Saturday, January 26, 2013
#259S Blackboard 9.1 – Parts 1, 2 and 3
8:30am – 3:00pm
BONH 106
FLEX credit – 6 hours
Presenter: John Makevich
Strategic Goal: Technological Advancement
Blackboard Part 1 - 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 change basic settings
of the course.
Blackboard Part 2 - In this workshop, participants will learn how to
effectively work with discussion boards, groups, web links, and some
basic Grade Center skills. They will also practice uploading a
syllabus and course documents.
Blackboard Part 3 - Participants will learn how to effectively use
e-mail, messages, and assessments in Blackboard. They will write
some sample exam questions and discover how to develop a quiz from
those questions. They will also be introduced to other Internet
tools and products that can supplement the Blackboard experience.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this session, participants will have learned the
basics of using the Blackboard 9.1 learning system.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#260S New Faculty Orientation (Part 1 of 2)
8:00am – 12:00pm
UCEN 326
FLEX credit – 4 hours
Facilitator: Edel Alonso
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
As a new fulltime faculty member, you will encounter many new
challenges and interesting opportunities in the coming year. To help
you become more acclimated to our campus culture, you are invited to
attend a New Faculty Orientation. The two-day orientation is
designed to help you feel comfortable in your new position, and
provide you with basic information that will assist you as you
navigate through your first year. The orientation program provides
new faculty with the opportunity to meet other faculty and staff
members in various departments on campus, and will help you become
acquainted with the college.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of the orientation, participants will have learned about
the various departments and services provided on campus and who to
contact should they have questions about those departments and
services.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#261S Meet the Faculty Development Committee
Co-Chairs
8:30 – 9:20am
Staff Dining Room
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Lisa Hooper and Teresa Ciardi
Strategic Goal: Campus Climate
Join us for coffee and muffins as we review the vision for faculty
professional development and the new FLEX policies and procedures.
Learning Outcome:
Participants will be able to utilize the new policies and procedures
in applications for FLEX credit.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#262S Microsoft ACCESS – Part 1 of 3 – How to
Create and Use a Database
9:00am – 12:00pm
HSLH 304
FLEX credit – 3 hours
Presenters: Melanie Lipman, Victor Jadaon
Strategic Goal: Technological Advancement
During this workshop participants will learn about Access
databases and how they can be used in the workplace. You will learn
the Access toolbar, how to create/design a database; how to create a
table and add records; and how to create and print forms and
reports.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to design and
create a basic database.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#263S Inspired Teaching Roundtable
9:30 – 10:50am
Staff Dining Room
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Facilitator: Teresa Ciardi + Faculty Panelists
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
Faculty will share successful techniques for motivating
students to do their best work, to not give up, and to challenge
themselves to reach higher. Discussion will be lead by a panel of
our peers who will provide successful techniques they have utilized
as well as leading the group to new possible techniques by building
upon and/or tying together techniques that have been proven to work
in the classroom.
Learning Outcome:
Participants will leave with new teaching techniques for inspiring
students to fully utilize their potential.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#264S SHARP: Skills for Healthy Aging
Resources and Programs
9:30 – 10:20am
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Patty Robinson, Victoria
Leonard, Rhonda Hyatt, Mehgen Andrade, Orly Fisher, and Barb Heinzel
Strategic Goal: Teaching &
Learning
The “Graying of America” is underway as Baby Boomers are now
turning 65. In fact, over 10,000 Boomers will join the ranks of
“older adult” each day of every year until 2029; and, by 2025, this
cohort will make up 25% of the United States population. The older
population is also growing increasingly diverse in race, ethnicity,
education and income. This aging and diversification carries
significant national education policy implications, requiring
increased attention to preparing workers with expertise and skills
to provide care and services to older adults. College of the Canyons
will offer its new 12 unit, one-semester SHARP (Skills for Healthy
Aging Resources and Programs) Certificate during spring semester
2013. To date, the program boasts 50 graduates. This certificate is
based on promoting Evidence-Based Health Promotion (EBHP) among
older adults, and is especially designed for students who are:
* looking for
a new career path
* transferring to a 4-year college or
university and majoring in gerontology or emphasizing the field of
aging in disciplines like psychology, social work or sociology
* pursuing training in health-related fields
like nursing
*
working in the area of aging services and seeking additional
knowledge, or
* caring for aging friends or family.
