#115S
Assessing Student Learning Outcomes
9:00 – 10:20am
LIBR 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: SLO Committee
How do we assess a course or program SLO?
What is the SLO evaluation cycle? Come to hear some of the
evaluation methods available to make life easier.
#26S The Really Early, Really Easy, Early
Alert Program
9:00 – 10:20am
Y-117
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Chelley Maple
Our new electronic Early Alert system has
features that will thrill instructors’ hearts. The purpose of Early
Alert is to communicate with students who may be at risk of not
doing well in a course, or who are considering quitting altogether.
Instructor feedback and referrals can be crucial interventions that
affect the course of the students’ college career. With our new
system, you can communicate your concerns to any student on your
class roster, make immediate referrals, and track student follow up.
You can begin at the very first day of the semester or time your
notice to go out after your first quiz. Please join your fellow
instructional faculty and student services representatives from the
design team to find out how to make Early Alert work for you.
Friday, January
30, 2009
#139S Blackboard I
10:00am - 12:00pm
BONH 106
FLEX credit: 2 hours
Presenter: John Makevich
Participants will learn the basics of
using the Blackboard Learning System. They will learn how to request
a new course, navigate the learning environment, and integrate
pre-existing course materials into their new Blackboard course(s).
First in a three-part series.
Friday,
January 30, 2009
#140S Blackboard II
1:00 - 3:00pm
BONH 106
FLEX credit: 2 hours
Presenter: John Makevich
In this workshop, participants will learn how to effectively
work with discussion boards, groups, the Digital Drop Box, web
links, and some basic gradebook skills. They will also practice
uploading a syllabus and course documents. Second in a
three-part series.
Friday, January 30, 2009
#141S Blackboard III
3:00 - 5:00pm
BONH 106
FLEX credit: 2 hours
Presenter: John Makevich
Participants will learn how to effectively use assessments in
Blackboard. They will discover how to create question pools for
assessments and develop a quiz from those questions. More advanced
tools and features of the system will be studied, as well as an
introduction to tools that can enhance Blackboard. Third in a
three-part series.
#12S CalSTRS Fundamentals
10:00am – 12:00pm
MENH 318
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Presenter: CalSTRS
This workshop will highlight the
essentials of CalSTRS benefits relevant to members in the middle of
their careers, or 10 – 15 years away from retirement. It includes
the basic details of CalSTRS benefits and financial planning.
#13S Tour of Frederick R. Weisman Art
Foundation
11:00am – 1:00pm
Address: 265 N. Carolwood Dr.
Los Angeles CA 90077
*Limited to 30 participants
*Participants will carpool from COC – only 6 cars maximum are
permitted at the museum
*Participants must be physically mobile
*Please wear comfortable shoes due to the amount of walking involved
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Facilitator: Necia Gelker and Rebecca Edwards
THE FREDERICK R. WEISMAN ART FOUNDATION
is dedicated to continuing the legacy and vision of Frederick R.
Weisman, an extraordinary entrepreneur, philanthropist, and art
collector. He held an uncompromising belief in the cultural value of
art and understood the importance of both the individual artist and
creative process. In carrying out Mr. Weisman's intentions, the
Foundation seeks to preserve, collect, and make publicly accessible
his collection of modern and contemporary art as a means to
strengthen and contribute to the greater artistic and intellectual
life of our time.
In 1982, Frederick R. Weisman purchased
the Los Angeles estate to serve as a showcase for his personal
collection of 20th-century art. He and his wife Billie Milam
Weisman, an art conservator and curator, worked together to create a
unique environment located within the Mediterranean-style villa. The
villa was designed by Gordon B. Kaufmann in the late 1920s and
exhibits the craftsmanship characteristics of that period, including
hand-painted ceilings, stucco details, and wood-inlaid floors. In
1991, the Weismans added a contemporary annex, or art pavilion,
designed by Franklin D.Israel, to accommodate larger-scale works.
Today the Foundation estate, annex, and surrounding gardens is made
accessible to the public by appointment only on guided tours. More
than four hundred works of art are on display at the Foundation. The
collection includes works by European Modernists including Cezanne,
Picasso, and Kandinsky and Surrealist works by Ernst, Miro, and
Magritte. The holdings in postwar art include works by Giacometti,
Noguchi, Calder, Rauschenberg, and Johns; Abstract Expressionist
paintings by de Kooning, Francis, Still, and Rothko; Color-Field
paintings by Frankenthaler, Louis, and Noland; and Pop Art by
Warhol, Lichtenstein, Oldenburg, and Rosenquist. Contemporary
California works include those by Ruscha and Goode, and Super
Realist sculptures by Hanson and de Andrea.
