President’s Monday Briefing - December 21, 2009
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On a personal note… Whether you are traveling or staying close to home over the winter break, I wish each of you a very happy holiday season and best wishes for a safe and healthy New Year! College of Marin offices will be closed for the holidays College of Marin offices will be closed for winter break from Dec. 24, 2009 to Jan. 3, 2010. Offices will reopen on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. Students may continue to apply and register for classes online at www.marin.edu through the holidays. Spring semester weekend classes begin Jan. 23; credit and noncredit classes begin Monday, Jan. 25. New students are encouraged to apply now and register early. The last day to register online for a full semester class is Feb. 15. January Flex Program All credit faculty have an obligation to complete professional development “Flex” hours under the current academic calendar. A number of Flex activities are planned for the Jan. 2010 Flex Days. Jan. 20 and 21 are Independent Flex Days. Friday, Jan. 22, is the Mandatory Flex day that includes the annual Spring College Convocation and department meetings. Detailed information about the Flex program including Spring 2010 Flex Guidelines, the formula for determining your Flex hours, the Flex Verification Form and other pertinent information is posted on the Staff Development Web page which can be found under the “Faculty and Staff” tab on the college home page. Up-to-date Flex workshop dates, times, locations, and changes are posted on the online “Faculty and Staff” Calendar which is accessible on the college home page under the “Campus Events Calendars” drop down menu. Flex workshops are open to all faculty and staff. However, some workshops require pre-registration. See details below. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in Flex activities, including auxiliary aids or services, please contact the Human Resources Department at (415) 485-9340. Notification at least 3 weeks prior to the activity will enable us to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the workshop. Note: An ASL Interpreter will be provided for College Convocation. Jan. Flex Workshops Scheduled as of Dec. 10, 2010 Check Out EduStream: COM’s New Streaming Video Capability Ever thought about creating or using YouTube videos to enhance instruction? Now you can! COM recently acquired a license for EduStream, a centralized digital web-access service, created by a California Community College consortium, similar to YouTube that will provide access to educational video content from any computer. Instructors and students can use videos from the extensive library of over 5,000 videos that EduStream maintains or convert their own videos and upload to the server. It will stream video using Flash technology at a steady 15 frames per second and can be used by instructors in conjunction with the MyCOM portal or WebCT/Blackboard. Once content is loaded onto the server, videos can be run in the classroom through an internet connection without loading them onto a disk and students can access them anywhere through their student portals. EduStream is compatible with Windows and Macs and with all web browsers. The workshop will cover the process for converting videos for online access as well as guidelines for compliance with copyright and ADA requirements. Come check out this exciting new technology now available to all COM faculty! Coping with Disruptive Persons and Workplace Safety Workshop
Participants who have handled incidents with disruptive persons will be encouraged to share their experienc—what worked and what didn’t. A question and answer session will follow the workshop. Brown Bag Lunch Presentation: Updating your Syllabus, Easy as 1-2-3! Forwarding and Organizing your College E-mail Addresses At the end of this class, you will be able to:
This workshop will be a structured practical exercise activity at individual computers. Space is limited to 22 students. Pre-registration is required. E-mail alice.dieli@marin.edu to register. Your registration will be confirmed via e-mail. Prior to attending, faculty will need to be able to log on to both their Marin.edu account and the MyCOM Portal and know their user name and password for each. Faculty Orientation Presenters include: Nick Chang, VP of Student Learning; Sara McKinnon, ESL Instructor; Linda Beam., Executive Dean of Human Resources; Chuck Lacy, Chief of Campus Police; and Kathleen Kirkpatrick, Staff Development Program Administrator This session will provide new and recently hired full and part-time faculty with valuable information about instructor requirements, resources, college departments, processes, and procedures. Topics will include: How to download your roster, post grades, post your syllabus and class handouts, and communicate with students via the MyCOM portal, Intranet, and college e-mail; Workplace Safety and Emergency Information; Human Resources; Payroll Information; Flex; Participatory Governance; Institutional Planning; and Academic Issues. Even if you’ve been teaching here a few years, valuable information will be covered in this comprehensive session. Faculty Orientation Check Out EduStream: COM’s New Streaming Video Capability Joint Department Chairs Meeting Introduction to the SLO Wiki and Writing Degree and Certificate SLOs Come learn how to utilize the Academic Senate’s SLO Wikispace* to facilitate discipline discussions about course level, program level SLOs, and their assessment as well as degree and certificate level SLOs (which need to be written in spring 2010.) All College of Marin disciplines have at least one page already set up on the wikispace where they will find everything they have written concerning SLOs in their area up to now including program-wide SLOs and course level SLOs. To view it or to become a member, go to: http://com-academic-senate-slos.wikispaces.com/ *A Wiki is a collaborative Web site that can be viewed by anyone, but where members can post to discussion tabs and add to or edit content. The editing capability is fairly simple. All changes are tracked as to what they are, when they were made, and who made them; and are available on the “history tab.” Wikis are used widely by groups that want to have a space in which to create content collaboratively. They are used extensively for education by teachers for their classes as well. For more information: http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers. Additional links to other educational wikis: http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/ and http://edublogawards.com/2008/best-educational-wiki-2008/ (Mandatory Flex Day) College Convocation We live in a global society and it is through this lens that our speaker, Dr. Juan Carlos Arauz, will be viewing and discussing issues associated with a 21st Century Education. Dr. Arauz will present the five essential 21st century competencies that every educational institution must ensure students learn to prepare them to successfully navigate in a global society. Informed by a strength-based approach toward student academic achievement, these five essential competencies have been well-documented by several corporations, educational institutions, and researchers. In line with the college’s Strategic Plan, participant colleagues will be able to develop a repertoire of techniques and teaching methodologies with which to implement these five essential competencies into their departments to improve student access and retention, as well as student learning and success. This presentation is sponsored by the Basic Skills Initiative. Dr. Juan Carlos Arauz is a consultant, trainer, and writer specializing in areas related to immigration, youth, and education. He has developed a model program for education where 100 percent of Latino senior high school students enrolled in the program have graduated vs. the national graduation rate average of 58 percent. Similarly, 93 percent of Latino students enrolled in college completed their first year vs. the national average of 27 percent. He currently serves on the board of Marin Academy High School, Saint Marks School, and Buck Institute for Education. Dr. Arauz is the founding director of E3: Educational Excellence & Equity whose vision is to redefine educational excellence where every student, regardless of starting point, is engaged and expected to thrive in a culture of academic success! Department Meetings
Happy Holidays! Frances L. White, Ph.D. President's Monday Briefing webpage |
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