This one-semester certificate also provides
students with the opportunity to become a Certified Chronic Disease
Self-Management Program (CDSMP) Leader. This certificate program is
the first of its kind to be offered at a community college anywhere
in the nation. Lean how this certificate can help address a critical
career need.
Learning Outcome:
This presentation will explain the demographic shift known as the
“Graying of America,” and discuss how this phenomenon is affecting
the nation’s need for an educated and trained workforce to
understand the social, cultural, and medical needs of an
increasingly large older adult population.
Monday, January 28, 2013
# 265S How to Incorporate Supplemental
Learning Activities Into Your Classes
10:30 – 11:20am
HSLH 232
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Garrett Hooper, Angela Grigoryan
Strategic Goal: Teaching &
Learning
Want to learn more about how to embed Supplemental Learning
activities in your classes? Want to find out about research on SL?
This workshop will provide you with different techniques on how to
use SL and some strategies that you can use immediately in your
classes.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to identify
different Supplemental Learning activities and how to embed them
into their lesson plans.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#266S The COCFA Contract - What's in it For
You?
11:00 – 11:50am
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Nicole Faudree, Jose Martin, Deanna Riveira, Vince
Devlahovich, Garrett Hooper
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
In this flex workshop presenters will review the details of the
COCFA Faculty contract and field any questions that attendees have.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this session, participants will become familiar with
the various sections and details of the COCFA contract.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#267S Crafting Prompts to Help Students
Produce Effective Writing Assignments
1:00 – 2:20pm
HSLH 232
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Kim Gurnee, Svetlana Lynch
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
This workshop offers approaches for creating effective writing
prompts that result in more focused, organized, and well-developed
student writing.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to craft more
effective prompts for writing assignments.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#268S Breathe Before Flight or Flee Ensues
1:00 – 2:20pm
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Rebecca Shepherd, Mehgen Andrade
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
Who hasn’t been caught remarking about “being stressed out” or
“under a lot of stress?” We all experience stress from time to time
and understand that it impacts our well-being, but what really IS
“stress” and how can it be measured? In this FLEX workshop, we will
address these questions, and in doing so, complete the Social
Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) to identify major stressful life
events and stress levels experienced within the past year. The
results of the assessment will be discussed as well as how
accurately people felt the score measured their current stress
levels. Research exploring the ways that chronic stress impacts our
psychological as well as physical well-being will be examined as we
brainstorm ways to manage stress levels in our daily lives.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to identify
common stressors, calculate their “stress” score on the SRRS and
their risk for physical disease, and compare and contrast different
methods of stress relief.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#269S What Can YOU Do About Academic
Integrity?
1:00 – 2:20pm
HSLH 235
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Tom Bilbruck, Michael Joslin, John Makevich
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
With more schedule options for students and more pervasive access to
technology, academic integrity can be a challenging issue for
faculty to contend with. Problems ranging from plagiarism to
criminal financial aid fraud pose a significant institutional
financial risk. Participants in this workshop will have an
opportunity to learn about the wide ranging issues with this topic
and what they can do to promote academic integrity in both online
and face-to-face courses.
Learning Outcome:
Participants will be able to discuss and describe various academic
integrity and financial aid fraud concerns that affect both online
and face-to-face courses.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#270S Emergency Preparedness
2:00 – 2:50pm
Aliso Hall 101
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Michael Wilding, Barry Gribbons, Jim Schrage
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
This workshop will be a building specific review of information you
need to know in the event of an emergency. Specifically, the
presenters will introduce you to topics such as evacuation
procedures, hazards specific to the building, where to shelter in
place, who to take directions from, where the fire extinguishers,
and any other unique features of the building. If successful, such
workshops will be repeated building by building in the fall and in
future FLEX sessions.
