Session Two

DESCRIPTION: Join us for a view of what Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion looks like at ACC. Learn about ways to get involved in the work.

PRESENTERS: Chelsea Biggerstaff, Interim Manager of Faculty Development; Larry Davis, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer; Dr. Khayree Williams, Director of Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Center; Dr. Samuel Echevarria-Cruz, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiatives in Instruction

DESCRIPTION: This presentation addresses common issues involved with tutoring ESOL writing students. It will include a discussion on the expectations of the student versus those of the professor as well as ideas on how to help students with content, organization, grammar, and mechanics. Some sample student papers will be analyzed.

PRESENTER: David Stellman, ESOL Instructional Associate

DESCRIPTION: Ascender is a first year experience program for community college students created to ensure college readiness toward completion and transfer.

PRESENTERS: Alejandra Polcik, Manager of Hispanic Outreach Projects; Megan Diaz, Coordinator of Hispanic Outreach Projects

DESCRIPTION: Some college’s offers a variety supports to help adults with IDD achieve their goals. Working together with agencies and different departments, they provide comprehensive supports along side their courses which leads to increased independence and success. IDD is a large term that includes intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior. Developmental disabilities include autism, behavior disorders, brain injury, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, intellectual disability, and spina bifida. We are seeing more and more students with IDD going to college. In this presentation, you will learn easy ways to assist all students in your class especially students with IDD which will lead to increased student success.

PRESENTER: Christine Price, Coordinator of CE STEPS Program