2020-2021 Events
District Faculty Development Spring 2021 Professional Development Events
You are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming district-wide online Joint PD events.
Spring 2021 Professional Development Joint Zoom Event In partnership with E-Learning, North Seattle College
Click here to view PPT for this workshop
Wednesday, May 26th, 2021, 1:30-2:30pm
Representing the Underrepresented: Adding Culturally Responsive and Anti-Racist Content to Your Course Materials and OERs
This interactive presentation will share concrete examples of diverse representation in a math for liberal arts using OER, including biographies, names, pronouns, and racial context. The examples from the math class can be applied to any subject area. There will be time to collaborate with others to generate ideas for your field. Leave with ideas and continue the work towards furthering equity and inclusion in your course materials.
Presenters:
Cara Lee, Portland Community College Cara Lee is in her 15th year of teaching at Portland Community College and she has extensive practice in Euro-Celtic shamanism. She received an award for culturally responsive teaching at PCC and uses community-based learning projects in her courses. Her focus is on equity and access in mathematics, especially in math for liberal arts and statistics. She has led and/or contributed to three OER projects.
Jess Brooks, Portland Community College Jess Brooks is in her 15th year of teaching and 3rd year at Portland Community College. She previously served as the co-head of Trillium, a school which focused on constructivist, democratic education. She is partnered with PSU in their Math in Real Life lesson development program and has contributed to the Math in Society OER project at PCC. She also coordinates the peer mentoring program for the MESA scholars at PCC. She incorporates proficiency grading in her classes and focuses on making Mathematics education relevant and accessible.
For more information, please contact Kathleen Chambers at Kathleen.chambers@seattlecolleges.edu, or Dr. Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu
Using Perusall as an Equity Tool to Enhance Instruction and Students Learning
Tuesday May 25th, 2021, 12:30-2:00pm
Leading the demonstration:
Michael Rosenberg, Vice President of Sales, Perusall
Ethan Wyss, Customer Support Lead, Perusall
Zoom Link Click Here Click here for the event PPT.
Perusall is a free social learning platform that integrates seamlessly with your learning management system providing annotation tools for text, video, and audio assignments. Based on extensive behavioral research and originally developed at Harvard University, it enables instructors to teach more effectively, understand student misconceptions, structure class discussion, and save time. It is another EDI tool for your consideration.
Agenda for the demonstration:
Integrating with Canvas
Multi-modal assignments
How to build a library of varied course materials
Using groups
Using the social features of Perusall to motivate students
Setting up the auto-scoring system
Using the “The Confusion Report” to inform your in class session
Taking advantage of the course management tools and analytics in Perusall’s platform
Please mark your calendar and be there!
For more information, please contact Dr. Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu x 4103, or Ethan Wyss at ethan@perusall.com
You are cordially invited to participate in this district-wide online PD Event
Addressing Systematic Racism- Who’s responsible and how to dismantle it?
Monday, May 17, 2021, 1:00-2:00pm and Monday 24, 2021 12:30-1:30pm
Please find the saved insightful Chat Discussions from first event on May 17th here. No Recording for this event per speaker’s request
“All of us need to recognize that racism exists, that it’s a system, that it saps the strength of the whole society through the waste of human resources, and that we can do something about it.” – Dr. Camara Jones
Dr. Debra (Debi) Jenkins, Ph.D. is the CEO and Founder of Share the Flame LLC. One of the facets of what she does, in addition to JEDI (justice, equity, diversity and inclusion) consulting/training, one-on-one personal and executive life coaching and dynamic powerful speaking for systemic change, is to insightfully work with BIPoC (black, Indigenous, and people of color) women to help them strategize and navigate racialized trauma and minoritization within society including within their relationships and work spaces.
Share the Flame LLC works with those who desire to become restorative justice warriors, allies, accomplices, and or abolitionists in the lives of systemically non-dominant women who experience racialized trauma and minoritization.
One of her favorite quotes “For me, becoming isn’t about arriving somewhere or achieving a certain aim. I see it instead as forward motion, a means of evolving, a way to reach continuously toward a better self. The journey doesn’t end.” ~Michelle Obama
For more information, please contact Dr. Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ yilin.sun@seattlecolleges.edu;FD@seattlecolleges.edu
You are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming district-wide online PD workshop
Using Microsoft Teams collaboratively and seamlessly to foster learning and working communities
Facilitated by Alexander Tang
Tuesday May 18th 2021, 12:30-1:30pm
Click here to view the PPT
The purpose of this event to showcase Microsoft Teams as a resource. The intention with this workshop is to supplement the use of Canvas, not to replace it. Bring questions and comments about Microsoft Teams at this workshop and we will learn together.
