#7F Student Success Series: Planning to Ensure
Student Success – Effective Lesson Design
12:40 – 4:00pm
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 3.5 hours
Presenter: Susan Johnston, Ed.D.
This session provides instructors with an opportunity to design an
“interactive lecture” using a template that reflects research-based
principles of best practice for all disciplines. This method of
lesson design ensures both content clarity and student engagement
with application of learning.
Dr. Susan Johnston is a Professor in the Division of Teacher
Education, Faculty Professional Development Coordinator and CTL
Faculty Associate for Faculty Mentoring in the College of Education
at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
#11F Expanding Access: Textbook Pricing and
Open Educational Resources *CANCELLED*
(this workshop will be rescheduled
to a date later in the fall semester)
2:00 – 3:50pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Presenters: Diane Rausch, James Glapa-Grossklag, John Makevich,
Leslie Bretall, ASG Representative
Concerned about rising textbook prices? Looking for options in
choosing class material? Want to share proven content and learning
activities with others? Learn how textbook prices are determined and
how you can help lower the prices; find out how high textbook prices
affect students; and learn how you can use and produce high-quality
and freely accessible online content (aka Open Educational
Resources).
#12F Overview of College of the Canyons’
Institutional Review Board (IRB) –
Part 1 of 2
2:00 – 3:20pm
Library 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: 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 College of the Canyons.
#85F Part 2: College of the Canyons’ Institutional
Review Board Process: The Nuts and Bolts
Wednesday, August 20th
10:30 – 11:50am
Library 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Institutional Review Board Committee
This workshop will focus on the “Nuts & 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.
#13F Student Learning Outcomes: The BIG
Picture—How Are We Doing?
5:00 – 6:20pm
Private Dining Room #2
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: SLO Committee
Now that you’ve written and evaluated student learning outcomes for
your classes over the past couple of years, it’s time to take a look
at the BIG picture and see where we’re at, what we’ve accomplished
and what work still needs to be done. In addition, the SLO Committee
will show how this all ties into the upcoming accreditation process.
#14F Introduction to Blackboard – Part 1 of 3
*Evening Series
5:30 – 7:20pm
BONH 106
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Instructor: 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).
#81F
Part 2: Tuesday, August 19 – 5:30 – 7:20pm BONH 106
In this session, 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.
#82F
Part 3: Wednesday, August 20 – 5:30 – 7:20pm BONH 106
Participants will learn how to effectively use chat sessions and
assessments in Blackboard. They will discover how to create question
pools for assessments and develop a quiz from those questions. They
will also have the opportunity to participate in a live chat room.
#15F New Employee Orientation
– Part 1 of 2
8:30am – 4:00pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 7 hours
Facilitator: Fred D’Astoli
Join your fellow new employees for a day designed to make you feel
comfortable in your new position and provide you with basic
information that will help you become acclimated with the college
right away. You will meet faculty and staff members in various
departments on campus, learn about the campus culture and discover
how you can become involved in campus life. A detailed agenda will
be sent to you prior to the orientation.
#86F New Employee Orientation (Fulltime Faculty Only) –
Part 2
Wednesday, August 20
8:30am – 12:30pm
HSLH 205
FLEX credit – 4 hours
Facilitator: Fred D’Astoli
This session will provide information on topics specifically related
to new fulltime faculty.
#16F Student Success Series: Keys to Communication
*ENROLLMENT FULL - WORKSHOP CLOSED*
9:00 – 10:20am
HSLH 234
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Susan Crowther
Interactive, two-way communication between teachers and students is
one important way that we can promote student success. Traditionally
we give our students feedback in the form of grades for exams,
quizzes and assignments. They give us feedback in the form of their
complaints about these grades! Join us for a workshop where we will
examine formative strategies that will help you open up the channels
of communication with your students, before the grading begins!
Offered by the Institute of Teaching and Learning.
