Inspiration

Monday, January 30, 2012

#339S Inspiring New Faculty: New Faculty Orientation – Part 1 of 2
8:00am – 1:00pm
UCEN 326
FLEX credit – 5 hours
Facilitator: Fred D’Astoli
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
As a new full-time faculty member, you will encounter many new challenges and interesting opportunities in the coming months. There will be new roles for you, and new expectations; a host of new names and personalities will enter your life. Just learning the nooks and crannies of the physical layout of the campus will take some time.

At this orientation, you will hear presentations from key campus departments and programs, meet new colleagues, and learn about the exciting campus culture that makes COC a special place to work.
 

Learning Outcomes:  After participating in this session, participants will have learned about the various functions of key campus departments and programs, and resources available that will help them successfully acclimate to COC. 

 

#340S Skilled Teacher Certificate Program: Module 1 – Community College Teaching for the Twenty-First Century: Contexts Outside the Classroom
8:00 – 9:50am
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Presenter: COC Faculty
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
To be a skilled community college teacher in the twenty-first century requires an understanding of the mission of the community colleges and a careful reexamination of the challenges of fulfilling it. This workshop will provide an overview of the key features of the community college mission, including open access, dual focus on career/technical education and transfer education, partnerships with the community, lifelong learning, and excellence in teaching. Workshop participants will also engage in positive discussions of ways to fulfill the community college mission while keeping the classroom focused on what has always defined good teaching: student learning and growth.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Analyze the key features of the community college mission
• Relate these contexts to their own classroom goals and practices

 

#342S Inspiring and Growing New Ideas at College of the Canyons: An Introduction to our New Idea Incubator Program!
9:30 – 10:20am
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: John Makevich
Strategic Goal: Innovation
A new online system is available for employees of the College that allows an individual to contribute a new idea and get some help and guidance in sharing and/or launching the concept. This workshop will introduce participants to this new system and will present the many ways that ideas can now be cultivated at our institution.

Learning Outcome: Participants will be introduced to a new online system for collecting and sharing ideas at the College and will learn how to submit ideas of their own.

 

#343S Inspiring Student Success: New Regulations Faculty Need to Know
10:30 – 11:50am
HSLH 232
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Jasmine Ruys
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
This presentation will focus on regulation changes, from the state and local authorities, taking place in 2012. These regulations changes will affect you and your students. We will focus on changes to course repeats, drop dates, drop for non-payment, fee increases, and collection records. These changes will affect the way students add and drop your classes and how you keep track of students in your class. These regulations all become effective throughout the 2012 year. We want you to get the information ahead of time so you are prepared when the students start back this semester.

Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will understand the changes to regulations that pertain to course repeats, drop dates, student records, and fees.

 

#344S Inspiring, Motivating and Engaging Students in the Classroom
1:00 – 1:50pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Sara Vogler
Strategic Goal: Student Support; Teaching & Learning
Inspiring, motivating and engaging students can be a challenge for any educator. Students, especially those with disabilities, may need additional support to help them achieve their educational goals. At this session, Ms. Sara Vogler, a disability advocate, public speaker, COC alumni, and recent graduate of CSU Sacramento, will share with you – from the student’s perspective – steps you can take to empower and inspire all students to reach their educational goals. This is a unique opportunity for everyone to learn something new!

Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will have learned ways to inspire and motivate students, and engage them in the learning process to help them reach their educational goals.
 

 

#345S Skilled Teacher Certificate Program Overview
1:00 – 1:50pm
HSLH 232
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Deanna Davis
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
If you are interested in learning about a new professional development opportunity that will allow you to focus on applying the new research and theory on teaching and learning to your classroom practice, please come to this introduction to the new COC Skilled Teacher Certificate. The certificate will be described and the process for completing it explained. This workshop will also present the rewards of completing the certificate.

Learning Outcomes: After the presentation, participants will be able to:
• Describe the COC Skilled Teacher Certificate
• Explain the process for completing it
• Evaluate its rewards

 

 

#346S Inspiring Innovative Technology: CurricuNET Training
2:00 – 2:50pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Ann Lowe
Strategic Goal: Technological Advancement
College of the Canyons is changing its web based curriculum system from WebCMS to CurricuNET. This workshop will provide an overview of its curriculum and SLO functions.

Learning Outcome: By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to explain how the curriculum and SLO functions of CurricuNET work.

 

 

#353S Skilled Teacher Certificate Program: Module 4, Workshop 1 -- Different Ways of Teaching and Learning: Multiple Intelligences Theory
2:00 - 3:20pm
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: COC Faculty
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
In 1983, Howard Gardner published Frames of Mind, a book that launched a new theory and inspired new approaches to teaching and learning. Today, his theories are both respected and critiqued, while other approaches to the central problem of different learning styles and preferences have also been developed. This workshop will provide an overview of Gardner’s original theory as well as the newer approaches to learning styles and preferences. The remaining two workshops will provide examples of lesson plans that employ some of these approaches and guide participants on how to write their own lesson plans using them.

