Upcoming Events and Registration
Upcoming Events
| Title | Date Time | Format | Short Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackboard Basics Online | Start Anytime | Online | Blackboard Basics is an overview of using Blackboard in teaching, learning and classroom community building. This course is designed to get you on board with Blackboard by covering topics that are commonly used by faculty at GRCC. |
| Social Writing | Mondays noon-2 p.m. | Virtual | Research tells us that if we want to add exercise to our routines, it's useful to schedule it, keep track of workouts, and sync up with a friend. TLDE's Social Writing sessions harness these same strategies for faculty and staff who are trying to put writing time into their schedules. Social Writing is for anyone who wants to intentionally set aside time to get work done. Use these two hour blocks to grade, create course content, research your latest project, or generate any kind of written work. The crux of Social Writing is that we hold space for ourselves to do work that is important to us. We meet up on Zoom, and after a brief check in, we dive into our work for two hours. And that's it. Sharing is not part of our session, but a natural offshoot of Social Writing is the kind of connections that lead to sharing. No need to register; just drop in and then self report your hours in PeopleSoft. 1/15, 1/29, 2/12, 3/4, 3/18, 4/1, 4/15 Join Zoom Meeting: https://grcc.zoom.us/j/91759737093 |
| Social Writing | Wednesdays 10 a.m.-noon | Virtual | Research tells us that if we want to add exercise to our routines, it's useful to schedule it, keep track of workouts, and sync up with a friend. TLDE's Social Writing sessions harness these same strategies for faculty and staff who are trying to put writing time into their schedules. Social Writing is for anyone who wants to intentionally set aside time to get work done. Use these two hour blocks to grade, create course content, research your latest project, or generate any kind of written work. The crux of Social Writing is that we hold space for ourselves to do work that is important to us. We meet up on Zoom, and after a brief check in, we dive into our work for two hours. And that's it. Sharing is not part of our session, but a natural offshoot of Social Writing is the kind of connections that lead to sharing. No need to register; just drop in and then self report your hours in PeopleSoft. 1/24, 2/7, 2/21, 3/13, 3/27, 4/10, 4/24 Join Zoom Meeting: https://grcc.zoom.us/j/91759737093 |
| Learning Circle: Principles of Blended Learning | Wednesday, 2/7/2024 6:30-8 p.m. | Virtual | Community of Inquiry (Col) is the most widely recognized model for successful online education. It continues to be researched and applied to blended and face-to-face learning with excellent results. If you are interested in designing collaborative and constructivist learning experiences - this book is for you! Winter Dates: 2/7, 3/6 & 4/3 |
| Portfolio Training | Friday, 2/23/2023 10-11 a.m. | In Person - 315 RJF Hall | The portfolio is the primary documentary evidence used for tenure review and promotions in rank. It is used by all tenure and promotion review committees as foundation of their deliberations. This workshop will introduce participants to the portfolio at GRCC and the processes surrounding it. Please note: completion of this session is required for any faculty member who wishes to serve on a rank or tenure committee. |
| Handling Demand for Dual Enrollment | Tuesday, 3/5/2024 1-3 p.m. | Virtual | Dual enrollment has been a critical lifeline for community colleges amid a general, nationwide decline in enrollment - yet it is not without challenges. Community colleges may find it difficult to generate interest in dual enrollment programs in some school districts, while they struggle to meet demands in others. Colleges may also find it challenging to maintain a commitment to equity as well-resourced districts request more dual enrollment courses, while more diverse - yet less resourced - districts remain underserved, with fewer dual enrollment offerings. Even finding and training faculty to teach dual enrollment courses can sometimes prove to be an obstacle. This one hour webinar, which we will watch virtually as a group, will be followed by facilitated discussion and plans for next steps. |
| Classroom Observation Training | Thursday, 3/7/2024 10-11 a.m. | In Person - 315 RJF Hall | This workshop covers guidelines and processes for conducting effective classroom observations. It is designed primarily for faculty who have not conducted classroom observations at GRCC but who plan on volunteering to do so in the 2023-2024 academic year; this workshop may also serve as a useful refresher for those who already have experience with classroom observations. |
| Coffee & Conversation | Thursday, 3/7/2024 noon-1 p.m. | In Person - 315 RJF Hall | Join TLDE staff for coffee and informal conversation about teaching, learning, and distance education. Bring us your requests, your questions, your aspirations. |
