Student Success

Academic Opportunity Programs believes that student success is built on the pillars of self-efficacy and engagement. Students who take ownership of their own learning—building, in the process, the skills they need to encounter new academic challenges—and make meaningful connections across campus and beyond are more likely to continue their education successfully, as well as to positively contribute to the success of others.


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From: support=claritycrm.com@claritycrm.info on behalf of ClarityCRM Support <support@claritycrm.com> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2023 12:47 AM To: Jiajun Gao Subject: [test]2b5mmwu-versafix-1 Volume 3 no.5 The Importance of Innovation Innovation is one of the core values of the SUNY CPD. The CPD strives to take both proactive and creative approaches to identifying the best solutions for training and professional development for our customers in support of the changing landscape of higher education and the diverse needs of the various campus sectors. We pursue innovative delivery methods to address constraints of campus customers, and we seek to leverage digital tools and emerging technologies to increase our overall effectiveness.
Fostering a culture of innovation enables organizations to be creative, agile, adaptable, focused on growth and continuous improvement. It also helps to distinguish your department, unit, or campus from others.
Through our work with SUNY Faculty Advisory Council on Teaching and Technology (FACT2) and the Innovative Instruction Technology (IITG) grant program, CPD has been able to develop opportunities for professional development that focus on the latest trends that impact higher education. Through these programs, campuses have been able to innovate, share with one another, and take ideas to scale.
Many of the programs featured below address areas of innovation witin SUNY.
--Lisa Raposo, Director This course will utilize online synchronous learning sessions, online discussions, surveys, readings, videos, case studies, and an end of course summary reflection.
Course Delivery: Twelve (12) weeks, online asynchronous and six (6)  The SUNY CPD OTTER Institute is an opportunity for online practitioners to learn more about the innovations, trends, and challenges with online education; see examples of best practices and learn about tools to create and deliver effective and engaging online course content; strengthen your understanding of accessibility and equity issues and see how to build courses with both in mind as you develop and deliver a truly inclusive course.

The SUNY CPD and SUNY SAIL Partnership
Since 2016, SUNY CPD and SUNY SAIL have partnered on the design and development of leadership and professional development programs for SUNY. Having once been colocated in Syracuse, NY, we refer to our units as "sister-organizations" whose partnership makes us able to leverage the strengths of each program to better serve you. .

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Campuses are able to utilize their campus "CPD Points" to pay for registration fees associated with any SAIL program.
Signature SAIL Programs include: The incorporation of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the curriculum and pedagogical approaches has received considerable attention in higher education as a way to help break down systemic barriers.
We must regularly ask ourselves: What biases am I carrying as an instructor, and how do I counteract their effects? How does my teaching approach affect learning outcomes? What can faculty do in the classroom to support an inclusive learning environment that fosters a sense of belonging, minimizes systemic barriers, and holds a point of access for all.
The practice of embracing student diversity and designing courses to create inclusive learning environments that reach all students is not a new concept. The pandemic highlighted the urgent need to act now. This symposium is created with the intent on addressing this critical need.

STC 2023: Miracle on Campus: Building Winning IT Teams
June [19][20][21][22]2023 In 1993 members of the three technical communities of practice, COA, EdTOA and TOA, saw their roles beginning to overlap. While computing, educational technology, and telecommunications each play a vital role, SUNY Technology (STC) Conference founders knew that it's when people in these communities work closely together that a campus runs most smoothly. Confrence founders came together to host an all-encompassing conference to allow for networking and idea exchange across the three groups. In the intervening thirty years the lines between these communities have blurred even more and today, to keep SUNY competitive, we need to work together more than ever. This year we'll explore how to build great teams. The best ones include rookies and veterans, so how do we recruit and retain fresh talent as a generation of senior staffers are retiring? Recruitment and retention are especially difficult in the current environment where we compete with higher paying remote and hybrid work options. We also need to engage new talent in our communities of practice, in SUNY wide collaborations, and groom them to be the next generation of chairs, directors and CIO's.

Submit a proposal: Due 4/9/23
Registration is also now open.

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Universal Design for Learning Regional Workshops This one-day workshop provides an in-depth introduction to the Universal Design for Learning framework. Participants will learn why the Universal Design for Learning framework is important, how to apply its principles and guidelines to their own courses, and best practices for interacting with students with disabilities. Participants of this workshop will leave with the skills and resources to apply what they learn about Universal Design for Learning to design a new lesson or student experience, or to revise an existing lesson or experience.