 

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

·       Understand how learning styles and multiple intelligences theories apply to the community college classroom

·       Apply these theories to their own classroom goals and practices

 

#348S Inspiring Faculty Success through the Synergy Program
2:00 – 3:50pm
HSLH 205
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Presenters: Christina Chung, Fred D’Astoli
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning; Campus Climate
All faculty, especially new faculty, are invited to participate in Synergy. Synergy is a learning community cohort that is designed to assist faculty in becoming integrated members of the College. Synergy consists of a year-long set of experiences and training sessions designed to be conducted in a learning community setting that aim to build a strong sense of community on campus, strengthen connections and cultivate opportunities to advance organizational commitment, ensure success in the tenure process, and develop a positive working experience that extends to the larger campus community.

Each Synergy session will have a different focus. This session will focus on:
- First Week Challenges
- Time Management Issues
- Review of Semester Calendar
 

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this session, participants will have learned ways to strengthen campus connections, cultivate opportunities to advance organizational commitment, ensure success in the tenure process all in an effort to build a strong sense of community of campus.

 

 

#349S Inspiring Innovative Technology Using the New ProQuest Platform
2:00 – 3:20pm
HSLH 302
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Ron Karlin
Strategic Goal: Student Support; Teaching & Learning
Come to this session to learn about the new interface of ProQuest, the Library’s online periodical database. Included in this session will be time for hands-on training using ProQuest.

Learning Outcome: Participants will learn how to use the ProQuest program.

 

 

#350S Informing Campus Emergency Response
4:00 – 4:50pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: John McElwain, Michael Wilding
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
Most everyone knows that College of the Canyons has published its Emergency Operations Plan and that it includes a lot of information about organizational structure, general “do’s” and “don’ts” that apply to certain emergency scenarios, and information on how the college will interact with other agencies if a major, catastrophic event takes place. But paper plans don’t respond to emergencies; people do! And, as Shakespeare’s Hamlet would say, “ay, there’s the rub.”

Join Assistant Superintendent/Vice President, Student Services, Michael Wilding and emergency preparedness consultant, John McElwain, in a frank, information-filled discussion about the realities of emergency plan implementation that will answer the most important question of all, “What, specifically, do I do when a real emergency occurs?” This will be the first of many discussions and training sessions that will occur throughout 2012 about the roles we will all play if/when disaster strikes.

Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will understand the District’s emergency plan and what their role is when an emergency situation arises.


 

#351S Introducing Blackboard 9.1: An Overview for Current Blackboard Users
5:00 – 6:20pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: John Makevich
Strategic Goal: Technological Advancement
Blackboard 9.1 is here! College of the Canyons will be doing a limited pilot of the new version in the Spring 2012 semester and expects to roll out the new version completely in the Summer of 2012. This workshop is a MUST for current users of Blackboard to become familiar with the design and functionality of this new version. Our current version (version 8) of Blackboard will no longer be available beginning summer 2012, so now is the time to get acquainted with the new system!

Learning Outcome: Participants will be able to locate Blackboard’s features in the new system and will be introduced to new functionality.

 

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

#352S Inspiring New Faculty: New Faculty Orientation – Part 2 of 2
8:00am – 12:00pm
UCEN 326
FLEX credit – 5 hours
Facilitator: Fred D’Astoli
Strategic Goal: Human Resources
As a new full-time faculty member, you will encounter many new challenges and interesting opportunities in the coming months. There will be new roles for you, and new expectations; a host of new names and personalities will enter your life. Just learning the nooks and crannies of the physical layout of the campus will take some time.

At this orientation, you will hear presentations from key campus departments and programs, meet new colleagues, and learn about the exciting campus culture that makes COC a special place to work.

The orientation will be followed by the Chancellor’s New Faculty Luncheon from 12:00 – 1:30pm in UCEN 327.
 

 

 

#347S Skilled Teacher Certificate Program: Module 3, Workshop 1 -- Theory and Research on Learning
8:00 - 9:20am
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: COC Faculty
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning: The Basis of Deeper Learning
The goal of all good teaching is the deeper learning that leads to authentic engagement with the subject and the transfer of concepts and skills to later learning experiences.  But this kind of teaching is also not easy to achieve.  This workshop focuses on educational research and concepts that can help you improve your ability to teach for deeper learning.  It includes models and examples of classroom assignments and activities.  Participants will have the opportunity to apply this information during the workshop as well as later in a homework assignment.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Analyze the different characteristics of community college students
• Evaluate best practices for curriculum, classroom instruction, and assessment to meet the needs of different community college students

 

#354S Inspiring Preparedness: 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.
• 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.