#17F Ergonomic Safety Training
9:00 – 10:20am
HSLH 233
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Jim Hudson and Lito Reyes of Keenan and Associates
Join us for an informative discussion of the relationship between
people and their computers, chairs and office equipment. You will
learn important tips on setting up your workstation to fit YOU.
You’ll learn how to recognize early signs of discomfort of the
wrists, neck and back as well as how to make adjustments in order to
reduce your risk of injury. Attendees will walk away with an
understanding of the importance of proper preventative ergonomics
and the ability to identify risk factors and implement immediate
solutions to improve comfort and safety in the workplace.
#18F Student Learning Outcomes: The BIG
Picture—How Are We Doing?
*Repeat of August 18th session
9:30 – 10:50am
ALLB 101
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: SLO Committee
Now that you’ve written and evaluated student learning outcomes for
your classes over the past couple of years, it’s time to take a look
at the BIG picture and see where we’re at, what we’ve accomplished
and what work still needs to be done. In addition, the SLO Committee
will show how this all ties into the upcoming accreditation process.
#20F 15 Student Success Points
11:00 – 11:50am
HSLH 235
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Student Success Points Steering Committee – Theresa
Zuzevich, Michael Joslin, Adam Kempler, Michele Edmonson, Barry
Gribbons, and Ana Palmer
To promote student retention and success, the 15 Student Success
Points program will address one skill or resource per week with our
students throughout the semester. Skills will include setting
academic goals, managing time, taking notes, etc. The 15 Student
Success Points steering committee will send an e-mail to all
instructors each week that will provide 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. Please attend our workshop to learn more.
#79F Introduction to
Blackboard -Part 2 of 3- Afternoon Series 12:00 – 1:50pm
- BONH 106
In this session, 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.
#21F Online Academic Program Review
1:00 – 2:20pm
Library 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Barry Gribbons and Daylene Meuschke
The Academic Program Review process is moving online in fall 2008!
In addition, we’re combining the budget documents and Strategic Plan
in the same process to hopefully reduce as much duplication of
effort as possible. This workshop will provide an overview of the
online Academic Program Review and provide tips in completing the
process and maximizing your success in securing future funding.
#22F Ergonomic Safety Training *Repeat of morning
session
1:00 – 1:50pm
ALLB 102
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Jim Hudson and Lito Reyes of Keenan and Associates
Join us for an informative discussion of the relationship between
people and their computers, chairs and office equipment. You will
learn important tips on setting up your workstation to fit YOU.
You’ll learn how to recognize early signs of discomfort of the
wrists, neck and back as well as how to make adjustments in order to
reduce your risk of injury. Attendees will walk away with an
understanding of the importance of proper preventative ergonomics
and the ability to identify risk factors and implement immediate
solutions to improve comfort and safety in the workplace.
#23F Beginning Microsoft Excel – Part 1 of 3
1:30 – 4:20pm
HSLH 304
FLEX credit – 9 hours
Instructors: Melanie Lipman and Victor Jadaon
This three-part workshop series will provide beginning and some
intermediate concepts and techniques in using Microsoft Excel 2007
software. Workshop attendees will create, edit, save, format, print,
perform calculations, copy/move test and formulas and create charts.
Additional topics such as working with financial functions, data
tables, templates and Goal Seek will be covered. Integration of data
with other programs including Access, Word and PowerPoint will be
discussed.
#83F
Part 2: Wednesday, August 20th – 1:30 – 4:20pm
#84F
Part 3: Thursday, August 21st – 1:30 – 4:20pm
#24F Got Privilege?
*NEW DATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20
*NEW TIME: 12:30 - 1:50pm
ALLB 101
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Cindy Vyskocil, Associate Vice President, Human Resources
Long Beach Community College District
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.
#25F Assessing Student Learning Outcomes *Repeat of
August 18th session
5:00 – 6:20pm
Private Dining Room #2
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.