*This pilot workshop is designed for Aliso Hall/Aliso Lab residents
and those who teach in the buildings. However, anyone is welcome to
attend.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this session, participants will know the
procedures to evacuate students and staff from Aliso Hall and Aliso
Lab in the event of an emergency.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#271S Yoga Basics
2:00 – 2:50pm
PICO 101
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Wendy Hassenpflug
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
This yoga class explores asana (poses) including standing, seated,
twists, backbends, fundamentals of sun salutations, and final
relaxation (savasana). Poses and sequences are practiced with
alignment in mind offering practitioners the opportunity to gain
confidence, strength, and flexibility. All levels are welcome.
Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this class, the participants will be able to
recognize and release stress in the body, find a stronger connection
to their breath, and demonstrate an increased body awareness.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#272S Club Advisor Roundtable
3:00 – 4:20pm
BONH 330
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Teresa Ciardi, Kelly Dapp and Allison Devlin
Strategic Goal: Student Support
At this roundtable discussion, participants will share their good
and challenging experiences as a club advisor, and what works and
what doesn't for them.
Learning Outcomes: Advisors will have the opportunity to share what
it has been like for them to be a Club Advisor, while participants
will gain knowledge from each other that will facilitate better
leadership of the club.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#273S SLO Best Practices Panel Discussion
3:00 – 4:20pm
HSLH 232
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Rebecca Eikey, Paul Wickline, Nicole Faudree
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
Come learn about practices that have been working well for SLO data
tables - creating assessments, reporting results, analyzing data,
and recording dialog.
Learning Outcome:
Participants will evaluate strategies concerning outcomes and
assessment practices and develop plans to improve the collection and
reporting of assessment data within the program review.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#274S Using the Think-Aloud Strategy to
Enhance Students’ Reading Comprehension in Non-English Courses
3:00 – 4:20pm
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Kim Gurnee, Mary Petersen, Andrew McCutcheon
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
This workshop presents a metacognitive exercise to engage students
in discipline-based readings and enhance their reading
comprehension.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of the workshop participants will be able to identify the
benefits of this metacognitive reading exercise and apply the
strategy in their classrooms.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#275S Understanding How COC's Planning
Documents Relate to Each Other, and How to Use Them When Working on
Your Instructional/Department/Program Planning
4:30 - 5:20pm
HSLH 232
FLEX credit - 1 hour
Presenters: Daylene Meuschke and Barry Gribbons
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
Want to get the most out of your planning with the most efficient
use of your limited time? We'll go over lots of tips and details
that will help you plan and provide the leadership needed to advance
your area. Planning also occurs at the College level. We'll talk
about how your department plans can not only advance your area, but
also advance the College. Most importantly, we'll go over specific
tips to lead to the most successful outcome and be respectful of
your limited time.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
*Learn how to plan and provide the leadership needed to advance your
area.
*Learn tips to lead to the most successful outcome and be respectful
of your limited time.
Monday, January 28, 2013
#276S Distance Learning Open Office Hour
5:30 – 6:20pm
HSLH 304
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: John Makevich, Ebony Coburn
Strategic Goals: Teaching & Learning; Technological Advancement
Come on by to ask us questions about Blackboard, CCCConfer, online
and hybrid courses, or other educational technology issues.
Participants will have an opportunity to raise questions about such
topics and we’ll do our best to answer them for the whole group.
Learning Outcome:
Participants will be able to seek answers to questions related to
online teaching and learning and will have an opportunity to hear
others’ questions and answers as well.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#277S New Faculty Orientation (Part 2 of 2)
8:00am – 12:00pm
UCEN 326
FLEX credit – 4 hours
Facilitator: Edel Alonso
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
As a new fulltime faculty member, you will encounter many new
challenges and interesting opportunities in the coming year. To help
you become more acclimated to our campus culture, you are invited to
attend a New Faculty Orientation. The two-day orientation is
designed to help you feel comfortable in your new position, and
provide you with basic information that will assist you as you
navigate through your first year. The orientation program provides
new faculty with the opportunity to meet other faculty and staff
members in various departments on campus, and will help you become
acquainted with the college.