#355S Institutional Level SLO Dialogue and Closing the Loop
9:00 – 10:20am
HSLH 205
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Nicole Lucy, Paul Wickline
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
At this session, we will discuss the results of Institutional Level SLOs for the Diversity General Education courses. Dialogue will include Identification of themes and plans for change for the next assessment cycle.

Learning Outcome: At the end of this session, participants will be able to critique the effectiveness of the assessment process for Institution Student Learning Outcomes, evaluate the results of ISLO assessments, and determine if a plan for change is needed.

 

NEW DATE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2012
#18S Human Resources Roundtable for Faculty
10:30 – 11:50am  2:30 - 4:00PM
HSLH 205 
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Christina Chung
Strategic Goal: Human Resources

Join us for an interactive discussion of HR topics as they relate to our faculty. You may have questions regarding the faculty contract, hiring processes, adjunct faculty, etc.  The agenda for this roundtable will be partly driven by suggestions solicited from faculty prior to the workshop.  Topic suggestions or questions to be answered should be emailed to Christina Chung at Christina.chung@canyons.edu .

Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will understand the key components of the faculty contract, faculty hiring processes, and other human resources topics provided by the presenter.

#357S Skilled Teacher Certificate Program: Module 3, Workshop 2 -- Theory and Research on Learning: The Role of Metacognition in Learning
10:30 – 11:50am
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: COC Faculty
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
One of the most exciting areas of educational research in the past 25 years has been the role of metacognition in learning. This workshop focuses on the ways that metacognition can help students to develop more effective learning styles and habits. Participants will be informed of tools they can use to build metacognition skills in their students and will have the opportunity to apply this information during the workshop as well as later in a homework assignment.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Analyze the different characteristics of community college students
• Evaluate best practices for curriculum, classroom instruction, and assessment to meet the needs of different community college students

 

#358S Inspiring Leadership in Campus Clubs Using Roberts Rules of Order and the Brown Act
1:00 – 2:20pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Allison Korse-Devlin
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
The Ralph M. Brown Act was an act of the California State Legislature, authored by Assembly member Ralph M. Brown and passed in 1953, that guaranteed the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings of local legislative bodies. The Roberts Rules of Order provides instruction on:

• Meeting rules and etiquette
• Voting and elections procedures
• Bylaws and other rules and how to use them

This workshop will provide training to faculty who serve as club advisors on Roberts Rules of Order and the Brown Act, and learn how they relate to campus clubs.

Learning Outcome: Participants will learn how to provide training for club officers using Roberts Rules of Order and the Brown Act.
 

#359S Introducing Blackboard 9.1: An Overview for Current Blackboard Users
1:00 – 2:20pm
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: John Makevich
Strategic Goal: Technological Advancement
Blackboard 9.1 is here! College of the Canyons will be doing a limited pilot of the new version in the Spring 2012 semester and expects to roll out the new version completely in the Summer of 2012. This workshop is a MUST for current users of Blackboard to become familiar with the design and functionality of this new version. Our current version (version 8) of Blackboard will no longer be available beginning summer 2012, so now is the time to get acquainted with the new system!

Learning Outcome: Participants will be able to locate Blackboard’s features in the new system and will be introduced to new functionality.

 

#360S Institutional Level SLO Dialogue and Closing the Loop
1:00 – 2:20pm
HSLH 235
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Nicole Lucy, Paul Wickline
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
At this session, we will discuss the results of Institutional Level SLOs for the Career Technical Education courses. Dialogue will include Identification of themes and plan for change for the next assessment cycle.

Learning Outcome: At the end of this session, participants will be able to critique the effectiveness of the assessment process for Institution Student Learning Outcomes, evaluate the results of ISLO assessments, and determine if a plan for change is needed.

 

#361S Informing Campus Emergency Response
2:30 – 3:20pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: John McElwain
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness
Most everyone knows that College of the Canyons has published its Emergency Operations Plan and that it includes a lot of information about organizational structure, general “do’s” and “don’ts” that apply to certain emergency scenarios, and information on how the college will interact with other agencies if a major, catastrophic event takes place. But paper plans don’t respond to emergencies; people do! And, as Shakespeare’s Hamlet would say, “ay, there’s the rub.”

Join Assistant Superintendent/Vice President, Student Services, Michael Wilding and emergency preparedness consultant, John McElwain, in a frank, information-filled discussion about the realities of emergency plan implementation that will answer the most important question of all, “What, specifically, do I do when a real emergency occurs?” This will be the first of many discussions and training sessions that will occur throughout 2012 about the roles we will all play if/when disaster strikes.

Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will understand the District’s emergency plan and what their role is when an emergency situation arises.

