Previous PDD Workshops

2024 Workshops

Workshop Session One 9:00-10:15 a.m.

10 Time- and Brain-saving tech tips you can use today

Presenter(s): Marc Lentini

Description

We’ve heard for decades about how technology will save us time and free our minds. How’s that working for you? Yep, hard same here. Join us as we share a few tricks we’ve picked up along the way. We’re all about the low-hanging fruit here – things that don’t take long to set up and learn, but might actually make a difference for you. Some are time savers, some will help reduce brain overload. We can’t promise we’ll change your answer to the question above, but we’ll try! Please bring a computer and mobile phone so you can change your life in real time.

Outcomes

Choose and use at least one tech-enabled time-saving practice.
Choose and use at least one tech-enabled brain-saving practice .

Format: Hyflex, 29-309 (28 capacity) and on Zoom

Achieve Learning Agreements – an in-depth explainer

Presenter(s): April Kosakoff, Julie Pollard, (Achieve)

Description

In this session we will go through how the Achieve program modifies curriculum and expectations for students with intellectual disabilities. We will explain how we determine which students take classes for Achieve-only vs. full credit, how combined classes work, and what a learning agreement is. We will go through and create a few learning agreement examples as a group. This will help faculty who work with Achieve students clarify what the expectations are for Achieve students, and how Achieve supports students and faculty. We will also answer any questions.

Outcomes

Learn how to read and collaborate on an Achieve learning agreement.
Learn how Achieve sets expectations for students.
Learn how Achieve can support you and Achieve students in your classes.

Format: Hyflex, 29-216 and Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow

Advising Treasure Hunt – Where to find the best information to serve students

Presenter(s): Jill Hammitt, Pat Daniels

Description

Advisors and Student services staff are using two main tools to communicate and support students, ctcLink and Watermark Aviso. The session will begin with an overview of using these systems to find and understanding Advisement Reports, Program information, Holds, Graduation Application status, Notes, Milestones and more. Then we will do a data treasure hunt to see if you can find specific data. If time permits, we will share tips on helpful ctcLink queries, using Watermark Aviso filters and open Q&A

Outcomes

Identify and find the student data that is available in ctcLink and Watermark Aviso.
Basic understanding of how the data moves from ctcLink to Watermark Aviso.

Format: Hyflex, 29-308 and on Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow

Build an Underwater Robot at the MaST**

**This workshop has a special time and will run from 9am to 11:45am. If you choose to sign-up for this workshop, please note that you will not be able to attend any other morning workshop. You MUST sign up in advance if participating: sign-up form.

Presenter(s): Rus Higley, Aeriel Wauhob, Emily Bjornsgard, (MaST Center Aquarium)

Description

Intended as a team building opportunity, whether within your department or across the campus, with colleagues you know well or people you barely know, come join us for a session of building underwater drones. Known as ROV’s in the field, teams will work together to build and operate their ROV to complete an assigned mission off the MaST pier. Feel free to sign up with your department, a random group, or even as an individual. Perhaps the Librarians wants to challenge Continuing Education who has a beef with ITS who remembers being humbled by the mental gymnastics of the Psychology Department…this is your chance! Please note, ideal group/team size is 3-5 participants and if signing up as a team, all members must individually sign up to reserve their spots.

Outcomes

Apply the step-by-step process of constructing a basic underwater drone.
Engage in open communication to tackle challenges and achieve common goals.
Develop problem-solving skills for unexpected challenges during team missions that require innovative thinking and solution-oriented approaches.

Format: In-person, MaST Center Aquarium (32 capacity)

Communicating Across the Neuroverse

Presenter(s): Jenée Stanfield

Description

Effective communication in the workplace is impossible without trust, and it can be especially difficult to build trust and communicate effectively for neurodivergent individuals who may struggle in systems designed to benefit neurotypical folks. Join us for a discussion about neurodiversity, restorative practices, and building a framework for inclusivity and accessibility.

Outcomes

Learn basic concepts around neurodiversity and restorative practice.
Leave with tools and resources to help foster more inclusive, effective communication.

