Rapid change is becoming the norm in so many of our partnerships.   Specifically with regard to our long-standing relationship with our PK-12  colleagues, how will the effects of both COVID-19 and the protests over racial inequality effect everything that follows?   Beyond these deep crises, we also know that the demographics of today are threatening our historical reliance on the next generation of high school seniors to fill our enrollment rosters.   But as those demographics shift and we begin to cater as much to adult learners as to traditional age students, we can still improve our yield of high school graduates.  Many who are left behind, including children growing up with many social and economic challenges,  need more support than ever to graduate high school, college ready.  And those who teach them, mostly our graduates, need more support in meeting those challenges.  Our professional development offerings have to be more customized to the conditions of urban and rural settings, and remote instruction makes the virtual or hybrid classroom even more complicated.   While we have always served local classrooms, that relationship needs to be more collaborative in nature and more riveted on instructional improvement and support.   Join us as we unpack those familiar classroom settings in an age of increased cultural separation and limited technological access than the environment that used to be so familiar to so many.  

Panelists: 
Jason Lane,  University at Albany
Nichole Prescott, University of Texas System
Nancy Shapiro, University System of Maryland

Moderator:  Nancy Zimpher, The Systems Center