Microsoft Teams is for everyone. Instantly go from group chat to video call with the touch of a button. Securely connect, access, share, and coauthor files in real time. Stay organized by keeping notes, documents, and your calendar together. This platform can be used for professional learning communities, as well as a learning management system for classes.
Released in 2018, Teams integrates Office 365 and is an interface which puts everything in the Microsoft Office suite in one place. Come learn about the different functions with Teams and how to use this platform effectively with colleagues and students.
Please mark your calendar and be there!
For more information, please contact Dr. Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu x 4103, or Alex Tang at alexander.tang@seattlecolleges.edu
Spring 2021 Joint Professional Development Zoom Event
Faculty Development Partnership with the NSC LGBTQIA+ Student Affinity Group, NSC Student Leadership and the NSC Faculty Social Justice Committee
Working with Trans and Non-Binary Youth
featuring Aidan Key
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021, 1:00-3:00pm
Click to join → https://tinyurl.com/nsctransyouth (No recording for this event). PPT will be available soon.
In this workshop you will gain a better understanding of working with transgender and non-binary students and learn multiple ways to support them in the school environment. We will address the needs of youth, discuss laws, name/pronouns, access to facilities (spoiler alert: It’s not about bathrooms!), working with parents and current trends. We will lead an open discussion to address your needs and concerns and share resources for faculty/staff.
Aidan Key is an educator, author, speaker, and community organizer. As a transgender man active in LGBTQIA rights, Key’s ground-breaking work includes developing policies and procedures for the equality of transgender children in schools grades K-12, comprising challenging topics such as gender neutral bathrooms, transgender students’ athletic participation (including locker rooms), privacy and disclosure of transgender status, and name and gender changes. Some of Key’s trans student inclusion policy work includes the Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Michigan Department of Education, Washington Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and Seattle Public Schools.
Key’s other accomplishments include being the founder of the Gender Odyssey conference, co-founder of Gender Spectrum, as well as the co-founder of Translations, Seattle’s Transgender Film Festival.
For more information, please contact Dr. Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu or Renee Infelise at renee.infelise@seattlecolleges.edu
You are cordially invited to participate in this upcoming district-wide PD event
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021, 2:30-3:50pm
Equitable and Anti-Racist Teaching Practices – Using TILT as an Equity Tool, Session II
Click here to view recordings
The District Faculty Development Office invites you to join us on May 4th, from 2:30 to 3:50pm hear colleagues from three campuses to share their lived experiences (successes, teaching tips, and challenges) with “TILT-ing” their assignments and documents in their fields and classes. Teaching remotely has increased inequitable access to our students. Such challenge has made TILT even more important as an equity tool. Please mark your calendar and join us to engage in conversations on how to implement TILT in our teaching to increase equity, access and success for our students as part of the Guided Pathways effort.
Please mark your calendar and be there!
The workshop will share teaching tips on integrating TILT as part of the EDI and anti-racist and anti-bias work during these challenging times.
Presenters:
Alice Enevoldsen, Chemistry Faculty, South Seattle College
Shann Shahabuddin, Psychology Faculty, Seattle Central College
Ninder Gill, Early Child Education Faculty, North Seattle College
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu or the panelists.
You are cordially invited to participate in this upcoming district-wide PD event
Equitable and Anti-Racist Teaching Practices – Using TILT as an Equity Tool Session 1
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021, 1:00-2:30pm
Click here for event PPTs
Please mark your calendar and join us to engage in conversations with the panelists on how to implement TILT as an equity tool to increase equity, access and success for our students as part of the Guided Pathways effort.
The workshop will share teaching tips on integrating TILT as part of the EDI and antibias and anti-racist work during these challenging times.
Presenters:
Tracy Lai, History Faculty, Seattle Central College
Thomas Green, Arts Faculty, South Seattle College
Paulina Hernandez Salgado, Business/STEM Faculty, Seattle Central College
Click to join https://zoom.us/j/98521048138?pwd=TEQ5eEZFeGs1d1Z1ZXltTFRwOXRuZz09
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu or the panelists.