Format: Zoom (40 capacity)

Workshop Resources: Slideshow, Slides with Notes, Session Recording, Exercise

Community CURE Construction

Presenter(s): Laura Sposato, Nate Means, (CUREs Community of Practice)

Description

Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) are an evidence-based, high-impact practice that can begin to close equity gaps in post-secondary education by giving all students experience in designing and performing research in their respective fields. In groups, participants will begin to diagram what a new CURE could look like in their discipline or in their courses. Participants will then be able to address the challenges posed from other groups and provide feedback as well as offer solutions. After this workshop, participants will

Outcomes

Coordinate with other members in their discipline to create a roadmap for developing a CURE in their discipline.
Collaborate with other faculty and staff to address challenges and concerns in this level of curriculum development.
Gain information and resources for developing a CURE for a class that they teach.

Format: Hyflex, 29-214 (40 capacity) and on Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow, Session Recording

Data Ahoy! Becoming a Data-Informed Department

Presenter(s): Kelsey Anderson, Skyler Roth, Emily Coates, (Institutional Research)

Description

Feeling adrift in a sea of data? Join Institutional Research as we search for the buried treasures that will help you become a more data-informed department. From making your work more visible to ensuring your student’s needs are met, effectively tracking data can promote employee engagement and positive institutional change. In this session, IR staff (with special guests!) will help you navigate departmental data to support your goals. We will practice determining what and how to measure, where to find data resources, and who to ask for help. Your voyage toward data-informed decision making begins here!

Outcomes

Identify meaningful and realistic measures to track for meeting departmental needs.
Find resources to access data to support their measures.
Know when and how to seek assistance from campus partners like IR and ITS.

Format: In-person, 30-301 (30 capacity)

Workshop Resources: Slideshow, Guiding Questions, Example Scenarios

SESSION CANCELED Heart, Body and Brain: The Whole Student. How to support students using a trauma-informed lens and whole person approach

Presenter(s): Erin Hooyboer, Joshua Magallanes, Nicole Wilson, Daryllyn Harris, Alex Lawrence, and Larisa Wendfeldt, (Counseling Center)

Description

Trauma-informed care has become a term that gets thrown around often, but what does it mean and why does it matter? Join us to discuss how the brain, body and emotional experience shape us and how this may show up on campus with students. We will discuss how to collaborate with counseling to support students, explore how the brain, body and heart respond to stress and the necessity to see these parts as a whole, discuss integration of trauma-informed practices on campus and engage in some mindfulness of our own!

Outcomes

Gain awareness of Counseling programming, role on campus, and ways to collaborate.

Format: In-person, 22-105 (30 capacity)

Learning to Draw Again as Adults

Presenter(s): Lori Adelle

Description

This workshop is for anyone who thinks they cannot draw or do not have creative abilities. It will help you reconnect the manual and observational skills needed for art that you’ve already been practicing throughout your life in other activities. Let’s demystify the creative process and talk about the real-world methods that artists throughout time have used, while working on a still life composition. All materials provided, low pressure environment. There will be a handout with some general recommendations for furthering your skills. Receive individual feedback if you want it, either during the workshop as time allows or through another arranged method.

Outcomes

Have a clearer understanding of the various creative processes and tools used to make art, and ideas to solve the challenge of “Where do I even start?”
Learn the basic techniques of drawing from still life, including some of the strategies used for concerns like shaky hands.

Format: In-person, 10-105 (20 capacity)

Workshop Resources: Notes, Resources

The New Features in Excel 365 Will Blow Your Mind!

Presenter(s): Michael Girvin

Description

In this session you will learn about some of the new features in Microsoft 365 Excel that will make your working life at Highline College MUCH easier. During the session you can follow along and try the amazing new features such as Dynamic Spilled Array Formulas, the XLOOKUP function and Power Query. I will demonstrate and you can follow along with the following four examples:

Outcomes

Use Dynamic Spilled Array Formulas to build a gradebook.
Use Dynamic Spilled Array Formulas to build a budget.
Use Power Query to dynamically import grade data from Canvas into an Excel file.
Use PivotTables to create complex reports with just a few clicks.

Format: In-person, 30-302

Planning for RSI Success: Building Instructional Activities That Satisfy RSI Requirements

Presenter(s): Katie Fiorello and Tarisa Matsumoto-Maxfield

Description

Instructors teaching online courses are required by the federal Department of Education to provide Instructor-initiated Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) in online courses. In this session, we’ll talk about instructional practices that meet student needs and satisfy regulatory requirements. We’ll also introduce the new RSI review process negotiated by HCEA and the college. This session assumes a familiarity (but not expert-level knowledge) with online teaching and the categories of RSI.