Friday,
January 30, 2009
#42S The SYNERGY Program
11:00am – 1:00pm
Private Dining Room #2
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Presenters: Christina Chung and Fred D'Astoli
The SYNERGY program is a New Faculty
Learning Community Cohort at College of the Canyons. It is
designed to assist new faculty in becoming integrated members of
the College. The SYNERGY program consists of a year-long set of
experiences and training sessions, designed to be conducted in a
learning community setting, to orient new faculty to the college
and the community. SYNERGY addresses the unique needs of new
faculty as they launch their academic career at the College. It
is filled with energizing workshops, informative gatherings,
social activities, and intellectually stimulating seminars that
can help new hires situate themselves into a college
environment.
The
SYNERGY team is pleased to announce the semester "kick-off"
presentation for spring 2009. Our special presenter will be
Chancellor Dianne Van Hook, who will speak about ways to become
involved at COC and in the community. You won't want to miss
Chancellor Van Hook's presentation!
Other guests have also been invited to lead discussions on
opportunities for involvement at COC. Refreshments will be served.
SYNERGY will consist of 8 sessions that will occur throughout the
Spring 2009 semester as you begin to hit your stride during your
first year at COC. The remaining dates and times for the Spring
SYNERGY meetings will be published separately.
#14S CalSTRS Retirement Check-Up
1:00 – 3:00pm
MENH 318
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Presenter: CalSTRS
This workshop will provide details about
CalSTRS, the benefits and programs available to CalSTRS members, the
CalSTRS forumul, lifetime benefits for another person,
post-retirement employment, and information sources for prospective
retirees. This session is intended for educators 3 – 5 years away
from retirement.
#34S Human Resources Roundtable: Faculty
Topics
1:00 – 2:20pm
LIBR 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Facilitators: Diane Fiero and Donna Voogt
Come join a lively conversation designed
to inform you about what’s new in HR and answer your HR related
questions.
#15S Student
Success Skills Symposium
8:00am – 4:00pm
*See schedule below for locations*
FLEX credit – 7.5 hours
Organizers: Members of the Student Success Skills Committee
The First College Success Skills
Symposium is an all-day conference and workshop designed to help
both full-time and part-time faculty better recognize and address
the needs of their students. Since more than 80% of College of the
Canyons students test into courses recognized as "Basic Skills" by
the state, this conference will feature a variety of presentations
that will encourage all faculty to re-consider a variety of aspects
in their teaching. Starting with constructing a solid foundation for
your students and moving through to helping your students understand
their own learning styles, these faculty-driven panels and
presenters will provide all participants with a better sense of how
to encourage and advance the current generation of COC students.
This all-day event will include a light breakfast, keynote speaker
and lunch.
8:00 – 8:30am
Light Breakfast and Welcome
HSLH Theater
8:40 – 10:00am Breakout Session I
Panel A – HSLH 205
Choice of Panel A or Panel B
Panel B – HSLH 135
10:10 – 11:30am
Breakout Session II
Panel C – HSLH 235
Choice of Panel C or Panel D Panel D – HSLH
302
11:30 – 12:30pm Luncheon and Keynote Speaker
HSLH Theater
12:40 – 2:00pm Session III
Panel B – HSLH 205
Choice of Panel B or Panel C Panel C –
HSLH 135
2:10 – 3:30pm
Session IV
Panel D – HSLH 235
Choice of Panel D or Panel A Panel A – HSLH
302
3:30 – 4:00pm
Next Steps, Closing Remarks
HSLH Theater
*As
an added incentive for
adjunct faculty to
participate in this event, the College Success Skills Taskforce
is offering a $200 stipend to the first 20 adjunct faculty who
register for and then attend the
Student Success Skills
Symposium.
If you are an
adjunct who would like to register for this event, please send
an email to Leslie Carr in Professional Development at
leslie.carr@canyons.edu.
