Registration open for TEACHxWSU 2024

Washington State University faculty, staff, and graduate students system-wide can register now for the Oct. 25 TEACHxWSU 2024 event that is focused on becoming leaders and champions for a student-ready college. Programming runs from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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, lead author of Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success. Guests are invited to join keynote watch parties at WSU Pullman, Vancouver, Tri-Cities, Everett, and Spokane to view the virtual presentation together.

"We're 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," said Ashley Boyd, chair of the hosting WSU Teaching Academy. The academy is using the book for its One-Read Book Club. The book provides a roadmap for achieving higher levels of student engagement, retention, and completion by centering on community, belonging, and inclusion.

McNair's TEACHxWSU keynote topic is, "Are you a student-ready leader? Our shared responsibility for advancing student success and belonging." She will explore 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.

McNair is a partner at Sova, 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.

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.

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

• "Pedagogy That Encourages Students to Bring Their Whole Selves," led by Anna Plemons and Elly Sweet, hosted at WSU Tri-Cities. Plemmons is associate vice chancellor for academic and student affairs and associate professor of digitaL technology and culture. Sweet is academic director for the College of Arts and Sciences, and associate professor in the School of Biological Sciences.
• "Critical Pedagogy and Student-Centered Approaches to Education," led by Lisa Guerrero, vice chancellor of equity and inclusive excellence and professor of comparative ethnic studies, hosted at WSU Pullman.
• "Building Belonging," an interactive session led by Elisha Hardekopf and Sheila Gray and hosted at WSU Vancouver. Hardekopf is director and facilitator of the Building a Community of Equity (BaCE) Program. Gray is campus director of student involvement and BaCE Program core team member.

From 2:00-3:00 p.m., in-person, campus-specific discussions at WSU Everett, Pullman, Spokane, Tri-Cities, and Spokane campuses will focus on the question, "How do we become student ready at our campus?"

From 3:00-3:30 p.m., all participants are invited to join a virtual share-out on the day's information and discussions.

The registration form and updated information on the agenda, guest speaker, and workshops is on the TEACHxWSU 2024 webpage on the WSU Teaching Academy website.

Questions about the day and events can be sent to Boyd.

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