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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
ae Diane Blaney

Spring Grant Applications Deadline
April 8, 1994 -

Grants are available to full- and part-time faculty who:

> have a minimum of two years service;

> are working a four section minimum in year of request;

» have received no grant from Committee past twelve months.
Grants up to a maximum of $1,000 are available for research, attendance at
conferences and individual professional development activities which fall
outside the regular articulation process.

Grants are awarded through an adjudication process of the Faculty
Development Committee three times a year: fall, spring and early summer.
It is intended that the available funds be spread amongst as many people as
possible, therefore, the Committee can rarely allocate more than partial
funds to any distant travel request.

Applications are evaluated against the following criteria:
» degree of personal professional growth to the individual;
> contribution to the discipline/career/vocational/area;
> contribution to the College’s image;
> contribution to classroom effectiveness.

Applications for this adjudication round should be sent to the Faculty
Development Committee, attention Diane Blaney.

Faculty, Staff and Administrators Exchange
The Community College Exchange Program offers you an opportunity to
teach new courses, work in new administrative settings, learn new skills and
establish new professional contacts. Within CCEP you have a great deal of
flexibility in placements, exchange periods, and assignments which include
exchange opportunities with federal government agencies and education
associations. The exchange could be as long as one year or as short as
several weeks.

For a list and brief description of participating colleges, universities,
agencies and associations, or to receive a copy of the application form,
please contact me at 2364. The deadline to initiate your participation has
been set at April 14, 1994.

Instructional Skills Workshop

ISW is an intensive 24-hour workshop for beginning or experienced
instructors. The workshop is led BY college instructors FOR college
instructors. Beginning instructors are exposed to presentation skills,
curriculum design, lesson planning, evaluation techniques and classroom
management. Experienced instructors have an opportunity to focus on new
ideas and experiment with new techniques in a supportive environment.
The next Instructional Skills Workshop is scheduled as part of Faculty
Development Days during the second week of May 1994. The four days are
May 9, 11, 12, and 13, 1993. Contact Margot Rawsthome or Jessie
Pendygrasse for more information about the format and contact me on 2364
to register.

Faculty Development Days
May 18, 19, 24 and 26, 1994

The Committee has been working over the past several months in
planning a series of workshops and seminars for this year’s Faculty
Development Days. This years theme is Talking Together, Teaching
Together and Thinking on Your Feet.

May 18 is our first day and Mario Govorchin will be a feature guest and
will conduct a workshop entitled "Techniques for Resolving Conflict and

Dealing with Hostile Individuals". The workshop will deal with defusing
hostility, anger management and conflict resolution. A panel of Capilano
College colleagues will discuss the Capilano experience in the aftemoon and
Mr. Govorchin will continue with us as facilitator.

May _ 19 there will be two sessions. In the moming Jane Promnitz of
BCIT’s Learning Resource Centre will conduct a workshop on "Cooperative
Learning". In Cooperative Learning, students work in small groups to help
each other learn. Student participants become more motivated to become
involved in the leaming process as a result.

In the afternoon there will be a panel of Capilano College faculty members
discussing the merits of "Peer Coaching".

May 25 and 26 the B. C. Library Association will be hosting a "Media
Showcase" at Capilano College. The Faculty Development Committee has
planned some related activities around this Showcase.

May 24 there will be two workshops. In the moming there will be a
workshop on Using Instructional Media led by Tom Childs and in the
afternoon a workshop on Windows led by Riley O’Connor and Mary Ann
Van Home.

May 25 has been left unscheduled so that faculty who wish to view the
exhibits at the Media Showcase will be able to attend. A fee on behalf of
all instructors who wish to attend has been paid by your Faculty
Development Committee. Presentation of your name tag, business card or
library identification card is all that is necessary.

May 26 we will wrap up our activities for this year by asking Annette
Lorek and Maureen Whitney to do a hands-on "Navigating the Internet"
workshop. With the exception of this day and May 25, lunch will be
provided for all participants.

International Faculty Development Seminars
Information on this series of seminars can be obtained by calling me on
2364. Eleven seminars on various international topics are held on location
at universities throughout the world from Berlin to Brazil, from Moscow to
Zimbabwe. The series starts in June.

Great Teachers Seminars

June 12 - 17 Canadian Rockies Great Teachers’ Seminar at Nakoda Lodge
in the Kananaskis Region in southern Alberta; June 19 - 23 Pacific
Northwest Great Teachers Seminar at Menucha Conference Centre in the
Columbia Gorge on the east edge of Portland; B.C. Great Teachers Seminar
June 5 - 7 at Naramata Centre. Community college, institute and university
educators, representing a wide variety of subject areas, traditionally gather
for a week-long intensive seminar which provides an opportunity to learn
about and reflect on the current challenges faced by educators in post-
secondary institution. Contact me for detailed information.

Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
June 14 - 18, 1994 in Vancouver

This years theme is Learner Centered Teaching - a focus which embraces
many current initiatives will see presentations, workshops, experiential
learning opportunities, panel discussions and poster sessions to encourage
participants to interact while exploring issues and strategies to enhance the
quality of teaching and leaning. Contact me for a brochure and registration
form.

Case Writing and Case Teaching Workshops
April 18 - 22 and August 28 - 31 respectively —
These workshops are being held at the University of Westem Ontario.

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