Equitable and Anti-Racist Teaching Practices II
https://zoom.us/ https://zoom.us/j/95683714200?pwd=akpLaHdWRDg4UUw2ZXhweVNQL1czQT09
Click here for the recording of the event
You are cordially invited to participate in this district-wide PD event
Tuesday, April 20th, 2021, 12:30-2:00pm
The District Faculty Development Office invites you to join us for a continued conversation with Ila de Leon, Caroline Pew, and Carlos Sibaja Garcia. Teaching remotely has shown how inequitable some practices can be. As we continue to operate online, it is important to engage in meaningful conversations and to support each other. All three campuses are working on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work in their own way, and we invite you to come and hear how three instructors apply these principles into their fields and classes.
The workshop will share teaching tips on integrating Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and anti-racist and bias work during these challenging times.
Presenters:
Ila de Leon, Professional Development Committee Member and English Language Faculty, South Seattle College
Caroline Pew, Faculty Development Coordinator and Chemistry Faculty, North Seattle College
Carlos Sibaja Garcia, Professional Development Coordinator and SCIE Faculty, Seattle Central College.
Please mark your calendar and be there!
For more information, please contact Dr. Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu or the panelists.
Tenure Review Committee (TRC) Anti-bias and Anti-racist (ABAR) Training
Wednesday April 14 and Thursday April 15, 1:00pm-4:00pm on Zoom RSVP required
Zoom link will be sent via your outlook calendar invite
Meet your TRC ABAR Training Planning Team
Who are highly encouraged to attend: All current and future TRC members (Committee chairs, all FT tenured faculty members, and current tenure candidates/probationers).
What are the goals and benefits for the training?
Goals and Benefits: Participants will attend the two-afternoon training to
- develop a better understanding of the expectations of the TRC work and roles of each member on the TRC.
- gain insights on ways to implement TRC Charge into TRC practices and processes. (TRC Charge to be shared at the training)
- deepen the awareness and commitment to ABAR practice and racial equity, diversity, and inclusion in order to combat individual and systematic biases in the tenure review process.
- build skills in identifying and communicating areas of growth for tenure candidates.
- establish consistency across the district to protect the integrity of the TRC practices and processes. (CBA 7.1-4)
- Leave the training feeling excited, invigorated, and ready for positive enhancement for the TRC work.
TRC Charge: The Tenure Review Committee (TRC) shall be charged with implementing its duties guided by the vision of the SBCTC system: “Leading with racial equity, our colleges maximize student potential and transform lives within a culture of belonging that advances racial, social, and economic justice in service to our diverse communities.” To this end, the committee shall provide evaluation, mentoring, and support to ensure that the tenure candidate demonstrates strong commitment to equity and anti-racist education, as well as skills and competencies in closing equity gaps and maximizing students’ potential for success in school, workplaces, and their communities.
We have invited two experienced outside facilitators, Dr. Frahana Loonat and Ms Camille Pameroy to lead the work, and we hope you’ll leave the training feeling excited, invigorated, and ready for positive changes for the TRC work. This is our first one which has received strong support from both AFT and the administration. We hope to build on it and make the TRC training sustainable and on-going for our faculty, TRC chairs, and committee members.
Thank you for your support and dedication to ABAR work, and we look forward to welcoming you at our first TRC ABAR training in spring on zoom.
Best,
Yilin and the TRC Training Planning Team
District Faculty Development Winter 2021 Professional Development Events
You are cordially invited to participate in this upcoming district-wide PD event
Counter-Storytelling: An Antiracist Teaching Framework
Click here for the workshop recording
Facilitators: Amiko Matsuo, Betsy Hasegawa, Ila de Leon, and Ruzeda Fields (student),
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021, 2:00-3:30pm
Zoom https://zoom.us/j/99990746012?pwd=OGZpRVlXUVMvWnVvWkkyR0o3UkU5QT09
The panelists invite you to participate in re-examining educational theory and practice with a critique of majoritarian narratives that end up in our classrooms. We will look to Solórzano and Yosso’s approach to counter-storytelling as a theoretical underpinning to see the social context of our personal educational stories. This workshop will be an experiential, coalitional, and intersectional space in designing curricula that center the lifeways, histories, languages, and literacies of students of color. We will share theory, storytelling, and poetic modes of expression.
Presenters
Ruzeda Fields (student), United Student Association Representative, South Seattle College
Betsy Hasegawa, Associate VP of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, South Seattle College
Amiko Matsuo, Art Faculty, Academic Division, South Seattle College
Ila de Leon, English Language Faculty, South Seattle College
Please mark your calendar and be there!
