Used at the Tennessee College Access and Success Network Conference

1. A Partnership of
TCASN Conference
November, 2013

2. November 5, 2013
o Established in 2012, as a partnership between the Ayers Foundation and
Lipscomb University’s College of Education
o A high-quality clearinghouse for best practices coupled with exceptional learning
opportunities and professional training
o Made possible by the generous $1 million initial gift from Jim and Janet Ayers

3. November 5, 2013

4. Why CAP?
Tennessee needs more college grads!
○ Drive to 55
○ Underrepresented populations
○ Undermatching
College coaching is a profession
Goal: to build a cohort of college access and
success leaders across the state and equip
them with tools to be agents of change in
their organizations and communities
November 5, 2013

5. How did it develop?
Ayers Institute at Lipscomb University &
Tennessee College Access and Success
Network
Informed by practitioners
○ Initial content developed by YOU
○ Small committee to refine
○ Videos with practitioners
○ Piloted
November 5, 2013

6. College Access Project
Content
Five strands:
○ Creating a College-Going Culture
○ Ethics of College Access Counseling
○ Working with Young People
○ The College Admissions Process
○ Paying for College
Online
Portfolio items
November 5, 2013

7. Content
November 5, 2013

8. Ethical Dilemmas Activity
○ Look through the stack of cards
○ Choose one that really speaks to you, that
you find the most intriguing or that you think is
the most important
○ Get in a group with 3 other people who do
NOT have the same color card and discuss
each situation
November 5, 2013

9. Ethical Dilemmas Activity
○ Go to the chart paper that has your dilemma
○ Discuss the issue together
○ What stands out about the situation? What
would be needed to ethically and effectively
deal with the situation? What things should a
College Access Professional remember in this
situation?
○ Draw pictures on your chart paper to
represent your group’s ideas.
November 5, 2013

10. Sharing
November 5, 2013
○Ethical Dilemmas Activity
○Course Participant

11. Registration Opens in
December!
○ Register on the Ayers Institute Website
http://www.lipscomb.edu/ayers/cap
November 5, 2013

12. Q & A
Contact:
○ Julia Osteen
julia.osteen@lipscomb.edu
615-966-5095
○ Jenny Mills
jmills@tncollegeaccess.org
615-983-6900
November 5, 2013