
Advance SC and the Upstate Alliance and on the boards of St. Francis Hospital System and Hollings
Cancer Center at MUSC.
Hitt is a native of Charleston and graduate of the University of South Carolina. USC recognized him as
Distinguished Journalism Alumni of the Year in 2001. In 1987, he received the prestigious Nieman
Fellowship for journalists, which allowed him to study for a year at Harvard University where he focused on
management and law.
He and his wife Gwen have two sons, Lucas and Robert Paul, and one grandson, Ben.
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Awards Luncheon Speaker
Friday, February 20, 2015
James C. Williamson, Ph.D.
President
South Carolina Technical College System
Dr. James C. “Jimmie” Williamson became System President of the SC Technical College system in March of 2014.
Prior to his re-entry into higher education, he had served as Chief Human Capital Officer for Agape Senior since January
of 2006. Preceding his association with Agape, he served as President of Northeastern Technical College and
Williamsburg Technical College. Dr. Williamson has extensive experience in higher education having served as a faculty
member or administrator at four community colleges and three universities in South Carolina. He has coauthored a
textbook for under-prepared college students, (Roadways To Success, now in its 5th edition), has had articles
published in the Community College Review and has received the South Carolina Governor’s Award for Two-Year
College Educational Champion of the Year. Academically, Dr. Williamson’s doctoral cognate in gerontology, and his
study of senior adults, their learning styles and their participation in learning-in-retirement centers, uniquely qualified
him for his long-term care career. Having the combination of higher education and private sector experience, uniquely
qualifies him for his current position. Dr. Williamson holds a B.V.A and a M.Ed. from Winthrop University as well as a
Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina. He has served as President of the Cheraw Rotary Club, as the Assistant
District Governor, and as a member of the Finance Committee for District 7770. He will serve as District Governor of
Rotary District 7770 in 2014-15. Dr. Williamson is involved in his community having served as Chairman of the local
Chamber of Commerce and as a member of various economic development boards. He is former member of the Board
of trustees of Chesterfield County School Board, and a former member of the Winthrop University Board of Trustees.
He has been honored by Winthrop with a Professional Achievement Award and additionally was named “Citizen of the
Year” from the Williamsburg Hometown Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Williamson is married to the former Kim Dickens of Cheraw, SC, and is the father of two boys, Jordan, age 25 and
Jake, age 16.
Conference Schedule
Thursday, February 19, 2015
12:00 p.m. –
3:00 p.m. –
4:00 p.m. –
6:30 p.m. –
7:00 p.m.
3:50 p.m.
4:50 p.m.
9:00 p.m.
Registration
Sessions
Sessions
Vendor Reception
(Vendor Area)
Friday, February 20, 2015
7:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
8:15 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
9:05 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
10:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Registration
Sessions
Break/Vendor Area
Sessions
Break/Vendor Area
Keynote
Friday, February 20, 2015
(Continued)
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Awards Luncheon
with Speaker
2:15 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.
Sessions
3:15 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.
Sessions
4:10 p.m.
Business Meeting
Saturday, February 21, 2015
8:15 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
9:15 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Sessions
Sessions
Closing Session
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Sessions
Move your Proposal Forward
with Stakeholders Engagement
Palisades H
3:00 – 3:50
To Be Announced
Palisades D
Watson, Tate, and Savory
From Background to
Behaviors: Using Skills and
Behaviors to Understand
College Readiness
Palisades E
Presenter: Ann-Marie Stephenson,
Assessment Solutions Advisor
Education Testing Services (ETS)
Too often approaches to college
readiness focus on the immutable
background characteristics of
students. Using a holistic
assessment model that integrates
academic achievement with
noncognitive skills not only
increases the ability to predict
student success, but also focuses
the conversation and
interventions with students on the
skills and behaviors that can be
modified for success.
NEH Grant
Palisades G
Presenter: Barbara Tucker,
Department Head: History, Humanities
and Political Science,
Trident Technical College
This session will cover the process
by which textbooks can
incorporate a multicultural
approach so that it meets the
needs of a two-year college
student.