For more information, please contact the presenters or Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu
Equitable and Anti-Racist Teaching Practices
You are cordially invited to participate in this upcoming district-wide PD event. Click here for the PPT. Click here for the PDF File.
Thursday, February 25th, 2021, 1:00-2:00pm
https://zoom.us/ https://zoom.us/j/93817038576?pwd=WFh4SjgrRlVZbjNrZTgzNGl0b0dvQT09
The District Faculty Development Office invites you to join us on February 25th from 1:00 to 2:00 pm for a conversation with Ila de Leon, Caroline Pew, and Carlos Sibaja Garcia. Teaching remotely has shown how inequitable some practices can be. As we continue to operate online, it is important to engage in meaningful conversations and to support each other. All three campuses are working on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work in their own way, and we invite you to come and hear how three instructors apply these principles into their fields and classes.
The workshop will share teaching tips on integrating Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and anti-racist and bias work during these challenging times.
Presenters:
Ila de Leon, Professional Development Committee Member and English Language Faculty, South Seattle College
Caroline Pew, Faculty Development Coordinator and Chemistry Faculty, North Seattle College
Carlos Sibaja Garcia, Professional Development Coordinator and SCIE Faculty, Seattle Central College.
Click to join https://zoom.us/j/93817038576?pwd=WFh4SjgrRlVZbjNrZTgzNGl0b0dvQT09
Please mark your calendar and be there!
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu or the panelists.
How to Make PLA Work for your Program
Introduction to Prior Learning Assessment and Its Benefits
Click here for PPT
Click here for the Recording
Facilitated by
Wilson Finch, VP Consulting,
The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021, 1:00-2:30pm
Zoom https://zoom.us/j/4988865765?pwd=dWp0LzJCa0NOV1lnNU5CZVg0QjhKZz09
While it has been around for many decades, PLA has been an increasingly utilized tool to help adult learners access and succeed in higher education. This webinar will introduce the concepts behind PLA, what it includes and does not include, the latest national research concerning its outcomes for students and institutions, and how South Seattle is enhancing and improving its PLA program in two degrees.
Presenter:
The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) was founded to help organizations succeed by providing expertise, resources, and solutions that effectively support adult learners as they navigate on- and off-ramps between education and employment. We partner with entities across the adult learner ecosystem to help create actionable career pathways along the journey of lifelong learning and meaningful work.
Recent PLA Research:
https://www.cael.org/news-and-resources/new-research-from-cael-and-wiche-on-prior-learning-assessment-and-adult-student-outcomes
Process Map
Prior Learning Assessment Fee Structure
Student Portfolio Application
Release Form
Please mark your calendar and be there!
For more information, please contact Judy Reed, Grant manager/MOET Advisor at judy.reed@seattlecolleges.edu, or Yilin Sun, District Faculty Development at FD@seattlecolleges.edu
How to Talk about Race with Courage and Nuance
Facilitated by Dr. Anu Taranath
Monday February 8th, 2021, 3:00-4:30pmZoom
Click HERE for the recording
All faculty and staff are invited to participate
Please join us to delve into the challenges and complexities of talking about race, identity and power. What makes such conversations often fraught, unpredictable and uncomfortable? We will develop small yet powerful ways to navigate our discomfort with more courage and nuance, and use the classroom as an example. Let’s actually talk together about the issues we care about deeply with less nervousness and more courage!
Dr. Anu Taranath brings both passion and expertise to her work as a speaker, facilitator, author and educator. A University of Washington professor for the past 19 years, she teaches about race, gender, equity, and global literatures. As a racial equity consultant, she offers coaching, training, facilitation and other types of partnerships. Her book Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World was named a Finalist for four book awards including the Washington State Book Award. Included in Fodor’s Travel’s “13 Books to Inspire Your Travels” and Oprah Magazine’s “Best 26 Travel Books of All Times,” Dr. Anu and her book have been profiled in YES!, AFAR, Bitch, Mindful and National Geographic magazines, as well as the “Travel with Rick Steves” radio program. Please visit www.anutaranath.com for more on Dr. Anu and her work.
Please mark your calendar and be there!