Learning Outcome: By the end of the orientation, participants will
have learned about the various departments and services provided on
campus and who to contact should they have questions about those
departments and services.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#278S Academic Program Review Training
8:30 – 9:50am
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Barry Gribbons, Daylene Meuschke, Nicole Faudree, Paul
Wickline, Rebecca Eikey, Cindy Grandgeorge, Minghui Zhang
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
Want some tips on how to make you program review as effective and
efficient as possible? Want to avoid pitfalls that many people have
fallen into? This session is for you. Academic departments will be
updating Year two of the three-year program review cycle this year.
This workshop will give departments practical help to complete their
program reviews, including SLOs, budget, and interpreting the data
tables. Please join us in this workshop where we will go over tips,
including format, content, process for completing the online
academic program review, and common problems that were experienced
last year.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this session, participants will know:
• How to complete the Year 2 update tab, including updating the
student learning outcomes tables, submitting the budget for 2013/14,
and interpreting the data table.
• How to identify changes made to the format from the Year 1
template.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#282S Creating Rubrics for Meaningful
Assessment of Student Writing
8:30 – 9:50am
HSLH 232
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Jennifer Hauss, Mary Petersen
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
This workshop presents the rationale for using rubrics to assess
student writing and ways to develop criteria for a rubric based on
the purpose of the assignment.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to craft
effective assessment rubrics to assist students in understanding the
expectations of writing assignments.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#283S Microsoft ACCESS – Part 2 of 3 – How to
Query a Database
9:00am – 12:00pm
HSLH 304
FLEX credit – 3 hours
Presenters: Melanie Lipman, Victor Jadaon
Strategic Goal: Technological Advancement
During this workshop participants will learn how to create queries
and action queries; how to print query results; how to include
fields in the design grid; how to sort data in queries; and how to
create a form and report from a query.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to create
forms and reports from queries.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#284S Existential Angst - True Confessions of a Community College Instructor:
Finding Intellectual and Spiritual Health in A Confusing World
9:30 – 10:50am
HSLH 205
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Chris Blakey, Andrew Jones-Cathcart
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
In our modern world it is easy to become so busy and burdened
that we forget about what's going on inside. You are invited to a
group discussion on intellectual and spiritual health.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to recognize
challenges to, and develop strategies for, developing their
intellectual and spiritual health.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#285S Guided Tour of Model Blackboard 9
Courses Currently Being Used by COC On Ground and Online Instructors
10:00 – 10:50am
HSLH 235
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Ron Dreiling and Faculty Panelists
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning; Technological Advancement
Would you like to examine several of your colleagues' Blackboard 9
websites, websites used to supplement on ground classes as well as
websites used to teach 100% online classes? Faculty from a variety
of disciplines will share their websites, explain key features, and
answer questions. Participants will have an opportunity to consider
how to use Blackboard to expand the boundaries of their on ground
classes and enhance student learning opportunities. Additionally,
hybrid online model courses and 100% online courses will be
presented to further demonstrate various design features available
to faculty teaching with Blackboard.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
* Identify design and pedagogical practices presented during the
workshop.
* Analyze strengths and weaknesses in their own on ground and/or
online course designs.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#286S Safety Training for Science Faculty
10:00 – 11:50am
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Presenter: TBD
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
This session will provide participants with an overview of
science laboratory safety requirements. Topics of discussion will
include the recognition and mitigation of laboratory hazards, the
use of engineering controls, administrative controls and personal
protective equipment, working safety with chemicals, the use of
MSDSs, procedures for disposing of hazardous chemical waste, fire
safety precautions for the laboratory, and relevant legal issues.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this session, participants will be able incorporate up
to date lab and chemical safety into their instruction.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#287S Rejuvenate the Mind and Soul with Music
11:00 – 11:50am
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Bernardo Feldman
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
Sound has the ability to access the most intricate corners of our
minds, our bodies and our spirit, in a realm that needs no words, no
visual images, to act positively upon us. In every culture, ancient
or modern, music plays a central role in the healing and in
elevating the human spirit. Because of music’s vastness, Beethoven
claimed for it to be to be a higher discipline than philosophy.
