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Upcoming Professional Development

Week of October 25-29

This week’s spotlight:

Key Metrics

November 2, 2021 2:00 pm

Watch on your own or together with other ACC Employees

This webinar is sponsored by Ready Education and hosted by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

All content presented during the event is provided by Ready Education.

Topic: The Key Metrics for Tracking Student Community & Sense of Belonging

Description: Students who feel a sense of belonging are more likely to seek out and use campus resources. Their connectedness to the campus community protects them from stress and has positive downstream impacts on retention. Yet, despite the emphasis many institutions place on the role of the campus community in the academic experience, few adequately measure and track the health of that community. What key metrics can higher ed leaders use to track campus connectedness?

Join Ready Education for a webinar on November 2 to learn:

- Why measuring community and belonging are as critical as GPA

- How tracking sense of belonging can help institutions promote equity

- Qualitative and quantitative methods for understanding your campus community

- Key metrics like the sense of belonging scale and how to use them

- How to engage students in ways that support persistence, reduce summer melt and improve student satisfaction

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Josefvon Jones: Director of Diversity and Inclusion

Come watch the webinar together! As a group we will watch the webinar together in a space at ACC and then have a short discussion after. Josefvon Jones will be moderating the discussion. More info coming next week!

You don't want to miss this!

Who you "otter" know!

Way to go Heather!

Heather Laws

Instructor

Cosmetology

Heather has worked overtime and beyond, and then some more in the cosmetology department. I am aware she has had several challenges with COVID and has had to cover several classes in addition to running the department. Also, she has a high growth area and has expanded more programs with skin care and partnering with English Language Acquisition classes. She does it with grace and good hair!

Nominated by Jennifer Mock

Click here to nominate someone for next week's "Who you otter know."

Upcoming Trainings at ACC

Vibe Board Training

October 26, 2021 3:30 pm Room A349 and A350

Several faculty members are already experimenting with our new technology and different ways to meet our students' needs. One of these ways is offering face-to-face instruction while also teaching to students who are located off campus. One of our mathematics instructors, Michelle Perry, has been using the VIBE Board to teach her classes in this manner. She will be offering a PD session on what she has done in her classroom as well as how to use the VIBE Board. Ann Snell, Business Administration instructor, will also be sharing her experience teaching hyflex courses. The first session will be held on Tuesday, October 26 at 3:30 pm in A349 and A350. We will have additional sessions in November.

Aviso Trainings

10/21 11:00 am New User

3:00 pm Tasks and Action Plans

10/22 10:00 am Filtering 101

2:00 pm Adjuncts Only

To register for any of these trainings:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6uKUckdszxRtana2xlxeDCUdAhicOlGtHMyWNXp9ViJOcgg/viewform

Distance Learning Trainings

October 22 at 10:00 AM in Zoom - Facilitator: Jennifer Jones

Mediasite for Instructors - Mediasite is a video creation and storage solution in Moodle and Zoom. This workshop will provide an overview of using Mediasite to create and share videos in your online course, as well as using Mediasite's assessment tools.

Link to session - https://zoom.us/j/92264930187

October 26 at 2:00 PM in Zoom - Facilitator: Mercer Bufter

Creating Engagement in Online Courses - This workshop will explore best practices for creating student engagement in an online learning environment.

Link to session - https://zoom.us/j/92264930187

October 29 at 10:00 AM in Zoom - Facilitator: Mercer Bufter

Communication and Organization in Online Courses - In an online course, clear communication and user-friendly organization go hand-in-hand. This session offers strategies and techniques for creating a Moodle course that is easy for students to navigate and easy for you to share information.

Link to session - https://zoom.us/j/92264930187

PD Opportunities Outside ACC

DEI-Growth, Understanding, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (G.U.I.D.E.) Conference

Who: Rowan Cabarrus Community College

What: DEI-G.U.I.D.E. Conference

The Diversity and Inclusion Committee at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College wants to invite you to attend our second annual virtual Growth, Understanding, Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (G.U.I.D.E.) conference this fall. The G.U.I.D.E Conference is FREE.

The conference aims to advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (D.E.I.) Issues in Higher Ed, K-12 schools, communities, and workplace industries by building community and competency among all levels of employees and will cover the D.E.I. subjects such as:

Implicit Bias
Norms/Discomfort in D.E.I. Conversations
Strategies and Potential Trends with African American Males in Higher Ed
Breaking Down Present-day Barriers
Gender Identity
Equity and Engagement
B.G.T.Q.I.A. and more

When: Thursday, November 18, 2021, 9am–4 pm, and Friday, November 19, 2021, 9am–1pm.

Where: Click this link to register

Questions: Rowan Cabarrus Community College Diversity & Inclusion Committee (diversity&inclusion@rccc.edu)

The Yellow Star

If you see a yellow star it denotes a professional development opportunity that might be of particular interest to staff.

If you are aware of additional professional development opportunities please send them to ctl@alamancecc.edu.

For information about the Center for Teaching and Learning or to submit upcoming trainings,

please contact Jennifer Jones at ctl@alamancecc.edu

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336-506-4115

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336-506-4276

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