Creating a Future Forward College
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The document discusses the concept of a 'future forward college' aimed at fostering transformational learning and adapting education to prepare students for uncertain futures. It outlines the evolution of this initiative at Wake Tech Community College, including speaker series, faculty development, and the establishment of a network of colleges focused on innovative educational practices. Key themes include collaboration, risk-taking, and the importance of adapting educational strategies to meet emerging challenges in student learning and career preparation.
Creating a Future Forward College
- 1. CREATING A FUTURE FORWARD COLLEGE Unlearn or Forget It!! Moderator: Rick Smyre – Communities of the Future Panelists: Butch Grove – Wake Tech Community College Benita Budd – Wake Tech Community College Larry Darlage – Tarrant County College
- 2. “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” ~Alvin Toffler 2
- 3. STRONG BELIEFS WILL KILL YOU WHAT IF “TRUTH” ISN’T THREE STAGES OF A NEW IDEA SELF-IMPOSED BARRIERS ADAPT, ADAPT!! 3
- 4. FROM CONCRETENESS TO COMFORT WITH UNCERTAINTY THE WAY WE ARE TAUGHT TO THINK LEFT BRAIN-RIGHT BRAIN EMERGENCE 4
- 5. There is no greater impediment to the advancement of knowledge than the ambiguity of words. Thomas Reid I look for ambiguity when I'm writing because life is ambiguous. Keith Richards 5
- 6. FROM HYPER-COMPETITION TO COLLABORATION THE INDIVIDUAL AS SACROSANCT FROM WHENCE ONE’S IDENTITY? WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE SHIFT FROM ONE TO MANY 6
- 7. THE NEW SCIENCE OF RISK TAKING AND MISTAKE MAKING IN TURBULENT TIMES THE RISK IS NOT TAKING IT! BE BOLD…BUT NOT FOOLISH! 7
- 8. WHAT YOU THOUGHT JUST AIN’T SO THE CHALLENGE OF BEING TRULY OPEN WHAT? THAT CAN’T BE RIGHT!! 8
- 9. Key Concepts a Future Forward College Transdisciplinary Learning Identify Weak Signals Analogous Complexity DICE 9
- 10. “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” ~ Lao Tzu 10
- 11. Evolution of a Future Forward College at Wake Tech Butch Grove “Much of what we teach is looking back, we need to focus more on the future.” Steve Scott - President, Wake Tech 11
- 12. Beginnings of the Future Forward College 2009 • How to develop a “futures culture” at Wake Tech that supports transformational learning? • Scott, White, Ryan, and Smyre • Center for Strategic Futures was created • Speaker series began 12
- 13. Speaker Series Format 2009 • Breakfast with Faculty • Campus-wide Student Assemble • Lunch and Learn • Afternoon Dialogs • Seed transformation learning, not directed it. 13
- 14. Prominent Speakers 2009 • Thomas Frey – Da Vinci Institute • Marv Centron – Forecasting International • Rick Smyre – COTF • Stan Litow – IBM 14
- 15. Transforming Leaders 2011 • Jan-June: Monthly half-day coaching sessions • Facilitator – Rick Smyre • Participants – VPs, Deans & Department Heads • Topics included… 15
- 16. Transformational Topics 2011 • Transformation Leadership, Megatrends and Futures Context • Week Signals and Thinking Systemically • Asking Appropriate Questions and Connecting Disparate Ideas • Building Parallel Process, Applying Chaos and Complexity Theories, Creating Interlocking Networks • Looking for Access Points and Futures Generative Dialog • Identifying Risks and Community Transformation 16
- 17. Transformational Leadership Outcomes 2011 • Future Forward College • 47 Key Ideas • Concepts embodied in various organizational areas 17 “How are you preparing students for careers that don’t exist yet?” Steve Scott - President, Wake Tech
- 18. Building a Future Forward College Network 2012 • Two day retreat at Wake Tech with other connections in Smyre’s network • Goal: To develop a network of colleges in different states interested in collaborating to enhance and spread the ideas and methods of transformation learning • Wake Tech – 10 • Tarrant CC – 5 • Blue Grass CC • Other CC leaders 18
- 19. Seeding FFC Concepts in the Classroom 2013 • Budd recruited and developed a Future Forward Faculty group at Wake Tech • Monthly meeting with Smyre to introduce futures thinking • Outcomes: Shifts in thinking and classroom facilitation, and transformational approaches to learning 19
- 20. Expansion of FFC Network and Classroom Integration 2014 • Now Over 75 FFC faculty at Wake Tech • Future Forward Fellow • Two-day Conference April 4-5 • Learn and Apply 6 Principles of Futurist Thinking • 84 Participants from 9 states • 12 colleges/universities and 17 business/organizations 20
- 21. 1.Kitchen/Prep Area 2.Mixing Bowls & Cooking Utensils 3.Recipe 4.Ingredients 5.Preparation 6.Heat 7.Cooking Time 8.Results (delicious, we hope) Cooking Up the Future 21 Benita Budd
- 24. Item Three:A Good Recipe 24
- 28. Item Seven: Cooking Time 28
- 30. Larry Darlage 30
- 31. Innovation Forum The Innovation Forum is a process for developing ideas or initiatives that impact student success at TCC, and a framework for building an understanding of how initiatives measure against TCC’s institutional goals. 31
- 33. Cost Per Student A calculation of Cost per Student, or the cost to implement the initiative divided by the number of students impacted by the initiative. Cost of Initiative ÷ Total Impacted Students = Cost Per Student Threshold $ 3000 33
- 34. Community Impact Dollars contributed to Tarrant County produced by the initiative Primary components of the community impact number: - Increase in student Enrollment & Related TCC tuition impact - Student Job Placement Rate and salary contribution - Student Transfers to 4 Year Universities in Tarrant County - Incremental TCC staff salaries 34
- 35. Example The Return on Student Investment ROSI is the bubble on the quadrants which is the total of DREAM Cost/Student, and Community Impact The size of the bubble reflects the Community Impact StudentCost DREAM 35
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- 37. Networking the Future Forward College 1) Contact Wake Tech, COTF, Tarrant County College or WFS. 2) Creating Individual, Futures Projects, and Comprehensive College Networks 3) Use the Principles of Complex Adaptive Systems to Seed and Grow the FFC Network: Connecting and Emergence 37
- 38. Q&A Contact Information Rick Smyre rlsmyre@aol.com Butch Grove rhgrove@waketech.edu Benita Budd babudd@waketech.edu Larry Darlage larry.darlage@tccd.edu 38
Editor's Notes
- #13: Dr. Scott made a statement at convocation “We spent to much time look at the history or things in our courses and not enough time look at what’s coming”
- #14: Dr. Scott made a statement at convocation “We spent to much time look at the history or things in our courses and not enough time look at what’s coming”
- #15: Dr. Scott made a statement at convocation “We spent to much time look at the history or things in our courses and not enough time look at what’s coming”
- #16: Dr. Scott made a statement at convocation “We spent to much time look at the history or things in our courses and not enough time look at what’s coming”
- #17: Dr. Scott made a statement at convocation “We spent to much time look at the history or things in our courses and not enough time look at what’s coming”
- #18: Dr. Scott made a statement at convocation “We spent to much time look at the history or things in our courses and not enough time look at what’s coming”
- #19: Dr. Scott made a statement at convocation “We spent to much time look at the history or things in our courses and not enough time look at what’s coming”
- #20: Dr. Scott made a statement at convocation “We spent to much time look at the history or things in our courses and not enough time look at what’s coming”
- #21: Dr. Scott made a statement at convocation “We spent to much time look at the history or things in our courses and not enough time look at what’s coming”