Tuesday,
February 3, 2009
#16S Beginning Microsoft ACCESS – Part 1 of 3
9:00am – 12:00pm
HSLH 304
FLEX credit -- 3 hours per session/9 hours total
Instructors: Melanie Lipman and Victor Jadaon
By the end of this 3-day workshop, you will be able to create
and maintain a database using Access 2007; create queries, forms,
and reports from a database; integrate Access with Excel; and define
table relationships.
#17S Beginning Microsoft ACCESS - Part 2 of 3
– Wednesday, February 4
9:00am – 12:00pm
HSLH 304
#18S Beginning Microsoft ACCESS - Part 3 of 3
– Thursday, February 5
9:00am – 12:00pm
HSLH 304
#19S Student Success Series: Sharing Best
Practice
9:00 – 10:20am
HSLH 235
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Russell Richardson
Every teacher has some idea of what makes
students successful and eery teacher should have techniques that he
or she uses to support that success. This session will promote an
open discussion of the “nuts and bolts” techniques, small and large,
that we already use in the classroom.
#20S Digital Photography Series: Camera
Control – Part 1 of 3
10:30am – 11:50am
BONH 106
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Instructor: Wendy Brill-Wynkoop
Learn how to take more effective
photographs by exploring the manual settings available on your
camera. Master the tools necessary to create different effects in
capturing images through varying the use of shutter speed to capture
motion and shoot in low light situations, and aperture to alter the
depth of field in your photographs. It is recommended you have a
camera capable of fully manual exposure.
#21S Part 2 of 3 – Photo Composition
Friday, February 27
10:00am – 12:00pm
BONH 106
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Instructor: Wendy Brill-Wynkoop
When capturing images the composition of
the image can have a significant impact on the quality and meaning
of your photographs. Learn the basic rules of composition to help
you create images with greater balance, depth and interest.
#22S Part 3 of 3 – Photo Manipulation
Friday, March 20
10:00am – 12:00pm
BONH 106
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Instructor: Wendy Brill-Wynkoop
Once you have captured your images there
are some basic post-processing techniques that can help you improve
the final image when printed. Learn basic image correction including
exposure correction, color correction and retouching using Adobe
Photoshop.
#23S Photolithography and Gas Sensor Workshop
10:30 – 11:50am
ALLB 318
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Kathy Flynn and David Martinez
*Maximum 18 participants
This workshop will show participants how
to create their own printed circuit boards. Basic photolithographic
techniques include exposing and developing a protective pattern in
the photoresist layer, etching the unprotected copper, and stripping
away the remaining photoresist. The printed circuit board will then
be used to prepare a sensor that detects change of acidity in the
air. The sensor will use polyaniline nanofibers as the chemical
sensor material. This workshop will demonstrate the lab-on-a-chip
technology that is being made possible by advances in manufacturing
and nanotechnology.
#24S Blood Borne Pathogens
11:00 – 11:50am
Private Dining Room #1
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Keenan & Associates
This workshop will provide valuable
information for district employees on proper techniques for safely
handling human blood and other potentially infectious materials. All
employees can benefit from this workshop which is designed to
provide a basic understanding of blood borne pathogens, common modes
of transmission, and methods of preventing exposure.
#25S Q& A with the SCCCD Board of Trustees
12:00 – 1:20pm
Black Box Theater
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Panelists: Members of the SCCCD Board of Trustees
Bring your lunch and chat with members of
the SCCCD Board of Trustees. Your questions and comments are
encouraged and welcomed. Beverages and dessert will be provided.
#27S Blood Borne Pathogens
1:30 – 2:20pm
Private Dining Room #1
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Keenan & Associates
This workshop will provide valuable
information for district employees on proper techniques for safely
handling human blood and other potentially infectious materials. All
employees can benefit from this workshop which is designed to
provide a basic understanding of blood borne pathogens, common modes
of transmission, and methods of preventing exposure.
#28S Overview of College of the Canyon’s
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
Part 1 of 2
2:00 – 3:20pm
LIBR 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: The Institutional Review Board Committee
What is an Institutional Review Board (IRB)?
Why is an IRB necessary? What is the purpose of the IRB? Join us in
this workshop to learn more about the College’s IRB and hear from
faculty who have already taken part in the IRB process at COC.
