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.

Library Resources made Incredibly Easy- Presented by Wendy Ramseur and Susan BakerTeaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Library resources will be made incredibly easy for faculty and staff during this hour-long session. Topics will cover faculty-specific support such as interlibrary loan, instruction, research support, databases, i-link catalog, reserves, routing periodicals, and more.

How to Approach and Engage African American Men in the Classroom- Presented by Demetrius Thompson and George King
Teaching-Learning Center, Collins Building, room 278
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

This session, presented by Demetrius Thompson and George King II, will focus on identifying academic, cultural, and personal barriers that impede a faculty or staff member from approaching an African American Male student.  It will also highlight the most crucial factors inhibiting their progress and will provide strategies that may be a catalyst in improving their academic, social, personal, and professional development.

Strategies for Preventing Plagiarism- Presented by Lea Bingham, Lyndsay Al-Shibli and Susan Sutton
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.

Join us for a lunch and learn discussion of ways to prevent plagiarism.  The panel will share approaches to discussing academic honesty with students, strategies for teaching students how to avoid plagiarism, and ways to make it difficult for students to plagiarize.  Bring your lunch and your own successful strategies!

Teaching Circles Article Discussion - Presented by Kerry Cantwell
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Join other instructors in a discussion of a timely article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.  The article will be announced one week prior to the discussion.  Bring your lunch and your experiences!

The YouTube Class Connection - Presented by Janice Stuart
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Engaging our students can be quite challenging.   Given their high-octane connection to today’s technology, our students need instruction in which contextual learning can take place.  Youtube and the Internet can provide tools that offer context to increase student learning in many types of classes.

Community Resources for Hispanic Students: El Centro Hispano - Presented by Pam Senegal
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2:30 p.m - 3:30 p.m.

Join us as we talk with members of downtown Durham's El Centro Hispano staff to discuss community resources available for Hispanic students. You will also have a chance to meet other community leaders and gain a better understanding of some of the challenges facing local Hispanic students. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Pam Senegal (senegalp@durhamtech.edu).

Globalization of Career and Technical Courses- Presented by Ken Clever with panelists: Micara Lewis, Randy Egsegian, and Nate Smith
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3:00 p.m - 4:00 p.m.

As a follow-up to the TLC session last February, panelists will discuss the results of their efforts to “globalize” a course.   The presentation will guide other faculty members in addressing globalization and cultural behavioral issues in their courses - especially career and technical courses.

Online Seminar: Teaching Troubled Students: Campus Policy and Threat Assessment - Presented By Tom Jaynes
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
1:00 p.m - 2:30 p.m.

Please join colleagues from around the country on September 19 for a new online seminar led by one of the foremost authorities on campus law, Gary Pavela.  The online presentation will give you important insights on at-risk students and how your institution should respond to them. In this content-rich, 90-minute seminar, Mr. Pavela will look at myth and fact, law and policy, theory and practice.

Adjunct Faculty Success: Learner-Centered Environment - Presented by Theresa Fine-Pawsey
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
4:30 p.m - 5:15 p.m.

Learn how to energize and motivate your students with active learning strategies.  Bring a lesson or lecture that could use some excitement!

Adjunct Faculty Resources Workshop - Presented by Laura Gorham REPEAT OF SESSION ON 9-22
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
4:45 p.m - 5:15 p.m.

Learn how to energize and motivate your students with active learning strategies.  Bring a lesson or lecture that could use some excitement!

Communities of Learning, Inquiry, and Practice (CLIP): Best Practices in Faculty Research – Presented by Beverly Parsons, Executive Director, InSites
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
11:30 a.m - 12:30 p.m.

Across the country, colleges increasingly are focusing on the scholarship of teaching and classroom research. The CLIP model facilitates faculty and staff research in a way that efficiently leads to enhanced teaching and learning.  Beverly Parsons, the founder of CLIP, will lead a discussion of best practices from her work with practitioner research. This session will also offer a glimpse into the CLIP work happening at Durham Tech this year.

Connecting the Daily Lesson Plan to Course Objectives - Presented by Robbi Muckenfuss
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

During this presentation, we will discuss lesson planning and the connection to - you guessed it - learning outcomes and course objectives.  How does everyday teaching connect with the "language" of instruction?

Research, Evaluation, Assessment, and Planning at Durham Tech - Presented by Mary Anne Grabarek
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Durham Tech is moving forward in assessment and planning. Come and find out about the new efforts in evaluation and research at the college.

Loooking Deeper into Enterinig Student Engagement- Making even more sense of SENSE data (Follow Up Presentation of SENSE data) – Presented by LaSylvia Pugh
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
11:00 a.m - Noon

Last spring, LaSylvia Pugh shared the preliminary results of the Survey of Entering Student Engagement  (SENSE) pilot study. Join LaSylvia this fall to look deeper into the SENSE results to examine factors, such as age, enrollment status, etc. that might impact entering student engagement.

Join other instructors in a discussion of a timely article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.  The article will be announced one week prior to the discussion.  Bring your lunch and your experiences!

Adjunct Faculty Success: Classroom Techniques - Presented by Theresa Fine Pawsey
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Are you interested in knowing what your students have learned before you give the big test?  Learn how to use CATS to discover what your students are learning and how to better meet their learning needs.