Outcomes

Summarize the list of updated RSI practices that improve completion and meet regulatory requirements.
Apply the new RSI review process to online courses.

Format: Hyflex, 22-102 and on Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow, Session Recording

Student Assessment in an AI World

Presenter(s): Laura Soracco and Wendy Swyt

Description

Generative AI has challenged many of the ways we assess student learning and prompts us to re-examine how we do that. In this session, we’ll take a brief look at assessment practices, then get into strategies for an AI-enabled world. We’ll share examples of a variety of assignments and practices: some that are hard to complete using GenAI and some that incorporate GenAI into student learning. The assignments all enable students to better demonstrate what they have learned. Participants will have time to go hands-on and create assignments with the help of the presenters.

Outcomes

Identify an opportunity to use a new-to-you assessment approach in a class.
Build that assessment in Canvas or other educational technology tool.

Format: Hyflex, 30-203 (25 capacity) and on Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow

Using Adult Learning Theory to Engage and Retain Adult Students

Presenter(s): Laurie Stusser-McNeil, Shana Friend, (ELCAP)

Description

Highline wants to expand and reach more adult students — and ELCAP has been doing this all along. What do we know that maybe you don’t? Join Shana and Laurie as we do an overview of Adult Learning Theory and what it means to you as a creator of your own meaningful/engaging learning experiences. Participants will have the opportunity to look at their planning with a new lens and walk away with practical tips they can use right away.

Outcomes

Participants will be able to identify key elements of Adult Learning Theory and how it supports adult student success.
Participants will be able to objectively analyze current classroom practices through an ALT lens and explore alternative methods of instruction.

Format: In-person, 19-203 (20 capacity)

Workshop Resources: Slideshow

Workshop Session Two 10:30-11:45 a.m.

Accessibility Basics You Should Know

Presenter(s): Michael Hanscom (Accessible Technology)

Description

Highline has an Accessible Technology Policy, language in the faculty contract, and in April the DOJ released updated requirements for accessible online material. Whether you’re staff or faculty, are you sure you’re creating accessible documents? The basic techniques are actually quite easy! Come get an overview of what’s required, timelines for compliance, what’s most important, and how to be sure everyone can access the information that Highline provides to our staff, students, and community.

Outcomes

An understanding of the accessibility requirements that cover Highline staff and faculty.
Knowledge of the basic accessibility techniques for document creation and distribution.

Format: Hyflex, 29-308 (20 capacity) and on Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow, Session Recording

Advising with Highline’s Academic Planning Tools

Presenter(s): Zoe Harris

Description

Helping students navigate degree requirements and all the resources that accompany the process can be confusing to them, and to the advisors trying to assist them. Yet, this process is critical to ensure that students are on track for timely completion of their program.

Outcomes

Describe and have a general understanding of the most commonly used tools and resources for academic planning (catalog, Academic Advisement Report (AAR), Aviso templates, Pathway Mapper).

Format: In-person, 30-301 (30 capacity)

Centering Racial Healing: A Group Exercise to Move from Race Consciousness to Actionable Intent

Presenter(s): Aleya Dhanji

Description

How does our individual racial consciousness influence how we approach our work in higher education? How can we come together as a community and support each other’s journey toward racial healing and building a racially just world? In this activity-based workshop, we will do selected exercises from the “The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing” by Anneliese A. Singh. We will begin by taking time to dream: what does a racially just world look like at the level of self, our academic disciplines or departments/centers, and at Highline? With the end in mind, we will work through simple activities on what our racial journeys have been, raising our race consciousness and collectively discussing concrete steps to engage in racial healing and small steps toward making the dream a reality.

Outcomes

Collaborate as a group to develop a shared vision for a racially just world, and what that may look like at the level of self, departments/centers and institutionally.
Recognize how racial identity development and racial healing relates to our work and our roles as change agents in our communities and centers.
Identify 2-4 actionable next steps to implement in our racial healing journey and how we can continue to support each other.

Format: In-person, 29-321 (20 capacity)

Engaging Students with Effective Board Work

Presenter(s): Jacob Selander

Description

In the age of digital slides, virtual lessons, and online learning, using a white board in face-to-face classes as a tool for education and engaging students is a valuable skill that can go under-utilized. In this workshop, we will gain lots of practice and confidence in using the white board to our advantage! Topics that we’ll cover and practice:

– Setting up a lesson plan using board work and board notes

– Benefits for instructors and students to using board work

– Practice drawing! And more practice!

