Durham 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.

New Faculty Orientation
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
10:30a.m.-2 p.m.

Make-up Testing Service - Muckenfuss/Shapiro
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3 p.m. ( follow-up Dec. 3)

Effective Communication - especially for staff, Senegal
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Durham Tech’s Transfer Center - Cupitt
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2 p.m.

We will discuss the mission statement of the Durham Tech Transfer Center, the bi-lateral agreements, and the Transfer Center Blackboard site that will assist faculty in advising students on Transfer. We will discuss the various book-marked web-sites and their use in guiding students in their course selection. We will discuss the bi-lateral agreements and ways in which the Transfer Center can assist Durham Tech faculty in developing plans that will facilitate transfer.

But I Don’t Have Time For That! Using Portfolios to incorporate interdisciplinary topics and target critical thinking skills - without creating a time-consuming project for students or teachers - Hahn
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
10 a.m.

Based on portfolio assignments used in Spanish 111/112 classes, we will look at ways to get students thinking more critically about the subject matter and about how it connects to their other classes. The project also encourages students to work on their writing skills throughout the semester. The session will include student feedback on the portfolios and some lessons learned in how to develop effective (yet surprisingly simple) prompts.

Twenty minutes to expertise: Training on the new FTE form: Quick Tips - Durkee
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Faculty and departmental staff members are invited to spend a few minutes learning about our new FTE form and how to fill it out. This 20-minute session could save you hours of work!!

Achieving the Dream at Guilford Tech - Kathy Baker Smith
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2:00-3:30 p.m.

Durham Tech has been involved with the Achieving the Dream effort for several years. Guildford Tech is also working with the Achieving the Dream effort. Kathy Baker Smith, Vice President for Educational Support Services at Guildford Tech will share what her college has discovered about student persistence and success from data they have collected.

Is It Legal? - Christine Kelly-Kleese
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2 p.m.

Christine Kelly-Kleese will repeat this important session on which of your class policies are legal and enforceable in the classroom.

Sheza Healy will present the results of the survey conducted by contacting students who do not return from fall semester to spring semester to find out why they did not come back to Durham Tech.

Getting Comfortable with Disability Services: Part I and Part II - Rubio/Compton
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2:30 p.m.

Part 1:
What is a disability?
What is required? How can you help?
What are student responsibilities?
How's your disability etiquette?
Are you over accommodating?

If you are a faculty or staff person needing answers to these and other disability services questions, please attend a two-part workshop with Paula and Paula.

Part 2 (see September 25)

SBAR Training - Hayworth
Durham Tech/GlaxoWellcome Technology Center, room 900
3-5 p.m.

The guest speaker will be Kellie Hayworth from WakeMed Hospital and she will lecture on SBAR.

Writing Test Questions - Henderson
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
10 a..m.

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.

Getting Comfortable with Disability Services: Part II – Compton/Rubio
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2:30 p..m.

Specific faculty questions

Grade Around - Bingham, Constantine, Cumbie
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
12:30 p..m.

Come practice using the QEP rubric to evaluate student writing. We’ll have a couple of short essays that we can read and evaluate using the rubric together. English teachers will give tips on what to look for when evaluating student writing, and participants will have the opportunity to compare their responses with others and discuss the process.

Tutorial Services Available - Shapiro
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3 p.m.

This session will highlight the services available to students in the tutoring center.

Advising Institute - Tom Jaynes
Advising Center, Wynn Student Services Center, room 1200

Tuesday, October 2, 2 - 4:30 p.m.
Friday, October 5, 9 - 11:30 a.m.
Thursday, October 11, 9 - 11:30 a.m.
Monday, October 15, 2 - 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 25, 2 - 4:30 p.m.
Friday, November 2, 2 - 4:30 p.m.

This workshop introduces advisors to the college’s expectations for advising, the student data system used for information access, the available web resources, and the campus services available to support students. Registration is required. Visit http://courses.durhamtech.edu/training/ to register.

Excellence in Teaching: Portfolio Development - N. Smith
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3:30 p.m.

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.

Making the Implicit Explicit: Learning Outcomes
   • What is embedded assessment, anyway? Learning by Design - Wooldridge
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2:30 p.m.

Peter Wooldridge will lead a discussion about using specific assignments to facilitate student achievement of learning outcomes.

Colleague Update: Tips and Tricks - Lamb
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
1:30 p.m.

Robin Lamb will provide an overview of the colleague conversion and answer your questions about what is coming next.

Adjunct Faculty Survival - Fine-Pawsey
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
12:30 p.m.

