ACHE 86th Annual Conference and Meeting - October 14-16 2024

Lightning Sessions (20 minutes)

This session is presented by an eight-year higher-education faculty member with an Ed.D degree whom has worked at two HSI serving institutions with both undergraduate and graduate students. The presenter has presented at international, national, and regional conferences. The presenter has attended multiple professional developments for working with diverse students and implementing culturally responsive practices. The objectives of this session are that attendees will be able to: 1) describe the Reading Summaries strategy and it’s benefits and applications to student success; and 2) apply the Reading Summaries Assignment to their own coursework. Specifically, this session will discuss the re-imagination of a reading summaries assignment for undergraduate students to make the assignment more meaningful, engaging, and increase student connection to class content and overall success in excelling within the course. The re-imagining for this assignment stems from the completion of ESCALA training, which is designed for HSI institutions or higher education professionals working with predominately Latinx students. The presenter will share their independent research project (the reading summaries) implementation and outcomes and next steps going forward to continue to improve student learning and outcomes. The reading summaries were implemented in two 16-week courses, one in Fall 2023 and one in Spring 2024 with roughly 60 students total.