The National College Attainment Network's (NCAN) Advisory Task Force(ATF) is now accepting applications for 2025! This group of 20-25 dedicated NCAN members will provide our organization with valuable feedback
and insight over the course of the year. Members share effective practices, successes, and challenges that members are experiencing locally and nationwide. In this group, we develop a strong sense of community and transparency in which we value every
individual's lived experience and honor confidentiality.
NCAN trusts ATF members as experts in the postsecondary access and attainment field. Their feedback informs some of our programming and professional development priorities, they vet recommended resources for practitioners, and even review our annualAwards of Excellence nominations.
This group meets virtually every month, beginning in January 2025. We ask ATF members to strive to serve for the entire calendar year, as your schedule allows. The ideal member will represent their organization and geographic location through their professional
and personal lens. They will be willing to share their observations, opinions, and subject-matter expertise openly.
ATF Testimonials
"Serving on NCAN’s Advisory Task Force has been very rewarding and fulfilling. Resource sharing and the intentionality of intimately yet informally sharing wins, challenges, and solutions with practitioners nation-wide have been highlights for me. It
absolutely propelled my career into the leadership position I landed towards the end of my ATF term. I additionally appreciate getting to know NCAN staff more personally and having the opportunity to be of service to the organization as it pours into
us and helps us build capacity to better support our students." - Mia Gonzales Washington, Director of New Orleans College & Career Attainment Network,
2022 and 2023 cohorts
"I've loved being a part of the Advisory Task Force. NCAN has made sure to have voices from literally all four corners of the US and everywhere in between. I’ve loved to share and learn from other practitioners
who are embedded in the same work. I really looked forward to NCAN Conference and appreciated the passing of contact information for those attending the Conference as I was able to connect with another member of ATF. They say brilliant minds think
alike. I love being in this group with all the brilliant minds to share how we are doing our work and how we can share what is working to help other students across the nation with college attainment." - Brian Thomas, Director of the Jackson Get2College Center, Get2College, 2024 cohort
“It has been a great experience, Being involved in the [Advisory Task Force] has helped me stay informed with what is going on across other states, neighboring states, and with NCAN as a whole, stay on topic of policies and have a group of like-minded
professionals who help think through current issues in the field.” - Andrea Glenn, Director of Post-Secondary & Community Engagement, Arizona Department of Education, 2024 cohort
If this appeals to you or you have a colleague in mind, we invite you to apply or share this opportunity with your networks. Applications are due December 1, 2024.
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