– Ways to engage students using the white board

This workshop will primarily be focused on STEAM, but anyone who uses the whiteboard or wants more practice is welcome! Participants are highly encouraged to bring a lesson/ class plan, or part of, that they would like to add or modify board work for. We’ll have plenty of time to practice!

Outcomes

Participants will:

Gain confidence in their board work.
Develop (or revise) a lesson to include board work and board notes.
Develop effective practices to engage students using a white board.

Format: In-person, 10-105 (18 capacity)

Is Your Program ‘ISP Student Friendly’?

Presenter(s): Eva Engelhard, (International Student Programs, ISP)

Description

Highline College rolled out the “ISP Student Friendly” attribute in Winter 2024 as a response to the legal requirements for international students to have sufficient in-person class options. Several departments have now applied this attribute to all classes within their department, but international students often prefer seeing their instructors and classmates more frequently than just once a quarter. During this session, attendees will learn more about international student requirements and also international student preferences. Looking at these together will help attendees not only in establishing class schedules and program offerings but also with advising. The session will also include the requirements for international students who intend to participate in internships (which must be approved as Curricular Practical Training).

Outcomes

Understand the legal requirements facing F-1 international students, as well as the needs and wants of Highline’s current international student population.
Understand the “ISP Student Friendly” attribute that has been created within Highline’s ctclink system and how/when to use it.
Learn the process for international students to obtain additional authorization from ISP for off-campus internship/cooperative education activity.

Format: Hyflex, 29-216 and on Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow, Session Recording

MS Teams Phones, the new campus phone system

Presenter(s): Edward Richards, Don Sagmo, (IT Services)

Description

The college is transitioning from our existing (Avaya) phone system to MS Teams Phones. All individual and dept. lines will be converted to Teams in the coming months. The Phones, or Calls, feature will be added to your existing MS Teams app. Participants will learn how Teams Phones works, and view demos of the app in desktop and mobile versions.

Outcomes

Understand how to log in to the MS Teams app and access the Phones feature, both the PC desktop version and the mobile (cell phone) version.
Learn how to place calls, add contacts, and configure voicemail settings, as well as other phone features.

Format: Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow, Session Recording

Secure Your Own Mask: Preventing Faculty Burnout

Presenter(s): Katie Baker

Description

Burnout is a major threat to faculty retention and excellence. The objective of this interactive workshop is to equip educators with practical strategies to recognize, prevent, and cope with burnout. By fostering a supportive environment for discussion and reflection, participants will gain insights into their own well-being and learn techniques to enhance resilience in their professional lives. Faculty will have an opportunity to engage in honest discussion with colleagues about burnout. Participants will work on their own and in small groups to identify triggers for burnout, create connections and engage in self-restorative practices during the workshop as well as practicing boundary-setting activities to minimize professional burnout.

Outcomes

Develop boundary-setting skills for use in one’s career.
Identify a set of anti-burnout strategies for use in our professional and personal lives.
Connect with peers to create support networks to prevent burnout.

Format: In-person, 9-109 (20 capacity)

Simple English and AI to Enhance Faculty-Student Interactions

Presenter(s): Rashmi Koushik (ELCAP Department)

Description

Ever wonder why students don’t meet the criteria for success in some assignments? Explore how using clear, straightforward language, supported by AI, can improve comprehension and engagement in your classroom. Learn practical strategies to simplify assignments and communication to students, guided by principles like TILT and scaffolding strategies. The facilitator(s) will model how to simplify a sample assignment, and how AI can assist with the process. Participants will be able to apply this process to one of their existing assignments and how to apply this to other assignments or communication to students, which will foster a more inclusive and effective learning environment.

Outcomes

Improved Communication Skills: Faculty will learn how to effectively use Simple English to communicate more clearly and concisely with students, ensuring instructions and feedback are easily understood.
Enhanced Student Engagement: By simplifying language, faculty will be able to better engage students, fostering a more inclusive and participatory classroom environment.
Inclusive Teaching Practices: Develop skills to create a more inclusive learning environment that accommodates students from various linguistic and educational backgrounds.