Presenter: Laneika K. Musalini,
Director of Grants,
Tri-County Technical College
This presentation will provide tips
on recruiting and engaging
stakeholders throughout the grant
proposal process. Those involved
with grants-sponsored programs
will understand that grantors are
moving towards broader impact
projects/programs. Also discussed
will be the importance of acquiring
collaborators, as well as the
importance of engaging
stakeholders in the pre- and postawards processes.
New Student Orientation:
Passport to College Success
Palisades I
Presenters: Brittany Henderson,
Enrollment Services Counselor;
Tim Mention,
Enrollment Services Counselor,
York Technical College
This presentation will develop the
importance of the New Student
Orientation for the first-time
college freshman. Further it will
identify how the orientation is a
key facet in preparing students for
the college culture.
4:00 – 4:50
The Twenty 20 Program at TriCounty Technical College: How
to Focus on Student Success
and Retention: One Student at
a Time
Palisades D
Presenter: Stephanie Winkler, JD,
Disabilities Services Coordinator,
Tri-County Technical College
This presentation will discuss the
nuts and bolts of how our program
was designed and created leading
up to our first pilot year. We will
also discuss changes we have
made to the program based on
our pilot year experience and how
the program exists currently
including how we select and train
mentors and how we select
student participants. We will also
present a few “success stories”
from our pilot year to
demonstrate how lives can be
changed one student at a time.
Developing the Workforce
Pipeline through Dual
Enrollment and Youth
Apprenticeship Opportunities
Palisades E
Presenters: Amanda Richardson,
Associate Dean
Newberry Campus/Director of Dual
Enrollment,
Piedmont Technical College;
Carla Whitlock,
Apprenticeship Consultant,
Apprenticeship Carolina
South Carolina Technical College System
Presentation will include how
partnerships between the
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technical colleges, school districts,
and Apprenticeship Carolina can
create a viable workforce while
offering dual enrollment credit to
students. Presenters will give
examples of how dual enrollment
enriches the education of high
school students while meeting the
needs of local industries. These
programs offer colleges the
opportunity to build a pipeline of
future students ensuring
sustainability throughout the
process.
Bridging the Skills Gap
through Technical College
Collaboration
Palisades F
Presenters: Cheryl Garrison,
Job Placement Coordinator;
Shan Smith,
Tri-County Technical College
Tri-County Technical College is
leveraging relationships to
meet the growing demand for
skilled employees. Within the
college, cooperation between
faculty, staff and
administration is expanding
the employability focus for
students, often, even before
graduating from high school.
Continuing to cultivate new
and existing relationships with
area business and industry is
leading to more student
placement through workbased learning and expanded
opportunities for graduates.
These relationships allow for
constant dialogue that enable
TCTC to edit, grow and expand
programs to meet the
increasing demands brought
about by technology,
automation and an aging
workforce.
Who is on First? What is on
Second? And I Don’t Know
is on Third
Manufacturing and
Libraries: A Great
Partnership
Palisades G
Palisades I
Presenters: Dr. Shannon Godwin,
Instructional Developer;
Dr. Bridgett Golman,
Associate Vice President for Academic
and Student Affairs,
York Technical College
Presenter: Virengia Houston,
Collection Development Librarian,
Midlands Technical College
Who is recruiting? What are
they recruiting? And what do
you want me to do now? This
interactive session will discuss
varying perspectives involved
in recruitment and retention
from different positions in the
college such as student
services professionals,
academic instructors, and
college support staff. Merge
these opposing forces through
an exploration of ideas that
involve everyone in the
college wide retention
strategies.
This presentation will explore and
identify how libraries support
manufacturing. In addition, the
concepts that facilitate a positive
and lucrative partnership between
the South Carolina Technical
Colleges and manufacturers will
be explored and explained.
6:30 – 9:00
Vendor Reception
Vendor Area
The Formula to Successful
Stem Graduates:
𝐔𝟐 + 𝑹𝟐 = 𝑺𝟐 𝑮
Palisades H
Presenters: Leroy D. Gibson, Jr.,
Admission Recruiter;
Ivy K. Ingram,
Admission and Enrollment
Coordinator,
Florence-Darlington Technical College
In this presentation, attendees will
discuss how to recruit, retain, and
graduate successful STEM
students. Presenters will provide
ideas and ways to attract potential
students to STEM programs. In
addition, the speakers will
present ways to support students
throughout their tenure which will
help to increase graduation rates.
