2026 Curriculum-to-Career Innovations Institute

Schedule-at-a-Glance

May 18: Designing for Why

  1. 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

    Opening and Institute-wide Design Session

    Focus: Contextualizing your institution and defining your why

  2. 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm ET

    Break

  3. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET

    Meeting the Mentors and Breakout Design Sessions

    Focus: Persona development

  4. 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET

    Break

  5. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm ET

    Strategic Advising and Institutional Coaching

    For teams in Mountain and Pacific time zones.

    Get guidance from mentors and institute alums on lessons learned and real-time feedback on emerging ideas.

  6. 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ET

    Optional team time

    For teams in Mountain and Pacific time zones.

May 19: Designing for What

  1. 9:00 am - 10:30 am ET

    Optional team time

    For teams in Central and Eastern times zones.

  2. 10:30 am - 11:30 am ET

    Strategic Advising and Institutional Coaching

    For teams in Central and Eastern time zones.

    Get guidance from mentors and institute alums on lessons learned and real-time feedback on emerging ideas.

  3. 11:30 am - 12:00 pm ET

    Break

  4. 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

    Gallery Walk and Institute-wide Design Session

    Focus: Identifying biases and barriers

  5. 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm ET

    Break

  6. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET

    Breakout Design Sessions

  7. 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET

    Break

  8. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm ET

    Strategic Advising and Institutional Coaching

    For teams in Mountain and Pacific time zones.

    Get guidance from mentors and institute alums on lessons learned and real-time feedback on emerging ideas.

  9. 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ET

    Optional team time

    For teams in Mountain and Pacific time zones.

May 20: Designing for Action

  1. 9:00 am - 10:30 am ET

    Optional team time

    For teams in Central and Eastern times zones.

  2. 10:30 am - 11:30 am ET

    Strategic Advising and Institutional Coaching

    For teams in Central and Eastern time zones.

    Get guidance from mentors and institute alums on lessons learned and real-time feedback on emerging ideas.

  3. 11:30 am - 12:00 pm ET

    Break

  4. 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

    Breakout Design Session

  5. 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm ET

    Break

  6. 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm ET

    Breakout Design Sessions

  7. 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm ET

    Break

  8. 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm ET

    Strategic Advising and Institutional Coaching

    For teams in Mountain and Pacific time zones.

    Get guidance from mentors and institute alums on lessons learned and real-time feedback on emerging ideas.

  9. 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ET

    Optional team time

    For teams in Mountain and Pacific time zones.

May 21: Action Plan Presentations

  1. 9:00 am - 10:30 am ET

    Optional team time

    For teams in Central and Eastern times zones.

  2. 10:30 am - 11:30 am ET

    Strategic Advising and Institutional Coaching

    For teams in Central and Eastern time zones.

    Get guidance from mentors and institute alums on lessons learned and real-time feedback on emerging ideas.

  3. 11:30 am - 12:00 pm ET

    Break

  4. 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

    Action Plan Presentations

  5. 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm ET

    Break

  6. 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm ET

    Closing Institute-wide Design Exercise