8:00 - 8:30      

REGISTRATION and Refreshments

Courtyard Foyer

8:30 - 8:45

WELCOME                                                                                               
Laurie Clary, Vice President, Instruction, Grays Harbor College

Federal/Superior

8:45 - 9:30

“America’s Perfect Storm”  Video and Discussion                                      
Israel Mendoza, Director, Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Programs,  State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Kathy Cooper, Policy Associate, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

America’s Perfect Storm - Three Forces Changing Our Nation's Future– a report by Irwin Kirsch of the Educational Testing System was presented and taped by State Board for Community and Technical College members in July. We will view the DVD and discuss the implications for Washington colleges as the economy stands today.

Federal/Superior

9:30 - 9:45

Foyer

9:50 - 10:50

KEYNOTE: WASHINGTON STATE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS  
Wolfgang Opitz, Deputy Director, Office of Financial Management

Wolfgang Opitz will explain the recent state mandates for reducing spending and will discuss what community and technical colleges should expect in the future.

Federal/Superior

11:00 - 12:00

BREAKOUTS

A. Budgetopoly: What Should You Know in Tough Budget Times?
Mary Alice Grobins, Interim Vice President, Administrative Services, Skagit Valley College

Where does college money come from? Who’s at risk when the state cuts its budget?  This session provides an interactive, participatory, risk-filled opportunity to answer these finance questions and more.  Outcomes will include increased understanding of how the community and technical college funding system works, along with the potential of making big bucks (Budgetopoly bucks, that is).

Federal Superior

B. Effective Marketing to Keep Our Heads Above Water
Susan Kostick, Susan Kostick and Company

What do our colleges need? Students. When do we need them? Now. That’s the bottom line and, like a presidential campaign, getting out the vote (or the registration) calls for powerful, coordinated marketing from all quarters of the college. This session will explore old and new ways of raising visibility and awareness of your college, making contact with prospective students, and getting new enrollees engaged. Participants are encouraged to come with problems for the group to address.

Municipal

12:00 - 1:00

Salon B/C Second Floor

1:00 - 2:30

BREAKOUTS

A. Re-defining Class Schedules to Maximize Resources    
Dorna Bullpitt, Vice President, Instruction, South Puget Sound Community College     
Mike Lang, Vice President, Student Services, Big Bend Community College 

Two colleges' response to the challenge - how to move from a traditional 50-minute, 5-day per week class schedule to one that provides students with more flexibility.  What did it take, who was involved and what were the results? Discussion of how your college can maximize resources will be part of this session.   

B. Economic Forecast for Washington State
Dean Schau, Economics Professor, Columbia Basin College and Washington State Economist

This presentation will give insight into the state of the State's economy with comparisons to the national economy. Considerable economic and demographic data will be presented for all of the state's 39 counties, that you are probably not aware of, will be presented. 

2:30 - 3:30

CLOSING SESSION -  LESS MONEY, MORE DEMAND, HOW COLLEGES SURVIVE ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS 
Chris Reykdal,  Deputy Executive Director of Finance, State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

Chris Reykdal will discuss how the system is dealing with the fiscal challenges facing the state and what the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges is asking colleges to do to respond to the fiscal challenge. Post-election, what can we expect from the governor and legislature as they cope with a budget deficit? A history lesson. . . . the most important thing that Chris will tell us is that Community and Technical Colleges are a big part of the solution in helping the economy to recover.

Federal/Superior