 

#362S Inspiring Campus Culture by Celebrating the Humanities
2:30 – 3:50pm
HSLH 235
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Deanna Davis, Alene Terzian, Jia-Yi Cheng-Levine, Chris Blakey
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning; Campus Climate
This workshop will provide a forum for Humanities faculty to review the overall goals of the division and to organize interdepartmental activities and collaborations. Specific focus will be directed to planning outreach events and activities that will benefit the college and local community, while showcasing the talents and abilities of Humanities Division faculty.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this session, faculty will:
• Learn to organize and plan for events that will inform students and community members concerning the Humanities
• Reflect and dialogue on the goals and direction of the overall division, learning how they might collaborate on activities for the overall strengthening of the divisional unit

 

#363S Books & Ideas: Book – Wilson by Daniel Clowes
2:30 – 4:00pm
Private Dining Room #2
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Ron Karlin
Strategic Goal: Campus Climate
Meet Wilson, an opinionated middle-aged loner who loves his dog and quite possibly no one else. In an ongoing quest to find human connection, he badgers friend and stranger alike into a series of one-sided conversations, punctuating his own lofty discursions with a brutally honest, self-negating sense of humor. After his father dies, Wilson, now irrevocably alone, sets out to find his ex-wife with the hope of rekindling their long-dead relationship, and discovers he has a teenage daughter, born after the marriage ended and given up for adoption. Wilson eventually forces all three to reconnect as a family—a doomed mission that will surely, inevitably backfire. In the first all-new graphic novel from one of the leading cartoonists of our time, Daniel Clowes creates a thoroughly engaging, complex, and fascinating portrait of the modern egoist—outspoken and oblivious to the world around him. Working in a single-page-gag format and drawing in a spectrum of styles, the cartoonist of GhostWorld, Ice Haven, and David Boring gives us his funniest and most deeply affecting novel to date.
 

Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will have engaged in dialogue about the selected book, its author and meaning, and reflect on its significance to today’s world.

#364S Skilled Teacher Certificate Program: Module 2, Workshop 1 -- Community College Teaching for the Twenty-First Century: Teaching for a Range of Students
3:30 – 4:50pm
HSLH 232
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: Mehgen Andrade
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
Perhaps the most important characteristic of community colleges in California is the wide diversity of their students. The differences in the student population include age, gender, educational and career goals, level of preparation, ethnicity, economic status, ability, and motivational level. A skilled community college teacher knows how to design curriculum, classroom instruction, and assessment that is supple enough to meet the needs of most of the different students in each classroom. This module consists of two workshops focused on ways to identify the most important characteristics of your students early in the semester and how to plan every aspect of your course to meet their learning needs.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
•Analyze the different characteristics of community college students
Evaluate best practices for curriculum, classroom instruction, and assessment to meet the needs of different community college students

 

#365S Online Courses v. Hybrid Courses: The Pros and Cons
4:00 – 4:50pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Facilitator: John Makevich
Presenters: Faculty Panel
Strategic Goal: Technological Advancement
For years now, College of the Canyons has innovated by providing students with a number of delivery and scheduling formats from which to choose. In our continuing effort to calibrate the ways in which we encourage the best student learning, it is important to engage in some meaningful discussion on the two formats. This panel discussion will bring to the table experienced faculty from both formats and will open up a whole-group discussion. Come join the party!

Learning Outcome: Participants will listen to a panel answer questions about the benefits and challenges of online courses and hybrid courses and will be able to engage in an active Q&A about the two formats.

 

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

This year, Dr. Dena Maloney and the CCC faculty are hosting the first ever FLEX day at the Canyon Country Campus. Join them and your faculty colleagues for a day filled with innovative sessions that focus on student support and teaching and learning. You will leave feeling reinvigorated in your teaching and inspired to make the spring semester your best ever!

Please join us starting at 8:00am for coffee and muffins in room 502. The first session of the day will begin at 9:00am. Please see the complete agenda for the day listed below.

*A shuttle van will be available to take you from the Valencia Campus to the Canyon Country Campus and back – an RSVP is required. Please email Leslie Carr at leslie.carr@canyons.edu to reserve a seat on the shuttle. Plenty of parking will also be available at the Canyon Country Campus if you prefer to drive yourself.
Enjoy!
 

 

#366S The Canyon Country Campus: Inspiring Student Success
9:00 – 9:50am
CCC 405
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Dena Maloney
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 Outcome: 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 fifth year of operation.

 

#367S What Inspires COC Students?
10:00 – 10:50am
CCC 405
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Student Panel
Moderators: Bianca Philippi, Allison Devlin, Bob Maxwell
Strategic Goal: Student Support; Teaching & Learning
When you inspire a student, you are motivating them to set high goals for themselves and providing support and resources to help them accomplish those goals. But what exactly does inspire COC students? Attend this session to hear from a student panel, facilitated by associate adjunct instructor Bianca Philippi, on what specifically motivates COC students to set and achieve high educational and professional goals, and what on/off-campus support and resources they say are most beneficial and inspire success.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this session, participants will have learned what support and resources are available to assist students attain their educational goals.

