{"id":3829,"date":"2026-04-29T16:51:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/?page_id=3829"},"modified":"2026-06-15T13:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:58:40","slug":"tair-2026-online-workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/professional-development\/tair-2026-online-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"TAIR 2026 Online Workshops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width: 900px; margin: 0 auto; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6; color: #333;\">\n<p>TAIR Online Workshops provide opportunities for institutional research and effectiveness professionals to share practical knowledge, tools, strategies, and lessons learned with others in the field.<\/p>\n<p>Workshops are part of the TAIR Professional Development Certificate of Completion Program. Each workshop is held online and is designed to support professional growth in one or more certificate tracks.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #f4f8fb; border-left: 5px solid #0073aa; padding: 18px; margin: 25px 0;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #003366;\">Submit a Workshop Proposal<\/h2>\n<p>Interested in presenting a TAIR Online Workshop? Use the form below to submit a proposal for review.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 12px 22px; background: #0073aa; color: white; border-radius: 5px; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texas-air.org\/index.php\/online-workshop-proposals\/\">Submit a Proposal<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Contact <a href=\"mailto:professional-development@texas-air.org\">professional-development@texas-air.org<\/a> with any questions about online workshops.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #003366;\">Upcoming Workshops<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 6px; padding: 18px; margin: 20px 0; background: #fff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #003366;\">Exploring IPEDS: A Guided Tour of the &#8220;Use the Data&#8221; Tools<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, June 24 from 1:30-4:30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> $75<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> The IPEDS \u201cUse the Data\u201d page offers a powerful suite of free public tools for exploring, analyzing, and downloading higher education data\u2014but many institutional researchers only scratch the surface of what\u2019s available. This session provides a live demonstration of the most useful IPEDS data tools, including Compare Institutions, Summary Tables, Data Trends, and Custom Data Files. Participants will learn how to select the right tool for their task\u2014whether benchmarking peer institutions, exploring faculty salary trends, or creating visual tables for reports. The session also previews features for saving sessions, uploading variable lists, and accessing data efficiently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcomes:\u00a0<\/strong>Participants will:<br \/>\n1. Understand the various IPEDS tools.<br \/>\n2. Know which tool to use efficiently and effectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter: <\/strong>Carolyn Mata (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; background: #0073aa; color: white; border-radius: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/cvent.me\/rxm22o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration Open<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 6px; padding: 18px; margin: 20px 0; background: #fff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #003366;\">Beyond Good Analytics: Building Great Teams<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, July 15 from 9:00am-12:00pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> $75<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Transform your data practice from transactional to transformational. This intensive leadership workshop synthesizes insights from four groundbreaking business books\u2014Be Our Guest (Disney Institute), Extreme Ownership (Jocko Willink), Radical Candor (Kim Scott), and Good to Great (Jim Collins)\u2014to help data professionals build exceptional teams, deliver insights that drive action, and create stakeholder relationships that elevate institutional impact.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will move beyond technical competence to develop the leadership mindset that separates good analysts from great ones. Through interactive exercises, case studies, and peer collaboration, you&#8217;ll learn to view stakeholders as &#8220;guests&#8221; deserving exceptional service, take radical ownership of data quality and outcomes, master difficult conversations about findings, and build sustainable excellence into your analytics culture.<\/p>\n<p>This workshop addresses the unique challenges data professionals face: delivering bad news to leadership, managing conflicting stakeholder priorities, building trust when data reveals uncomfortable truths, and creating team accountability in decentralized environments. You&#8217;ll leave with concrete tools, templates, and an action plan to immediately apply these principles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use Disney&#8217;s Guestology framework to deliver exceptional transactional experiences that drive institutional decisions;<\/li>\n<li>Practice extreme ownership when communicating data limitations, project setbacks, and quality issues to build credibility and trust with leadership and team members;<\/li>\n<li>Apply radical candor techniques to deliver difficult findings, provide meaningful feedback to analysts, and create psychologically safe teams that maintain high performance standards;<\/li>\n<li>Identify and activate flywheel initiatives for sustained greatness through disciplined people, thought, and action;<\/li>\n<li>Develop a 30-day action plan integrating service excellence, accountability, candor, and disciplined execution principles tailored to their specific institutional context.<\/li>\n<li>Lead cross-functional conversations that position data professionals as trusted advisors rather than order-takers by aligning analytical work with what stakeholders truly need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Presenter: <\/strong>Kenna Cavnar (Nelson University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; background: #0073aa; color: white; border-radius: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/cvent.me\/Dd1K3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration Open<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 6px; padding: 18px; margin: 20px 0; background: #fff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #003366;\">Introduction to Machine Learning<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, July 22 from 9:00am-12:00pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> $75<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Machine Learning offers powerful tools for predictive modeling. As IHE leaders increasingly look to IR for forecasting and decision-support, ML knowledge has become essential. However, the ML toolkit looks very different from traditional IR and classical statistics. This course\u2019s goal is to build ML expertise on top of IR professionals\u2019 