Community Engagement: Connect Local Graduate Students with Institutional Leadership Experience

Concurrent Session 7

Session Materials

Brief Abstract

Learn how to partner with local universities and graduate students to connect their academic journey to leadership experience at your college. Dallas College has created a leadership experience to deepen graduate students' knowledge in areas of academics, IT, student services and online education. 

Presenters

Lead Presenter: Shani Suber, Dallas College

Shani Suber is the inaugural Dean of E-learning Effectiveness and Enhancement at Dallas College. She has served in a variety of roles including 23 years in education as a K12 teacher, adjunct, faculty, and administrator. In her current role, she is the academic lead administrator for Dallas College’s learning management system (LMS) migration. She established the Online Learning Users Group (OLUG), comprised of faculty, chairs, and deans representing Dallas College's seven schools, is a dedicated, professional group that seeks to advance online learning at the college. OLUG guides online learning policy, process, technology, resource development, and faculty and student support decisions at Dallas College. These efforts resolved the challenge of having several online quality standards into one Dallas College Online Teaching Framework implemented across Dallas Colleges’ newly consolidated one college with seven campuses. To support faculty’s professional development for new federal standards of distance education, she secured grants to support/align quality of online teaching and instructional designer support for faculty throughout the LMS migration. Her leadership spans across 80k students, 3k faculty, and 7 ‘Schools Of’ at Dallas College. Shani's portfolio includes leading collaboration across the college to aid in online accessibility, sustainability, and technology. As an online learning leader, Shani has been committed to diversity and inclusion efforts in higher education over the years. She advocates for students with disabilities and equality in education for all students while implementing innovation and review educational digital tools. It’s her honor and life’s work to commit her professional career to encouraging, developing, and collaborating with educators in this incredible and meaningful industry for the students in the community.

Extended Abstract

Dallas College  has partnered with a local graduate students studying :

  • Curriculum and Instruction-M.Ed & Ph.D
  • Educational Leadership-M.Ed, Ed.D & Ph.D.
  • Administration Studies
  • Community College Leadership
  • Distance Learning Specialization
  • Leadership Studies
  •  Student Affairs

.Graduate students gain experience in:

• Teamwork

• Oral Communication

• Ethical Reasoning

• Civic Engagement.

Dallas College has been leading innovation in higher education’s efforts to expand course and program offerings to meet the needs of students and prepare them for successful employment.  Our E-learning area includes Dallas College’s Learning Management System (LMS), creates signature online programs, and distributes digital products to promote student, faculty, and staff success. The Office of E-learning collaborates with the Center of Excellence for Teaching & Learning (CETL), Marketing, IT, Student Services and additional areas in academia. This internship includes connecting students thrugh collaborate with colleagues to explore several areas of leadership including: • E-learning Effectiveness & Enhancement • E-learning Program Development • E-learning Creative Services • Academics  • IT  • Catalog and Curriculum and  •Student Services.  About the Internship at Dallas College currently serves over 70k students and is home to 900 full-time faculty and 2,000 adjunct instructors.  Internships adhere to the university practicum guidelines to aid in fulfilling the internship time throughout the semester.