 

#368S Professional Students: Creating and Inspiring Positive Classroom Experiences through Personal Responsibility
11:00 – 11:50am
CCC 405
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Denee Pescarmona
Strategic Goal: Student Support; Teaching & Learning
As instructors, we often perceive that our students do not act professionally or make wise choices in our classes. This perceived attitude occurs because students fail to take personal responsibilities for their actions and experiences. This workshop will encourage faculty to employ On-Course strategies in their classroom that will help students develop a more responsible and active attitude towards the class.

Learning Outcome: Participants will identify strategies to help students accept personal responsibility and create positive outcomes by making wise choices.


Lunch & Campus Tour 12:00 – 1:30pm CCC 502

 

#369S Inspiring Student Success: Transferrable Skills and Workplace Competencies Every Student Needs to Know
1:30 – 2:20pm
CCC 405
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Steve Tannehill, Stan Wright, Anthony Michaelides
Strategic Goal: Student Support
Today’s employers are looking to hire employees who have the skills set, education and expertise they need to make their company or organization excel above the competition. This workshop will identify the skills students need to get hired, the expertise and skills needed to stay hired, and the process they might use to self-identify these skills from previous experiences.

Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will have knowledge of the skills students need that will help them obtain and maintain employment.

 

#370S Skilled Teacher Certificate – Module 3, Workshop 3 -- Theory and Research on Learning *CANCELLED - WILL BE RESCHEDULED TO A DATE LATER IN THE SPRING SEMESTER
1:30 – 2:50pm
CCC 503
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: COC Faculty
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
The third workshop in Module 3 focuses on how we can create independent learning in our community college students. It will explore ways in which faculty can create an environment that helps to build the necessary skills to becoming an independent learner. Participants will be guided to identify the cognitive and relationship skills necessary to foster independence in learners.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Analyze the different characteristics of community college students
• Evaluate best practices for curriculum, classroom instruction, and assessment to meet the needs of different community college students
 

#371S How Can Faculty Inspire and Challenge High Achieving Students?
2:30 – 3:20pm
CCC 405
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenters: Patty Robinson, Mehgen Andrade
Strategic Goal: Student Support
While faculty know the importance of assisting Basic Skills students, we recognize that they aren't the only students who can benefit from inspiration. In fact, it is often a challenge for faculty to maintain a challenging and motivating environment for students who are higher achievers. Join us for a discussion about just that: How can faculty inspire and challenge students who have mastered basic skills and now look to thrive in their educational experience? Learn the various kinds of opportunities available to these students through participation in Honors societies, department clubs, special programs or COC Honors.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this session, participants will have learned of the various programs and resources available to enhance and enrich the educational environment of high achieving students.

 

#372S Skilled Teacher Certificate – Module 4, Workshop 2 -- Different Ways of Teaching and Learning
3:00 – 4:20pm
CCC 503
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: COC Faculty
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
For the second workshop on Different Style of Learning and Teaching, each participant will develop a lesson plan that incorporates some of the theories discussed in workshop one, in particular those ideas based on Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences theory. Participants are encouraged to explore any of the other major theories as well. At this workshop participants will discuss each of the lesson plans drafted, and then, in pairs and in groups, further develop and refine them for eventual use in the classroom. As “homework” following the second workshop, participants will implement the lesson plan (or at least some aspect of it) in the classroom and report back to the group their findings at the final workshop.

 

Learning Outcomes:  By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to

·       Evaluate best practices for developing lesson plans that can apply to a diverse range of learning styles.

·       Develop classroom activities that incorporate different learning styles.

#373S Inspired Teaching Roundtable
3:30 – 4:20pm
CCC 405
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Facilitators: Lisa Wallace, Mehgen Andrade
Strategic Goal: Student Support; Teaching & Learning
Come together with your faculty colleagues to discuss what inspired you and your teaching from the workshops you attended at the CCC FLEX day, and identify 2 – 3 ideas you plan to implement when classes begin.

Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will have identified 2 – 3 innovative teaching strategies they can implement in their classes.

 

#374S Skilled Teacher Certificate Program Overview
4:30 – 5:20pm
CCC 405
FLEX credit – 1 hour
Presenter: Ron Dreiling
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
If you are interested in learning about a new professional development opportunity that will allow you to focus on applying the new research and theory on teaching and learning to your classroom practice, please come to this introduction to the new COC Skilled Teacher Certificate. The certificate will be described and the process for completing it explained. This workshop will also present the rewards of completing the certificate.

