March 21/97

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

David Jones Committee Chair

As the term winds down, and you anticipate getting
through all those end-of-term projects, cast your
thoughts to some May happenings that are
guaranteed to restore your energies.

Faculty Development Days (May 12-16)

A more detailed brochure description of the May
workshops will be circulated to you in the next week
or two. In the meantime, here’s a brief outline to
consider in your PD planning:

May 12 - Computers for Absolute Beginners; Prior
Learning Assessment: Introduction, overview, and
implementation

May 13 - Teaching and Managing the Multicultural
Classroom; Conflict Resolution: Case studies in
dealing with colleague-to-colleague conflict, student
anger, and multicultural differences.

May 14 - Educational Technology in Action:
Demonstrations of on-line courses, creating effective
multimedia for education, use of videoconferencing;
Teaching Techniques that Work; Fast Forward
Media Showcase (May 14 & 15).

May 15 - Outcomes Based Learning: Trends,
changes, curriculum and course design; Internet I:
The new look of information - demos of the latest in
research resources; Internet IT (hands-on): Riding the
wave - using advanced features of Internet search
engines.

May 16 - Coordinators’ Orientation and Training

Off Campus May Events

The News Bulletin from the Centre for Curriculum,

Transfer and Technology (CCTT) lists numerous

upcoming PD events. Here are a few of the May/June

events:

e Chairs Development Institute. May 12-15,
Bowen Island. Have heard good reports about
this event from past participants. For chairs,
convenors and current and future coordinators.

e Two events, both on May 17-18 in Seattle:
“Critical Thinking and the Redesign of
Instruction,” and “Critical Thinking and the
Process of Assessment”

e Association of International Educators’ Annual
Conference. May 20-23, Vancouver.

e BC Educators Users Groups Workshop on
Educational Technology. May 29-30 at SFU.

Training Opportunities

* CCTT is coordinating a nine-hour facilitator
development event (Friday pm April 18 and Sat.
April 19) for those interested in using the resource
materials for Refitting the Classroom (“for
instructors who work with women students in
traditionally male programs”).

*The Annual Great Teaching Seminar is being held
in Naramata from June 8-10. Application forms are
being sent to Divisional Assistants in your area, so
check with them.

* The Intercultural Communication Institute in
Portland, Or. is offering a number of 3, 4, and 5-day
Workshops at their Summer Institute for
Intercultural Communication. Great resources and
workshop leaders. Check with Ethelyn MclInnes-
Rankin in Counselling for testimonials

Readings and Resources

- I have a number of copies of an excellent 7-page
“Resource Guide to Educational Technologies. It’s
yours for the asking.

- New additions to the Faculty Development file in
the Library: Monographs on Learning without
Limits: Model Distance Education Programs in
Community Colleges, Workforce Development in the
American Community College; and Preparing a 21st
Century Workforce: Innovations in Programs and
Practices.

Computer Workshop You remember those
computer workshops you signed up for back in
December? There’s still one left - the Powerpoint
workshop is scheduled for April 4 from 10:30-5 in
CE237. If you can’t make it, please notify Dale
Gagne in Personnel services ASAP - others may
want your seat.

Please call me (Local 7534) for any info on any of
the above. We’ll see you all at the May Faculty
Development Days.

Faculty Development Committee: Leslie Baker,
Jolene EPordewick, Rick Brewster, Chris
Gratham, Jan Shiell , Anne Watson

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