Leaders from Student Services Teach Classes

Keisha Jones, Dean of Student Engagement and Completion

Dr. Kim Bays, Director of Academic Advising

During the second 8 weeks of the spring semester, we will have two faculty members who we are not used to seeing in the classroom. Dr. Kim Bays, who is the Director of Student Advising, and Keisha Jones, who is Dean of Student Engagement and Completion will each teach an ACA course. 

When Keisha was working for Guilford Technical Community College, and Georgia State University before that, she taught ACA courses. In the past she has taught courses with a view of better understanding how policies affect faculty. She decided teaching a course herself was the best method of understanding faculty work and needs related to college policy, but when she began teaching she discovered that “…I actually really enjoyed being able to engage with students in a different capacity than what I did on a day-to-day basis. I had the opportunity to pour myself into the lives of students in a different way, and my students appreciated me for it.”

Read the rest of this article in the Faculty Cafe .

Summer Institute

Greetings, fellow faculty. This is just a reminder that the CTL is looking for volunteers to join us on the planning committee for the upcoming summer institute. The theme set by the grant for this summer is fostering growth mindsets and resilience. We will be working with coaches from Achieving the Dream (ATD) to plan this summer’s event, since we are new to this process.

This will be a good learning opportunity for any faculty member interested in the planning of faculty professional development opportunities. We hope to have representation from all schools of learning, both Davidson and Davie campuses, and both full-time and part-time faculty.

If you are interested in applying to join the summer institute planning committee, the deadline

to complete the Summer Institute Planning Committee Application is this Friday, March 6 at

5:00 PM. Most meetings of the CTL are on Monday afternoons from 3:30 to 4:30/5:00 PM.

Please contact the members of the CTL Advisory Board if you have any questions.

Spring Break Next Week!

The Office of Learning Design Team