Power Up for a Super Day! - Fall Professional Development Day - October 4, 2024
Please join us starting on September 30th for Professional Development Week. Please see Professional Development Week Agenda to see what is planned for the week!
Agenda
8:15 - 8:45am Everyone: Coffee & Conversation in the Cybercafe Coffee: Iced & Hot, Hard-Boiled Eggs, Granola/Protein Bars & Yogurt
9:00 - 9:45am Everyone: Dr. Maureen Dunne Keynote Address - Cultural Centre Embracing Neurodiversity: Turning Differences into Strengths for Our Collective Future
10:00 - 10:45am Workshops
- The Neurodiversity Edge: An Actionable Framework for Authentic Neuroinclusion - For Administrators and Supervisors in CTC 124 & 125
- Finding Your Strengths - For Everyone in E-214, with E-216 as an additional space, if needed or On Your Own - Use the VIA Character Strengths Survey to take a 10-minute survey to identify your strengths. Also, please download the Strengths Finder Reflection pdf. Participants can plan to complete the Strengths Finder Reflection and the VIA Character Strengths Survey during the session also. Join a discussion or reflect on your own about the strengths you use at work and those you would like to use more often.
- Distance Learning - Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in online courses (Please
bring your laptops) - Facilitated by Nora Villarreal, Mary Black and Jill Urban-Bollis
in D201
Join the Distance Learning Committee for an interactive session focused on fostering regular and substantive interaction (RSI) in online classes, a key component of distance learning. You may wish to bring your laptop. This session includes the following topics for exploration:
- Creating Engaging Content
- Best Practices Sharing
- Peer Feedback on Course Design
- Developing an RSI Plan
- The Intersection of Accessibility and RSI
10:45 - 11:00am Break
11:00am - 12:00pm Everyone: Dr. Dunne Closing Address - Cultural Centre - The Neurodiversity Edge: An Actionable Framework for Authentic Neuroinclusion and Q&A to follow
12:00 - 1:00pm The Faculty Union will meet at Noon on Friday - TBD
12:00 - 1:00pm Lunch for Everyone will be available in the Cafeteria - Soup and Salad Bar
1:00 - 2:50pm Afternoon Workshops - Everyone is Welcome
1:00 - 1:50pm
- Accesssible Document - Open Discussion - Facilitated by Dawn Lockwood in D325
- Assessment - Open Drop-in - Facilitated by Lirim Neziroski in D201
- Teams and Windows 11 - Facilitated by Brian Pichman in B213
2:00 - 2:50pm
- Classroom Modernization - Open Discussion - Facilitated by Brian Pichman & Erin Templeton in B213 - Stop by, see what IT is thinking for classroom tech updates. Give feedback on what you are seeing in your classes: Are most students bringing their own devices? Are they using the desktop? Do you like using projectors or do you like the idea of a tv instead of a projector?
- Accesssible Document - Open Discussion - Facilitated by Dawn Lockwood in D325
- Distance Learning - Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in online courses (Please
bring your laptops) - Facilitated by Nora Villarreal, Mary Black and Jill Urban-Bollis
in D201
Join the Distance Learning Committee for an interactive session focused on fostering regular and substantive interaction (RSI) in online classes, a key component of distance learning. You may wish to bring your laptop. This session includes the following topics for exploration:
- Creating Engaging Content
- Best Practices Sharing
- Peer Feedback on Course Design
- Developing an RSI Plan
- The Intersection of Accessibility and RSI
- Strategic Planning - Facilitated by Dr. Tracy Morris in Board Room (C307)