Please join composer and faculty member Bernardo Feldman in a
nourishing and musically creative experience that will prompt you to
access the ever present magic of sound and of music in a way that
will rejuvenate both, your mind and your spirit.
Learning Outcome:
Through active listening and collective music improvisation,
participants will experience first-hand the healing benefits of
music.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#308S Psychological Distress: How to Help
Students In Need
11:00 – 11:50am
HSLH 302
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Michael Joslin, Tammy Castor, Colleen Reeves
Strategic Goal: Student Support
Members of the District’s Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) will
present information about Kognito, an online suicide intervention
and prevention training program and lead a discussion about
addressing the needs of students who struggle with mental disorders.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this session, participants will be
able to:
• Recognize when a student is exhibiting signs of psychological
distress
• Approach and discuss your concern with a student in distress
• Make an effective referral to support services (if necessary)
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#288S Using the Talk-to-Text Strategy to
Enhance Students’ Reading Comprehension in Non-English Courses
1:00 – 2:20pm
HSLH 235
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Kim Gurnee, Mary Petersen, Andrew McCutcheon
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
This workshop presents a metacognitive exercise to engage students
in discipline-based readings and enhance their reading
comprehension.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of the workshop participants will be able to identify the
benefits of this metacognitive reading exercise and apply the
strategy in their classrooms.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#289S Learning Communities: Benefits for
Students and Faculty
1:00 – 1:50pm
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Anne Marenco, Debra Zednik, Juan Buriel
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
Learning Communities are here! Come and learn why students in
learning communities have higher GPAs, are more connected to the
college and their classmates, stay in college and have a lower
dropout rate, feel closer to faculty and more comfortable in
college, and experience a higher degree of satisfaction in their
courses. Learn also how this collaboration strategy will enhance
your teaching. Join us to discover how you can create an exciting
learning community!
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
* Describe the advantages for students and faculty who participate
in a learning community.
* Explain the process for forming a learning community.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#290S The Future of Institutional Level SLOs -
Part II: Where Do We Go From Here?
1:00 – 2:20pm
HSLH 232
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Nicole Lucy, Paul Wickline, Rebecca Eikey, Audrey Green
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
It is time to analyze what the future of ISLOs are. This
session is part two of a two part program.
Learning Outcomes:
To determine effectiveness of current campus-wide assessment and to
evaluate other options for institutional assessment.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#291S Curriculum Committee:
Updates to the Curriculum Process
2:00 – 3:20pm
HSLH 205
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Ann Lowe
Strategic Goal: Institutional Advancement
Recent changes to Title V and new legislation are changing many past
curriculum practices. Come and see how SB 1440 and the new
repeatability and prerequisite guidelines will affect your courses
and programs.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this presentation participants will be able to
evaluate how SB 1440 and recent Title V changes will impact their
courses and programs.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#292S Creating Meaningful
Social Connections
2:00 – 3:20pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Pamela Williams-Paez
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
In a sea of info-bombardment and our busy lives, sometimes we find
it challenging to connect to others, even when we have the greatest
modes of communication such as Facebook and Twitter. Come join us as
we explore strategies for finding ways to make meaningful
connections with others, even with the use of technology as well a
variety of creative resources available to all of us.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to think about
ways to make important social connections to others, thereby
enriching our lives.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#293S Current Trends and Updates in Treating
Concussions
CANCELLED
2:30 – 3:20pm
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Chad Peters
Strategic Goal: Student Support
Over the last 10 years what we know about and how we treat
concussions has completely changed. This session will define what
constitutes a concussion, discuss the signs, symptoms, and treatment
of concussions, as well as how to accommodate a student who has
sustained a concussion. This course will also discuss the concussion
protocol that is currently used for all of our student athletes here
at COC.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to understand
that students who have suffered from a concussion need special
accommodations until they are completely recovered.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#294S Using Interactive Journals to Enhance
Students’ Reading Comprehension in Non-English Courses
3:30 – 4:50pm
HSLH 232
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Kim Gurnee, Mary Petersen, Andrew McCutcheon