| Beyond the CRAAP Test | Tuesday, 3/12/2024 2-3 p.m. | Virtual | Many of us are familiar with the CRAP or CRAAP test, but what other evaluative methods are out there? This presentation and workshop is designed for instructors across the disciplines. Led by a college librarian, we will discuss a variety of ways to teach source evaluation. Participants will leave with an activity they can tailor fit into their lesson plans. |
| Quality Matters Rubric Online Training | Tuesday, 3/5 - Tuesday, 3/26/2024 | Online | This is a three-week asynchronous facilitated online workshop. This workshop is not self-paced. The APPQMR, QM's flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and its use in reviewing the design of online and blended courses, is intended for a broad audience including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators and adjunct faculty. The A.P.P.Q.M.R. is the pre-requisite for the Peer Reviewer Course, which is the required course to become a QM Peer Reviewer. |
| Learning Circle: GRCC Working Parents & Caregivers | Wednesday, 3/13/2024 1-2:30 p.m. | Virtual | Some of our hardest work as parents/caregivers happens before and after working hours (and especially on weekends). So much is expected of us at home and at work, especially with students coming to school needing more and more from us, no matter what our title is at GRCC. How then, do we best do all of our jobs while staying calm and grounded and maintaining a sense of self that isn't solely defined by the work we do to care for others? We will gather to read parenting memoirs that address this central question, share thoughts about work/life balance, start a low-key journaling practice, and support each other throughout the academic year. |
| Guiding Our Students Past the Sensationalism | Tuesday, 4/2/2024 2-3 p.m. | Virtual | We are all being exposed to more information at once than ever before in human history. With so many information outlets vying for our attention, many have turned to sensationalism to attract clicks. This presentation and workshop is designed for instructors across disciplines. Led by a college librarian, we will discuss how to teach media literacy, an important skill for our students both in the classroom and in their daily lives. Participants will leave with an activity they can tailor fit into their lesson plans. |
| Coffee & Conversation | Thursday, 4/4/2024 noon-1 p.m. | In Person - 315 RJF Hall | Join TLDE staff for coffee and informal conversation about teaching, learning, and distance education. Bring us your requests, your questions, your aspirations. |
| Learning Circle: GRCC Working Parents & Caregivers | Wednesday, 4/10/2024 1-2:30 p.m. | Virtual | Some of our hardest work as parents/caregivers happens before and after working hours (and especially on weekends). So much is expected of us at home and at work, especially with students coming to school needing more and more from us, no matter what our title is at GRCC. How then, do we best do all of our jobs while staying calm and grounded and maintaining a sense of self that isn't solely defined by the work we do to care for others? We will gather to read parenting memoirs that address this central question, share thoughts about work/life balance, start a low-key journaling practice, and support each other throughout the academic year. |
| Strategies for Tracking Post-Completion Outcomes | Tuesday, 4/23/2024 1-3 p.m. | Virtual | The student success agenda continues to expand the scope of data it seeks to collect, moving beyond access and completion metrics to include post-completion data as well. Community colleges are embracing their role in providing social mobility for their students, yet transforming commitment into action can be challenging, as post-completion data are not as easily available as student-and course-level metrics. This one hour webinar, which we will watch virtually as a group, will be followed by facilitated discussion and plans for next steps. |
| Online Hybrid Certification Course | Monday, 5/6/2024 - Sunday, 6/16/2024 | Online | This six-week online training prepares faculty to teach online and/or hybrid courses at GRCC. |
| Online Hybrid Certification Course | Monday, 10/7/2024 - Sunday, 11/17/2024 | Online | This six-week online training prepares faculty to teach online and/or hybrid courses at GRCC. |
| Online Hybrid Certification Course | Monday, 1/6/2025 - Sunday, 2/16/2025 | Online | This six-week online training prepares faculty to teach online and/or hybrid courses at GRCC. |
| Online Hybrid Certification Course | Monday, 5/5/2025 - Sunday, 6/15/2025 | Online | This six-week online training prepares faculty to teach online and/or hybrid courses at GRCC |
How To Register
- Log in to your Online Center.
- Choose Employee Self Service, then select Professional Development Tile.
- Make sure to click TLDE on the above tab that reads Training Course Type.
- You will now be in the Workshop Registration portion where you will see the table of upcoming sessions available.
- For a description or more details on a session, please click the blue "i" dot next to the title.
- Select the session you wish to enroll in, click Register.
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