Adjunct faculty have a new space in the Phillips Building and access to many resources, but it’s still a challenge to drive in, teach, and drive back out. Theresa Fine-Pawsey will lead a discussion of the ins and outs of being an adjunct at Durham Tech.

Black Psychology: Sexual Relationships in African American Communities - East
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
noon

This is the first of two sessions exploring the sexual relationships in African American Communities from a psychological perspective presented by Brenda East.

Financial Aid: What Does It Mean for Our Students?
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2:30 p.m.

Durham Tech’s Director of Financial Aid will discuss what the college provides students in financial aid and student responsibilities. This session is recommended for all academic advisors.

Black Psychology: Sexual Relationships in African American Communities - East
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
noon

This is the second of two sessions exploring the sexual relationships in African American Communities from a psychological perspective.

African American Men in College - Thompson
Collins Building, room 278
10 a.m.

This session, presented by Demetrius Thompson, will focus on promoting the academic, cultural, and social advancement of African American males. It will also highlight the most crucial factors inhibiting their progress and will provide strategies that may be a catalyst in improving their present situation. Note location: room 278.

Inuit Sculpture and Traditional “Arts” - Penton
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3:30 p.m.

This session will focus on the cultural aspects of Inuit art and sculpture. Liz Penton will suggest an article for review before the session.

Preparing Students to Learn in an On-line Environment - Cantwell/McPhaul
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
10 a.m.

Karen McPhaul and Kerry Cantwell will lead a lively discussion of the ways that students can learn best in an online environment.

Skills You Better Have! Workplace Skills For Success - Bell, Moore, Russo
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
10 a.m.

Join us for a frank discussion with a panel of prominent local employers sharing their views on the critical skills necessary for employment. Learn which skills are required for success beyond formal education. Faculty, staff, student leadership, ACA, HRD, Mentor program and DTCC students, and partners are encouraged to participate.

Making the Implicit Explicit: Learning Outcomes
  • From Assessment to Assignment: using feedback from embedded assignments in the classroom - Wooldridge
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2:30 p.m.

Peter Wooldridge will continue his discussion of learning outcomes by showing how his department is using data gathered from writing assignments to make improvements in the learning environment.

Native Americans in the Healthcare System of the United States - Fire
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2:00 p.m.

Michael Fire will discuss the Healthcare system in the United States with regard to Native Americans.

Respiratory Care Preceptor Training - Gassaway
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2 p.m.

Faced with increased student enrollment and faculty shortages, modern health care training programs often utilize hospital staff to provide clinical training for their students. This program describes the roles, responsibilities and rewards of clinical preceptors.

Student Success and Retention in MAT 080 - Fisher, Oakley, Wooldridge
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2 p.m.

MAT 080 is known as a "gateway" course for university mathematics. Come learn about past success and retention rates for DTCC MAT 080 students, as well as the innovative plans the mathematics faculty and ACA 111 instructors have to continue to improve the performance of students in this course. This is a follow-up session to the original spring 07 report.

Student Success at NCCU
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2 p.m.

Janelle Simmons, Director of Orientation and First Year Experience at North Carolina Central University, will present a program describing NCCU’s student success efforts.

Student Success at UNC-CH
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2 p.m.

Steve Reznick, Associate Dean for First Year Seminars and Academic Experiences at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, will speak about the first year seminars at UNC-CH

Student Success at NCSU
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2 p.m.

Carrie McLean, Director of the First Year College at North Carolina State University, will speak about NC State’s FYE programs.

ACA 111 Instructor Training Reunion - McCutchen/Gluck
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
noon

Contextual Teaching and Learning: Lessons from the Front - Sanchez-Brown
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
11 a.m.

Members of the Basic Skills Department will share some valuable teaching methods using contextual content.

Achieving the Dream: Tracking our own data - Christine Kelly-Kleese
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2 p.m.

Durham Tech has an internal ACCESS database to track our new First Year Experience initiatives - orientation, ACA course, early alert, mentoring, Dreamkeepers, etc. - come learn what our data are revealing to us.

Whose Course is It? - Grabarek/Wooldridge
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
10 a.m.

Join Mary Anne Grabarek and Peter Wooldridge for a roundtable discussion about the “ownership” of a course. Can students be responsible for developing a syllabus? Drop by the TLC before the session to read an article about this topic.

Make-up Testing Service - Muckenfuss/Shapiro
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3 p.m.

This is a second session on the Make-up Testing Service to talk about its effectiveness for the fall semester.

Books are Wonderful Gifts - Baker
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2 p.m.

During this gift-giving season, Barbara Baker will talk about buying books for children looking at appropriate content and the physical qualities of great gift books.