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
This workshop presents a metacognitive exercise to engage students
in discipline-based readings and enhance their reading
comprehension.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of the workshop participants will be able to identify the
benefits of this metacognitive reading exercise and apply the
strategy in their classrooms.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#295S California Department of Fair Employment
and Housing Civil Rights Clinic
3:30 – 4:20pm
HSLH 235
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Patty Robinson and California Department of Fair
Employment and Housing Staff
Strategic Goal: Campus Climate
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), the
largest civil rights organization in the United States, has launched
its new Civil Rights Clinic here at College of the Canyons. The
Clinic is located in Village-101 and officially began its operation
on October 1, 2012, with five outstanding student interns. Students
are provided the opportunity to work directly with DFEH
investigators as they review actual claims filed within California,
including: locating witnesses and scheduling interview times and
dates; conducting and reporting on non-complex interviews; reviewing
and summarizing investigation records; assisting in the preparation
of investigative reports; and, if interested, participating in field
investigations. These internships are perfect for students
interested in careers as investigators, lawyers, paralegals, human
resource managers or anyone interested in civil rights and fair
housing issues. In addition, DFEH staff members are available to
make classroom presentations regarding a multitude of topics related
to civil rights and the law. Come and find out what educational
resources are available to you and your students!
Learning Outcome:
This presentation will introduce the role of the California
Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) as the nation’s
largest civil rights’ organization in the U.S., as well as outline
the activities and opportunities available to students and staff
through COC’s new Civil Rights Clinic.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#296S CalSTRS Retirement Income Management
(for faculty 45 years or older)
3:00 – 4:30pm
HSLH 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: CalSTRS Counselor
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
Do you know all the factors that can affect your retirement income?
This workshop is designed for members getting ready to retire or
those already retired.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this session, participants will learn:
• Important retirement income planning concepts that will affect
retirement success.
• The four potential sources of retirement risk.
• The five steps to preserving and protecting retirement income.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
#297S CalSTRS Fundamentals (for faculty 10 –
15 years from retirement)
5:00 – 6:30pm
HSLH 206
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: CalSTRS Counselor
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
Beginning your retirement plan in earnest? This 1-hour session will
give you the essentials of CalSTRS membership and benefits as the
foundation of a personal financial plan.
Learning Outcome:
By the end of this session, participants will be able to develop a
retirement plan.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
FLEX Day at the Canyon Country Campus
Join the Faculty Development Committee members and Dr. Ryan Theule,
Acting Dean of the Canyon Country Campus, for a day filled with
innovative sessions that will focus on helping you become more
revitalized and inspired! You will leave with a renewed spirit and
use what you’ve learned to create a climate of creativity, respect,
and enthusiasm in the classroom.
Please join us starting at 8:30am for coffee and muffins in room
202. The first session of the day will begin at 9:00am. Please see
the complete agenda for the day listed below.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
# 298S The Canyon Country Campus: Inspiring
Student Success and Achievement
9:00 – 9:50am
CCC 300
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Ryan Theule
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
This session will enhance awareness of the many changes at the
Canyon Country Campus since it opened in fall 2007. By attending
this session, you will discover the growth in instructional programs
and services to students, strides made in realizing the projections
from the Education and Facilities master plan, strategic goals for
the campus in the coming three years, and the similarities and
unique differences among students at the Canyon Country Campus.
Lastly, you will learn where the campus is headed in the future and
how it is impacting student access and success on the eastern side
of the Santa Clarita Valley.
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this session, participants will
have an increased understanding of the progress of the Canyon
Country Campus as measured by student success outcomes,
instructional resources and support services for students,
improvements to the campus teaching and learning infrastructure, and
future goals as the campus enters its sixth year of operation.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
# 299S Rejuvenate with Nature
10:00 – 11:20am
CCC 202
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Vincent Devlahovich
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
In the information overload of our 21st century
technologically-dependent society, humans have become increasingly
disconnected from nature, at our own peril. This workshop will
examine the current research that supports how critical the
relationship of man and the natural world is to our quality of life,
our health, and our relationships.
