Afternoon Sessions
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Get in the VP Lane: A Conversation with VP Bradley Lane |
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EGC First Cohort: EGC Kickoff Presenters: Drs. Chante Deloach and Tyfanny Dowd
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Equity in Action Share Out Discussion Panels We have amazing faculty! Let's learn from each other. Faculty share and discuss their own equitable practices that have been effective in the classroom. Participants will leave with hands-on ideas that they could implement in their own classroom. Two panels to choose from: Panel 1: Outside the Classroom This share out session is broadly defined as practices related to mentoring, counseling, homework, deadlines, assessment and grades, email/Canvas communication, office hours. Panel presenters:
Facilitator: Jessica Krug
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Panel 2: Inside the Classroom This share out session is broadly defined as practices related to community building, in class assignments, teaching strategies, microaggressions, space for student interests, classroom communication - either for onground or online classes. Panel presenters:
Facilitator: Lea Hald
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Mindfulness: Training the Mind to Stay in the Present Presenter: Dr. Alison Brown During times of uncertainty, the mind can get lost in worries about the future or remorse about the past. This is totally normal! Mindfulness practices, such as meditation, can assist us in training our restless minds to stay in the present moment for longer periods of time, and increase our capacity for calm, peace, and ease even in the midst of uncertainty. |
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Turbo Hour with TurboFit Presenter: Turhan Douglas One of SMC's own amazing coaches, Turhan Douglas, has provided all members of the SMC community access to the TurboFit App! In this session, you will discover what is the TurboFit App, how to promote it to your students and fellow employees, conduct a quick 30-minute fitness session that you can do from the comfort of your own desk and learn more about the importance of posture and ergonomics while working in remote/hybrid environments. |
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New Faculty Workshop: Beginning the Journey Toward More Equitable Teaching Practice Presenters: Drs. Erin Cue and Kevin Chicas
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Create and Facilitate Better Student Engagement in Canvas with Pronto Presenters: Matt Baugh, Customer Success Manager, Pronto; Jason Pearson, Documentation and Training
Manager, Pronto; Sione Ngatuvai, Customer Success Manager, Pronto Pronto is an app that works within and outside of Canvas to enable seamless, collaborative, and effective communication between faculty and students, (think instant messenger for Canvas). In this training session, we will learn how to use Pronto as a real-time chat solution along with other features like:
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Smarthinking Online Tutoring Presenters: Kindra Merrill, Senior Account Manager, Smarthinking; Dr. Tamara Whitaker,
Interim Dean of Online Services & Support; Ashley Eutsey, Senior Online Learning Services
Specialist; Christine Miller, Instructional Media Specialist. |
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Sabbaticals: What You Need to Know Presenters: George Davison, English & Chair of the Sabbaticals & Fellowships Committee; Oriana Kim, Life Science; Lauren Movius, Communication and Media Studies. This session will cover the process of applying for a sabbatical and explain how the committee evaluates the applications. We will also review some recently approved sabbaticals and show you how to avoid some application pitfalls. Bring your questions. |
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Adjunct 411: What to Know Week 1 as Adjunct Faculty Members Presenters: Catherine Matheson, Marianne Borgardt, Ian Colmer, Natalie Bumbera, Nina Kato, and John Lynch. This presentation will cover key classroom, technology and campus resources for recently hired and continuing part time faculty. The information will help orient them to their first week responsibilities, as well as to the resources and services they will need in order to have a successful start to the semester. |
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Tips for How to Make your Semester Easier with GPS Presenter: Stacey Jones, Jose Cue, Kristin Lui-Martinez, Gregory Brookins, Lori Williams Gateway to Persistence and Success (GPS) is a success and retention tool at SMC. We will show you how using kudos, flags, and referrals can support your students. The GPS Team will show how to edit your profile and add appointments to Outlook through GPS. The new GPS Ambassador team will be introduced. Finally, we will take your questions regarding the system. |
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NSF Implementing Equity Practices Presenter: Andria Denmon, Chris Grant, Jing Liu, Silvana Carrion-Palomares STEM Faculty within the “NSF Grant: Fostering an Equity-minded Student Success Culture in STEM Through Faculty Development” have completed a yearlong training in equity, and now are focus on adopting equity practices in their courses. This workshop will review some of the practices they plan on implementing and how they will utilize them in their Fall STEM courses.
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- You can choose to watch any recorded session that you missed from the Spring Professional Development Day!
- A follow-up Equity in Action Discussion Panel will take place in October. More details to follow!