Learning Outcomes: After the presentation, participants will be able to:
• Describe the COC Skilled Teacher Certificate
• Explain the process for completing it
• Evaluate its rewards

 

Thursday, February 2, 2012

 

#375S Inspired to Excel!
8:45 – 11:30am
*A light continental breakfast will be served
UCEN 258
FLEX credit – 2.5 hours
Presenter: Chancellor Dianne Van Hook
Strategic Goal: Leadership
In the face of challenging times, we have a duty as educators to inspire our students. And given that future success is determined by the amount of effort and flexibility one is willing to invest, a world of possibilities awaits those students who are inspired to be their best. Join COC Chancellor Dr. Dianne Van Hook for an interactive and engaging brainstorming session that will examine:
• What trends will impact our efforts to prepare our students for the future?
• What is happening on our campus that will set the stage for the future?
• How can we as educators inspire our students now, and help them understand the importance of lifelong learning?
• What attitudes and skills are necessary in order to inspire your students and colleagues?
• What does leadership have to do with inspiring people?
• How can you be an inspirational teacher in the classroom and leader on campus?
Come prepared to share your best practices and ideas about being an inspiring leader!
 

#376S Inspiring Teamwork: Department Retreats
1:00 – 2:50pm
FLEX credit – 2 hours
Please contact your Department Chair for the location
Strategic Goal: Institutional Effectiveness; Teaching & Learning
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 this session, participants will be able to identify the key issues the department will be addressing during the upcoming academic year.

 

#377S Inspiring Collaboration and Communication: Q&A with the Board of Trustees
3:00 – 4:20pm
UCEN 258
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenters: Members of the SCCCD Board of Trustees
Strategic Goal: Campus Climate
Come meet the members of the SCCCD Board of Trustees and learn about the role they play in governing the college district.

The goal of this interactive flex session is to improve communication and better understand our various roles in moving the college forward:

Faculty and staff will have an opportunity to let the Trustees know the great projects you are working on as well as ask questions and provide your input.  

Trustees will share their experiences serving on the board as well as discuss their roles and responsibilities, the relationship between the board and employees, how board members are elected and the role of the student trustee.

You will hear about their work in representing the college in the community and at the state level as well as their role in advocacy, fundraising, and partnership creation and discuss and provide information on your role in doing the same.

Bring your ideas and questions to contribute to the dialog. Dessert and beverages will be provided.

Learning Outcome: By the end of this session, participants will have learned the various roles and responsibilities of the board members.

#378S Skilled Teacher Certificate – Module 2, Workshop 2 -- Community College Teaching for the Twenty-First Century: Teaching for a Range of Students
3:00 – 4:20pm
HSLH 230
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: COC Faculty
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
Perhaps the most important characteristic of community colleges in California is the wide diversity of their students. The differences in the student population include age, gender, educational and career goals, level of preparation, ethnicity, economic status, ability, and motivational level. A skilled community college teacher knows how to design curriculum, classroom instruction, and assessment that is supple enough to meet the needs of most of the different students in each classroom. This module consists of two workshops focused on ways to identify the most important characteristics of your students early in the semester and how to plan every aspect of your course to meet their learning needs.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
• Analyze the different characteristics of community college students
• Evaluate best practices for curriculum, classroom instruction, and assessment to meet the needs of different community college students

 

#379S Skilled Teacher Certificate – Module 4, Workshop 3 -- Different Ways of Teaching and Learning
4:30 – 5:50pm
HSLH 204
FLEX credit – 1.5 hours
Presenter: COC Faculty
Strategic Goal: Teaching & Learning
In the final workshop on Different Style of Learning and Teaching, each participant will develop effective assessments that incorporate concepts discussed in prior workshops in this series, particularly those ideas based on Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences theory. Participants will also begin to craft a final portfolio of our work on multiple intelligences and learning styles, and discuss as a group how they plan to implement, or have already have implemented, these techniques and assessments in our classrooms, as well as what effect (or anticipated effect) they might have.
 

Learning Outcomes: By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

·       Develop a broad set of formative and summative assessments based on different learning styles.

·       Craft and share a peer-reviewed portfolio of classroom activities and assessments developed throughout the module. 

 

Friday, February 3, 2012

#380S Student Success Skills Symposium
8:30am – 3:30pm
UCEN 258
FLEX credit – 7 hours
Coordinators: S4S Committee
Strategic Goal: Student Support; Teaching & Learning
Now in its fourth year, the S4S Student Success Symposium is an all-day conference designed to help both full-time, part-time, and high school faculty and administrators better recognize and address the needs of their students. The theme for our 2012 Symposium is “Promoting Classroom Environments that Foster Self-Confidence, Esteem, and Academic Success.” This year’s symposium will feature a variety of presentations that will encourage all participants to consider how the ideas of hope and self-confidence can help students be more successful in all aspects of their academic careers.
Our keynote speaker this year is Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade, high school teacher and Professor of Raza Studies at San Francisco State University. Professor Duncan-Andrade’s talk focuses on developing educators that are better equipped to create educational environments that understand and respond to the social toxins that emerge from inequality. Inside of this framing, Duncan-Andrade draws from his 18 years as an urban educator to explore the concept of hope, as essential for nurturing urban youth. He identifies three forms of “false hope”—hokey hope, mythical hope, and hope deferred—pervasive in and peddled by many urban schools. These false hopes give way to Duncan-Andrade’s conception of “critical hope,” explained through the description of three necessary elements of educational practice that produce and sustain hope and transformation. Breakout sessions hosted by COC Faculty will comprise the afternoon offerings.
 

