Kudos to the KCTCS Cohort on their Success in Atlanta

From Tricia Browne-Ferrigno:

The KCTCS cohort presentation at the SRCEA conference this past Friday afternoon was the most professional of any that I attended there. Sixteen of the 22 cohort members traveled to Atlanta to participate in this "laboratory of practice" experience within the EdD program.

Several cohort members assumed additional responsibilities in making the symposium such a success. Chris Phillips, Lewis Burke, Jerry Gilliam, and Lisa Stephenson represented their respective writing teams as presenters of the four student-authored papers. Two of the four papers report findings from student-conducted survey research this semester. Below are the paper titles and names of the co-authors:

Innovative Leadership Preparation: What Works and Why
Susan Berry, Paul Blankenship, Wendy Bolt, Chris Phillips

Stages of Group Development: From Strangers to Partners
Lewis Burke, Nancy Preston, Mike Quillen, Richard Roe, Ella Strong

Being Students Again: Balancing Ambiguities, Expectations, and Responsibilities
Amber Decker, Michelle Dykes, Jerry Gilliam, Shawn Marrs

Being and Becoming Leaders: Application of Learning
Karen Hlinka, Teresa May, Deronda Mobelini, Lisa Stephenson, Alissa Young

Richard Roe assumed leadership responsibility for creation of a single PowerPoint slide presentation for the symposium. It was finalized through collaborative editing efforts by cohort members during a Thursday evening session at the hotel and resulted in smooth transitions from one speaker to the next. Alissa Young served as the official time keeper, performing the task well thanks to last-minute guidance from Deronda Mobelini about strategies to help speakers stay within their allotted time. Cohort members in the audience participated in the Q&A session following the paper presentations. Although Michael Stapleton did not co-author a conference paper, he traveled to Atlanta to support his peers. His participation was much appreciated.

Cohort members did an outstanding job representing UK and KCTCS not only during our symposium, but also during other sessions and activities at the SRCEA conference on Friday. Unfortunately, they had to leave Atlanta early Saturday morning in order to return home to complete a course assignment due today.

Copies of the conference papers are available on the EPE website: http://education.uky.edu/EPE/content/carnegie-project-education-doctorate