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Learning Center Courses
The Learning Center
features intensive courses and workshops on some of the latest
innovations and best practices used in community colleges. Participants
receive a continuing education unit (CEU) for completing each
course and can expect to take home a body of practical knowledge
and applications. Participation in Learning Center Courses requires
an additional registration fee of $100 per 3-hour course and $150
per 6-hour course.
Seating is limited,
so be sure to register
early!
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6-HOUR
LEARNING CENTER COURSE (1 DAY/6 HOURS) |
Sunday,
March 16
9:00 a.m.—12:00 noon, 1:00–4:00 p.m. |
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LEN's: Another Way of Looking at Things!
This
full day session will introduce participants to
the League for Innovation LENs project and to all
of the invaluable resources that can be used in
support of a faculty orientation or curriculum development
initiative. The LENs (Learning Exchange Networks)
materials focus on 7 different areas of curriculum
design including: creating the positive learning
environment, learning outcomes, teaching strategies,
technologically mediated instruction, assessment
and evaluation, and the innovative career. The LENs
materials were originally developed at Humber College,
in Toronto Canada, and have undergone significant
review and revision to be made available to League
colleges. Johnson County Community College in Kansas
City and the Dallas County Community College District
have worked in partnership with Humber college to
update, review and pilot the materials over the
past two years. Representatives from these three
colleges will share their experiences and innovative
implementation plans with participants. The LENs
learning modules are self directed modularized units
of instruction that can be adapted and imported
in electronic form, to incorporate into existing
programs or to use in developing programs. All participants
will have an opportunity to experience a sampler
of the LENs learning materials and seminar tools.
We are sure that colleagues will find these resources
a valuable addition to any teachers' or staff developers'
toolbox.
Patricia
Hedley, Director, Professional Development,
Humber College, ON, Canada; Allatia Harris,
District Director, New Faculty Orientation, DCCCD,
TX; Walter Klarner, Professor Emeritus,
Johnson County Community College, KS
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The Brain's Natural Learning Process: Research,
Theory, and Classroom Application
The
brain has a natural process of learning and an innate
need and desire to learn. When we know how the brain
learns, we can create curricula and choose pedagogy
to help students be the naturally motivated, successful
learners they were born to be. This interactive
session focuses on developing and delivering brain-compatible
curricula. Participants will have hands-on experiences
with brain-compatible learning activities and with
planning models for developing curricula for their
own students.
Rita
Smilkstein, Professor Emerita, Humanitites,
North Seattle Community College, WA
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Leadership
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An Introduction to Formation: Exploring the Seed
of True Self
In
this course, we will explore formation as designed
by Parker J. Palmer, Ph.D. According to Palmer,
“Formation is journeying, individually and in community,
to our inner selves, our hearts and souls, to identify
our true selves and our deep integrity.” We will
use stories from our own lives as well as those
from the wisdom traditions to explore topics of
identity and integrity.
Ann
Faulkner, Co-Director, Center for Formation
in the Community College; Elaine Sullivan,
Co-Director, Dallas County Community College District,
TX
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Workforce
Preparation and Development |
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Positioning Your College for Workforce Development
Success
This
"hands on" Learning Center Course will
focus on creating dynamic, career-focused colleges.
Participants will learn how to survey employer needs
and develop a strategic response model to meet those
current and future workforce training needs. Best
practices from across the nation will be featured
for the four primary populations served: 1) emerging,
2) existing, 3) transitional, and entrepreneurial
workers.
The
role of workforce training as a resource development
opportunity will also be predominately featured
since most colleges must now learn to fund raise
and be more entrepreneurial to subsidize decreasing
budgets.
Each
participant will be engaged in the process of sharing
their experiences and in the development of practical
strategies for improving workforce development programs
at their respective college.
