Professional Development Credit Offerings Spring 2023 |
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Please watch the Academy website during the semester for the most updated list of opportunities.
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Graduate Equivalency Courses |
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Creating an Accessible Learning Environment for Students With Disabilities
GECs: 3
January 23 - March 17
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In this course, participants will have an opportunity to learn basic information about the ten most common visible and invisible disabilities, in order to evaluate a course or program and develop methods that make the learning environment inclusive and welcoming to all students, including students with disabilities. The course will utilize real case studies of past Harper students, to have an honest discussion about the challenges that students face when navigating an inaccessible learning environment. The pandemic added additional challenges that will be discussed in this course.
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Registration Deadline:
January 9
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Teaching Online Successfully
GECs: 1 (per course)
Create: January 30 - February 12
Facilitate: February 27 - March 12
Enhance: April 10 - April 23
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There are three course options to choose from based on your needs:
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Create: you're developing an online or blended course
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Facilitate: you're teaching an online or blended course
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Enhance: you're looking for tools & techniques to enhance your online or blended course to encourage student engagement
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Registration Deadlines:
Create: January 16
Facilitate: February 13
Enhance: March 27
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Equity Teaching Academy
GECs: 3 (per course)
Reflect on Equity: February 1 - March 8
Redesign for Equity: March 16 - April 27
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“Reflect on Equity” is the second course in the Equity Teaching Academy series. This course guides faculty through experiences for deep examination of their course design and facilitation.
“Redesign for Equity” is the third course in the Equity Teaching Academy series. This course prompts faculty to consider institutional and course-level data as they envision ways to redesign aspects of their courses around equity pedagogies.
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Registration Deadlines:
Reflect on Equity: January 18
Redesign for Equity: March 2
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Panopto Basics Workshop Series
CEUs: 0.15-0.25 (per session)
February 1, 10 a.m.
February 21, 1 p.m.
March 2, 12:30 p.m.
March 21, 10 a.m.
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Panopto is a cloud-based video platform that is now available to Harper faculty. Panopto provides an all-in-one solution for recording, editing, captioning, and sharing videos! Panopto is integrated with Blackboard and Webex, which provides easy access and a streamlined workflow for faculty and students. There are three workshops being offered during the Spring 2023 semester:
- Introduction to Creating Effective Course Videos
- Video Editing & Captioning
- Interactive Video Quizzing
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Creating Equitable Learning Experiences: An Introduction to the Enacting Equity Course Review Tool
CEUs: 0.2
February 9, 11 a.m.
In person or virtual
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What can Harper instructors do to make their courses more equitable? This workshop presents opportunities for instructors to implement more equitable practices using the Enacting Equity in Courses tool. Under the guidance of instructors and Academy staff, participants will review institutional data and consider areas for improvement in their own courses.
Faculty who complete an equity course review are eligible to receive a stipend.
This session will take place in person with an option to participate virtually. Refreshments will be provided for in-person participants.
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Become a Distance Course Design, OSCQR, Peer Reviewer
CEUs: 1.0
March 6 - March 19
Virtual
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The OSCQR (Open SUNY Course Quality Review) rubric supports continuous improvements to the quality and accessibility of distance course design. If you would like to discover opportunities to enrich your distance course(s), and/or to become an official, Harper, OSCQR course design peer reviewer then be sure to register for this online, asynchronous workshop.
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Registration Deadline:
February 27
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The Applying Equity Matrix (AEMy): A Tool for Identifying and Sharing Supportive Strategies
CEUs: 0.15
March 22, 12 p.m.
In person or virtual
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AEMy, the Applying Equity Matrix, is an interactive tool that helps you identify inclusive and equitable teaching practices. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to navigate AEMy and identify practices that can help make your courses more equitable.
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Become an Ally Advocate: Improve the Accessibility of Course Materials with Ally for Blackboard
CEUs: 1.0
On-Demand
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Ally Advocates are recognized for their ability to leverage the Blackboard Ally tool to improve the accessibility, quality, and usability of course content for all students. An Ally Advocate will be awarded a badge and 1.0 CEUs for completing a chosen pathway in the Ally Checklist. This badge can then be shared through various platforms to show verification of completing training and criteria for course accessibility.
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Four Connections and You
CEUs: 0.2
On-Demand
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In 2010, in an effort to improve course dropout rates, Odessa College sought out the common thread between their courses which had the greatest student retention. What they uncovered are four simple, yet effective practices that can increase your connection to your students and promote student success in your face-to-face or online classroom. They called their findings The 4 Connections.
This on-demand workshop will share Odessa’s fascinating story and give you the tools to bring the power of The 4 Connections to your classroom right away. It will also ask you to reflect on your own effective strategies for bringing students into a strong class community.
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Small Group Instructional Feedback (SGIF)
CEUs: 0.4
On-Demand
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Pioneered at the University of Washington, Small Group Instructional Feedback (SGIF) is a voluntary, non-evaluative process for collecting feedback from your students on their experiences and perceptions of your course mid-way through the semester. Since 2019, Harper faculty have been using the SGIF process to great success in their classes.
In SGIF, a faculty peer conducts a 30-minute session in your class or distributes an online survey in which they ask your students to respond to five questions about your course: 1) What helps your learning? 2) What hinders your learning? 3) What can the instructor do to improve your learning? 4) What can you to do improve your learning? and 5) What increases (or could increase) your sense of belonging in the course? The peer will provide you with a confidential, written report of feedback collected, allowing you and your students an opportunity to make positive changes.
SGIF is available to all faculty, every semester without the need to attend a workshop.
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2023 Faculty Retreat
CEUs: TBA
April 14
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All Harper College faculty (full-time and adjunct) are invited to the 2023 Faculty Retreat. The retreat will be held on Friday, April 14. Watch the Academy News for details and registration information. For now, please save the date on your calendar.
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Academy for Teaching Excellence | 847.925.6174 | Building F, Room F317
Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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The mission of the Academy for Teaching Excellence is to create a vibrant teaching and learning culture for full-time and adjunct faculty that cultivates professional development in support of student success. |
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Accessibility: Individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation or who have questions about physical access may contact the event host or Access and Disability Services at ads@harpercollege.edu, 847.925.6266, at least two weeks in advance of the event date.
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Harper College enriches its diverse communities by providing quality, affordable, and accessible education. Harper College, in collaboration with its partners, inspires the transformation of individual lives, the workforce, and society. |
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