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Working as One: Supporting Student Parents

August 3, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Registration

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Agenda

  • 10 AM – Welcome
  • 10:30 AM – Student Panel: Attendees will learn from 2021 WTCS Student Ambassadors regarding their experiences as parenting students.
  • 11:15 AM – ‘Working towards a family-friendly transformation: data strategies for promoting student parent success’: Attendees will receive policy and data updates from Lindsey Reichlin Cruse, Managing Director of the Student Parent Success Initiative as the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
  • 12 PM – Lunch break
  • 1 PM – WTCS Colleges best practice sharing: Attendees of this session will exchange ideas with WTCS colleagues and community partners around three topics:
    • 1. Data – How do colleges identify parenting students and know their efforts are working?
    • 2. Strategies – What are colleges doing to reach and meet the needs of parenting students?
    • 3. Collaboration – How are colleges engaging with non-profits and other community partners to support this population?
  • 2:30 PM – Next steps: Attendees will participate in a breakout room to share takeaways and inform a system-wide resources to support parenting students
  • 3 PM – Adjourn

Details

Date:
August 3, 2021
Time:
10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Organizer

Stephanie Glynn
Email:
stephanie.glynn@wtcsystem.edu