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BSI Faculty/Staff Development

Description

Increase/improve training, expand use of CTL, design compensation for involvement, expand workshops, seminars and flex, designate campus organizer of professional development.

Related BSI Proposals & FYE Recommendations

BSI REC's: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9: Summary of Faculty/Staff BSI Proposals
FYE REC's: II.C, IV.D

Members

Lead Confirmed: Phyllis Taylor, Professional Development Coordinator: taylorp@smccd.edu x4233 Rachel Bell, BSI Coordinator: bellr@smccd.edu x4349

Team Confirmed: Donna Bestock: bestock@smccd.edu x4121

Consultants: PEDAC, Regina Stanback-Stroud Jim Petromilli: petromilli@smccd.edu x6208 Nate Nevado nevadon@smccd.edu x4388

Meetings

Ongoing meetings every Weds at 5pm in 5108

Activities

Open House Week: March 3rd-7th Since many faculty are already teaching some excellent basic skills lessons, we wanted to share what we already have here at Skyline with each other. During the first week of March, some faculty are opening their doors for any other faculty or staff members to come observe a class. If you are interested in opening your class for visits or if you have any questions, contact Rachel Bell: bellr@smccd.edu x 4349 For the course visit schedule visit: http://www.smccd.net/accounts/bellr/BSIOpenHouse.htm Click here for an easy-to-print schedule (set printer preference to "landscape"): Open House Schedule Also featured in the Feb 08 Skyline Professional Development Newsletter: http://www.smccd.net/accounts/taylorp/SkyFacStaffNews

Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIG) We want to bring faculty from across the disciplines together to talk about teaching, the challenges they face, and the approaches they use in regards to basic skills and student success. These are informal discussion groups bringing a diverse range of faculty together. There will be 3 meetings during spring 08 and participants attending the 3-meeting series will be paid $100. The meeting dates are on Weds 2-4pm in room 6205 on: 3/12, 4/16 and 5/14. To sign up, contact Phyllis Taylor: taylorp@smccd.edu x 4233 Members: Rick Escalmbre, Dennis Wolbers, Steve Aurilio, Bridget Fischer, Josie Glen, Guillermo Ortiz, Leslie Shelton, Felix Perez, Jim Petromelli, Helen Thompson, Jude Navari, Murrell Green, Laurie Biagi Meeting Notes/Materials from 3/12: Meeting Notes, Agenda, What FIGs Do Meeting Notes 4/16: Meeting Notes Meeting Notes 5/14: Meeting Notes

Teachers Teaching Teachers (Three-T) Again taking advantage of all the resources we have here at Skyline, we wanted to set up a place where faculty can share successful basic skills lessons with faculty from across the disciplines. There will be 3 meetings with teachers presenting 30-minute lessons. Participants attending the 3-meeting series will be paid $100 and presenting teachers will receive $50 per lesson. The meeting dates are on Mondays 2-4pm in room 1124 on: 3/24, 4/21, 5/19. To sign up contact Rachel Bell: bellr@smccd.edu x 4349 Members so far (more can still sign up!): Tony Jackson, Luciana Castro, Brian Daniel, Leslie Shelton, Regina Pelayo, AJ Bates, Yvonne Price, Kathleen Feinblum, Sita Motipara, Evan Leach, Nancy Kaplan-Biegel, Sita Motipara, Nate Nevado, MaryAnne Leary, Jamil Kanaaneh, Felix Perez, Brian Meredith, Bob Lualhati, Kate Browne Presenters on 3/24--Tony Jackson, Leslie Shelton and Regina Pelayo: Notes on Presentations Presenters on 4/21; Kathleen Feinblum; English,  Brian Daniel; Respiratory Therapy, Evan Leach; Math, & Tom Broxholm; Automotive Technology Presenters on 5/19; Luciana Castro; Spanish, Yvonne Price:English, & Pat Deamer; Math

Online invite: http://www.smccd.net/accounts/bellr/BSIFacultyStaffDev.htm

Other Faculty/Staff Development Activities for Spring 08 (more projects to come):

* Sending Murrell Green and Nate Nevado to Student Services & Support strand of African-American Male Summit at Coastline College in Westminster, CA on March 19^th, 2008. Report on the conference.


* Sending Phyllis Taylor and inviting other faculty to the free conference “Professional Development Workshop for EBCAA faculty with Dr. Alfred Tatum” in Oakland on February 23, 2008, 9am-2pm. RSVP by 2/20 at 510-587-7896

* Working with Leslie Shelton and Beverly Muse, and other counselors on 2-part series.
Click here for event flyer:

Series Title:  Raiders of the Lost Self

Seminar 1 (for faculty, staff and students): Saving Face: Giving Shame the Slip
Date: Monday April 28, 2008  
Event time: 12 noon to 2 pm, joining rooms 6202-6204-6206

Seminar 2 (for students only): R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – Re-discovering the Whole Self
Date: Monday, May 7, 2008
Event time: noon to 2 pm, joining rooms 6202-6204

* Working on creating additional components of the new employee training to include: connection to other faculty, in-class visits, panel discussions, etc.

* Creating a short course to be taught as part of the CTL offerings which focuses on having part- and full-time staff and faculty across the disciplines who are new to Skyline College on learning the “nuts and bolts” of Skyline in the first part and then in the second part they have a choice of learning Banner or learning how to apply effective teaching approaches and methodologies appropriate to the specific needs of Skyline students. Rough course outline. Also we are collecting feedback from faculty and staff on this course.

* Working with Jim Petromelli on expanding the role and offerings of the CTL

* Phyllis Taylor attended the On Course National Conference in Los Angeles, Calif. on May 2-3, 2008:
http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/Conference.htm. BSI Professional Development, in conjunction with counseling and the PEDAC Committee is organizing an On Course workshop presentation at Skyline College for the January 2009 Flex Days. More TBA.

* Have had a discussion with Linda Collins from the Career Ladders about a possible cooperative Fall 08 workshop with Dr. Alfred Tatum.  Her people are doing the research and getting back to us. Here is the presentation Dr. Tatum gave at Laney College in Feb 08:

From Resistance to Resilience: Using a Broader Approach to Engage Young Adults in Reading and Literacy by Alfred W. Tatum, Ph.D.

* Investigating the possibility of getting Skyline faculty trained through the Reading Apprenticeship program: http://www.wested.org/cs/sli/view/serv/10

End of the Semester Update