Past Events and Programs

Teaching in the Diverse Classroom – One Day Workshop!

What does diversity mean in the community college classroom context? Join Eric Davis, Interim Dean of Social Science, in this one-day interactive event exploring the role diversity plays on our campus, particularly as instructors. Topics we plan to address throughout the day include:     The Language of Diversity—Feeling comfortable deploying terminology Cultural self-awareness—Understanding one’s ...

Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) 101

Why Interdisciplinary Studies - IDS programs provide students with valuable learning opportunities to synthesize ideas and information from multiple disciplines. They learn to see connections between seemingly disconnected areas of study, thereby developing new insights and potential innovations in areas of interest to them. They become more effective communicators, critical thinkers, reasoners, and appreciators of ...

Teaching Square: Classroom Management

Gain ideas for managing your classes by forming a quarter-long peer group and observing three colleagues’ classes. Sara Gardner of the Autism Spectrum Navigators Program is facilitating this workshop with her expert knowledge of supporting students with a variety of disabilities. Previous participation in our Classroom Management workshop is recommended, but not required. 10 PD Hours ...

Teaching Square: Climate Justice

Sign up by April 5 to allow the facilitator time to plan the first meeting. This teaching square will help participants hone their knowledge of climate justice issues and, with support, teach one aspect of climate justice and climate change in an existing course. This may range from spending 5 – 10 minutes teaching one ...

Teaching Square: Encouraging Self-Regulated Learning

This teaching square will introduce you to the secrets of self-regulated learning using strategies through reflection activities.  How to teach students how to be self-regulated learners is a frequent question we have as teachers. This teaching square will introduce you to ways to enhance learning and create lifelong learners. Through this non-evaluative opportunity, you will ...

Teaching Square: Interdisciplinary Sustainability

This teaching square allows faculty to gain interdisciplinary perspectives on sustainability and insight from other faculty while integrating sustainability into their teaching. To start, we will review basic sustainability principles and interdisciplinary perspectives on this issue. With the support of other faculty, participants implement a sustainability lesson into one of their own courses. Conversations with ...

Teaching Square: Preparing for Your Official Classroom Observation

Will you have your performance review in winter or spring quarters? All adjunct faculty are required to complete a performance review during their 2nd and 5th quarters, and this process includes a classroom observation. In addition, all tenure-track faculty have their courses observed regularly. This Teaching Square will support participants as they prepare for their ...

Teaching Square: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Meeting times will be determined by a poll of registered participants. You will be contacted by Archana by January 7 to complete the poll. In winter quarter, you can join fellow faculty members to learn from one another through a non-evaluative process of reciprocal classroom observation and self-reflection. The focus of this Teaching Square is ...

Teaching Squares -Inclusive Pedagogy – CANCELED

This workshop has been canceled. This Teaching Square is designed for faculty currently teaching in on-ground or hybrid courses. If you are teaching online, please see our Online Teaching Squares workshop.  During this teaching square, you will first review current literature about inclusive teaching, discuss these with other participants, and then work to implement them ...

Teaching Squares – An Opportunity to Observe and Reflect

Registration closes April 10 so the group can begin planning for the 3 meeting dates during the quarter. Zoom remote participation will be an option for those meeting dates. Spring quarter, you can join fellow faculty members to observe and share reflections with one another in this non-evaluative process called a ‘Teaching Square.’ A Teaching ...