New Faculty Orientation- TLC Advisory Committee (Registration Required)

Collins Building, Room 278, 4:30-8:00 p.m.

New full-and part-time faculty members will meet to learn about Durham Tech and receive valuable information about teaching and learning at the college.

New Faculty Orientation - TLC Advisory Committee (Registration Required)

Collins Building, room 278, 10:30 a.m. -2:00 p.m.

New full-and part-time faculty members will meet to learn about Durham Tech and receive valuable information about teaching and learning at the college.

Achieving the Dream

Speaker: David Dodson, President, MDC, Inc.

Excellence in Teaching Portfolio Development
Collins Building, room 286   4-5 p.m. B. Tilsonl

Faculty members are invited to learn more about how to develop their teaching portfolios at this popular event. Materials will be provided. This will be our only EIT workshop this semester.

Community of Scholars: Video-conferencing across the globe

Peter Wooldridge TBA
Peter Wooldridge will lead this discussion of the opportunities available for videoconferencing. Watch for announcements about this TBA session. It will be built around an actual worldwide videoconference in progress at the time of the discussion.

What Our Students Said on the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE)

LaSylvia Pugh August 29 - 2 p.m., Collins Building, room 286
How often do Durham Tech students make class presentations? How often to Durham Tech students discuss grades or assignments with instructors? Find out during this discussion of full-time and part-time Durham Tech students’ responses to the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE).

Re: HELP!!!!!!!! R U There?--Effective E-mail in the 21st Century

Kerry Cantwell, 2 p.m. Tech Center, room 981
How can students and faculty communicate better in an electronic environment? This workshop will focus on composing and responding to messages appropriately as well as some of the current conventions of netiquette. We will look at ways of modeling proper e-mail composition as well as setting expectations and standards for students up front.

Spanish Language Conversation Hour #1

Marianela Manana, 12-1p.m., Phillips Building, room 309
These five sessions offer an opportunity for anyone in the college to come for informal conversation in Spanish – or you can just listen. Bring a brown bag lunch if you want.

Effective communications environment: Maintaining an ingroup for retention and positive student performance.

Mary Anne Grabarek and Peter Wooldridge 2:30 p.m., Collins Building, room 286

Faculty Voices from the Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE)

LaSylvia Pugh -2 p.m., Collins Building, room 286
During the spring of 2005, 85 full-time and 84 part-time Durham Tech faculty members participated in the Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE). Join LaSylvia Pugh for a lively discussion of what the full-time faculty said and what the part-time faculty said about student engagement. Is there a difference?

Hybrid Format for Science Courses: Getting the Best of Both Worlds

Julie Rothwell and Jorge Cortese 10 a.m., Collins Building, room 201
Hybrid formats of a course can be designed to combine the best instructional techniques of traditional and online courses. For students, requirements are less demanding than in the online classroom; for instructors, the format is very flexible and creates an environment that encourages the use of multiple teaching techniques in the most effective form. Using examples from their recently reformatted science courses, Julie Rothwell and Jorge Cortese will show how hybridization can make science courses into ideal vehicles for technological improvements that enhance student learning.

Spanish Conversation Hour #2

12-1 p.m., Phillips Building, room 309

Non-returning Student Survey –Update

Sheza Healey, 2-3 p.m. Collins Building, room 261
“Balancing my everyday schedule with classes was hard.” “It was difficult to go back to school at my age.” “Homework. I just wasn’t used to doing it after being out of school for a while.” These are some of the survey comments given by non-returning students. Please join Sheza Healey, research coordinator and English instructor, for a comparison and contrast of last year’s AtD survey results with the 2006 results. Gain insights and explore data as we discuss our non-returning students.

Student Code of Conduct: Outside the Classroom

Tom Jaynes and Lyndsay Massengill, 2-3:30 p.m. Collins Building, room 286
This panel discussion will focus on disruptive and inappropriate behaviors in the non-classroom environment. Come hear what several panelists have to say about the Student Code of Conduct and learn more about its impact across campus.