#29S College of the Canyon’s Institutional
Review Board (IRB) Process: The Nuts and Bolts
Part 2 of 2
Wednesday, February 4
10:30 – 11:50am
LIBR 206
FLEX credit: 1.5 hours
This workshop will focus on the “nuts and
bolts” of the IRB process, including required training for
individuals conducting research, navigating the IRB website,
completing and submitting the required forms using the online
submission process, and timelines for the IRB meetings and
submitting IRB proposals.
#30S Respecting Cultures: A Guide to
Pronouncing Foreign Sounds in Students’ Names
2:30 – 3:20pm
Y-117
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Fred D’Astoli
Our names are important to us; they
define us and our cultures. This is as true of our students as it is
for us. At COC, we are privileged to welcome students whose cultures
are from all over the world. Some of their names maybe difficult to
pronounce, but with a little background and training, we can make a
good attempt at saying those names correctly, thereby establishing a
connection right away.
#31S Online Pedagogy
2:30 – 3:50pm
HSLH 235
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Panel Presenters: Wendy Brill-Wynkoop, Andrew Jones-Cathcart, Ron
Dreiling, John Makevich
Moderator: James Glapa-Grossklag
Are you teaching online or
wondering about student success in online classes? Come hear from a
panel of online instructors about how course design can promote
student success. Specific topics will include pre-course planning,
promoting student-student interaction, promoting instructor-student
interaction, and addressing academic integrity.
#135S Student Learning Outcomes and the
Instructional Program Review
3:30 – 4:20pm
LIBR 206
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Barry Gribbons and the SLO Committee
#11S Office ‘07
4:00 – 5:30pm
BONH 106
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Rick Olsen
Coming sooner than you think to a
computer near you…Office 2007! Computer Support has started to
deploy Office 2007 campus wide. Attend this workshop to find out
what’s new, what’s different, and what happened to all of your
familiar toolbar buttons. We will give you a basic overview of what
has changed in this version of Office and show you where to find the
basic menu options and toolbar buttons in this completely redesigned
version of Microsoft Office.
#17S Microsoft ACCESS – Part 2 of 3
9:00am – 12:00pm
HSLH 304
FLEX credit – 3 hours
Instructors: Melanie Lipman and Victor Jadaon
#32S Student
Success Series: Teaching Critical Thinking
9:00 – 10:20am
HSLH 235
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Diane Morey
What is critical thinking and why is it
important? What makes someone a good critical thinker? How do we
facilitate critical thinking in our students? What strategies have
been shown to be effective? Participants will discuss how best to
assist students to improve their ability to think critically about
their coursework.
#111S Got
Privilege?
9:00 – 10:20am
MENH 318
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Cindy Vyskocil
This session is designed to help you
understand and identify your own areas of privilege within society
and the manner in which others are impacted by the systemic and
institutionalized ways this privilege translates into inequities for
some while creating advantage for others. In this workshop you will
learn about systems of privilege within the United States and how
such systems work collectively to create unequal benefits for people
within society. You will learn to identify some of these systems of
privilege and understand what you can do to mitigate the effect of
privilege on disadvantaged groups. This will be a fun, entertaining,
and interactive dialogue about systems of privilege and what you can
do individually to limit the impact of privilege on others.
#136S Student
Learning Outcomes and the Instructional Program Review
9:00 – 9:50am
LIBR 206
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Barry Gribbons and the SLO Committee
#33S What is
Articulation and How Does It Relate to the Curriculum Process?
10:30am – 12:20pm
HSLH 135
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Presenters: Audrey Green and Ann Lowe
What has CSU, UC, IGETC, GE, UCOP, TCA,
ASSIST, major prep, elective, etc. got to do with the curriculum
process? Learn the often confusing details of articulation and how
it impacts curriculum decisions and content. In addition we will
demystify the curriculum development and revision process and let
you know why just when you think you have it conquered, the rules
seem to change.
#29S College
of the Canyon’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) Process: The Nuts
and Bolts – Part 2 of 2
10:30 – 11:50am
LIBR 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: The Institutional Review Board Committee
This workshop will focus on the “nuts and
bolts” of the IRB process, including required training for
individuals conducting research, navigating the IRB website,
completing and submitting the required forms using the online
submission process, and timelines for IRB meetings and submitting
IRB proposals.
#39S Leadership with Dr. Van Hook:
Developing Partnerships and Networking
12:30 - 2:45pm
HSLH 235
FLEX credit: 2.5
Presenter: Chancellor Dianne G. Van Hook
Partnerships between College of the
Canyons and businesses, government agencies, key stakeholders and
influential individuals have been important tools over the years in
expanding the college’s ability to survive hard economic times.