8:15 – 9:05
Fraud and Identity Theft
Prevention
Palisades D
Presenter: Dr. Ron Bartley,
Northeastern Technical College
Is it Still the Community
College? Public Policy
Challenges to Community
and Technical College
Palisades E
Presenter: Dr. Keith Pomakoy, PhD,
Vice President of Instruction,
Spartanburg Community College
Today’s technical and community
colleges are under tremendous
pressure to reform curricula,
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increase completion and transfer
rates, follow financial aid and
gainful employment rules, and
meet numerous performance
indicators. These pressures come
from public policy makers with
significant influence in
government- both Governor Haley
and President Obama have
advocated reforms; Vice President
Biden has called for colleges to
have some ”skin in the game” of
student loan defaults;
Congressman Paul Ryan has issued
a call for reform. These changes
have the potential to
fundamentally alter the mission of
the technical and community
colleges.
Ensuring Academic Integrity
with Online Proctoring
Palisades F
Presenters:
Proctor U
This presentation will
demonstrate how educators can
prevent cheating, ensuring the
academic integrity of distant
learning programs, and advance
policies designed to reduce
incidents of dishonesty online
using a number of strategies. The
presenter will also share industry
research and best practices.
Prosperous Partnerships:
Impacting Student
Retention through FacultyStaff Connections
Palisades G
Presenters: Kerri McGuire,
Director of Counseling and Support
Services;
Bobby Plair,
Student Engagement Counselor,
York Technical College
faculty and student services
personnel for one common goal:
student success! Participants in
this presentation will learn about
some key partnerships at York
Technical College and how they
aim to improve student retention
for long-term benefits to the
institution.
Travel Tips and Tidbits
9:30 – 10:20
High-touch, High-tech: The
Business of Enrollment
Services
Palisades H
Palisades D
Presenter: Dayna Smoak,
Director of Finance,
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
Presenters: Sylvia Littlejohn,
Director of Enrollment Services;
Permelia Luongo,
Director of Student and Campus
Information Services;
Derrah Cassidy,
Director of Admissions and
Recruitment;
Robert Stuessy,
Director of New Student Advisement
& Orientation Services,
Midlands Technical College
Best practices for travel
procedures according to state of
South Carolina policies. Discussed
will be issues that colleges face
when employees submit travel
request. Issues such as: who will
pay, what employees can be
reimbursed for, what amounts are
allowable, and any travel-related
questions.
A Philosophy for Future
Change
Palisades I
Presenter: Jan Kehm,
Administrative Office Technology
Instructor,
Spartanburg Community College
Dive into an antidote to cynicism,
depression, burnout, and anger.
Let’s choose our attitudes and
share successes and ideas that
make our SC Technical Colleges
great. Be there as we discuss how
we work, play, and interact at our
campuses. Identified will be tools
for motivation, activity examples,
and lessons learned will benefit
everyone.
Enrollment services in the
community college setting must
strike a balance between student
access and student success.
Enrollment Services at MTC
encompasses an array of both
high-tech and high-touch services
to prospective, newly admitted
and continuing students.
Following a brief definition of
enrollment services and literature
review, participants will better
understand the role MTC’s
Enrollment Services has with the
balance between student access
and student success. Participants
will engage with professionals
representing the areas of
Recruitment-Outreach,
Admissions, Student and Campus
Information Services and New
Student Advisement and
Orientation Services. Dialog will
follow best practices in the twoyear college arena.
We often hear that there is
strength in numbers. York
Technical College’s student
engagement efforts strive to unite
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Strategies to Increase Student
Success in the First Year
possibility of relieving test anxiety
serve as pedagogical goals.
Palisades E
Presenter: Lisa Dimitriadis,
Department Chair of Speech, Humanities
and Social Services,
Central Carolina Technical College
Sadly, 30% of college students
drop out after their first year and
50% of those students never
graduate; these statistics are
especially true among adult
learners. Students who continue
with their college education after
the first year have a much higher
likelihood of ultimately graduating
than students who do not. From
fostering a connection between
students and faculty, to creating a
clear college-wide focus on
student success, learn ways in
which faculty and institutions can
address various reasons why
students fail to thrive academically
in their first year.