#81F
Part 2 of 3: Introduction to Blackboard - Evening Series 5:30 – 7:20pm, BONH 106
In this session, 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.
Wednesday,
August 20, 2008
#26F
Student Success Series: Who’s Responsible?
9:00 – 10:20am
ALLB 101
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Russell Richardson
*Maximum Participants: 25
To what degree are students responsible for their own success? And
in what ways can and should the instructor become part of the
equation? These and other related questions will be aired in this
structured discussion on pedagogical responsibility. Offered by the
Institute of Teaching and Learning.
#27F Roll Up Your Sleeves and Get Results Through Effective
Leadership
9:30 – 11:50am
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 2.5 hours
Presenter: Dr. Dianne Van Hook
Do you have a great idea for a new program or initiative that you
want to launch at College of the Canyons? Don’t miss this strategic
presentation by Chancellor Dianne Van Hook, who will lead a
practical discussion on leadership, share how you can move from idea
to implementation, and facilitate a case study featuring faculty
members who have done just that. By the end of the session, you
will have the tools you need to get things done, and a network of
peers willing to help you along the way.
#28F Learn to Save a Life – Learn CPR and How to
Use Automated External Defibrillators (AED)
12:00 – 4:30pm
TWSH 103
FLEX credit – 4.5 hours
Instructors: Chad Peters
The American Red Cross CPR program is designed to give you the
training you need to respond in an emergency situation with skills
that can save a life. This hands-on skills training will prepare you
to respond to breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults.
Participants who pass the written and skills tests will receive an
American Red Cross certificate good for one year. In addition, class
participants will review use of an AED (Automated External
Defibrillator) in event of a cardiac emergency. AED’s are for use in
the community by any citizen. Several offices on campus have AED’s,
including the health center, athletic training office, performing
arts center and campus safety.
*Pre-requisite for AED training: Current CPR certification
*Please wear comfortable clothing and bring your own lunch or snack
and beverage
#29F Evaluating Adjunct Faculty
12:00 – 1:20pm
Library 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Patty Robinson and Michael McMahan
This workshop will provide an overview of the adjunct evaluation
process. It will specifically focus on the role of the evaluation in
promoting quality instruction and student learning. In reviewing the
process itself, we will discuss how the evaluation can promote
department and program outcomes and provide useful feedback about
student learning. The role of the evaluator to encourage and
strengthen quality instruction will be discussed, as well as how the
evaluation, contract, and class schedule interact with one another.
Participants will be encouraged to contribute their own ideas and
suggestions.
#80F
Part 3 of 3: Introduction to Blackboard - Afternoon Series 12:00 – 1:50pm, BONH 106
Participants will learn how to effectively use chat sessions and
assessments in Blackboard. They will discover how to create question
pools for assessments and develop a quiz from those questions. They
will also have the opportunity to participate in a live chat room.
#24F Got
Privilege?
*NEW DATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20
*NEW TIME: 12:30 - 1:50pm
ALLB 101
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Cindy Vyskocil, Associate Vice President, Human Resources
Long Beach Community College District
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.
#30F What We’ve Learned About Our Canyon Country
Campus Students
1:00 – 1:50pm
Location: CANYON COUNTRY CAMPUS,
ROOM 300
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Dena Maloney and Kevin Kistler
During this presentation, you will learn the latest research on our
Canyon Country Camus students including their academic goals and
enrollment patterns. What are the planning and implications for
College of the Canyons? Come learn how this research can better
inform your instructional program decision-making for the Canyon
Country campus.
#31F Equal Employment Opportunity Plan
Update/Application Research
2:30 – 3:50pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Diane Fiero
This workshop will provide an open discussion about the development
of the district’s EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) plan and
diversity programming scheduled for the coming year. In addition we
will review the research that we have compiled regarding applicants
for district positions. Your input and ideas on both topics are
invited and welcomed!