Mutually beneficial relationships have enabled College of the
Canyons to be incredibly flexible and remain on the cutting edge of
providing responsive, high-tech, relevant and worthwhile training
and education to the community it serves.
During the current global economic downturn, learning how to
leverage support through partnerships will become significantly more
important and, unfortunately, more difficult to accomplish. This
experience will provide you with insight to partnership development
and maintenance, as well as provide the tools you’ll need to thrive
during the next several challenging years.
Join us for an engaging, example-filled and enlightening workshop
that will address key questions about how to:
• Obtain additional funding to support your program or department by
developing strategic partnerships;
• Gain insights and potential strategies for enhancing curriculum in
high-cost, capital intensive departments such as Engineering,
Nursing; etc.
• Network with local businesses in our community to:
obtain financial resources or materials
develop meaningful and attractive internships and service learning
opportunities for your students
identify relevant and cooperative guest speakers and experts to
assist in your program
identify locations and facilities for exciting and rewarding
student field trips
cultivate sponsors for college/department programs and activities
#36S How to
Ensure a Positive Hospital Stay
1:00 – 3:00pm
Location: Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Education Room
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Presenters: Mary Corbett and Amy Shennum
Join nursing faculty Mary Corbett and Amy
Shennum as they explain what to expect during a hospital stay. The
role of the care giver, how to talk with your doctor, how to deal
with unexpected occurrences, hospital resources and how to be an
advocate for yourself and your family will also be explored. A tour
of the hospital will follow.
#117S Institutional Student Learning Outcomes
1:00 – 2:20pm
LIBR 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: SLO Committee
Institutional SLO’s – What are they? How were they created? How will
they be assessed? How and when would the faculty be involved?
#112S Equal
Employment Opportunity District Plan Update
1:30 – 2:20pm
Private Dining Room #2
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Diane Fiero
Please join us for an update on the
progress being made by our EEO Advisory Committee to develop our
district plan. Come learn about the model plan from the Chancellor’s
office, plan components and meet some of the committee members. What
does this plan mean to you, our district and our hiring process?
Have your questions answered at this informal workshop.
#35S
Department Retreats
3:00 – 5:00pm
Locations: TBA by Department Chairs
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Department Chairs will set the agenda,
location and format for the retreat. Adjunct faculty who attend and
who are scheduled to teach during the spring semester will receive
two hours pay.
#37S Improving Teaching and Learning: Becoming a Strategic
Instructor and Learner
9:00am – 4:00pm
MENH 318, HSLH 134, 135, 235, 302
FLEX credit – 6 hours
Coordinator: Chelley Maple
Guest presenter/facilitator: Myron Dembo, Ph.D.
This professional development program focuses on how improved
instruction and student learning can lead to higher academic
achievement. A number of changes need to occur to attain this goal.
Students need to acquire the self-regulatory skills needed to learn
at the college level. Self-regulation relates to the ability of
learners to control the factors or conditions affecting their
learning. It is not that students don’t have the ability to succeed.
The problem is that they have not acquired all the tools necessary
to learn. Academic tools refer to important learning and
motivational strategies. Dembo and Seli (2008) identify the
following major components of self-regulation:
--Motivation (Why?)
--Methods of learning (How?)
--Use of time (When?)
--Control of one’s physical environment (Where?)
--Control of one’s social environment (With whom?)
--Monitoring performance (What?)
A special course at the College of the Canyons has been developed to
teach students the learning and motivation strategies related to
each of these components.
Instructors play an important role in helping students change their
learning behavior. Educational researchers have found that when
students practice these skills in content courses, they are more
likely to use their newly acquired learning strategies. This means
that instructors can help teach and reinforce important motivation
and learning strategies to help students become more successful in
the classroom.
After participating in this professional development program,
instructors will be able to:
1. Identify the self-regulatory skills that students need to be
successful in college classrooms.
2. Define their role in helping students to overcome learning
obstacles in their own classrooms.
3. Demonstrate to students how they can use learning strategies in
their courses.