Format: Zoom (30 capacity)

Workshop Resources: Session Recording

Teaching & Learning Enhancement Grant—Application Support

Presenter(s): Robin Martin, Angel Steadman, TLE Award Committee members

Description:

Applying for a Teaching and Learning Enhancement grant can feel like just one more thing. The purpose of this workshop is to share ideas about how to use the TLE grant process to move work forward that you (and maybe your department colleagues) are planning to do anyway. Maybe you left the Assessment workshop during Opening Week thinking of a strategy you’d like to learn more about. Maybe you and some colleagues have been meaning to create a resource for students but haven’t had the time. We can’t give you time, but we can give you the opportunity to brainstorm and workshop ideas for a TLE grant, and answer questions about the application process. Stop by to learn more!

Outcomes:

Understand how to use the TLE grant process to pursue department or team projects
Become familiar with the application process
Start drafting your TLE application

Format: Hyflex, 29-214 (40 capacity) and on Zoom

Workshop Resources: Rubric for Application

Tips and Strategies for Canvas Success

Presenter(s): Katie Fiorello

Description

Tuning up your Canvas can make it easier for students to use your course; adding a tool can help engage students in the content you are teaching. Join members of the EdTech team to learn about ways you can improve the support your students get from your Canvas and save time building courses. We’ll mix a list of ideas with hands-on time to set up these practices in your courses.

Topics that will be covered:

Embedding videos and documents and trying out the the “Apps” button
Bulk changing assignment date
Alternative Formats offered in Canvas
Student Canvas support and help
Gradebook settings and filters
Rubric types, settings, and saved comments
Embedding Google docs and using Google Assignments

At the end of the session, we will look at HTML code for how to add visual interest to your page. You will also gain access to some basic HTML code snippets that you can add to your Canvas pages.

Please bring a computer to the session to allow you to engage with the content during the session.

Outcomes

Change at least one practice in a Canvas course to improve student engagement.
Change at least one practice in a Canvas course to save time.

Format: Hyflex, 29-309 (28 capacity) and on Zoom

Workshop Resources: Session Recording, Workshop Materials

Welcome to the Wellness Center

Presenter(s): Darin Smith

Description

Want to exercise but you don’t know where to go or what to do? This workshop will introduce you to Highline’s Wellness Center and give you the basics needed to start using it. PE faculty Natalie Hughs and Darin Smith will give an overview of how to develop an exercise plan, including warmup, cardio, resistance training, and stretching exercises. They will also provide some handy workout tips and demonstrate some exercises that can be done with the wide variety of equipment that the Wellness Center has to offer.

Outcomes

Learn how to register for and use the Wellness Center.
Learn how to put together a basic workout plan.
Learn some basic exercise movements using a variety of equipment available in the facility.

Format: In-person, 26-101 (25 capacity)

Workshop Resources: Workout Guide, Sample Workouts

2023 Workshops

Workshop Session One 1-2:15 p.m.

CoPx as Collaborative Antiracist Pedagogy

Presenter(s): Erich Elwin and Edwina Fui

Description

As we endeavor in various areas towards serving student needs, how often are we collaborating effectively as Faculty and Staff to ensure that our efforts to facilitate student success are fluid rather than contradictory? This session will offer Faculty and Staff opportunities to dialogue, form connections, co-construct strategies, and build stronger networks of support. In sharing space, Faculty and Staff will build deep understandings of the intersections that exist between their work with students by forging a community of praxis.

Learning Outcomes

Faculty and Staff will discuss and identify equity gaps that exist for students from their professional lens.
Faculty and Staff will workshop strategies to co-construct and design a community of practice and create community agreements.

Format: In-person B2 (Capacity: 50), or Zoom

Taking Active Learning to New Heights

Presenter(s): Aleya Dhanji, Terry Meerdink, James Peyton

Description

Inquiry and discovery are asset-based pedagogical approaches where students can ask and answer their own (or meaningful real-world) questions. They create environments where students develop both their content knowledge and critical thinking skills; where students have the agency and power to actively construct new knowledge and ways of doing. In this workshop, we will discuss inquiry and discovery as high-impact practices and explore how we can incorporate them more effectively in our instruction. Examples of strategies include course-based undergraduate research, project-based learning, service learning, and writing-intensive coursework, among others. Participants will leave with an understanding of what high impact practices are, which characteristics of high impact practices make them effective for underserved students and ideas for next steps to take to incorporate such practices in a way that sustains both teacher and student.

