Check Out Professional Development Opportunities from VCCS
With face-to-face meetings and events on hold, Virginia's Community Colleges Student Success Center is pleased to announce an array of virtual professional development opportunities available to ALL faculty and staff this fall.
TECHNOLOGY
TOOLS
Feeling
overwhelmed
by
technology?
Help
is
here!
The
VCCS
eLearning
and
Educational
Technology
committee
organizes
and
conducts
webinars
on
various
technology
and
pedagogical
topics,
such
as
the
use
of
different
tools
in
Canvas,
Zoom
and
Google.
These
webinars
are
Live
and
recorded.
A
new
series
starts
September
28.
Learn
more.
All
recorded
sessions
can
be
accessed
here.
WEBINAR
WEDNESDAYS
Join
fellow
faculty
and
staff
for
facilitated
conversations
on
current
teaching
and
learning
topics.
No
registration
required
but
participants
are
asked
to
view
the
assigned
Go2Knowledge
webinar
in
advance
of
the
live
facilitated
conversation.
Learn
more.
TABLE
TALK
THURSDAYS
Join
us
from
3-4
p.m.
each
Thursday
from
Oct.
1
through
Nov.
19
for
an
hour
of
networking
and
conversation
with
your
peers
across
the
system.
Even
though
connecting
face-to-face
is
on
hold,
we
can
still
talk
about
the
things
that
are
important
to
us!
These
informal
sessions
will
have
a
topic
and
some
questions
to
consider
for
conversation
but
no
formal
agenda.
No
registration
required.
Learn
more.
The Virginia Career Coach Certification (VCCC) training program is available through the Student Success Center. Click here for more information and to register for the next fall cohort. Space is limited so be sure to register soon.
TRAUMA
INFORMED
CERTIFICATION
COURSE
The
Student
Success
Center
is
offering
a
6-hour
trauma-informed
certification
course
1
to
help
us
learn
how
to
deal
with
the
impact
of
trauma
and
build
resilience.
There
is
no
cost
for
VCCS
employees.
Registration
is
open
for
September
and
October
cohorts
but
space
is
filling
fast.
Learn
more.
Check out the newest issue of Inquiry, the Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges. You'll find practical strategies and reviews of pedagogical tips to apply at your college, research-based studies on first-generation students, stereotype threat, writerly identity as well as a showcase of work from the canceled New Horizons 2020 conference. To access all Inquiry issues and make a submission click here.
The Student Success Center is pleased to offer all VCCS employees free, unlimited live webinars and on-demand trainings through Go2Knowledge. Visit Go2Knowledge.org/vccsor click the Go2Knowledge tile on your MyVCCS dashboard. Log in using your MyVCCS credentials.
STATE AND NATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Free
Faculty
Workshop:
Fundamentals
of
Online
Teaching
This
self-paced
asynchronous
workshop
is
made
available
through
the
Student
Success
Center
national
network
and
is
sponsored
by
Jobs
for
the
Future
(JFF).
For
more
information
on
accessing
this
$800
course
at
no
cost
to
you,
click
here.
VA
Transparency
in
Learning
&
Teaching
(TILT)
Initiative:
Call
for
Research
Partners
The
Virginia
Educational
Development
Network,
in
partnership
with
the
State
Council
of
Higher
Education
for
Virginia
(SCHEV),
is
planning
a
cross-institutional
educational
development
initiative
and
applied
research
project
on
transparent
assignment
design.
Scholars
(including
advanced
graduate
students)
who
are
interested
in
equity
in
teaching
and
learning
are
invited
to
join
the
research
team.
Person/persons
with
strong
quantitative
analysis
skills
are
especially
needed.
Deadline
to
apply
is
Oct.
9,
2020.
Click
hereto
learn
more.
Virtual
Exchange
Program
Seeking
Facilitators
The
Global
Solutions
Sustainability
Challenge
is
a
program
funded
by
the
Department
of
State
but
at
no
cost
to
the
faculty
participating.
It
is
an
established
virtual
collaboration
opportunity
between
U.S.
community
colleges
and
universities
in
the
Middle
East.
Community College instructors are invited to apply as facilitators for the upcoming Spring Cohort by Nov. 15, 2020. Apply here.