For more information, please contact Dr. Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu
Winter 2021 District-wide Book Reading Event
When they call you a terrorist a black lives matter memoir
All faculty and staff are invited to participate
Co-sponsored by the district Faculty Development, All Campus Libraries, NSC Teaching & Learning Center, and EDI and Student Leadership Offices
““Narrating her own work, Patrisse Khan-Cullors shares the salient moments of her life that led her to become a founder of Black Lives Matter…pain, frustration, and joy [emblazon] each word she utters.”
“This remarkable book reveals what inspired Patrisse’s visionary and courageous activism and forces us to face the consequence of the choices our nation made when we criminalized a generation. This book is a must-read for all of us.” (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow)
Please contact your campus librarians on how to check out the book while supplies last and participate in the book read discussion starting in winter, 2021.
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, Coordinator district Faculty Development at FD@seattlecolleges.edu or Caroline Pew, North Seattle PD Coordinator at caroline.pew@seattlecolleges.edu
District Faculty Development Fall 2020 Professional Development Events
You are cordially invited to attend this workshop
Plagiarism: Process vs Product
Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 2020, 1:30-2:45pm
Click the workshop recording here.
( Note: The recording is not edited and the close captions may not be accurate due to overwhelming tasks that FD needs to handle. Thanks for your understanding.)
Is plagiarism ultimately an issue of the final product or the process by which it was developed? This workshop will discuss strategies for scaffolding what plagiarism is and why it is important. We will also discuss how to help students navigate cultural differences around information literacy and the social contract within their institutions. This approach is grounded in encouraging academic honesty through ethical awareness over punitive practice. Bring your questions and engage in discussions with your peers.
Facilitated by
Caroline Pew, Carolina Forero, and Jim Jewell
Come and engage in this Pd forum with your colleagues to explore and issues around Plagiarism especially during this challenging time
Please mark your calendar and be there!
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu x 4103
District Faculty Development Fall 2020 Professional Development Events
You are cordially invited to attend this workshop
Faculty Development Grants for You – Opportunities and Strategies – click here for the session recording
Wednesday, October, 21st. 2020, 1:00 -2:00pm
Yilin Sun, District Faculty Development Coordinator
Dan Tarker, Chair, Curriculum Development Grant Committee
Jeb Wyman, Chair, Professional Leave Committee
At this workshop, faculty will learn about the variety of district PD grant opportunities and strategies for a successful application for the Curriculum Development Grant (CDG); the PD grants and Professional Leave. Participants in this workshop will learn about the new FLC project grants, tips for successful FLC proposals, CDG proposals and Professional Leave applications. Beneficial to full and part-time faculty members planning on engaging in paid PD events, revising, or creating curriculum, and or getting a sabbatical leave next year.
For more information, please contact Dr. Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development Coordinator at FD@seattlecolleges.edu. Check the Faculty Development website here for more opportunities. Please mark your calendar for this Online PD event and see you there!
You are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming district-wide PD event for staff, administration and faculty:
2019-2020 Events
You are cordially invited to participate in the upcoming district-wide PD event for staff, administration and faculty:
MS Teams: The “App of Apps” for Managing Your Courses
Tuesday June 2, 2020, 2:00-3:00pm
Facilitated by Robert Natoli
Click to join Join Microsoft Teams Meeting
Click Recording Link Here https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/88e482fe-51e9-4de2-90ce-cb8aa561bc30
Come and learn how your colleague has been using MS-Teams in his courses and how it can be incorporated in your online courses to help your students learn better especially during this challenging time
MS Teams is a secure, enterprise-grade, collaborative chat-based application that combines the best features of Zoom, Slack, and other stand alone software in ONE app. It is already integrated into your Office 365 accounts. Instructors can easily create virtual classrooms, hold live & recorded lectures, and share/edit course files in a real-time learning environment. Teams sessions can be created via Canvas and these meetings are automatically forwarded to your Outlook calendars. Most classes can ensure successful course outcomes by using only Teams, O365, and Canvas.
Please mark your calendar and be there!
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu, or Robert Natoli at robert.natoli@seattlecolleges.edu
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Working with Generation Z/Running Start StudentsWilliam Jackson, Assistant Principal at Nathan Hale High SchoolThursday, May 14, 2:00- 3:30pm
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In this workshop, the facilitator will address what he has learned based on his extensive experience working alongside generation Z, examine the concerns this generation has regarding their education, experience, and future, explore stereotypes associated with generation Z/Running Start students, and help deepen the knowledge of this group as they navigate college and their future.
