Workshops

Dr. Charity Peak, ACUE Regional Director of Academic Programs, will provide an orientation to faculty who are participating in the course on Effective Teaching Practices. Orientation is open to faculty who have received official confirmation of participation in the Association of College and University Educators course.

This session will demonstrate a variety of learning technologies being used beyond the walls of the traditional classroom in TMCC’s Veteran’s Upward Bound Program. Light board technology, Blue Jeans, Zoom and more are being combined with video conferencing platforms to create a customized experience for students while keeping them engaged.

TMCC counseling will discuss key facts about cannabis and its impact on students in classes as well as messaging available to faculty to help students understand these impacts. Experts from local dispensaries will also be available for questions.

Learn how to use Canvas as an assist to your traditional face-to-face course. In this session, you will learn how to upload files, create announcements, and post grades. This training is only intended for those who are NOT teaching online. If you are teaching online you must complete the Canvas I, II and III trainings. Pre-register by Aug. 19 so an account can be created for you. 

Note: In order to attend this Canvas Assist class you must be able to login to Canvas with your official TMCC user name and password. If you do not have this information please contact your department. Any users who cannot login to Canvas will be redirected to attend the Canvas Assist class on Aug. 27 from 5:30–7:30 pm.

Join your colleagues for a mid-day ice cream break, plus the annual Jenga Tournament sponsored by the Faculty Senate Recognition and Activities Committee.

Pre-registration not required.

In this session, Brad Summerhill will present his publication, developed in part during his sabbatical, which encourages students to engage in public discourse, the lost art of meaningful conversation. This publication with its interdisciplinary focus, can be used for students in various major areas of studies, learning communities, and cohorts.

Your Google account can be a one stop place for all of your office needs by using mail, contacts, calendar, drive, documents, spreadsheets, slides, chat, and more. Google is always changing; stay up to date with this workshop.

Relationships, networking and Social Capital...we, as educators, know the value of these concepts for our students. But many of our students, including those who are from low socioeconomic backgrounds, do not know how to develop these and how to use them properly. Simple misunderstandings can also harm relationships with students from poverty, even with no ill intentions. In this session, we will explore Social Capital and how to train our students to build and use it beyond the classroom.

Join your colleagues for speed learning at twenty minute breakout roundtables. Breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m. to get you started! These roundtables showcase teaching and learning, classroom strategies and best practices from practitioners. You will be able to choose from our Learning Cafe menu and join up to three different sessions to get a snapshot of great techniques from your colleagues. Grab breakfast, choose your learning and grab a seat!

A special invitation is extended to all part-time faculty to join us for the open house and learning sessions.

Hugh Fraser will share his Canvas strategies using writing – specific “files” to help students improve their writing in key areas, including Central Idea/Thesis Development, Essay Organization, and more. Simple, straightforward help that you can embed in your course and customize will be demonstrated.

New to teaching at TMCC? You’ll want to learn how to fully utilize your Smartclassroom! This session will orient you to using the rooms or refresh your memory about the features your classroom offers.

Have you had this happen? A student regularly attends your class but hands in minimal or no work. This session is a facilitated discussion on strategies and solutions to this challenge; bring your ideas and success stories to share.

Starfish helps you connect with your students and the “Always-on Generation”. Whether you are teaching in person or online, Starfish is a great student retention tool. Come and learn how to give kudos, answer progress reports, and raise flags so the support staff can reach out to students with services.

The first half an hour of this meeting is with all FT and PT Humanities instructors. Programming, policies, duties, assessment results and faculty standards to teach online will be discussed. The rest of the meeting is with Spanish instructors; the new textbook edition change/Supersite modality will be covered. Instructors teaching SPAN 111 are required to attend this meeting or meet with the Department Chair, Dr. Brochu. RSVP to Hans Meadows at hmeadows@tmcc.edu.

The Starfish Engagement Focus Day is the kickoff of the Year of the Starfish (based on the Atlantis calendar). All teaching faculty will meet in Sierra 108 from 10 a.m.–11:30 a.m., and receive general information about Starfish and hear presentations from the four Starfish Faculty Facilitators. Lunch will follow! Then faculty will move to a computer lab with their cohort and assigned facilitator where the facilitator will run faculty through use cases for the main features of Starfish. Each faculty cohort will be given a 'syllabus' that details which features will be the focus for practice and discussion for specified times during the academic year. A short additional professional development session will be held in the spring. Each full-time teaching faculty member who actively participates in the Fall and Spring professional development workshops and is an active member of their Starfish cohort throughout the academic year will receive $150 stipend ($75 in December and $75 in May). Registration is required (for cohort and catering planning).

A collection of best practices from Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, “Strategies for Building and Leading Diverse Organizations” program will be presented. Breakfast served outside of RDMT 256 at 8:30 a.m. for attendees.

Participants will be guided through the “In It Together” inclusivity campaign. There will be a presentation on the initiative, as well as hands-on exploration of how to implement this on campus. Participants will analyze each aspect of the campaign, suggest actions for each value, and agree to an “In It Together” commitment.

Learn how to use Canvas as an assist to your traditional face-to-face course. In this session, you will learn how to upload files, create announcements, and post grades. This training is only intended for those who are NOT teaching online. If you are teaching online you must complete the Canvas I, II and III trainings. Pre-register by Aug. 21 so an account can be created for you. 

Note: In order to attend this Canvas Assist class you must be able to login to Canvas with your official TMCC user name and password. If you do not have this information please contact your department.