Learning Outcome: By the end of this workshop, participants will be
able to rethink the way they are living, and the benefits they can
reap by reconnecting with the natural world.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
# 300S Rejuvenate with Inner Peace
11:30 – 11:50am
CCC 300
FLEX credit – ½ hour
Presenter: John Parker
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
Learn how to relax your body and mind with meditation. Enjoy the
benefits of reduced stress, higher productivity, better health, and
increased happiness.
Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will have
learned how to apply basic meditation techniques.
Lunch and social time will take place
from 12:00 – 12:50pm in room 202.
Menu: Assorted Sandwiches, Garden Salad, Pasta Salad, Chips,
Cookies, Soda, Water, Coffee
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
#301S The 7 Habits of Highly Fulfilled People
1:00 – 3:00pm
CCC 300
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Presenter: Dr. Satinder Dhiman
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
Methods of Instruction: Lecture, Interactive Activities, Small Group
Work
Presenting simple processes that bring lasting fulfillment in all
aspects of life, the message of this book underscores the vital
difference between success and significance. Drawing upon the
time-tested principles of wisdom traditions from all over the world,
the “gifts” presented in this book are devoted to leaving something
behind in order to enrich one’s existence. Illustrating that where
success is external, significance is internal, and where success
aims to acquire external objects, significance aims to harness inner
qualities, this book teaches that replacing self-centeredness with
“other-centeredness” increases a person’s contentment in the
community, the workplace, the family, and ultimately the self.
Through stories, anecdotes, powerful quotes, and highly interactive
activities, Dr. Dhiman will show you that the key to abiding
fulfillment lies in changing engrained mental models rather than
fixing the outer environment.
Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will be
able to define the seven habits, and understand how to use them to
bring about fulfillment and significance in their own lives.
Dr. Satinder Dhiman, Ph.D., Ed.D., is Associate Dean, Chair &
Director of the MBA Program and Professor of Management at Woodbury
University’s School of Business in Burbank, California. He is a
widely published author, and holds a Ph.D. in Social
Sciences—Management orientation—from Oldendorff Graduate School,
Tilburg University, an Ed.D. from Pepperdine University’s GSEP
(Graduate School of Education and Psychology), and has completed
advanced Executive Leadership Programs at Harvard, Stanford, and
Wharton. Recipient of several teaching and professional honors, Dr.
Dhiman also won ACBSP's prestigious International Teaching
Excellence Award (2004), Steven Allen’s Award for Educational
Excellence (2006), a Life Time Achievement Award in Management
Education, IPCSI, Punjab Government, India (2008), and Excellent
Management Educator Award in 2011 and 2012, conferred by
International Punjabi Chamber for Service Industry (IPCSI).
Thursday, January 31, 2013
#302S Relationships Matter: The Personal Power
of Networking
9:00 – 11:20am
UCEN 258
FLEX credit – 2.5 hours
Presenter: Dr. Dianne Van Hook
Strategic Goal: Leadership
“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”
This adage holds true today more than ever as it relates to our
personal and professional lives. In today’s uber-competitive job
market, where human interaction is minimized, and technology has
replaced personal dialog and face-to-face interaction, it’s the
individuals with connections who are successful. These individuals
have figured out how to navigate new territory, and move forward on
both personal and professional goals by leveraging their networks.
In your professional world, networks become the fuel by which you
can get things done. Whether it’s figuring out how to move forward
on a complex, multi-dimensional project, exploring how to turn your
wild idea into reality, or connecting with students and colleagues
in a manner that inspires them to think possible and say “I’m
Possible,” relationships do matter.
In your personal life, having a diverse network can help you
persevere through personal struggles, and provides the power to open
doors to information, support and opportunities you may have never
found on your own.
Join Dr. Van Hook for an engaging workshop dedicated to:
• Understanding the importance that building relationships has in
the ability to lead the change you want to see
• Making you aware of the skills necessary to develop your own
strong network
• Creating an awareness of strategies that will help you become part
of others’ networks; supporting your contacts in their efforts
• Helping you to overcome the fear of the unknown while really
putting yourself out there
• Discussing the power of social networking to grow your sphere of
influence
• Unleashing your networking power through successful follow up
(without appearing pushy…)
Learning Outcome: Participants will leave this workshop with a
one-page-action plan focused on building or increasing their network
starting today!
