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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><img width="276" height="112" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D2197A.38D344C0" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01D21976.21816850"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The CTCLDA is excited to announce our<br>
3<sup>rd</sup> Conference in the Guided Pathways Series<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The Art and Architecture of Choice:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
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</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Leveraging the Principles of Decision Science in a Guided Pathways Approach<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Join with colleagues from around the state
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">to learn about this key foundation of creating well-designed meta majors!
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><img width="200" height="200" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D2197A.38D344C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">facilitated by
</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><a href="http://advanced-hindsight.com/who-we-are/lab/wendy-de-la-rosa/" target="_blank">Wendy de La Rosa</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
of </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><a href="http://irrationallabs.org/about/">Irrational Labs!</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><br>
Friday, November 18, 2016<br>
Hilton Vancouver, WA<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">8:30 AM to 3:30 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.regonline.com/Fall2016CTCLDAconference">Register Now</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">What is Decision Science?
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Have you ever stopped, befuddled, in the cereal aisle of the grocery store? Too much choice overwhelms, while too few choices artificially limits and restricts.
Choice theory and decision science are about finding “the sweet spot” between too much choice and not enough.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">How Does this Relate to a Guided Pathways Approach?
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">A Guided Pathways Approach asks practitioners to re-think and re-create institutional structure using four design principles—one of which is creating
</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">meta majors</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">. As our colleges begin exploring, developing or implementing guided pathways, we all
must consider how we scaffold decision-making processes for our students. As one example, guided pathways seeks to move us away from the ‘cafeteria-style’ model (in which students face an almost dizzying array of program choices), to a more manageable set
of options to consider. In a guided pathways approach, these are called meta-majors.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">How Will This Impact My Work?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">For practitioners looking to design meta majors that work for students
<i>and</i> educators, understanding the art and science of decision making will greatly and positively impact how we serve our students.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">How Much Does this Event Cost?</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><br>
$175 for participants from member colleges<br>
$275 for participants from non-member colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Where Can I Stay?</span></b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><br>
</span></u><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/P/PDXVAHH-CLD-20161117/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG">Reserve Your Room at the Vancouver Hilton!</a></span></u><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
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</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">The Hilton Vancouver Washington is offering the rate of $129. Reservation must be made by October 25.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Questions?</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><br>
Contact CTCLDA Executive Director <a href="mailto:mchays@columbiabasin.edu">Kati Hays</a>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Thanks to our Sponsors!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">City University of Seattle, Northeastern University Seattle, Schneider Electric, TIAA, and University of Phoenix<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Please forward to colleagues who may be interested!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Jennifer Locke Whetham</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Program Administrator, Faculty Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">_________________________________________
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, WA 98504<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">p: (360) 704-4354| f: (360) 704-4419 |<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:jwhetham@sbctc.edu">mailto:jwhetham@sbctc.edu</a></span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">|</span></b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">@jwhethamsbctc
<b><span style="color:#404040">| <a href="http://www.assessmentlearningteaching.com/">
assessmentlearningteaching.com</a></span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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