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4/20/2012 Creating a Dynamic Professional Development Conference within Your Institution Dennis Headrick PhD, VP of Instruction Carolyn Butler MS, Coordinator, Professional Development Southeast Community College Lincoln, Nebraska www.southeast.edu Today’s Goals Review 4 W’s Southeast Community College Operationalize • 2 year public institution Resources • Established in 1973 • Blend of career/technical training Generate • 10,000 students, 92% graduate placement excitement! • 360 faculty, 325 staff Why Was This Needed? Foundation for Implementation of In-house Conference • One Size Fits All Mentality • For years - all employees • together Cultural Shift • A single speaker all day – boring! Communication • Impossible to find speaker who could impact all Collaboration type of employees • Employees would talk, read newspapers, work on computers – Not interested! 1

4/20/2012 Relevant/ Dynamic/ Fun College Initiatives Drove Training  Initiatives implemented by divisions What do employees want?  Not possible with everyone together – Find out.  Instructional Division took the lead – How do they want it?  21 st Century Computer Skills – What is the format?  Computer Skills Training in Microsoft  Required – Professional Development Do some fun things! w/assessment that required a grade of B – Drum Circle Best In-Service Ever Must Do’s  Start Early Goal from SCC’s President:  8-9 month prior get started Kind of like life, this might be your last,  Leadership so make it the best that it can be!  President  VP’s /Deans  Professional Development Office  Covey: Plan your Work. Work your Plan. Divide by Employee Classification Birds of a feather stick together!  Form Planning Teams by Classification Instruction, Student Services, Physical Plant (Custodians/Maintenance), Support Services, and Secretaries  Do what makes sense for your college and your classifications.  Make sure people are involved in their classification area – some want to stay or wander, (i.e. Secretaries) 2

4/20/2012 Classification Teams Team Responsibilities - Decisions  Teams of 8-15 employees (depends on institution size)  Give them parameters – timeline, budget  Select a strong leader for each team.  Let the team decide the content of the day.  Let them make the decisions – build on consensus.  Work with your Prof. Dev. Or HR Office.  Help them “own the day.”  Have Adm. Reps on the teams  Make them responsible for the day, and be to help stay focused. involved.  Delegation is important. Get others involved.  Determine themes, if any – college, classification, etc. Best Breakouts Communication!  Survey  Vital – Listen to new ideas/new voices  Who – Team members/Identify and Recognize  Interactive  What – Get the word out! Create buzz!  In-house talent  Why – Review benefits for attending/Purpose  How ?  Relevance--Variety--Requirements  Explain. How was this decision made? If multiple – campuses or a event center deal with travel issues  Moderators  Numerous channels to get the word out/Repeat All College In-Service Agenda Morning Session 11:45 – 12:35 Lunch *Note these breakout sessions are for the All College In-Service and available ONLY to the Instructional and Continuing Education Divisions* 8:00 – 8:30 Registration Session I 1:00-1:50 Session II 2:00-2:50 Afternoon Session Speaker Moderator Title & Description Room Speaker Moderator Title & Description Room 8:30 – 9:15 Welcome-Dennis Headrick 12:45 – 1:50 QBQ Action Sessions Moodlerooms (Moodle) is the college’s new learning Introduction to Foundational Critical Thinking Concepts and Instructional Strategies State of the College-Jack Huck Participants will be introduced to a robust and cross-disciplinary conception of critical thinking. We will discuss foundational critical thinking concepts and various grading schemes. See how you’ll be able to principles and, in doing so, participants will explore the intimate relationship between what it means to think critically and how we can design instruction to Update – Richard Becker 1 Enoch Hale Nathan Watermeier U-107 2:00 – 2:30 Break/Light Snack promote critical thought. Based on best practices in teaching and learning, participants will engage and discuss specific instructional strategies designed to foster critical thought and the cultivation of higher order thinking skills. The instructional strategies act as examples of what can do on a typical day of class, so at the end of the session participants should have a short list of practical strategies they can immediately incorporate into their instruction. 9:15 – 9:30 Break 2:30 – 3:00 LAMB Awards - Don Byrnes SOAR: A method for teaching and learning 2 Ken Kiewra Sharon Rehn Instructors want students to SOAR to success, but some students are grounded because they fail to Select important information, Organize and Associate it, and U-103 Regulate learning. Fortunately, instructors can teach in ways that help students SOAR and can teach students how to SOAR. 9: 3 0 – 10:20 QBQ: The Question Behind the Articulate Software 3:00 – 3:30 United Way Campaign Basic to Intermediate Outlook Training & Question - David Levin 3 Deb Averett Patty Killman U-118 18 Deb Averett Rebecca Burt An add-on to PowerPoint that provides for U-118 VTC Overview AAWCC Prizes interactivity (Personal Accountability) Grand Prize Drawing Online Presentation Alternatives Learn about more than 15 presentation Emerging Technologies in Higher Education Closing Remarks- alternatives that can be used in place of, or Learn what UNL's Technology Training 10:20 – 10:30“Stretch” Break 4 Ranelle Maltas Marcie Broad as a supplement to, PowerPoint T-6 19 Ranelle Maltas Sandeep Holay Services Manager views as the top 10 most T-6 Carolyn Butler useful technology tools and/or services in presentations. Create unique presentations, access them anywhere, and share them with environments of higher learning. the world. This session builds upon the “Writing and 10:30 – 11:45 QBQ with David Levin Assessing Course Objectives” session. Now Rubrics 101 continues Changing Assessment at SCC The Assessment Rubrics are assessment tools that foster Team is looking at new ways to enhance we will 1) transform “bland” verbs into higher level student learning and help faculty evaluate 5 Kathy Shellogg Glenn Pasho U-116 20 Kathy Shellogg Janet Claassen programs, instruction, and student learning U-116 student progress more effectively. Learn how through assessment. Come and join the to clarify goals, expectation, and focus while discussion. helping students achieve success. 3

4/20/2012 Examples (cont): Create Unity  Separate but united • Name tags — color coordinated  Perception of fairness  Key presenters for all groups • Video --- New  Same meals College programs  Allow time for networking • Video – FlashMob  Examples: T-shirts SCC Likes to Move It! Logistics SCC likes to Move It!  Budget  Physical location  A/V  Delegate tasks  Food! (marker 2:40:30 --- 3:24:62) Goals Make It Better 4 W’s  Follow-up surveys Operationalize  Filter surveys to identify what works, what doesn’t Resources  Team debriefing Generate  Celebrate your successes! excitement! 4

4/20/2012 Questions? Dennis Headrick Carolyn Butler dheadrick@southeast.edu cbutler@southeast.edu 402.323.3427 402.323.3409 Thank you for your participation! Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bwz-Hn8KCja8WUFsNjgybkI4d3c 5