Spanish Conversation Hour #3

12-1p.m., Phillips Building, room 309

Making Classes Enjoyable Without Making Them Easier

Julie Rothwell, 11a.m.- Collins Building, room 290
Tired of looking out into a sea of bored faces? Frustrated by the lack of interest in your course? Come learn how to make your classes more enjoyable for students without sacrificing course material or making things too easy.

Spanish Conversation Hour #4

12-1 p.m., Phillips Building, room 309

Advising Workshop level 1: Introduction to Advising
This workshop introduces new academic advisors to advisor and student responsibilities, expectations for advising a new student, the current advising and registration processes for the college, and the career and other support resources available to students. Upon completion of this workshop, new advisors will understand the college's expectations for successful advising.

Tuesday, October 3, 3-4:30 p.m. OR
Wednesday, October 4, 9-10:30 a.m.
Wynn Center, room 1200

Choosing to Succeed in the Workplace Math

Discipline faculty, 3 p.m.- Collins Building, room 286
Members of the Mathematics faculty will lead a discussion about assisting students in choosing appropriate workplace behavior in an effort to encourage them to be successful and find fulfillment in their chosen careers.

Spanish Conversation Hour #5

12-1 p.m., Phillips Building, room 309

Advising Workshop Level 2: Student Information Systems (Registration Required)
This workshop introduces new academic advisors to the current electronic student data systems and internet tools used for advising. Upon completion of this workshop, new advisors will be able to review student demographic information, transcripts, locate a PIN number, and use the internet to assist students with critical academic and career decisions. Please visit the Faculty/Staff Computer Training website to register http://courses.durhamtech.edu/training/

Tuesday, October 10, 3-4:30 p.m. OR
Wednesday, October 11, 9-10:30 a.m.
Wynn Center, room 1200

Advising Workshop Level 3: Advising Challenges
This workshop introduces specific challenges advisors often encounter when working with low income, international, and special students. Upon completion of this workshop, new advisors will be introduced to resources to assist students with transfer courses, student visas, transportation, childcare, and financial concerns.

Tuesday, October 17, 3-4:30 p.m. OR
Wednesday, October 18, 9-10:30 a.m.
Wynn Center, room 1200

Advising Workshop Levels 1-3: Comprehensive Introduction to Advising
(Registration Required)

This workshop combines the information presented in the Introduction to Advising, Student Information Systems, and Advising Challenges workshops into one in-depth workshop. Upon completion of this workshop, new advisors will understand the college’s expectations for advising, become familiar with the student data systems used for advising, and will be introduced to resources used to assist students with common questions and needs. Please visit the Faculty/Staff website to register .http://courses.durhamtech.edu/training/

Friday, October 20, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (repeated later in the semester – see below)
Wynn Center, room 1200

Wind in the Pines Amid Ten Thousand Valleys

Liz Penton, 3:30 p.m.- Phillips Building, room 381
Taoist, Confucian and Buddhist spiritual principles under gird a proper reading of traditional Chinese landscape painting. Take this opportunity to stroll through a variety of soothing mountain and stream-filled venues while effortlessly learning about philosophical tenets of the East.

Introduction to Rubrics

Marianne Williams and Penny Gluck, 3-4 p.m.- Collins Building, room 286
In this workshop participants will be asked to bring an assignment for which they wish to create a rubric.

Psychology of African-Americans

Brenda Flppen, 3:30 p.m.- Phillips Building, room 381
Is Black Psychology necessary? Are African-Americans really that different? Is there a relationship between the missing Black male and the Strong Black Women (SBW)? How are African-American families different from other family units? What does Black identity mean? Join the discussion when these and other questions will be explored.

Communication across Campus through the Colleague System

Robin Lamb, l p.m.- Phillips Building, room 309
Come to this session to find out what’s new with Colleague and how it will affect you!

