Parkland College’s Center for Academic Success (CAS) provides leadership and support for developmental education programs through a unique integration of academic and student support services. Pam Lau, CAS director, will describe how the CAS has worked closely with developmental faculty in academic programs and student services units to develop a comprehensive network of walk-in learning assistance services, alternative approaches to completing developmental coursework requirements, and “intrusive” academic advising and student development support. With strong institutional support, it draws upon the expertise of faculty, learning assistance and student development professionals to tutor, develop new curriculum, field-test pilots in alternative delivery methods, and guide underprepared students to college-level success. Recently, the CAS was selected as one of eight exemplary community college programs across the nation to participate in a case-study for Community Colleges Can! This is part of a national initiative commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE). Objectives
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3. Participants will take away practical ideas for supporting students who are underprepared for college-level coursework and developing collaborative partnerships with faculty to support learning and teaching in the classroom.
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1. Academic Services and Student Services Deans Who is the speaker?
Assoc. Professor Pam Lau is director of the Center for Academic Success (CAS) at Parkland College, Champaign, IL. She taught developmental reading between 1995 and 2006; in July 2006, she became director of the newly formed CAS. Before becoming CAS director, her professional experiences include curriculum development for reading courses, team teaching in learning communities, co-developing and facilitating a “Learning in Small Groups” professional development course, compiling a training manual for reading instructors, directing the developmental reading program, and leading the process for NADE program certification. Pam earned her M.A. in Philosophy at the University of Chicago and is certified as a Developmental Education Specialist through the Kellogg Institute, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. Her professional passion is to ensure that access to higher education is accompanied by requisite conditions of success. Outside of developmental education, she does community work through her church focusing on serving international students and their families in the Champaign-Urbana community.
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