Learning Outcome: Participants will be able to restate the importance of critical hope as it relates to student success and identify two or three strategies that can help create greater classroom climate and student motivation.
This all-day event will include a light breakfast, keynote speaker and lunch. Events will take place in the University Center. Part-time faculty may opt to receive FLEX or a $100 stipend to attend (limited to the first 25 part-time faculty who register).

8:30 – 9:00 am: Sign in and Light Breakfast

9:00 – 9:30 am: Welcoming Remarks: “Understanding and Creating Environments of Hope and Responsibility” (Audrey Green and Denee Pescarmona)

9:45 – 10:55 am: Keynote Address: “Note to Educators: Hope Required When Growing Roses in Concrete.” (Professor Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade)
11:00am – 12:00 pm: Large Group Discussion with Professor Duncan-Andrade

12:00 – 12:45 pm: Lunch

12:45 – 2:05 pm: Breakout Session #1 Topics:
• Skilled Teacher Certificate Module 5, Workshop 1
• “Empowering Students to Be Self-Motivated”
• “Using Learning Communities within Individual Classrooms”


2:10 – 3:30 pm: Breakout Session #2 Topics:
• Skilled Teacher Certificate Module 5, Workshop 2
• “Creating Classroom Culture”
• “Professional Students: Creating Positive Classroom Experiences through Personal Responsibility”


To register for workshops, please send an email to sharon.johnston@canyons.edu.

 

#92F Independent FLEX Project
FLEX credit - up to 20.5 hours per year
An independent project proposal form must be submitted to the Professional Development office and approved prior to beginning the project. To receive FLEX credit, a final project must be submitted by June 30, 2011. Proposal forms are available on the Professional Development website, located at: http://www.canyons.edu/offices/pd/Forms/AppCreditFlex.asp

 

 
#93F & 116F Understanding the Needs of Older Adults (Online)
FLEX credit - 20 hours for part 1 and 20 hours for part 2
Instructor: Anne Marenco
This two-part 100% online course is designed to be a self-paced class for those interested in teaching classes in the College of the Canyons Older Adult Community Education Program.  The time commitment for each part is 20 hours.  The course focuses on the biological, psychological, and sociological challenges of aging.  To register, please send an email to Leslie Carr at leslie.carr@canyons.edu . This course is facilitated by Anne Marenco, Professor and Chair of Sociology.  Twenty hours of FLEX credit will be given upon completion of each part.

 

#94F Online Library Resources
Ongoing – Watch for email announcements for dates and times
Library 210
FLEX credit - 1.5 hours
Presenter: R. Karlin
 


#95F Adjunct Evaluation
3 hours each/6 hours max per year

 

#96F Conferences Outside Working Hours
FLEX credit - 20.5 hours max per year (beginning July 1, 2010) -- Please complete a FLEX Application Form at least 5 days prior to attending the conference.  The form is located at http://www.canyons.edu/offices/pd/Forms/AppCreditFlex.asp

 

#97F Individual Computer Tutoring
Scheduled tutoring sessions in your own work area, on your own computer are available. To schedule an appointment, please send an email to Leslie Carr at leslie.carr@canyons.edu.  Please be sure to indicate the program or software you would like to receive tutoring on.
FLEX credit - 3 hours max per year

 

#98F Individual Web Page Tutoring
FLEX credit – 2 hours max per year
Michael Gunther from Computer Support Services will be available by appointment for tutoring sessions throughout the year. He is available to assist individuals on specific topics related to web page development. When requesting a tutoring session, please indicate your desired topic. To make an appointment, please send an email to Leslie Carr at leslie.carr@canyons.edu.
Prerequisite: Individuals must have completed a two-hour FrontPage workshop prior to meeting with Mr. Gunther.

 

#99F Student Learning Outcomes Online Workshop
FLEX Credit - 1 hour
Strategic Goal: Teaching and Learning
Are you unclear as to the what’s, how’s, when’s and why’s of SLO’s? If so, this workshop will help you by providing a panoramic look at SLO’s. From the origins of SLO implementation in colleges to how to write strong SLO’s, this workshop will give you the details and the big picture of SLO’s. After completing this workshop, you will know the role of SLO’s in your courses and in the larger context of the college.
*To register for this online workshop, please email Sharon Johnston in Professional Development at sharon.johnston@canyons.edu.

 

#100F Individual SLO Training (3 max/yr)
FLEX credit - 3 hours max per year
 Members of the SLO committee are available to meet with you by appointment in order to meet your individual training needs regarding Student Learning Outcomes and Student Learning Outcomes assessment. To set up an appointment, please contact Jennifer Brezina at Jennifer.brezina@canyons.edu and include the topic you would like to learn more about as well as your availability. Learning outcomes will vary by session. To receive FLEX credit, please report your training time via email to Sharon Johnston at sharon.johnston@canyons.edu.