Level 1 – 3: Comprehensive Introduction to Advising (Registration Required)
This workshop combines the information presented in the Introduction to Advising, Student Information Systems, and Advising Challenges workshops into one in-depth workshop. Upon completion of this workshop, new advisors will understand the college’s expectations for advising, become familiar with the student data systems used for advising, and will be introduced to resources used to assist students with common questions and needs. [repeat of earlier session] Please visit the Faculty/Staff website to register. http://courses.durhamtech.edu/training/

Friday, November 3, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (repeat of earlier session)
Wynn Center, room 1200

Writing Learning Outcomes and Imbedding learning outcomes in assignments

9 a.m.-4 p.m., Collins Building, room 290
Larry Kelley, specialist in learning outcomes assessment, will provide a working nut-and-bolts session for faculty members who want to write learning outcomes and embed them in their class assignments. REGISTRATION REQUIRED

E-mail Mary Anne Grabarek to register.

Socrates Bar & Grill: These sessions provide an opportunity for the entire Durham Tech community to discuss philosophical issues.

Lincoln and Franklin: Masters of Rhetoric

M. Daniell, 2 p.m.- Phillips Building, room 309
In the first few moments of a speech or the initial paragraphs of an essay, the writer establishes his or her credibility: the ethos of the speaker. The persuasive value of the speaker’s or writer’s character is labeled the ethical appeal by Aristotle. Such an ethical appeal is exerted “when the speech itself impresses the audience that the speaker is a man of sound sense (phonÿsis), high moral character (arete), and benevolence (eunoia). Notice it is the speech itself which must create this impression.” We will discuss techniques used by two masters of the ethical appeal, Lincoln and Franklin, to establish credibility in the opening paragraphs of letters and speeches.

What’s New in Developmental Math

Christine Kelly Kleese and Vernon Bridges
3:00 p.m., Phillips Building, room 381
Did you know that more than half of all students taking math courses during fall 2005 and spring 2006 were enrolled in just three courses: MAT 050, 060, or 070? Over 2,000 students enroll in these courses every year. Come find out more about developmental math at Durham Tech.

The Kellogg Experience: What I Learned about Developmental Education

Lyndsay Massengill-2:00-3:00 p.m., Collins Building, room 286
Come to this discussion and hear about my experience at the Kellogg Institute at the National Center for Developmental Education in Boone, NC. I spent one month in training this summer to learn more about how to improve our Developmental Studies Program. Hear about how my experience may affect you in the near future.

What’s New in the Technology of the classroom?

Tom Murphy, 10-11a.m., Tech Center, room 983
Tom Murphy will provide an up-to-the-minute look at the computer technology available to faculty members for classroom use.

101 (or maybe just 3) Things You Can Do to Strengthen your Writing

Tracy Constantine/Perry Cumbie, 11 a.m.- White Building, room 71
Grammar-phobes, fear not! This session will cover three simple strategies -- and none of them involves a semicolon -- for strengthening any kind of writing. Bring along a pen or pencil.

The Impact of Globalization in Latin America: Some Economic and Environmental Aspects

Hugo Castillo, 2 p.m. - Collins Building, room 286
A brief exploration of the ways in which globalization is affecting countries and communities throughout the region and the responses to these changes.

Roundtable: Oral Communication in the Classroom

Dillon Wilson, 10-11 a.m. Phillips Building, room 373
Dillon Wilson will lead a discussion about how we use oral presentations to enhance learning in the classroom. Participants are encouraged to bring oral communication class projects and/or assignments that they have used or would like to use in their classes. Dillon will share some ideas for improving students’ oral communication skills and suggest some guidelines for students who use technology in their oral presentations.

Community of Scholars: Video-Conferencing Across the Globe

3:30 p.m. Tech Building, room 900

Peter Wooldridge will lead this discussion of the opportunities available for videoconferencing. The discussion will begin at 3:30 and the videoconference will begin at 4:00 PM. Dr. Judea Pearl, father of Daniel Pearl, the journalist slain in Pakistan, will discuss his work to establish a Jewish-Muslim dialogue. Dr. Pearl is the director of the Cognitive Systems Lab at UCLA and a student of the Israel - Palestinian conflict. Participants will be able to engage in a discussion with Dr. Pearl and other participants from around the globe.

Writing Test Questions

Mack Henderson 3:30 p.m.- Collins Building, room 261
Mack Henderson will discuss tips for writing T/F questions, multiple choice questions, matching, short answer, and essay questions. Do’s and don’ts, good and not-so-good examples will be provided.