Past Events and Programs

Faculty & Staff Singers

In the midst of the stress and challenges experienced through this pandemic, here is an opportunity for you to breathe deeply and find some healing and peace through singing!  The BC Faculty and Staff Singers will meet every other Friday and make music together from the safety of your own home!  Aimee Hong, Faculty of ...

Faculty Mentor Training – Summer 2022

Are you interested in serving as a mentor next year (2022-23) in the Tenure Mentoring or Adjunct Mentoring Programs? If so, this is a required training for all those who would like to mentor in one or both of these programs. Or are you just interested in what effective mentoring is? We welcome you to complete ...

Finding and Implementing Open Educational Resources (OERs)

The materials we choose for our courses impact student success in multiple ways. The relevancy of the content to our students and the cost of those materials are two aspects that faculty can control, and using Open Educational Resources (OERs) is one strategy. Although OERs have been demonstrated to have measurable positive outcomes on student ...

Finding Resources and Building Collaborations for PBL

How do you make project-based learning even more impactful? This two-part workshop will explore resources and on-campus collaborations that can help you take project-based learning to the next level in your courses. We’ll investigate: Strategies for obtaining grants and leveraging on-campus sources of funding such as professional development funding, the RISE Award, the Lockwood, and ...

Going Beyond the Gradebook: Infusing a Coaching Approach to Instruction (New!) 

How would you describe the role you play in your classroom besides ‘teacher’? Are you an adviser, a manager, a mentor, a coach? The First-Year Seminar (FYS) program has adopted many aspects of a "coaching" philosophy to offset some of the shortcomings of traditional instruction to empower students to take more direct responsibility for certain ...

Harnessing the Power of Words in Everyday Communication

This winter, join Cheryl Engstrom, Marketing Faculty, in this brand-new workshop designed to provide you with the tools to write effective messages, emails, and announcements. Learn to write stronger, not longer, to create more powerful everyday business communications to faculty, staff, and students.  We will be reviewing and implementing techniques from the art of public ...

Healthy Boundaries for Effective Classroom Interactions – Cancelled

As we return to the campus, classroom, and other meeting spaces, we are all learning/re-learning how to connect with each other. We may be experiencing discomfort in the thought of how to establish healthy boundaries with our students to create safe learning spaces for everyone.  Master Jason Mix from Enso Center in Redmond will facilitate ...

High 5

High 5 is Bellevue College’s movement toward closing the student success gaps! Develop your teaching toolkit and share ideas with colleagues about how to implement 5 high-impact strategies proven to increase student retention rates because you and your students are connecting in meaningful ways. These practices are based on research literature from Achieving the Dream ...

High 5 in the Blended Classroom

Even if you’ve taken High 5 before, we welcome you to dive into how to approach these 5 practices in blended instruction. Virtual classes present new challenges when compared to 100% on-ground classes. How do we build community, connect with our students, create clear assignments, and stay flexible as an instructor? What do the High ...

High 5 in the Online/Virtual Classroom – Spring

Even if you’ve taken High 5 before, we welcome you to dive into how to approach these 5 practices in online instruction. Virtual classes present new challenges when compared to on-ground classes. How do we build community, connect with our students, create clear assignments, and stay flexible as an instructor? What do the High 5 ...