Learning Outcomes

Identify inquiry- and discovery-based instruction methods within the context of asset-based, culturally-sustaining pedagogy.
Generate ideas for ways to integrate inquiry- and discovery-based instruction methods seamlessly into existing curriculum.

Format: In-person Room 22-102 (Capacity: 40), or Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow, Worksheet, Padlet Conversation

The 6 Phases of Appreciative Advising and Its Relation to the 4-Phase Model

Presenter(s): Angela Thao, Alyssa Kaufman, Chun Hwang, Aislinn Hall, Jan Patrick Campanano, Lynn Hermanson, Lomasi Marshall

Description

Participants will learn from Professional Advisors about the 6 phases of Appreciative Advising, then review the 4 Phase Model and the status of each phase, and use this time to create connection between Professional and Faculty Advisors. Participants will leave with an appreciative advising checklist and helpful connections to advisors from areas outside their own.

Learning Outcomes

List 6 phases of Appreciative Advising

Use checklist/ rubric for guide
Define your “CEO” group → Develop connections and define where students can go w/in 4-phase model

Identify the Four Phases in Highline’s Four-Phase Model

Share what phases look like between advisors
Know a contact from each phase

Format: In-person Room 22-206 (Capacity: 40), or Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow, Four Phase Advising Model, Advising Checklist, Quick Guide

Live Demonstration of Hyflex Model

Presenter(s): Oussama Alkhalili, Marcia Welch, Sherri Chun

Description

We will demonstrate how to run a life hyflex classroom with students who are attending the class in person and on Zoom. We will demonstrate the use of the new smart classrooms in building 30 using the new equipment.

Learning Outcomes

Faculty will learn how to use the new smart classrooms to efficiently run hyflex classes.

Format: In-person Room 30-201 (Capacity: 20), or Zoom

Workshop Resources: Session Recording

The Benefits of Eating Healthy at Work

Presenter(s): Molly Brignall

Description

Participants will learn why eating healthy at work is important for overall physical and mental health. Participants will be given examples of healthy foods found at Highline and healthy foods that they can bring to work. There will be a small group discussion regarding their own food preferences.

Learning Outcomes

Learn why eating healthy is important for overall physical and mental health.

Learn examples of healthy food choices for work.

Format: In-person Room 14-103 (Capacity: 36), or Zoom

Workshop Resources: Session Recording

Supporting Our Housing-Insecure Population

Presenter(s): Saido Alinur, Gaby Osorio, Tolu Taiwo

Description

At Highline College, there are a number of students who identify as housing-insecure. This presentation will focus on the best ways that we can support these students and give them all the resources needed for student success. The presenters will discuss the demographics and needs of our housing-insecure students, best advising practices for working with housing-insecure students, and the current Highline programs in place designed for housing-insecure students. Workshop members will then have an opportunity to work on scenarios related to issues housing-insecure students face.

Learning Outcomes

Faculty and staff will learn about Passport, Student Housing and Retention Services (SHoRe), and other programs and services that support our housing-insecure or at-risk homelessness students.

Faculty and staff will learn best ways to support students who may be housing-insecure or at-risk homeless students.

Format: In-person Room 22-205 (Capacity: 36), or Zoom

Workshop Resources: Session Recording, Slideshow

Creating a Caring Campus

Presenter(s): Steve Sloniker

Description

As a staff member at Highline College, have you ever thought about how we can build a more caring and supportive environment for our students? Do you have ideas about what is working well and areas for improvement? If this resonates with you, please plan on joining us to discuss some strategies we can take as staff to build an environment that is welcoming to all.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this session, staff will be knowledgeable and empowered to create a positive change in how our students experience their campus community.

Format: In-person Room 3-103 (Capacity: 32), or Zoom

Workshop Session Two 2:30-3:45 p.m.

Students’ using ChatGPT? You can too! Harnessing AI to Make Writing & Critical Thinking Assignments More Equitable

Presenter(s): Gayatri Sirohi, Monica Twork, Allison Reibel

Description

Since ChatGPT has upended our understanding of how students demonstrate critical thinking and ethical writing, we would like to share some uses of ChatGPT in English classes as a start to assignments rather than the end. These scaffolding activities might be useful to faculty in all disciplines and staff across campus. We collaborated with library and Learning & Teaching Center colleagues to ethically integrate ChatGPT into assignments as well as share best practices across the institution. This session will solicit and share how ethical use of ChatGPT enhances critical thinking and writing.

