Ocotillo Retreat 2003: Agenda

8:00 am
Open time to sign in, mingle, get refreshments. Participate in our generational word association activity.
8:30 am
Welcome to Rio Salado (Carol Scarafiotti, Dean of Instruction, Rio Salado College)

Welcome to Ocotillo Retreat 2003 (Anna Solley, Vice-Chancellor, Academic Affairs)

Ocotillo Accomplishments 2002-2003 (Ocotillo Co-Chairs Rick Effland, Mesa Community College and Sheila Brandt, Scottsdale Community College)

Each college Ocotillo chair rated and commented on how well Ocotillo addressed the goals defined at the start of the academic year. Here are the results:

Review of Ocotillo Goals 2002-03
goals_rated0203.pdf [144k PDF]
Personal Response System (PRS) Activity (Pat Case and Laura Helminski, Rio Salado College)
8:50 am
Guess Who's Coming to Learn? (Jay Jamrog)

The Changing Nature of the Workforce
PowerPoint version of Jay Jamrog's presentation (735k .PPT)

Small Group Activity One (group activity)
Small Group Activity Two (group activity)
12:15 pm
Lunch Discussion Activity
1:00 pm
Ocotillo Issue Papers and Scenario Building
Jay Jamrog will lead us in an activity where participants will develop a future scenario based on the ideas in the Ocotillo Papers.

Scenario Planning
an overview of scenario building
PowerPoint File: scenarios.ppt [182k .PPT]
3:00 pm
Closing, Q/A, Good conversations for the Future and Ocotillo in 2003-2004 (Rick Effland and Sheila Brandt)