Imbedded Test of Critical
Thinking
Palisades F
Presenter: Brandon Loudermilk,
Academic Affairs Data Coordinator,
Midlands Technical College
By allowing students to wager
points on items, we can assess the
content that students feel secure
in knowing, which will form the
basis of good formative test, along
with allowing the students to
honestly judge the fruits of their
own study habits. I will
demonstrate the outcome in
terms of student preference of the
test from feedback and a
mechanism for evaluating the test
items. To date, the latter
mechanism has been of sufficient
difficulty to have most
psychometricians encourage
avoiding the topic altogether.
Subsequent conversations about
students’ quality of study and the
Managing Partners’ Council
– Bringing a Business
Model to Administering
Financial Aid Funds
Palisades G
Presenter: John L. Jamrogowicz,
Dean of Enrollment Management,
Trident Technical College
It takes more than one
department to ensure that
students’ financial aid resources
are properly requested, drawn
down, disbursed, accounted for,
and returned. This presentation
will describe how and why Trident
Technical College’s bookstore,
finance, and financial aid
departments have improved
interdepartmental
communications, reduced
conflicts, and increased
efficiencies in the administration
of financial aid funds. Hint: Part of
our new mindset involved looking
at ourselves as “a bank-like
institution within an institution.”
Approximately one-third of the
allotted time will consist of a
PowerPoint conveying content.
The rest of the time will be
dedicated to entertaining
questions and comments
from/among attendees.
To Be Announced
Are you searching for successful
retention strategies that work?
Retaining students, semester-tosemester retention rates, fall-tofall retention rates, graduation
rates, and ultimately job
placement rates are the hit new
metrics many colleges are
measuring (and in many cases,
how colleges are funded). These
deliverables are becoming the
norm at many colleges. This
presentation will discuss practices
happening at our college and how
we are addressing retention.
Attendees will be encouraged to
share what’s working at their
college in hopes that we all can
take back ideas to improve
retention across our colleges.
11:00 – 11:45
Keynote:
Palisades GHI
Presenter: Mr. Robert M. Hitt, III,
Secretary of Commerce
Palisades H
12:00 – 2:00
Presenters:
McMillian, Pazdan, Smith
Awards Luncheon
Ballroom
Are There Holes in Your Net?
Retaining Students from
Falling Out
Palisades I
Luncheon Speaker:
James C. Williamson, Ph.D.,
President,
South Carolina Technical College System
Presenters: Kevin Parker,
Business Administration Instructor;
Doug Parker,
Business Administration Instructor,
York Technical College
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2:15 – 3:05
Sharing Ideas and Strategies:
Technical Colleges Enhancing
Outreach and Cultivation of
Active Retirees and Leading
Edge Baby Boomers
Palisades D
Presenters: Dr. Pete Balsamo, Ph.D.,
Retired Community College Professor
James C. Williamson, Ph.D.,
President,
South Carolina Technical College System
SC Technical Colleges have great
opportunities to better serve an
important taxpaying constituency
-- active retirees and leading edge
Baby Boomers --- through the
provision of myriad programs such
as the Senior Citizen Tuition
Waiver, lifelong learning
institutes, and volunteering as
mentors/coaches for
students. These participants could
be "cultivated" as donors to the
college. The discussion will include
details about the AACC Plus 50
Initiative and the recently
published book by Chris Farrell
"Unretirement: How Baby
Boomers are Changing the Way
We Think About Work,
Community, and the Good Life."
Career Pathways for Success:
Building a Strong Workforce
Palisades E
Presenters: Amanda Blanton,
Director of High School Engagement and
Outreach;
Dan Averette,
Dean of Engineering & Industrial
Technology;
Tim Bowen,
Director of Anderson Campus,
Tri-County Technical College
Presenters will describe how they
collaborate with business and
industry employers to develop
strong partnerships and an
effective program of study that
school districts throughout the
region are emulating. Through a
PowerPoint presentation,
handouts and Q&A, participants
will learn about the college’s
branded program, “Career
Pathways for Success”, the
successful pilot pathway at
Crescent High School now in its
second year, and the critical
factors needed to replicate the
model almost anywhere.
