{"id":1605,"date":"2024-09-10T11:36:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T19:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/provost.wsu.edu\/teaching-academy\/?p=1605"},"modified":"2025-01-13T11:24:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T19:24:04","slug":"registration-open-for-teachxwsu-2024-set-for-oct-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/provost.wsu.edu\/teaching-academy\/2024\/09\/10\/registration-open-for-teachxwsu-2024-set-for-oct-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration Open for TEACHxWSU 2024 Set for Oct. 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Washington State faculty, staff, and graduate students systemwide can register now for the Oct. 25 TEACHxWSU 2024<\/a> that is focused on becoming leaders and champions for a student-ready college, said Ashley Boyd, chair of the hosting WSU Teaching Academy<\/a>. Programming runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a welcome address at 9 a.m., a keynote address and workshop will start at 9:30 a.m., delivered virtually by Tia Brown McNair<\/a>, lead author of Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success. <\/em>Guests are invited to join keynote watch parties at WSU Pullman, Vancouver, Tri-Cities, Everett, and Spokane to view the virtual presentation together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited for Dr. McNair to share her knowledge on this invigorating and timely topic, and we look forward to productive discussions throughout the day among members of our university community of educators,\u201d said Boyd. The academy is using the book for its One-Read Book Club<\/a>. The book provides a roadmap for achieving higher levels of student engagement, retention, and completion by centering community, belonging, and inclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McNair\u2019s TEACHxWSU keynote topic is, \u201cAre you a student-ready leader? Our shared responsibility for advancing student success and belonging.\u201d She will explore promising strategies for building and sustaining a student-ready learning environment that seeks to educate the whole student and embraces student diversity. Another subject will be strengthening individual and institutional capacity to become more student-ready leaders to achieve strategic goals that align with institutional values. And, she will discuss how to enhance collaborations across divisions to fully prepare all students for work, life, and productive citizenship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McNair is a partner at Sova<\/a>, an enterprise that facilitates transformative change through actionable strategies and practical implementation support. She also serves as a senior consultant for the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) where she was vice president in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and executive director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the keynote and workshop, lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at in-person locations for those who sign up by Oct. 22 using the online registration form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 12:30-1:45 p.m., afternoon workshops will be led by local experts at Pullman, Vancouver, and Tri-Cities. Participants systemwide may attend with others at their campus, or join any<\/em> session virtually. The three choose-your-own-adventure sessions include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n