Adjunct Faculty Success: Classroom Assessment Techniques - Presented by Laura Gorham ( REPEAT OF SESSION ON 10-6)
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.

Are you interested in knowing what your students have learned before you give the big test?  Learn how to use CATS to discover what your students are learning and how to better meet their learning needs.

7 Time Management Strategies for Busy Durham Tech Employees - Presented by Gabby McCutchen
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

As community college faculty and staff, we often wear many different hats.  Join Gabby for a 30-minute interactive tutorial on how to manage your time (and balance those hats!) effectively.

7 Time Management Strategies for Busy Durham Tech Employees - Presented by Gabby McCutchen
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
11:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m.

As community college faculty and staff, we often wear many different hats.  Join Gabby for a 30-minute interactive tutorial on how to manage your time (and balance those hats!) effectively.

"At Home in the World - Bridging the Gap Between Internationalization and Multicultural Education" - Presented by Maria Fraser-Molina
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
12:00 p.m.. - 1:30 p.m.

Based on the American Council on Education series of working papers on internationalizing higher education in the US, this presentation will clarify the different terminology and concepts, find areas of potential synergy, and discuss examples of successful cooperation among areas of the college.

Durham Tech Study Abroad Program: Learning Based Travel - Presented by Shannon Hahn
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
Noon - 1:00 p.m.

Have you ever wondered about those Study Abroad trips you hear about every year? What exactly do they have to do with the mission of the college? Come hear how the program is structured around learning and what has been done to target specific learning outcomes. Students not only travel to a foreign country; they participate in a valuable cultural experience blending classroom learning and interaction with the local culture on various levels. Please note: This is not a photo-sharing session of past trips but a discussion of the program itself.

Speaking of Diversity - Presented by Pam Senegal
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

How do we develop our views on race, power, and privilege?  Much of our thinking in this area begins during our formative years, and is then shaped by environmental forces. As we become a more global community, understanding and appreciating the views of our peers and students on these topics will become of critical importance. Join a diverse (country of origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical disability…) for lunch, using the conversation guide, and then join the larger group to continue the discussion.

Speak of Diversity Conversation Guide

How to Teach Controversial Subjects to Students - Presented by Bonnie Tilson and Penny Gluck
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Back by popular demand! This session continues the discussion Bonnie and Penny started in the spring semester.  They will explore how establishing classroom rules for discussion and creating a non-confrontational classroom atmosphere can help you engage students in meaningful class discussions, so they learn to explain their own ideas and listen to ideas with which they disagree.  Please come prepared to share ideas about facilitating classroom discussions.

Math Relates to Everything – Presented by Elecia Ridley and James Weeks
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Math is a part of every academic field of study.  Come to this presentation to learn how math relates to the subjects you teach and the subjects you studied as a college student.

Teaching Circles Article Discussion - Presented by Kerry Cantwell
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Join other instructors in a discussion of a timely article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.  The article will be announced one week prior to the discussion.  Bring your lunch and your experiences!

Faculty Said/Student Said, Part 2 – Presented by LaSylvia Pugh
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
11:00 a.m. - Noon

In Spring 2005, nearly 500 students and nearly 200 faculty members participated in the Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) and the Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE), respectively. Three years later, both surveys were administered again. Join LaSylvia Pugh for a lively discussion on student engagement from the student point of view and the faculty point of view. Has anything changed since 2005? The answer to this question and more!

Confidentiality: A Help or Hindrance? Presented by Counseling Services Staff
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

The 2007 murders at Virginia Tech have raised a national dialog on how administrators, faculty and staff should react if warning signs of an impending tragedy are present. Issues of privacy, confidentiality, and politics are all part of this discussion.  So, what can or should you say about students to the media or each other if such an event were to occur on our campus?  The Counseling staff will lead a discussion on issues of confidentiality and privacy as it affects students, faculty, and staff. 

Education-Related Vocational Visits in South Australia - Presented by Karin Abell
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Learn about the presenter's findings and observations from an October 2008 Group Study Exchange trip to South Australia. This presentation will include information from vocational visits to educational institutions in the region visited.

More than Learning Styles.... What is Our Preferred Way of Knowing? Presented by Margaret Skulnik
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Brain dominance theory is expressed in how we prefer to learn, understand, and express something.  Are you a thinker, doer, feeler or innovator?  Are your teaching strategies addressing all domains?  Take a self-assessment and explore your preferred way of knowing!

How Learning Outcomes Help Shape Our Teaching and Learning - Presented by Mary Anne Grabarek
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
11:00 a.m. - Noon

Credit programs have been using student learning outcomes to understand what students are learning.  Find out how this data is collected and reported across the campus and beyond.

Beyond the Vision...Application of Civility in Health Technologies - Presented by Melissa Ockert and Margaret Skulnik
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The work of the health professional necessitates civility when working with patients, team members and clients.  To reflect this, the Health Technologies department has developed a Faculty and Staff Position Statement on Civility.  What is civility?  How does it relate to our work on campus and with students? How is Health Technologies requiring civility of their students? Come and learn more about this groundbreaking work.

Teaching Circles Article Discussion- Presented by Kerry Cantwell
Teaching-Learning Center, Phillips Building, room 325
12:30 p.m. - 01:30 p.m.

Join other instructors in a discussion of a timely article from the Chronicle of Higher Education.  The article will be announced one week prior to the discussion.  Bring your lunch and your experiences!