Spartanburg Community
College Technical Scholars
Program – an Education and
Industry Partnership
Palisades F
Presenter: Jennifer Little,
Director of Career Services,
Spartanburg Community College
The SCC Technical Scholars
program is a partnership with local
manufacturing industry employers
to provide students in automated
manufacturing, engineering, and
industrial majors with real world
experience and allows the
company to train the students
their own processes while they
work part time at the facility and
learn skills through their SCC
program. This program has been
locally and nationally recognized
as a successful manufacturing
“apprenticeship” model.
This presentation will share
information about the program
and how it has created a
successful and growing
partnership with area
manufacturing industry
employers.
Flipping the Classroom and
Other Teaching Tips
Palisades G
Presenters: Julie Vernon,
Practical Nursing Faculty;
Julie Beard,
Practical Nursing Faculty;
Carol Henry,
Practicing Nursing Faculty,
Tri-County Technical College
This presentation will explore
learning activities that
stimulate learning for
different learning styles. It will
enhance the development of
techniques for “flipping the
classroom” and motivation for
self-learning/enhancing
knowledge.
The Hard Facts about Soft
Skills
Palisades H
Presenters: Dr. Kim Neal,
Chair of Mathematics;
Jennifer Lopes,
Instructor of Spanish;
Rebecca Soppe,
Instructor of Spanish,
Piedmont Technical College
As instructors, we believe we are
preparing our students for success
by teaching the general education
and technical skills necessary for
employment. Participants will
discuss the perceived gap – both
locally and nationally - between
employer expectations and
student performance in the area
of “soft skills”: those interpersonal
and self-management skills
needed to land and keep a job.
Inclusive will be the most effective
methods for teaching these
workplace skills across the
curriculum, and attendees will
take with them some best
practices for incorporating soft
skills in the classroom and
integrating them with their
content area.
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PEBA
Palisades I
Presenter: LaShanti Geathers,
Benefits Manager, PEBA
This presentation outlines the
eligibility criteria and enrollment
process. The session is for retirees
and active employees who are
anticipating leaving covered
employment due to retirement.
3:15 – 4:05
Technology, Culture, and
Multi-tasking: A StudentCentered Approach
Palisades D
Presenters: David Martin,
Academic Program Director of Funeral
Service Education,
Piedmont Technical College;
Amanda Mosley,
Instructor of Developmental Studies,
York Technical College
Technology infiltrates all areas of
life and has become an
expectation rather than an option.
As educators we must respond to
this new culture of students who
are “digital natives.” However,
many college instructors are
“digital immigrants.” We will
examine how instructors can
integrate social media and
culturally responsive teaching in
the learning environment to
address the needs of all levels in
the student population.
Once You Get Them How Do
You Keep Them
Palisades E
Presenters: Anna Killiopoulos,
Assistant Director SC ATE Center of
Excellence,
Florence-Darlington Technical College;
Lynn Mack,
Dean of Instructional Development and
Distance Learning,
Piedmont Technical College
All Community colleges are
struggling with increased
enrollment and retaining students
in STEM programs. Participants of
the “Once You Get Them How Do
You Keep Them” session will learn
techniques for recruitment of
females and underrepresented
populations to STEM degree
programs and retention strategies
to remove barriers to on-time
graduation. Participants will learn
the key components of a
successful NSF S-STEM grant
proposal and various
implementation strategies. Finally,
scholarship recipients will share
their stories on the impact that
the S-STEM scholarship has had on
their academic experience.
Using Partnerships, Stackable
Certificates and Technology to
Build Healthcare Workforce
Palisades F
Presenters: Edward Nicholson,
Boost Consortium;
Dr. Martha Hanks,
Health Science Department Chair;
Lindsay Gyles
Simulation Specialist;
Patricia Shahbahrami-Gates,
Midlands Technical College
with Simulation Training is a DOL
funded program created by a
consortium of 6 colleges (3 being
technical colleges) and industry
partners to transform education
pathways.
Workforce Challenge for All
Technical and Community
Colleges
Palisades G
Presenters: Samuel S. Hook,
Executive Director of Advancement and
Foundation,
Spartanburg Community College;
Cherie Pressley,
Director of Upstate Regional Education
Center,
USC Upstate
This presentation will present
both the workforce challenges
created by the retiring “Baby
Boom Generation” and the
current high school students’ lack
of interest in the actual job
opportunities in their
communities. Using two separate,
but equally compelling surveys,
the presentation will explore
student attitudes to work and
employers’ needs. It will review
the students’ wants and the
employers’ needs. It will present
realistic and marketing
opportunities to bring the
divergent outcomes in line with
each other. Presentation will
address the serious economic
impacts if nothing is done and
how that will impact the entire
state.
