HOTEL: Courtyard by Marriott Austin-University Area (Map)

6:00 p.m. -- Registration in the hotel lobby

6:00-9:00 p.m. -- Meet, Greet, and Readings in the hotel Bistro

Liberty Room

7:45 a.m. -- Registration outside the Liberty Room

8:00 a.m. -- 

Opening Comments from  Joanne Gonzalez, TYCA-Southwest Chair, Lone Star College-Montgomery (The Woodlands, Texas)

Introduction of regional executive committee candidates and call for additional nominations (Joanne)

Program Chair’s address (Bruce)

8:30 a.m. Praxis Circle A 

Clare Hancock,  Angelina College (Lufkin, TX)

“Finding Time for Reading: Pairing Audiobooks and Reflective Practice for Our Nontraditional Students” 

Concurrent programming: Regional leadership conversation with Joanne Gonzalez (anteroom or lobby)

10:00 a.m. Praxis Circle B

Joanne King Gonzalez, Lone Star College-Montgomery (The Woodlands, TX)

“Analog Teaching Praxis Circle”  

Throughout the day -- David Puller (Lone Star College-North Harris) exhibits his "Public Sphere Othello" game. 

Carpool to Texas Capitol

12:00 p.m. -- Lunch in The Capitol Grill

12:30 p.m. -- Conversation with Rep. Donna Howard, Committee on Higher Education, Committee Member

Return to hotel

Liberty Room

2:30 p.m. Praxis Circle C

Justin Bendell and Ana June, University of New Mexico (Valencia, Los Lunas, NM)

“Anti-Fascist Pedagogy in the Belly of the Beast” 

4:00 p.m. Praxis Circle D 

Bruce J. Martin, Lone Star College-North Harris (Houston, TX)

“The Sovereign Syllabus in English Courses—Defending  Cognitive and Safety”  

5:30 p.m. -- 6:30 p.m. -- downtime 

Dinner at the Brewtorium 

7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. -- 6015 Dillard Cir.,  Austin. Private room.  

TYCA-Southwest Awards

• Robert W. Wylie  Service Award

• Susan Faulkner Excellence in Teaching Award

8:00 a.m. -- Community breakfast, tacos

Note to in-person attendees: Hotel check-out is noon. If needed, you may store your luggage in the Liberty Room until 5 p.m.

NOTE: Innovation Panels are open to paid registered conference attendees.  Zoom URLs are sent to all conference registrants before Friday. If you have paid your conference registration and cannot find the URL email, contact Bruce 832-585-2859. 

8:30 a.m. -- Welcome Address by TYCA Chair Joanne Baird Giordano, Salt Lake Community College

9:00 a.m. -- Innovation Panel E

• • Jainab Banu, University of Houston (Houston TX)

“From Rubrics to Revision: Designing Self-Revision Questions for Assessment Literacy in Writing Pedagogy”  

• • Tamar Neumann and Alexis Romney,  Tarrant County College ( Fort Worth TX)

“Connection Is Curriculum: Movement-Based Learning as a Response to Student Isolation”

• • Facilitated by _______

9:00-10:00 a.m. concurrent programming: Virtual regional leadership conversation with Joanne Gonzalez (my zoom: https://lonestar-edu.zoom.us/my/joannegonzalez 

10:30 a.m.  -- Innovation Panel F

• • Kurt Bouillion, San Jacinto College (Houston, TX)

“Professional Ethics in the Age of A.I.” 

• • Lubna Javeed, Collin College (Frisco, TX)

“Student Writing Conferences: Reflection of Academic Voice and  Identity” 

• • Clare Hancock,  Angelina College (Lufkin, TX)

“Finding Time for Reading: Pairing Audiobooks and Reflective Practice for Our Nontraditional Students” - Redux, Angelina College (Lufkin, TX)

• • Facilitated by _______

12:00 -- Wrapping together discussion; two-year cohort plans for development, TYCA-Southwest Chair Joanne Gonzalez 

Virtual introduction of REC candidates and call for additional nominations

12:30 p.m. -- https://lonestar-edu.zoom.us/j/85082274055?pwd=MHjHuIeqkoe79cY5YHebm5bZKamUC3.1