Schedule
9:00 – 10:00am
Overview of Strategic Learning by Dr. Dembo
10:00 – 10:30am Q&A with Faculty
10:30 – 11:30am Breakout Session
by Department
11:30am – 12:00pm Overview of Course
12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00pm
Overview of Issues
2:00 – 3:30pm
Teach Units
3:30 – 4:00pm
Wrap Up, Next Steps
*As
an added incentive for
adjunct faculty to participate in this event, the
College Success Skills Taskforce is offering a $100 stipend to the
first 20 adjunct faculty who register for and then attend the
Improving Teaching and Learning: Becoming a Strategic Instructor and
Learner
event.
If you are an
adjunct who would like to register for this event, please send an
email to Leslie Carr in Professional Development at
leslie.carr@canyons.edu.
#18S Microsoft
ACCESS – Part 3 of 3
9:00am – 12:00pm
HSLH 304
FLEX credit – 3 hours
Instructors: Melanie Lipman and Victor Jadaon
#38S Blackboard
Gradebook
12:00 – 1:30pm
BONH 106
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Instructor: John Makevich
Participants will spend focused time in
the gradebook tool within Blackboard. Topics covered will include
the usage of points vs. weighted grades, adjusting column settings,
and effectively organizing the gradebook.
#116S Assessing
Student Learning Outcomes
5:30 – 6:50pm
LIBR 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: SLO Committee
How do we assess a course or program SLO?
What is the SLO evaluation cycle? Come to hear some of the
evaluation methods available to make life easier.
#10S American Red
Cross First Aid
9:00am – 1:00pm
TWSH 104
FLEX credit – 4 hours
Instructor: Chad Peters
Emergency situations requiring first aid
can be frightening, especially if you don’t know how to deal with
them properly. Instructor Chad Peters will show you how to provide
first aid in a variety of situations. All participants who pass the
basic skills and written tests at the end of the class will receive
an American Red Crosscertificate valid for three years. *Please wear
comfortable clothing and bring a snack and beverage.
#118S Who, What,
Why? How to Incorporate HITE/Honors Into Your Classes
10:00 – 10:50am
BONH 330
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Irene Bradbury, Miriam Golbert, Tammy Mahan, and Patty
Robinson
COC’s HITE (High Intensity Transfer
Enrichment) Program has provided hundreds of academic opportunities
for students and faculty. Besides creating an enriched learning
environment for students, HITE has maintained its Transfer Alliance
with six UC campuses, including UCLA. Students who meet all HITE
requirements gain transfer priority to these universities! Please
join us as we describe the program, discuss the HITE process, as
well as review what’s new to the program. In addition, learn how you
can become part of the developing COC Honors Program.
#40S Writing a
Scholarship Letter of Recommendation for a Student
1:00 – 1:50pm
Private Dining Room #2
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Tom Bilbruck and Fashia Skjelstad
Have you ever found yourself struggling
to develop content for a letter of recommendation for one of your
students? Is that student counting on you to highlight his/her
potential for a scholarship or college? If so, then this workshop is
for you!
A letter of recommendation is a way for a student to tell an
application committee what his/her accomplishments, skills and
successes are as seen through the eyes of a professor. Writing these
letters can sometimes prove very difficult depending on how well you
know the student and how familiar you are with his/her achievements.
This workshop will cover the steps to creating a great letter of
recommendation in no time! Experts will discuss the important
content that application screeners are looking for and will even
provide tips for creating a letter that will stand out amongst the
rest. Join us to learn how to develop an influential letter of
recommendation without pain and frustration.
#138S 15 College
Success Tips
2:00 – 2:50pm
Student Center 129
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: College Success Tips Steering Committee – Theresa
Zuzevich, Michael Joslin, Adam Kempler, Michele Edmonson, Barry
Gribbons, Ana Palmer and Amy Foote
To promote student retention and success,
the 15 College Success Tips program addresses one skill or resource
per week with our students throughout the semester. Skills include
setting academic goals, managing time, taking notes, etc. The 15
College Success Tips steering committee sends an e-mail to all
instructors each week that provides a description of the point,
relevant links to helpful websites, and suggestions for application,
including workshops, support classes, and campus social activities
to encourage social and learning networks. All faculty members are
encouraged to participate by promoting one point each week during 5
minutes of class time. Presenters will analyze and discuss data
showing the impact of the College Success Tips program on student
success and retention rates for the fall of 2008, and past program
participants will discuss effective strategies for implementing the
College Success Tips. Please attend our workshop to learn more.