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Fall 2005 professional development logoDurham Tech’s Teaching-Learning Center sponsors a variety of workshops and presentations geared toward helping faculty improve instruction and address new and ongoing challenges in the classroom.This site also includes summaries of past presentations, with links to pertinent resources.
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  August 12 , 2003
   

New Faculty Orientation / Day
Room 911 Times 10:00AM - 2:00PM
TLC Advisory Committee

  August 13, 2003
   

New Faculty Orientation / Evening
Room 911 Times 5:00PM - 9:00PM
TLC Advisory Committee

  August 22 , 2003
   

Mentor meeting kick-off event
Room 910 Times 11:00AM - 1:00PM
TLC Advisory Committee

  September 3 , 2003
   

Giving and Grading Writing Assignments for "Non-English" Classes
Room 911 Times 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Daniele Jackson
If you were unable to attend this very informative seminar you can access the presentation materials and links to other helpful links in our Special Features section.

  September 6, 2003
   

New Faculty Orientation / Weekend
TBA - Times 8:00AM - 12:00PM
TLC Advisory Committee

  September 12, 2003
   

Workshop - Alverno College Professional Skills Assessment
Room 911 Times 9:00AM - 3:00PM
This workshop will enable participants to learn about assessment techniques for workplace abilities in the classroom. Attendance is limited. Please contact the TLC for details.
Jill Moore

  September 18, 2003
   

PD for Administrative Council
Room 351 Times 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Designed for Program Directors, Chairs, and coordinators, this training session will explore the forms and procedures that make Durham Tech such an interesting place to be!
Due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Isabel this training has been postponed until September 25, 2003 in Room 351 from 3:00PM until 4:40PM.
Elise Barrett

  September 19 , 2003
   

Mentor/Mentee event Session
Room 910 Times 11:00AM - 1:00PM
This gathering is designed to encourage mentoring partners to share their experiences.
TLC Advisory Committee

  September 23 , 2003
   

Roundtable: Issues Facing Online Instructors
Room 904 Times 2:00PM - 3:30PM
This roundtable session offers instructors who teach online a chance to get together, to raise and discuss issues related to online learning, and to share tips and ideas with each other. All instructors who are teaching online courses are encouraged to attend, as well as anyone with an interest in online learning.
Karen McPhaul & Jeremy Portzer

  September 25 , 2003
   

PD for Administrative Council
Room 351 Times 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Designed for Program Directors, Chairs, and coordinators, this training session will explore the forms and procedures that make Durham Tech such an interesting place to be!
Elise Barrett
Originally scheduled on September 18, 2003

  October 9 , 2003
   

PD for Administrative Council
Room 351 Times 3:00PM - 4:30PM
This second training session for Program Directors, Chairs, and Coordinators is designed to explore program development.
Elise Barrett

  October 17, 2003
   

Mentor/Mentee event
Room 910 Times 11:00AM - 1:00PM
This event is designed to encourage mentoring partners to share their experiences.
TLC Advisory Committee

  October 22, 2003
   

Roundtable: Hybrid Courses
Room 911 Times 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Hybrid courses - which combine online with face-to-face learning-are becoming a popular option for students and instructors at Durham Tech and at many other community colleges. Do hybrid courses offer the "best of both" learning environments? What challenges and opportunities do they present? What issues do instructors of hybrid courses face and what solutions have they discovered? Instructors who teach hybrid courses-and those who have an interest in learning more about hybrid courses-are invited to come and share their questions, advice, experiences, and ideas.
Karen McPhaul & Jeremy Portzer

  October 23 , 2003
   

Roundtable: Technology in the Classroom
Room 983 Times 3:00PM - 5:00PM
All faculty members are encouraged to come and share and discover how they and their fellow instructors are using technology in the classroom.
Tom Murphy

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  October 29, 2003
   

Excellence In Teaching Portfolio kick-off
Room 309 Times 4:30PM - 5:30PM
Members of the Excellence in Teaching Committee encourage all faculty members to attend this informative session about building a professional portfolio. All faculty are encouraged to attend.
Stacey Whitlow and Josie Williams

  Date TBA
   

Showcase: Industrial Technology
Room TBA Times TBA
Members of the Industrial Technologies Department will share information about the programs in that department. Everyone is invited to attend.

  November 5, 2003
   

The Faces of Durham Tech: Who are our Students?
Room 910 Times 12:00 - 1:00PM (Brown Bag Lunch)
Discover what we know about our Fall 2003 curriculum students and what we need to know about students at a learning college.
Karen Bowen

  November 6, 2003
   

Beyond Hola: Extending the Voice of Welcome in Spanish
Room 904 Times 3:30 - 5:00pm
Maria Fraser-Molina offers a course for beginning Spanish enthusiasts to learn how to greet and direct the many Spanish-speakers who visit our campus.
Maria Fraser-Molina

  November 10 , 2003
   

Disability Services for Students with LD/ADD: What Durham Tech Instructors Should Know
Room 203 Times 3:00PM - 4:30PM
An informative program about students who have learning disabilities: the challenges and the opportunities for success
Paula Rubio

  November 13 , 2003
   

PD for Administrative Council
Room 351 Times 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Elise Barrett

  November 14, 2003
   

Mentor/Mentee meeting
Room 910 Times 11:00AM - 1:00PM
Mentoring partners gather for an exchange of ideas about classroom management.

  November 18 , 2003
   

Roundtable: The Scholarship of Teaching
Room 904 Times Noon - 1:15PM ( Brown Bag Lunch)
Christine Kelly-Kleese will facilitate a discussion of the scholarship of teaching. All faculty are encouraged to attend.
Christine Kelly-Kleese

  November 19 , 2003
   

Showcase: Industrial Technology: Architectural Technology
Room 432 Times 1:00pm-2:00 pm
Bill Bilbrey will conduct a CAD demonstration. All members of
the college community are invited to attend.

  November 21 , 2003
   

Excellence In Teaching (EIT) Portfolio Kick-off
Room 303 Times 10:00AM
A second session for those who missed the first one!
Kristin Smith and Charles Slappy

  December 2 , 2003
   

Roundtable: Exploring Cultures: How are We Similar?
Room 910 Times Noon - 1:00PM (Brown Bag Lunch)
Sharing the ways that different cultures find common ground
Ray Bernard

  December 4 , 2003
   

Roundtable: No Surrender!! Grant Writing in the Budget Wars
Room 351 Times 4:00PM - 5:00PM
Some tips and conversation about writing grant proposals.
Mary Anne Grabarek

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