Study Architecture 
ProPEL Schedule
This year’s virtual administrators conference will have two core days — October 14 & 15 — as well as multiple supplemental sessions designed for current and future educational leaders. The conference will be a series of face-to-face online forums to collaborate, share ideas and discuss.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
Administrators Conference
11:00am – 12:30pm EDT /
8:00am – 9:30am PDT
1.5 CEU Learning Unit
Opening Plenary
Meeting the Moment: The Need for a Racial Equity Lens in Architectural Education
Heather Hackman | |
Opening Discussion: Prospects for Change in Architecture Education
Moderator: | Anne Bordeleau | Malo Hutson |
Francisco J. Rodriguez-Suarez | Sharon Egretta Sutton |
Discussion Break (30-minutes)
1:00pm – 2:00pm EDT /
10:00am – 11:00am PDT
1 CEU Learning Unit
Prospects for External Relations
The session will focus on administrators working with stakeholders in different ways and for different purposes. This role is not just about getting contributions and jobs for graduates. It’s also about all the people that a school needs to work with every day.
Moderator: | Nat Belcher | Reed Kroloff |
Carla Jackson Bell | Christine Theodoropoulos |
Discussion Break (30-minutes)
2:30pm – 3:30pm EDT /
11:30am – 12:30pm PDT
1 CEU Learning Unit
Prospects for Relationships within the Institution
The session will focus on how architecture programs fit into the broader university as colleges, schools, and departments.
Moderator
| Jason Chandler
| Sedef Doganer | Igor Marjanovic |
Discussion Break (30-minutes)
4:00pm – 5:00pm EDT /
1:00pm – 2:00pm PDT
1 CEU Learning Unit
Breakout I
Expanding Access to Architectural Education: Working with Community Colleges
Expanding access to architectural education and diversifying the profession are issues critical to our future. Join us for a panel discussion on four year universities working with community college architecture programs. This session will provide an overview on the “who, what, where and why” of community colleges and illustrate how to create successful transfer partnerships. This session is the first in a two-part series on working with community colleges.
Moderator | Lynne Dearborn | Robert Gonzalez |
David Rifkind | Michael Ryan |
Breakout II
Considering Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Prospects for Future Administrators
Leadership roles are changing in architecture programs for multiple reasons, from calls for increasing equity to shifting funding models for faculty and students. New administrative positions, academic structures, and co-curricular initiatives are creating different pathways into administrative roles. Join ACSA’s Leadership Committee in a panel session and discussion about how a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion is shifting the administrative landscape for future administrators.
Moderator | Edson Cabalfin
| Gabriel Diaz Montemayor |
Catherine Hamel | Charlton Lewis |
Friday, October 15, 2021
Administrators Conference
11:00am – 12:00pm EDT /
8:00am – 9:00am PDT
1 CEU Learning Unit
NAAB Accreditation: 2020 Conditions & Procedures
Join NAAB for a presentation on strategies for implementation of the 2020 Conditions followed by Q&A. This session will focus on outcomes-based assessment framework, discussion of program and student criteria, and examples of evidence for compliance. Engage with NAAB staff and Board members around accreditation topics that are of interest to you.
Marilys Nepomechie | Rebecca O’Neal Dagg
| Barbara Sestak
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David Hoffman | Gretchen Frickx | Tanya Tamarkin |
Discussion Break (30-minutes)
12:30pm – 1:30pm EDT /
9:30am – 10:30am PDT
1 CEU Learning Unit
Developing your Program & Faculty: AIA Guides to Equitable Practice in Higher Education
With the successful production of the AIA Guides for Equitable Practice in Firms, a special edition focused on equity in architectural education in underway. Done in collaboration with the AIA and ACSA, the research entails new material through interviews and focus groups, referencing of the previous AIA Guides, use of ACSA data (i.e., Where are my people? series), interaction and feedback. The guide is to serve as a foundational document and reference for architecture schools. The document does not provide “best practices,” but rather, school administrators might use it to review and assess their internal practices, policies, and processes, as they relate to equity, with regard to faculty, students, and staff in architecture schools. Join us and share your feedback.
Moderator
| Renee Cheng | |
Discussion Break (30-minutes)
2:00pm – 3:00pm EDT /
11:00am – 12:00pm PDT
1 CEU Learning Unit
Student Engagement: Post-Pandemic Curveballs
The session will focus on ways to learn from the pandemic and improve student outcomes and address disparities facing students and prospective students.
Moderator | Gabriel Diaz Montemayor | Michelle Rinehart | David Theodore |
Discussion Break (30-minutes)
3:30pm – 4:30pm EDT /
12:30pm – 1:30pm PDT
1 CEU Learning Unit
Closing Plenary: Curriculum Prospects
The session will begin with a presentation from each of the presenters about prospects for dramatic changes in curricula and the role of administrators in leading and facilitating this change.
Moderator
| Aaron Betsky | Erin Moore |
Quilian Riano | Sarah Whiting |
Questions
Michelle Sturges
Conferences Manager
202-785-2324
msturges@acsa-arch.org
Eric W. Ellis
Sr. Director of Operations and Programs
202-785-2324
eellis@acsa-arch.org