#101F FLEX Exchange Program
FLEX credit - 12 hours max per year
Full time faculty may choose to participate in the FLEX activities of regional community colleges (Antelope Valley, Moorpark, Ventura, Los Angeles Mission, etc.) for FLEX credit at COC. Please obtain an attendance verification form from the Professional Development office prior to attending.

 

#102F New Faculty Mentor Program
FLEX credit - 8 hours sem/16 hours max per year
Newly hired fulltime faculty can have the benefit of having a “friend in the business” at COC. Mentors can help newcomers work on professional projects, develop curriculum or they can be simply a source of guidance and information, all in a non-evaluative manner.
To sign up to be a mentor, please contact Fred D’Astoli at campus extension 3710 or at fred.dastoli@canyons.edu.  Eight hours of FLEX credit per semester will be given to mentors.
 

#103F Mentor Program for New Online Faculty
FLEX credit - 8 hours sem/16 hours max per year
The Mentor Program for New Online Faculty is designed to provide additional support to instructors during the first semester or two of online teaching. The program will pair new online instructors with instructors who are experienced with online teaching in order to provide feedback on course design and offer ongoing encouragement and advice. Mentors will earn 8 hours of FLEX credit per semester, with a maximum of 16 hours per academic year. New online instructors can request a mentor by contacting James Glapa-Grossklag at james.glapa-grossklag@canyons.edu.  If you are an experienced online instructor and would like to become a mentor, please contact James Glapa-Grossklag.
 

#104F  Mentor Program for Noncredit Faculty
FLEX credit - 6 hours sem/12 hours max per year
The Mentor Program for Noncredit Faculty is designed to provide additional support to noncredit instructors who are interested in improving their teaching skills. The program will pair noncredit instructors with others who are experienced teachers in order to provide feedback on course design as well as ongoing encouragement and advice. Some participants may desire feedback and advice regarding general teaching strategies, while other participants may be interested in issues specific to noncredit teaching, such as managing multi-level classes, open entry/open exit classes, and off-campus teaching. The primary purposes of this program are to encourage reflection and discussion of noncredit pedagogy and to provide moral support for noncredit instructors.

Qualifications for Mentors
-Fulltime faculty members who have expertise in active learning, assessment techniques or working with nontraditional student populations
--Completion of the one-hour Noncredit Faculty Mentor Training session

FLEX credit
Mentors will earn 6 hours of FLEX credit per semester, with a maximum of 12 hours per academic year. The time requirements for mentors are as follows:
·         Attend a mentor training session prior to mentoring a noncredit instructor (1 hour)
·         Meet with the new instructor prior to the class being offered to provide feedback on course design (1 hour)
·         Meet with the new instructor (formally and informally) throughout the semester to provide ongoing support (4 hours)

Procedure
Noncredit instructors can request a mentor by contacting Jose Martin via email at jose.martin@canyons.edu.

 

 

#105F Mentor Program for Re-Entry Students
FLEX credit - 8 hours sem/16 hours max per year
The semester-long Reentry Mentor Program is designed to provide reentry students with an opportunity to build working relationships with faculty, staff, and administrators at College of the Canyons. Faculty mentors working in this program would be entitled to FLEX credit equivalent for the total number of hours spent in an mentor orientation session, directly with the mentee, and at the mentor award ceremony at the conclusion of the semester. A maximum of 8 FLEX hours will be given for participation in this mentoring opportunity.  For more information on this program please contact Debbie Rio via email at debbie.rio@canyons.edu.

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The Office of Professional Development has designed a mentor program for those faculty and staff who aspire to a management or leadership position.  It is also for those experienced managers who want to take the next step and move into a higher-level administrative position.

The purpose of the Professional Development Mentor Program is to provide opportunities for employees who have a desire to develop and enhance their career development opportunities, to be paired with a mentor who will guide, advise and motivate them to continue to improve their skills and knowledge and grow with the College into a management or leadership position.

The Professional Development Mentor Program is open to all full-time and adjunct faculty, classified and confidential staff and administrators.

Program Goals

·        To encourage motivated employees to develop themselves to their fullest potential

·        To retain good managers

·        To grow future managers and administrators for the College

·        To create and foster effective and mutually beneficial relationships between the mentors and mentees

·        Current and aspiring managers will have an opportunity to gain knowledge and skills that will assist them in moving up to the next level

·        Mentorship will be a non-evaluative, relaxed relationship focused on coaching 

Program Participation

To participate either as a mentor or mentee in the Professional Development Mentor Program, please contact Leslie Carr in the Professional Development office at leslie.carr@canyons.edu or at campus extension 3100.