William Jackson grew up in Seattle, Washington, where he learned from his family and community the values of education, social justice, and service. William began his career in education teaching humanities, economics, and leadership, focused on social justice, racial equity, and economic equality. William is currently earning his doctorate in education at the University of Washington, while he serves as Assistant Principal at Nathan Hale High School. Here at Nathan Hale, William engages student leadership, building leadership, and family engagement to advance racial equity and social justice in Seattle Public Schools, and the Nathan Hale school community. Understanding the values of education, leadership, empowerment, and growth, primarily as it relates to the needs of our next generation, William consistently spends time with students that make up generation Z/Running Start students.
Check resources for the workshop here.
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu x 4103
Building A Transparent Institution: Using TILT Tools In Instruction and Student Services
Monday, February 24th, 2:30 – 4:30pm, North Campus SLC Seminar Room (HS 1637A)
In this workshop, faculty and staff from across the district will work together to use the TILT framework to design and revise student-facing documents. Faculty members can earn a $140 stipend for attending the workshop and using what they learn to complete a TILTed assignment. Staff receive a Certificate of Recognition upon completing the workshop, and should coordinate with their unit administrators to participate.
To prepare for this workshop, please do the following:
- Bring two copies of a student-facing document with you to the workshop.
- For faculty, this means bringing two copies of a major assignment that you teach in one of your classes.
- For staff, a range of student-facing documents qualify, including application forms, emails, announcements, policy documents, and more! Whichever document you select, please bring two copies of it to the workshop.
- Before the training begins, Click here to briefly familiarize yourself with the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework.
- For more information on how to prepare for the workshop, and all that is involved in completing it, please click here to visit our Seattle Colleges TILT Canvas Page.
To Complete this Workshop and earn your stipend or Certificate of Recognition:
- Attend the workshop
- Bring two copies of a student-facing document with you to the workshop
- Use the TILT framework to revise this document
- You will begin this process during the workshop itself, and finish it independently after the workshop has concluded
- Upload to canvas, as a single file, a “before and after” version of the student-facing document that you have TILTed.
- The “before” version will consist of the original document that you brought to the training. The “after” version will consist of the updated document that you have revised to incorporate the TILT framework.
- The due date for submitting your “before and after” artifact to Canvas is Monday, March 30th, 2020.
Workshop Purpose:
- Use the TILT method to make our assignments and student-facing documents more transparent and equitable
- Help all students better understand and complete tasks critical to their success in college–especially our first-generation students and students from systemically non-dominant groups
- Advance equity and help to close opportunity gaps across the Seattle Colleges
- Build sustainable community among faculty and staff that fuels our professional growth and development.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Familiarity with the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) framework and its track record of increasing student retention
- Practice Strategies for applying the TILT framework to the peer review and revision of existing student facing documents
- Practice viewing our documents from the student perspective
For more information on how to prepare for the workshop, and all that is involved in completing it, please click here to visit our Seattle Colleges TILT Canvas Page.
We look forward to working with you, and please email Jamie Wilson (jamie.wilson@seattlecolleges) or Yilin Sun (Yilin.sun@seattlecolleges.edu) if you have any questions!
Please RSVP.
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District-wide Book Read Event
There, There
Please join the district-wide book read joint event with district FD, Social Justice Group Steering Committee of North Seattle and the campus library —There, There by local author Tommy Orange. Check announcements from your campus library on how to check out a book and join the book discussions.
“ground breaking, extraordinary” (The New York Times); “brilliant, propulsive” (People Magazine) story of twelve unforgettable characters, Urban Indians living in Oakland, California, who converge and collide on one fateful day. It’s “the year’s most galvanizing debut novel”
Tommy Orange’s wondrous and shattering novel follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. Among them is Jacquie Red Feather, newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind. Dene Oxendene, pulling his life together after his uncle’s death and working at the powwow to honor his memory. Fourteen-year-old Orvil, coming to perform traditional dance for the very first time. Together, this chorus of voices tells of the plight of the urban Native American–grappling with a complex and painful history, with an inheritance of beauty and spirituality, with communion and sacrifice and heroism. Hailed as an instant classic, There There is at once poignant and unflinching, utterly contemporary and truly unforgettable. (Goodreads.com)
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International PD Opportunities for You!
Dr. Andrea Insley and Dr. Yilin Sun
Please mark your calendar for this PD event co-sponsored by Faculty Development and the Global District Council!