Stackable academic certificates,
augmented with 3-D and human
patient simulator experiences are
designed to help students gain
industry recognized credentials to
“get the job” while at the same
time placing significant emphasis
on assimilation of essential “soft
skills” to “keep the job.” BOOST –
Better Occupational Outcomes
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persistence and retention in STEM
programs. Participants will:
1. Learn how to use a logic model to
design an action plan to address a
need on their campus.
Working Well
Palisades H
Presenters: Kathy Booker,
Administrative Assistant to President;
Ann Foley,
Senior Applications Analyst;
Linda Payne,
Special Projects and Grants Developer,
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
This presentation will provide an
overview of the OCTC Wellness
Program that was adopted at the
college. We will share the various
programs that we offer which
includes a walking trail around the
college, lunch and learns, workout
days at the local YMCA, etc. We
will also give an overview of the
partnership between OCTC and
the Working Well initiative.
Commit to Complete OR C2C
Palisades I
Presenter: Elizabeth Bastedo,
Administrative Office Department Chair,
Central Carolina Technical College
Deliver a school-wide event to
promote completion of program
of study. This event will increase
awareness of the importance and
benefits of completing a program
of study at CCTC. The event will
also highlight school resources
available to assist students. Destressing activities for upcoming
midterms will be offered as well as
promotion of Minimester II and
Spring registration.
4:10
SCTEA Business Meeting
Palisades G
Presenter: Ginger Dewey,
President SCTEA,
York Technical College
This business meeting is open
to all members of SCTEA.
8:15 - 9:05
Tribal Butterfly Circus!
Palisades D
Presenter: Ray Snyder,
Instructor of Business Technology,
Trident Technical College
This presentation joins two
distinct concepts. Tribal
Leadership, a best-selling book,
and TED talk by David Logan is a
perfect demonstration of concepts
of self-worth and success taught in
the award-winning short film
“Butterfly Circus” starring Nick
Vujicik. This presentation has been
delivered with great interest to
TTC’s Area Commissioners as well
as their Leadership Cabinet.
Getting in Touch with Self to
Complete College and Go to
Work
Palisades E
Presenters: Cindy Klauck,
Title III Project Manager;
Renee Carruth,
Title III Project Activities Director;
Sharon Saxon,
Title III Case Manager;
Dr. Donna Foster,
Associate Vice President Assessment and
Compliance,
Piedmont Community College
Entering community college
students are often familiar with
their own academic strengths and
weaknesses, but how well do they
know themselves? How does selfperception impact major
selection, persistence, retention,
and graduation? Come learn how
one college is using a
Strengthening Institutions Grant
to design a retention program
that puts students in touch with
themselves through case
management to improve
2. Learn how to couple entering
student assessments with case
management to impact
persistence and retention in STEM
programs.
Electrifying Mathematics:
Report from Linked Learning
Community
Palisades F
Presenters: Dorian McIntire,
Program Coordinator General Engineering
Technology;
Jerry Marshall,
Mathematics Instructor,
Tri-County Technical College
This presentation will provide a
report on a linked learning
community for a cohort of
students in EET 113, Electrical
Circuits I and MAT 170, Algebra,
Geometry, and Trigonometry I.
These courses were integrated
with five high-impact activities
designed to improve student
success and increase quality
performances in the workplace.
Design and Develop Live
Application Systems for
Different Departments
Palisades G
Presenter: Matthew Alimagham,
Instructor of Computer Technology,
Spartanburg Community College
Our Computer Technology
students learn all the computerrelated material throughout the
two years until they take the
capstone course. In this course the
students are assigned to do a live
project or projects requested by a
department or different
departments. The students have
to use their entire two years’
knowledge especially, Systems and
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Procedures. All programming
and databases to design, develop,
present and deliver the requested
software by the end of the
semester for the related
department. This is mutually
beneficial because the students
experience a real world project
and learn tremendous amount of
new material and the school earns
a complete application system at
no cost.
