De'Janae Tookes, Baylor University

Audience: SI Professional Staff 

Ballroom 1 

Though it may not always seem like it, SI Supervisors are change agents in higher education. Let's continue our conversation from the 2022 International SI conference and discuss ways to address equity gaps in our SI programs and see how we can continue to advocate for all students that use and support our program. I will briefly discuss my journey to addressing equity gaps on a smaller scale then we'll come together to discuss several ways to look at equity within your program. 

Kathleen Speed, Texas A&M University

Audience: SI Leaders

Ballroom 2

Have you ever had students just want you to "tell them the answer" during the session or will not collaborate with other students during the session? This session will focus on how and why it's important to share the learning theories that are embedded within the SI model with students during your sessions. When students understand why you use wait time, why you redirect questions, or why you create specific activities, it helps them take ownership of their learning. Let's talk learning theories and how to implement them within your sessions. 

Travis Moore, Austin Community College

Paul Price, Austin Community College

Audience: SI Professional Staff, SI Faculty

Ballroom 3 

Supplemental Instruction is an invaluable resource that can be provided to students and faculty at no cost, but how do we develop and support a large program to meet the diverse needs of our student body across multiple campuses? At Austin Community College, we structure our program based on a combination of enrollment, difficulty and faculty requests. Additionally, we utilize the aid of SI mentors as one of the ways we support our expansive staff. 

Pisila Finau, Texas A&M University

Kathleen Speed, Texas A&M University

Audience: SI Leaders

Ballroom 1

In an increasingly interconnected environment, staying organized and maintaining efficient communication between SI Leaders and staff is crucial. This session will explore the benefits of MS Teams and Trello to manage job duties while fostering seamless contact between SI leadership roles and staff supervisors. Join us in discovering the qualities of each resource as a part of the foundation to enhance collaboration in a team. 

In our interconnected environment, organization and efficient communication between SI Leaders and staff are crucial. This session will delve into the benefits of utilizing MS Teams and Trello to maintain seamless coordination. Additionally, we will explore how these tools can facilitate smooth contact between SI leadership members and staff supervisors. Discover the exceptional qualities of each resource and elevate collaboration within your team by joining us in this session.

Facilitated by Morgan Jones & Jenn Van Horn, Texas A&M University

Audience: SI Leaders

Ballroom 2 

This session will focus on session planners that are used by SI Leaders at the various institutions. This is an opportunity to see various templates that are used to plan SI sessions. With the small number of SI Leaders in attendance, each SI Leader can spend 5-10 minutes sharing and discussing their session planner.  

Sarah Jackson, UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing

Janelle Jumamil,  UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing

Audience: SI Professional Staff 

Ballroom 3

Since returning from online sessions, our program experienced a decrease in the variety of learning strategies used during our sessions, especially for returning leaders supporting the same courses. This session will review our Weekly Challenge incentive, which was introduced to promote leaders’ creativity and encourage strategies that may be different from their usual session activities. Presenters will discuss logistics, as well as review some of the activities that have been generated from the challenge. 

Kate Johnson, Tarrant County College - Northeast Campus

Audience: SI Professional Staff, SI Leaders, SI Faculty

Ballroom 1 

The graphic organizer is an essential visual strategy for SI sessions and SI Leaders. This tool allows us to help student visualize information, create relationships, and explore the information in a novel way for students. This also creates a take home product for students that can draw in their interest. Join us as we explore the various facets of the graphic organizer and its limitless potential in higher education. 

Lucy Reasons, Texas State University

Audience: SI Leaders

Ballroom 2

Many SI Leaders have seen this scene before: blank student faces, staring at their phones, answering multiple choice questions as fast as possible while the Kahoot theme plays in the background. This session will address alternatives to Kahoot that can be used to engage students with a focus on manipulatives- hands-on materials that students use to reinforce a lesson. Participants will brainstorm ideas, create activities using provided manipulatives, and learn the “what, why, and how” of using manipulatives to make their sessions fun and engaging. 

Kay Winfield, Stephen F. Austin State University

Amber Mims, Stephen F. Austin State University

Audience: SI Professional Staff, SI Leaders

Ballroom 3

In this session, we will review our multi-year exploration into embedded tutoring/embedded SI. We began our journey in writing courses, with a focus on freshman and at-risk students and evolved that to include entry level, co-req courses for math. During this time, we experimented with multiple approaches to fit the needs of both the professors and students. Come collaborate with us as we evaluate what worked and what could be improved with our initiative. 

De'Janae Tookes, Baylor University

Audience: SI Professional Staff 

Ballroom 1 

This presentation is geared toward new SI Supervisors and their transition to professional staff or professionals that are leaving one institution to go to another. It can be hard trying to navigate the ins and outs of picking up where someone left off. There are ways to navigate upholding the UMCK International SI Center Standards, the institution's standards, and to make it your own! 

Alexander Albrecht, Texas A&M University

Audience: SI Leaders

Ballroom 2 

This presentation will discuss problem-based SI sessions and how to effectively implement Bloom’s taxonomy into them. We will examine various techniques that can be used in problem-based SI sessions to help develop a students’ ability to think critically. Through this presentation we hope to share some new ideas on how to create engaging problem-based SI sessions.

William Lopez, Texas Tech University

Erika Soto, Texas Tech University

Audience: SI Professional Staff, SI Leaders, SI Faculty

Ballroom 3 

 Texas Tech SI program established five core values in 2018. This presentation will discuss how the values have been implement into training, recruitment of SI Leaders, the evaluation of staff, and the assessment process. Benefits, suggestions and why you should incorporate a values based system will be addressed.