We are a diverse group of educators, administrators, and principal investigators from Social Work, Real Estate, Construction, and Mental Health who aim to share the most salient strategies we have found for resilience during the pandemic. As we teach and lead (or parent and feed the dog- “Wait! Did you feed the dog?!”) while managing contracts and grants, with multiple universities, state and federal governments, and our colleagues, we have relied on new and unlikely partnerships to build strategies to sustain our work and thrive. We gratefully and with humor, will share our strategies for success and engage our fellow adult-learning communities who are doing the same. We also aim to have a lively and heartfelt connection with the attendees of our session who come from additional disciplines and likely have additional strategies. Our goal is that attendees will leave with a renewed sense of hope and at least three specific strategies for leadership while facing adversity and setbacks. We have come to believe that by embracing ways we can work together and across disciplines that we are more prepared to think creatively about how to face uncertain future with more technology and fewer shared physical spaces but with more time collaborating, and less time commuting. Rather than mourning the old way of doing things, we are energized by possibility.

Authors:
Kate Trujillo, Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States
Eileen Starr, Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States
Dawn Matera Bassett, Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States
Daniel Trujillo, University of Denver, United States

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Kate Trujillo is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at Metropolitan State University of Denver, United States

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