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Webinar: 'EdReady: Reimagine Student Placement and Dual Enrollment Support'
Watch our recorded webinar 'EdReady: Reimagine Student Placement and Dual Enrollment Support', with our partners at Montana Digital Academy and their in-state partners at the University of Montana and Dawson Community College. The Montana University System has worked with EdReady to change the way placement works in Montana for the past 10 years. Both the University of Montana and Dawson Community College have lead the way with an integrated team approach led collaboratively by the math department, student services, and advising staff.
In this webinar, you will hear from representatives at the University of Montana and Dawson Community College regarding their placement implementation efforts, review data from their implementations, and learn how they worked out strategies to "do placement differently" at their institutions. You'll also hear about how the Dawson CC team is using EdReady to support Dual Enrollment students and teachers to assess student readiness in preparation to matriculate into college. In addition to both of these partnerships, you'll learn from the EdReady Montana team about how they're guiding schools to better prepare students for college level math and/or implement their own placement programs, across the state of Montana and beyond.
Dr. Ahrash N. Bissell
FACILITATOR, President, The NROC Project / EdReady
Dr. Lauren Fern
Assistant Professor and Math Discipline Lead
Missoula College, University of Montana
Lauren Fern is as an Assistant Professor and Math Discipline lead at Missoula College. Having taught in the UM Math department as a Lecturer since 2003, she assumed her current role at Missoula College in 2021 and her role of Student Success Coordinator in Mathematics in 2019. Beyond the University of Montana, Lauren is an innovator in developing math programming at both the state and national levels to design support structures to help learners from all backgrounds succeed in college. Through her work with the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas-Austin as well as her own consulting, she assists university systems and institutions across the country in designing courses and curricula to implement equity-minded teaching and learning, for both in-person and distance education. In all her roles, Lauren demonstrates her passion for working with students who are not yet prepared for college mathematics, first generation college students, and those who come from underserved populations. When not in the classroom, you can find Lauren in the woods, on her bike, in the mountains, or in her gardens with her dog, Sula.
Erica Milne
Director of Enrollment
Dawson Community College
Erica Milne has been a dedicated member of Dawson Community College since 2021, contributing to the institution through various leadership roles. She began her career as the Assistant Director of Recruiting and has since advanced to serve as the Director of Enrollment, while also overseeing the Dual Enrollment program and serving as the Perkins Reserve Coordinator. In each of her roles, Erica has demonstrated a strong commitment to student success and institutional growth, leveraging her expertise in recruitment, program management, and career and technical education.
Ryan Schrenk
EdReady Montana Program Director
Montana Digital Academy
Ryan Schrenk, Ed. D. has a career spanning 30 years as a teacher and administrator with focused work on educational technology leadership, technology and distance education. Ryan is the EdReady Montana and EdReady Classroom Program Director at the Montana Digital Academy and has worked at MTDA since 2010. Since joining the Digital Academy, his work has focused on developing an online/modularized credit recovery program and is now leading the implementation of the EdReady department.
Jason Leonard
EdReady Montana Operations Manager
Montana Digital Academy
Jason Leonard is the EdReady Montana and EdReady Classroom Operations Manager at the Montana Digital Academy and has worked at MTDA since 2015. Since joining the Digital Academy he has used his background in comparative cognitive studies and customer service to bolster implementation support, data analysis, and user experience within the EdReady department.