Anthony
Zeiss, President, Central Piedmont Community
College, NC
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| 3-HOUR
LEARNING CENTER COURSES (1 DAY/3 HOURS) |
Monday,
March 17
1:15–4:15 p.m. |
Learning
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Beyond "Work Like Your Dog": What Happens
After the Motivational Presentation
After
you have thrown the fish, moved your cheese, and
worked like your dog, you need to be able to take
that energy and create group experiences to further
the learning-centered initiative for all college
employees. Inclusion is the key, and a series of
small- group actvities focused on getting everyone's
input is one process for achieving buy-in. The course
will provide a "paws on" experience for
un-"leashing" the creative juices of your
college employees. This course will set the stage,
take you through the process, show you the results,
provide interesting reflection activities to help
you focus on your next steps, and it will just be
doggone FUN.
Barbara
Baird, Curriculum Specialist, Center for
Service Learning; Susan Lamm-Merritt,
Assistant Professor, Education, Brevard Community
College, FL
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Leadership
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Leaders as Learners as Leaders: Reflective Community
College Practice
As
community college educators, we understand the importance
of our students reflecting on and integrating what
they learn. Do we hold the same value for our own
reflection and integration of theory and practice?
This course will focus on how we can use reflection
to better understand and improve our own practice.
Through an interactive session, participants will
experience and discuss reflective practice techniques
and how these techniques provide new insight into
their professional work.
Iris
Weisman, Associate Professor, Higher Education,
Antioch University McGregor, OH
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Reinvent Your College To Your Own Specifications
In
this session, learn what are the essential elements
for reinventing your college–from mission to common
language to institutional research essentials to
outcome measures. A four-year process that has been
underway at Brookhaven College will be disentangled
before your very eyes by the leadership team, core
components will be described, essential research
tools will be provided, and the learners will share
and debate possible future scenarios. And all in
language that Boards, Legislatures, and even students
will understand and applaud.
Alice
Villadsen, President; Ed Garcia, Instructor,
English; Marilyn Kolesar-Lynch,
Executive Dean, Career Resources, Brookhaven College,
TX
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Tuesday,
March 18
1:15–4:15 p.m. |
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The Outcomes Primer II: Tools for Building the Outcomes-based
Curriculum
"The
Outcomes Primer"(2002), by Stiehl and Lewchuk,
laid a foundation for creating an outcomes-based
college curriculum. This session is a sneak preview
of the soon to be released "Outcomes Primer
II", which focuses on tools that move faculty
quickly and deeply into the outcomes planning process.
You will leave this session with the tools you need
to (1) arrive at learning outcomes, (2) assure that
courses align with the intended outcomes, and (3)
make critical decisions about how and where assessment
occurs.
Ruth
Stiehl, Professor Emeritus, Community College
Leadership, Oregon State University, OR; Carol
Schaafsma, Curriculum Coordinator, Academic
Services, Linn-Benton Community College, OR
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Using Consortium Membership Creatively to Internationalize
the Classroom and College
Community
Colleges for International Development, Inc, during
its 26-year history, has undertaken projects and
activities in hundreds of countries. This Learning
Center Course will examine how the activities of
this consortium of 100 colleges have impacted the
CCID member colleges and their classrooms. Discussion
will focus on projects, services, professional development,
and other activities undertaken by individual colleges
and the Executive Offices, in the spirit of working
collaboratively to internationalize the institution.
Faculty video testimonies, illustrating the impact
on curriculum will intersperse the presentation.
Revenue generated from international training projects
will be highlighted.
John
Halder, President, Community Colleges for
International Development, Inc, IA; Michael
Brennan, Director, International Education,
Hillsborough Community College, FL; Paul
McQuay, International Programs, Delaware
County Community College, DE
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21st Century Jobs for Your Students – Basic Computer
Skills to IT Pro
The
rapid integration of technology into business has
transformed the workforce dramatically making the
ability to use technology a prerequisite for job-entry.
From basic desktop skills to core skills for IT
professionals, this session will share current data
on hot jobs, skill sets in demand, and the building
blocks to student careers. Learn from experienced
educators and Microsoft program managers how to
evolve your workforce development programs to serve
your students and communities based upon Microsoft’s
curriculum and new certifications. This session
will particularly benefit individuals responsible
for workforce development in IT.
Diana
Carew, Workforce Development/Community
College Relations; Bill Setten,
Manager, Microsoft Academic Business; Janie
Schwark, Manager, .Net Academic Programs,
Microsoft Corporation, WA
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