#32F Coffee on the Side
2:40 – 4:00pm
Library 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Garrett Hooper
The topic for this session of Coffee on the Side will be Tibet: the
Past and Present. Garrett Hooper lived in Tibet for 9 months and
will share his unique perspective on its people and culture. It is
nicely timed to coincide with the Bejing Olympics, which has
recently added fuel to the controversies surrounding Tibet.
#41F Getting Ready for Blackboard 7.3
3:00 - 4:30pm
BONH 106
FLEX credit - 1.5 hours
Instructor: John Makevich
Effective summer 2008, College of the Canyons implemented Blackboard
version 7.3, a newer version of the Blackboard Learning System. This
workshop will inform participants of the new changes and features in
the system and provide training on how to utilize these adjustments.
Topics will include new discussion board features and other minor
modifications.
#82F
Part 3 of 3: Introduction to Blackboard - Evening Series 5:30 – 7:20pm, BONH 106
Participants will learn how to effectively use chat sessions and
assessments in Blackboard. They will discover how to create question
pools for assessments and develop a quiz from those questions. They
will also have the opportunity to participate in a live chat room.
#33F Student Success Series: Note Taking and Study
Strategies for Students
8:30 – 9:50am
Library 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: John Garcia, Diane Solomon and Liz Shaker
In this workshop, the counseling faculty will review the key factors
for college success. Learn how to teach your students to study more
effectively and how to take better notes in your class.
#34F Enrollment Management
8:30 – 9:20am
Private Dining Room #2
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Sharlene Coleal, Mitjl Capet and Barry Gribbons
The goal of enrollment management is to serve our community and meet
the needs of as many students as possible as well as possible. We
all have a role either directly or indirectly in working to achieve
this goal. In this session, we will review current enrollment
management plans and how we need you to help!
#35F Department Retreats
10:00am – 12:00pm
Locations will be arranged 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 will be teaching during
the fall semester will receive two hours pay.
#36F Q&A with the SCCCD Board of Trustees
12:00 – 1:20pm
ALLB 101
113
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
The Board of Trustees enjoy hearing from you! All faculty and staff
are invited to bring their lunch and talk with members of the SCCCD
Board of Trustees. Your questions, concerns and comments are
welcomed. Dessert will be provided.
#37F Hiring and Retaining Diverse Faculty
Roundtable – A Review of Best Practices
1:30 – 2:50pm
Library 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Diane Fiero
Come join a lively conversation about best practices in recruitment
and retention of diverse faculty. Find out about programs that are
really working to provide a diverse campus community that benefits
all members.
#38F Writing Better Multiple Choice Test Questions
2:00 – 3:20pm
ALLB 102
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Sheldon Helfing
Writing good multiple choice test questions takes time and thought,
not only related to the objectives of your course, but also to the
context of the exam itself. We will not only explore these issues at
this workshop, but you will have a hands-on practicum toward
analyzing and working on your own course exams. Please bring one of
your exams to the workshop. In addition, prior to the workshop,
please email the presenter what you think is a great question in your
discipline, and what you think is a lousy question; and it two
sentences, please explain why you think these are good and bad
questions.
#39F Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition Discussion
3:00 – 4:20pm
*Reception following at 4:30pm
Location: Art Gallery
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
This exhibition showcases the professional work of our visual arts
faculty and staff in the Art, Photography, Interior Design,
Architecture, Animation, Graphic Design/Multimedia, and
Radio/Television/Film departments. This FLEX session will be a round
table discussion with the artists moderated by James Lorigan, Art
Department Chair, on the topic of utilizing a professional career in
the arts to enhance instruction. All are invited to stay for a
reception for the artists that will begin at 4:30pm.
*Exhibition dates: August 18 through September 13, 2008
#40F The Really Early, Really Easy, Early Alert
Program *CANCELLED*
3:00 – 4:20pm
ALLB 101
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Chelley Maple
Our new electronic Early Alert system debuts this fall with 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.