Learning Outcomes
Discuss strategies for ethically integrating ChatGPT into your assignments or work processes.
Identify at least one way that ChatGPT and other AI tools can enhance students’ critical thinking and writing skills.

Format: In-person Room 29-309 (Capacity: 33), or Zoom

Workshop Resources: Session Recording, Slideshow

My Favorite Scientists are the Ones I Teach: Incorporating Equity Work into STEM Classes

Presenter(s): Katie Baker

Description

Struggling to incorporate EDI curriculum or pedagogy into courses bursting with content? Worried about losing academic rigor when improving inclusivity and accessibility? in this interactive workshop, we will work together to discuss current research and best teaching practices for incorporating this necessary work into your most content-rich courses, with opportunities for faculty to share current successes and failures, brainstorm and develop equity activities for immediate use in current classes. As a result of this workshop, STEM faculty will produce one activity or piece of material for immediate incorporation of meaningful EDI-focused content into content-heavy STEM courses.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will leave the workshop with tools and strategies for:

Improving accessibility of their Canvas shell and syllabus
Increasing student engagement and success through in-class and office hour activities.
Enhancing diversity and representation in course materials

Format: In-person Room 17-204 (Capacity 24), or Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow, Resource Guide

Accessibility and the Faculty Contract

Presenter(s): Michael Hanscom

Description

Are you curious about or maybe even confused or concerned by the new accessibility language in the faculty contract? No need to worry! Join Access Services for a review of the new section and what it means for your classes, and Q&A session to address any questions you may have.

Learning Outcomes

Participants will have a better understanding of the accessibility language and what the college expects.

Format: In-person Room 22-105 (Capacity: 34), or Zoom

Workshop Resources: Session Recording, Slideshow

ACUE and You!

Presenter(s): Learning and Teaching Center

Description

Are you enrolled in the ACUE Effective Teaching Practices cohort? If so, join us in a working session. You can catch up, work ahead, or chat with colleagues about how the course is going.

Outcomes

Participants will work on the activities in Block 1 of the ACUE Course in Effective Teaching Practices.

Format: In-person Room 21-203 (Capacity: 33), or Zoom

The Art of Kicking and Punching (An Introduction to Tae Kwon Do)

Presenter(s): Darin Smith

Description

Tae Kwon Do is a Korean martial art known for its fast sparring techniques, dynamic forms, and strong kicks. This workshop provides an introduction into this popular martial art, including an overview of basic techniques and principles of the art with a focus on mind and body unity. We will learn some basic punches, kicks, and blocks; and will practice these physical movements with a focus on mindfulness. Please wear comfortable workout attire and be ready to be physically active.

Learning Outcomes

To learn some of the history and principles behind this martial art.

To learn some of the basic punches, kicks, and blocks of tae kwon do.

To practice the physical movements with mental focus and mindfulness.

Format: In-person 27-106 (Capacity: 25)

Mission Fulfillment Data Exploration

Presenter(s): Kelsey Anderson, Emily Coates, Skyler Roth

Description

Join Highline’s Institutional Research team in a deep dive to understand how mission fulfillment data connects to our campus priorities, your department and you. This session will build upon discussions of student achievement from the Opening Week Strategic Planning session.

Learning Outcomes

Understand mission fulfillment data and where the data come from

Develop hypotheses about why the data look as they do

Connect the data to strategic initiatives, departmental goals and individual practice

Format: In-person Room 10-103 (Capacity: 30), or Zoom

Workshop Resources: Slideshow, Worksheet, First Fall to Winter Retention

Collective Bargaining 101

Presenter(s): Steve Sloniker

Description

Have you ever wondered about unions, collective bargaining agreements, and where it all comes from? This session will briefly review the history of unions, employee and employer responsibilities in a collective bargaining environment, and how it shapes today’s working environment. This session will be interactive so please bring your questions!

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this session, you will have a greater understanding of your role in the collective bargaining process, and how unions and employers can work collaboratively to improve the working conditions for employees.