existing domain knowledge and technical skills but does not require prior experience with ML. We will cover the core concepts of ML, introduce the Python ML stack, and work through example project(s). We hope to offer a 2nd, intermediate-level ML workshop at the 2027 TAIR conference which will build on this intro course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcomes:\u00a0<\/strong>Participants will:<br \/>\n&#8211; Understand core machine learning concepts<br \/>\n&#8211; Recognize common ML challenges<br \/>\n&#8211; Explore a hands-on ML project using the Python ML stack (using free cloud-based Google Colab service)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter: <\/strong>Scott Cook (Tarleton State University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; background: #0073aa; color: white; border-radius: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/cvent.me\/gWQzMV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration Open<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 6px; padding: 18px; margin: 20px 0; background: #fff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #003366;\">Streamlining IPEDS Submissions: Creating Uploadable Flat Files for Accuracy and Efficiency<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, August 5 from 1:30-4:30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> $75<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Tired of manually entering data into IPEDS? Discover a smarter, faster way to manage your submissions in this hands-on workshop designed for institutional researchers and data professionals.<\/p>\n<p>Manual data entry is not only time-consuming\u2014it\u2019s also prone to errors. By learning how to create reproducible flat files for IPEDS uploads, your institution can save valuable time and improve data accuracy. This session will walk you through the entire process, from locating the necessary documentation to generating and uploading your files with confidence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand the Benefits of using flat file uploads to streamline IPEDS submissions and reduce errors.<\/li>\n<li>Find Key Resources for building files that meet IPEDS specifications.<\/li>\n<li>Create Upload-Ready Files using a step-by-step approach that ensures completeness and compliance.<\/li>\n<li>Define Required Variables to ensure your data is accepted and accurately reflected in the IPEDS portal.<\/li>\n<li>Review the Upload Procedures and best practices for validating your data post-submission.<\/li>\n<li>Explore SQL\/SAS Code Examples that automate file creation and enhance reproducibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Presenter: <\/strong>John Carroll (Tarleton State University)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; background: #0073aa; color: white; border-radius: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/cvent.me\/RlX1rE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration Open<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 6px; padding: 18px; margin: 20px 0; background: #fff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #003366;\">SQL 101: A Hands-on Introduction for Institutional Researchers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, August 12 from 1:30-4:30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> $75<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Institutional researchers with little or no SQL experience will explore the fundamentals of SQL through interactive exercises. Using an online SQL tool, participants will utilize a sample student database and execute basic SQL queries to manage, filter, and analyze data. The session focuses on building a solid SQL foundation while providing practical skills directly applicable to real-world data analysis tasks. Attendees will learn how to retrieve, filter, and summarize data from relational databases, join tables, and apply conditional logic. Step-by-step instructions, practical exercises, and sample code will allow participants to follow along and practice each new skill in real time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcomes: <\/strong>By the end of the session, participants will be able to:<br \/>\n\u2022 Retrieve, filter, and organize data from relational databases using fundamental SQL commands like SELECT, FROM, WHERE, and ORDER BY.<br \/>\n\u2022 Join tables, apply conditional logic, and summarize data through aggregate functions.<br \/>\n\u2022 Use GROUP BY, HAVING, and UNION to analyze and combine data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:\u00a0<\/strong>Emily Rhodes (UT Health San Antonio)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; background: #0073aa; color: white; border-radius: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/cvent.me\/RlZ4DW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration Open<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 6px; padding: 18px; margin: 20px 0; background: #fff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #003366;\">Additional Workshops Coming Soon<\/h3>\n<p>More TAIR Online Workshops will be added as proposals are reviewed and sessions are scheduled.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #003366;\">Completed Workshops<\/h2>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd; border-radius: 6px; padding: 18px; margin: 20px 0; background: #fff;\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0; color: #003366;\">SQL 101: A Hands-on Introduction for Institutional Researchers<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date and Time:<\/strong> Wednesday, June 10 from 1:30-4:30pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> $75<\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Institutional researchers with little or no SQL experience will explore the fundamentals of SQL through interactive exercises. Using an online SQL tool, participants will utilize a sample student database and execute basic SQL queries to manage, filter, and analyze data. The session focuses on building a solid SQL foundation while providing practical skills directly applicable to real-world data analysis tasks. Attendees will learn how to retrieve, filter, and summarize data from relational databases, join tables, and apply conditional logic. Step-by-step instructions, practical exercises, and sample code will allow participants to follow along and practice each new skill in real time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcomes: <\/strong>By the end of the session, participants will be able to:<br \/>\n\u2022 Retrieve, filter, and organize data from relational databases using fundamental SQL commands like SELECT, FROM, WHERE, and ORDER BY.<br \/>\n\u2022 Join tables, apply conditional logic, and summarize data through aggregate functions.<br \/>\n\u2022 Use GROUP BY, HAVING, and UNION to analyze and combine data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter:\u00a0<\/strong>Emily Rhodes (UT Health San Antonio)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAIR Online Workshops provide opportunities for institutional research and effectiveness professionals to share practical knowledge, tools, strategies, and lessons learned with others in the field. 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