Thursday, January 31, 2013
#303S-R Department Retreats
1:00 – 3:00pm
Please check with your Department Chair for the location of your
department’s retreat.
Flex credit: 2 hours
Presenters: Department Chairs
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
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.
Learning Outcome: Upon completion of the retreat, participants will
be able to identify the key issues the department will be addressing
during the upcoming academic year.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
#304S Inspiring Collaboration and
Communication with the Board of Trustees
3:30 – 4:50pm
HSLH 101
Flex credit: 1.5 hours
Presenters: Members of the SCCCD Board of Trustees
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
The goal of this interactive FLEX session is to improve
communication and better understand what's working well and what
challenges you are experiencing, all in an effort to work together
to move the college forward in the next year. At this session, staff
will have an opportunity to let the board members know the
innovative and exciting projects, initiatives, or community
involvement you are a part of and would like to share. In addition,
the Board members invite and welcome productive dialogue, comments,
questions, concerns, challenges, ideas and solutions from the staff
participants on any topic relevant to the College. Light
refreshments will be provided.
Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will have
had an opportunity to engage in dialogue with the Board members in
an effort to understand each other’s roles.
Friday, February 1, 2013
#305S Student Success Skills Symposium
8:00am – 4:00pm
UCEN 258
FLEX credit – 7.5 hours
Coordinators: S4S (Skills4Success) Committee
Strategic Goal: Student Support; Teaching & Learning
Our 5th annual S4S Spring Symposium will focus on the topic of
student engagement. Ken O'Donnell, Associate Dean at the CSU
Chancellor's Office, will serve as our keynote speaker. Similar to
previous years, we will be holding several break-out sessions
concerning the topic of student engagement that will be facilitated
by COC Faculty. Lunch will be served between the keynote and
break-out sessions.
This all-day event will include a light breakfast, keynote speaker
and lunch. Events will take place in the University Center.
Adjunct faculty may opt to receive FLEX pay or
a $100 stipend to attend (limited to the first 25 adjunct faculty
who register).
Friday, February 1, 2013
#306S American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED
Training
8:30am – 3:00pm
EPEK 103
FLEX credit – 6 hours
Presenter: Chad Peters
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
*LIMITED TO 20 PARTICIPANTS
This new course combines CPR, AED training and First Aid into one
6-hour course, and teaches workplace responders and anyone who wants
to be prepared to respond to emergencies and provide care until
advanced medical care arrives. This training meets OSHA Guidelines
for First Aid Programs and combines lecture, interactive video
demonstrations featuring emergency scenarios that are likely to
occur in a variety of environments and hands-on training to teach
participants lifesaving skills.
*A one-half hour lunch break will be taken – please bring a sack
lunch and beverage.
Topics to be covered at this training session:
• First Aid: Participants learn to recognize and care for a variety
of first aid emergencies, such as burns, cuts and scrapes, sudden
illnesses, head, neck and back injuries, and heat and cold
emergencies.
• CPR Adult: Participants learn how to perform CPR and care for
breathing and cardiac emergencies in adults.
• CPR Child and Infant: Participants learn how to prevent, recognize
and respond to cardiac and breathing emergencies in infants and
children under 12.
• AED: Participants learn how to use automatic external
defibrillators.
Learning Outcome: Upon completion of this training, participants
will be certified in American Red Cross First Aid, AED, and CPR.
Friday, February 1, 2013
#307S Microsoft ACCESS – Part 3 of 3 –
Advanced ACCESS Applications
9:00am – 12:00pm
HSLH 304
FLEX credit – 3 hours
Presenters: Melanie Lipman, Victor Jadaon
Strategic Goal: Technological Advancement
During this workshop, participants will learn how to integrate
Access with Excel and Word, and define table relationships.
Learning Outcome: By the end of this workshop, participants will be
able to integrate Access with other programs
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