I started this live project course
about 10 years ago by convincing
our department chair and out IT
Director, and since then it has
been a very successful project. The
students place this experience in
their resume as a real experience,
and it helps them to get a job in
the computer technology related
fields. All the applications systems
requests have to go thru IT before
it gets to my students.
Study Smarter Not Harder
Palisades H
Presenter: Crystal Mallner,
Psychology Instructor,
Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College
Most students do not know
effective ways to study for the
college level. This can lead to
frustrated students and
instructors alike. Hands on
examples will be demonstrated on
how to instruct students on great
study skills they can use for all
courses. Also collaborative
learning techniques will be
discussed to help make the
classroom environment more
engaging for both instructor and
student.
Competency Based Education
Palisades I
Presenter: Marv Crowe,
Director MS-AMC Grant Project,
Spartanburg Community College
This presentation explains the
nature of Competency Based
Education and various aspects of
implementation. It is based on
“lessons learned” by the MultiState Advanced Manufacturing
Consortium Grant funded by the
Department of Labor. Thirteen
Colleges related to the automotive
industry conducted studies and
developed a curriculum based on
Performance Based Objectives.
Additionally, studies were
conducted that explored and
developed methods for college
support staff to work “hand in
hand” with industry to increase
flexibility and speed of enabling
students to move into
employment more quickly.
9:15 – 10:05
MTC’s New Student
Orientation – Building a
Foundation for Student
Success
Palisades D
Presenters: Barbara Church,
Coordinator of New Student Orientation;
Robert Stuessy,
Director of New Student Advisement &
Orientation Services,
Midlands Technical College
Orientation and advisement are
national best practices for student
success. After a review of
supporting literature and theories,
you will gain an understanding of
our new student orientation and
advisement process, student
success data, lessons learned from
students and campus partners,
plus a glimpse of our improved
program for fall 2015.
How to Sponsor a Successful
Camp for Teenagers
Palisades E
Presenter: Marcia Schenck,
Department Chair of Computer and
Engineering Technologies,
Spartanburg Community College
In this session, you will learn how
to plan, develop, and implement
successful STEM summer camps
for teenagers. The Ultimate
Technology Summer Camps at
Spartanburg Community College
were held during the summer of
2014 to educate and interest local
area 13 and 14 year-olds in STEM
careers. The curriculum was
developed and taught by the SCC
faculty in the computer and
engineering technologies
department. Session will include
how the camps were designed,
marketed, and put into action.
Lessons learned and tips for
improvement will be shared.
Session attendees will learn the
benefits gained from the camps
and necessary resources to
sponsor similar camps.
Building Self-Esteem and
Confidence in the Adult
Learner: A Step Towards
Retention
Palisades G
Presenter: Renee Trammell,
Program Director of Administrative Office
Technology,
Spartanburg Community College
At the two-year college level, we
are responsible for more than
processing a student’s application
or delivering a great lecture. Many
of our students come to campus
with plenty of baggage that
impedes their ability to reach their
academic potential in the
classroom, and all new students
carry a sense of apprehension and
anxiety. This session will discuss
fun, quick, and effective
techniques to use with the adult
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learner, primarily in the
classroom, but also in any office
on campus.
Synchronous On-line Learning
Best Practices
Palisades H
Presenter: Phil Smith,
Computer Technology Instructor,
Tri-County Technical College
10:15 – 11:00
Closing Session
Palisades ABC
This presentation will provide an
overview of how to conduct a DL
class in synchronous fashion via a
classroom distribution system. In
this specific case, ZOOM.US will be
used along with Microsoft LINQ.
Adobe CONNECT will also be
discussed. The presentation will
deal with issues of student
accessibility and retention as well
as improving success rates in
courses.
Clash of the Titans –
Integration of Admissions,
Academic Records, and
Financial Aid Departments
Palisades I
Presenters: Brittany Henderson,
Enrollment Services Counselor;
Tim Mention,
Enrollment Services Counselor,
York Technical College
Learn how York Tech’s Admission,
Academic Records, and Financial
Aid departments were able to
effectively merge and execute as
one untie. By becoming crosstrained in other Student Services
area, we discuss how this process
can enhance your students’
experience with Student Affairs in
one location.
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