These sessions are informal Q&A sessions for faculty to connect with Bellevue College President and the cabinet. Don't miss this opportunity to ask questions, provide feedback, and share ideas! Spring-2024-Cabinet-Office-Hours_20240409
SOTL is a BC community of scholarship in its second year. In 2022-23, participants from multiple disciplines and divisions focused on demographic identifying information for the student coupled with their work using Canvas gradebook. This year, the group plans to look at other information that is captured within ctcLink. Some of the data of interest is the ...more about SOTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
As Bellevue College negotiates difficult budget times, finding funding for new initiatives can be tough. However, BC was awarded $5.7 million last year in grant funding for programs and services across the college like Nursing, the Early Learning Center, and the Veteran’s Resource Center. But where did that funding come from, and how can programs ...more about Introduction to Grants
Curious about your healthcare benefits options? There are a variety of benefits offered to BC employees that you might be missing out on. Representatives from BCAHE and HR will cover major benefits and how they might be right for you. Thursday, May 16th, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. via Zoom No registration necessary! For more information, ...more about Benefits 201 for Adjuncts
Learn about your contractual rights and your responsibilities as an adjunct professor at Bellevue College. We will cover course assignment, office hours, promotion, annual/multi-annual contracts, class caps, course evaluations, performance reviews, participation in college governance, professional development, leave, unemployment insurance, childcare benefits, and more. Open to BCAHE Members. Thursday, May 9th, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. ...more about Adjunct Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
Want to know what all those deductions from your paycheck are? Want to know what OASI, Herp Sup, FSA or DCAP mean? Come join this Zoom meeting and we’ll walk through the paycheck site in ctcLink and learn all about what those abbreviations mean. Open to BCAHE members. Thursday, April 25th, 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., ...more about How to Read Your Paycheck
Showing compassion and care to those who may be struggling emotionally Our students are experiencing increased rates of anxiety, depression, and other mental health related concerns, and the ongoing pandemic has only exacerbated these issues. This 4-part, 8-hour introductory workshop provides faculty with 1) a greater awareness of the impact of mental health, including learning ...more about Mental Health Advocacy
High 5 for Online Instruction is a required part of Phase II of the OETA. This course, facilitated by Jen Anderson and Tonya Estes, leads faculty through 5 equity-creating practices that help online instructors build community, connect with our students, create clear assignments, and stay flexible within a well-structured Canvas course. This workshop helps you ...more about OETA:05 – High 5 for Online Instruction
Join librarian Elena Maans-Lorincz in conversation about graphic novels and zines in the classroom and assignments. The BC Library has many graphic novels on a variety of topics, covering many subjects, and amplifying many voices. You may not think your area is represented in a graphic novel, but you are likely to be surprised by ...more about Images and Words: Graphic Novels and Zines in the Classroom—NEW!
In Spring 2022, the Office of DEI sponsored a BC group to engage in an intensive institute hosted by Excelencia. Humaira Jackson, Data/PD Liaison, was one of the participants who returned inspired by ways other institutions are using course, program and institutional level data to identify inequities in academic attainment. Now in its second year ...more about Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) Showcase