At this workshop, we will explore a wide variety of opportunities overseas. We will cover Fulbright options for faculty and administrators, how to lead study abroad trips, leading or participating in Global Impact trips as well as faculty and staff exchanges … and more! Many of the opportunities can be funded in full or partially through the International Professional Development Grant (deadline is March 1).
Find the IPDG application on the District’s International Programs website or the Faculty Development website.
All staff, administrators and faculty are invited to attend. See you there!
Central: Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 1:30-2:30pm, BE1139B
South: Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 1:30-2:30pm, CAH 107 zoom https://zoom.us/j/619264632?pwd=MEJ1OU1LbUkrVEgrYnRSREk1VndWUT09; meeting ID: 619 264 632
North: Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 1:30-2:30pm, CC2161B
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development Coordinator @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu x4103, or Andrea Insley, Associate Vice Chancellor for International Programs at andrea.insley@seattlecoleges.edu
District Faculty Development
Unicorns & Sea Creatures: ctcLink and Starfish Project Updates
by Daniel Cordas
Fall 2019 Professional Development Event
Click here for the workshop PPT.
You are cordially invited to attend this workshop
Join the ctcLink and Starfish project teams for a 90-minute update on two technology projects that will provide new online tools for faculty and students. This workshop will mainly focus on ctcLink including the overall timeline, what to expect during the project ramp-up, and how faculty and students will use the new tools. We’ll also provide an update on Starfish activities since our May launch, and a look ahead at next steps.
Agenda
ctcLink
– ctcLink Project Timeline
– Implementation, Conversion, and Training
– Faculty Self-Service (class rosters, gradebooks, etc)
– Student Self-Service (planner, what-scenarios, etc)
Starfish
– Starfish Timeline Update
– Current Services for Students
– Next Steps for Faculty
All staff and faculty are invited to attend. Please mark your calendar and be there!
South: Tuesday, November 19, 1:30-3:30pm, CAH 107
North: Wednesday, November 20, 1:30-3:30pm, CC 1161
Central: Wednesday, December 4, 1:30pm-3:30pm, BE1110/1111
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development Coordinator @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu x4103, or
Daniel Cordas Daniel.cordas@seattlecolleges.edu
Towards A Transparent Institution: Using TILT Tools In Instruction and Student Services… One Document at a Time
Facilitated by
Jen Whetham, Denise Vaughn, and Yilin Sun
Thursday November 21st, 1:30-3:30pm
South Campus CAH 107
Are you a college staff or faculty member eager to
· support student learning and
· navigate college systems and processes to be more successful?
The tools created by the Transparency in Learning and Teaching Project (TILT) provide practitioners from both Instruction and Student Services with research-based strategies to achieve these two goals and improve the quality of student experiences in and outside of the classroom.
During this workshop, you will
1. Hear colleagues from Instruction and Student Services share their lived experiences (challenges and successes) with “TILT-ing” assignments and other documents;
2. Give and receive actionable feedback to “TILT” a document you use frequently with students with a “College Stranger”;
3. Learn practical strategies you can employ to collect evidence on the impact of this intervention.
Not only will you enjoy rich conversation with colleagues from “Both Sides of the House”: the resulting shifts in practice and the evidence you collect will support our Guided Pathways redesign efforts!
Please mark your calendar and be there!
Please RSVP to FD@Seattlecolleges.edu, so we can have an estimate for refreshments. Thank you.
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development Coordinator @FD@seattlecolleges.edu x 4103, or Jennifer Whetham, Assessment, Teaching and Learning, SBCTC@ jwhetham@sbctc.edu
2018-2019 Events
Workshops, Training, Events in the District
To get your event listed, please contact Dr. Yilin Sun, District Faculty Development.
Towards A Transparent Institution: Using TILT Tools In Instruction and Student Services
Facilitated by
Jen Whetham, Edward Esparza from SBCTC, and Tsai-en Cheng and campus TILT members
1:00-3:00pm, May 21, CC2153, North Seattle College
1:30-3:30pm, May 7, CAH 107, South Seattle College
2:00-4:00pm. April 17, MIC 210, Seattle Central College
Are you a college staff or faculty member eager to
- support student learning and
- navigate college systems and processes to be more successful?
The tools created by the Transparency in Learning and Teaching Project (TILT) provide practitioners from both Instruction and Student Services with research-based strategies to achieve these two goals and improve the quality of student experiences in and outside of the classroom.
During this workshop, you will
- Hear colleagues from Instruction and Student Services share their lived experiences (challenges and successes) with “TILT-ing” assignments and other documents;
- Give and receive actionable feedback to “TILT” a document you use frequently with students with a “College Stranger”;
- Learn practical strategies you can employ to collect evidence on the impact of this intervention.
Not only will you enjoy rich conversation with colleagues from “Both Sides of the House”: the resulting shifts in practice and the evidence you collect will support our Guided Pathways redesign efforts!
Please mark your calendar and be there!
Please RSVP to FD@Seattlecolleges.edu, so we can have an estimate for refreshments. Thank you.
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @FD@seattlecolleges.edu x 4103, or Jennifer Whetham, Assessment, Teaching and Learning, SBCTC@ jwhetham@sbctc.edu
Starfish Sneak Peak
facilitated by Daniel Cordas
Heard about Starfish? It’s a student success platform that provides online advising appointment scheduling, early alert, and other tools, and Seattle Colleges will begin using Starfish for students and advisors in Spring Quarter. This session will briefly demonstrate how Advising Services use starfish for online appointment scheduling, how students will use the system, and we’ll also talk about plans for how faculty will use Starfish.
All staff and faculty are invited to attend. Please mark your calendar and be there!
Central: Monday, April 22 – 2:00pm – 3:00pm, BE1110
North: Tuesday, April 23 – 2:00pm -3:00pm, CC1161
South: Thursday, May 13 – 1:30-2:30pm CAH 107
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development Coordinator Dr. Yilin Sun @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu x4103
Spring Professional Development Day
May 8, 2019
What you need to know to write a successful curriculum grant proposal
facilitated by CGC Team: Daniel Tarker, Yilin Sun, Hana Gala, Katherine Kehrli, and Alecia Spooner
North: 12:00-12:50pm – check PD schedule for location
Central: 12:30-1:30pm – check PD schedule for location
South: 1:10-2:00pm – Lib 140 (TLC)
In this one-hour workshop, faculty will learn about the variety of district funding development opportunities with an emphasis on the Curriculum Development Grant (CDG) process. Participants in this workshop will learn about the new CDG application and scoring rubric, what steps go into applying for CDG grants, and tips for improving CDG proposals. Beneficial to full and part-time faculty planning on revising or creating curriculum next year.
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development Coordinator Dr. Yilin Sun @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu x4103
Effective Use of Open Educational Resources
Facilitated by Ester Sunde
Thursday April 18th, 1:30-3:00pm
South Campus Lib 105
What are Open Educational Resources (ORE)? Where can you find OER materials for your classes? How can you share your own resources with Open Education community? This workshop provides an introduction to OER, where to find them and how to participate in the OE community. Come and interact with your colleagues on how to effectively use ORE.
Please mark your calendar and be there!
For more information, please contact Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu x 4103
Past Workshops, Trainings, Events in the District ( 2018-2019 Academic Year)
Winter 2019
So you want to talk about race
All faculty and staff are invited to participate in the district-wide book read event co-sponsored by district Faculty Development, AFT and Social Justice Group of North Seattle College
“An actionable exploration of today’s racial landscape, offering straightforward clarity that readers of all races need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide”
Please contact your campus librarian on how to check out the book while supplies last and participate in the book read discussion.
Please also save the date for Ijeoma Oluo’s Talk (author event)
Conversation with Ijeoma Oluo
Wednesday, March 13, 12:30 to 2:00 PM, NSC Concert Hall (LB1142)
For more information, please contact Dr. Yilin Sun, district Faculty Development @ FD@seattlecolleges.edu or Jamie Wilson, North Campus PD Coordinator at Jamie.wilson@seattlecolleges.edu
Fall 2018
International Professional Development Opportunities
A representative, Ms. Kate Bain, from Office of English language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State will give an information session about their Teach Abroad Fellow programs, Specialist programs and some grant opportunities which may interest you.
Date: Thursday, October 25, 2018
Time: 1:300pm-2:30pm
Location: BE 3202, Central Campus
Online Resources:
Not limited to English teaching faculty. Open to all teaching subjects and those teaching English learning students
https://exchanges.state.gov for more International Opportunities in subjects other than English
Americanenglish.state.gov – resources and FORUM publication
MOOCs – for English learners in courses in addition to English
To get your event listed, just email Faculty Development.