Format: In-person Room 3-103 (Capacity: 32) or Zoom

Get Real with Counseling

Presenters: Erin Hooyboer, Daryllyn Harris, Joshua Magallanes, Forrest Dimond, Alex Lawrence, and Larisa Wendfeldt (Counseling Center Counselors and Staff)

Description

Mental health on college campuses had been a growing concern, even pre-pandemic. Then COVID-19 arrived to both amplify and lay bare the structural and cultural conditions impacting mental health, especially in marginalized groups. Faculty and staff are often the first point of contact for students struggling with mental health concerns, see them regularly enough to notice changes over time, and are able to build trust with students, but are also working within a limited role and bandwidth. So, how do we best support our students’ mental health? Join this workshop to learn more about the range of services Counseling offers and practice referrals and interventions with interactive vignettes.

Learning Outcomes

1) Gain awareness of Counseling programming, role on campus, and ways to collaborate.

2) Differentiate between emotional experience of self versus that of the student.

3) Identify key strategies for effective intervention and referral.

Format: In-person Room 3-102 (Capacity: 50)

Workshop Resources: Resource Guide

2022 Workshops

All of the Zoom link information for Professional Development Day is saved on the college’s Google drive. In order to access this information, one must be logged into their Highline College Google account.

*Morning Breakout Sessions 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.

Creating Effective Surveys in Survey Monkey

Presenter: Emily Coates, Skyler Roth (Office of Institutional Research)
Capacity: 30
Format: Zoom

Description:

Do you need direct feedback from your students or customers to inform your institutional effectiveness planning? Learn how to create effective surveys in Survey Monkey that will provide you information you can use to improve your services.

Outcomes:

Learn how to log in to your Highline Survey Monkey account and set up a new survey. Learn survey design tips and best practices for gathering student/customer feedback.

Faculty Advising with Aviso – The Nuts & Bolts with Aviso (per contract requirement)

Presenter: Liz Word, Shawna Freeman, Lynn Hermanson (Faculty Advising)
Capacity: No limit specified.
Format: Zoom

Description:

Join this session to learn more about faculty advising contract requirements and how to satisfy them with an overview of Aviso features including messaging, notes, filtering, following and building academic plans. Hands-on workshops for practice with these Aviso features will occur between 2:30pm – 3:15pm (see schedule below for more information).

Outcomes:

Understand contract requirements for faculty advising. Gain familiarity with Aviso features to be used in faculty advising practice and to satisfy contract requirements.

Ethic of Care Curriculum: Contract Grading and Using Anti-racist Purpose to Shape the Learning Environment

Presenter: Lisa Bernhagen, Stephanie Ojeda Ponce
Capacity: 30
Format: In-person Room 14-104, or Zoom

Description:

Learn what can happen when you align your course with your anti-racist purpose; Learn one method of non-grading. These designs cultivate independent learning using a “learning partnership” that “affirms healthy self-esteem in students as it promotes their capacity to be aware and live consciously.” (quotes from Zaretta Hammond and bel hooks)

Outcomes:

Be able to map your own course design starting from your anti-racist purpose. Be able to design a non-grading system. Use Inoue & Poe’s illustrated guide “How to Stop Harming Students” as an assignment design reflection tool.

Hyflex: It’s not just for yoga anymore

Presenter: Christie Knighton, Sherri Chun, Maurea Brown, Mattias Olshausen (EdTech)
Capacity:
Format: In-person Room 22-104, or Zoom

Description:

What’s a Hyflex class? It’s a class where students can choose whether to participate online, on Zoom, or face-to-face. Are you one of the many instructors teaching hyflex, or are hyflex curious? Join the EdTech team for an overview of hyflex instruction, from why some folks are trying it out to some of the ways our colleagues are running their courses.

Outcomes:

Participants will be able to describe basic reasons and methods for hyflex classes; learn how to schedule/code hyflex; and employ some introductory hyflex techniques in their courses.

Finding your joy with clay

Presenter: Rob Droessler
Capacity: 20
Format: In-person Room 16-171

Description:

Crafting with clay gives you an opportunity to express your creative side and at the same time help to ease any stress you might have. Which is why working in clay is a very popular art therapy tool. At the end of this session participants will know a little more about what we do in the fine arts and hopefully leave the studio with a little less stress. Playing with clay is and example of something you can do for self care. Something we all need to do a little more of.

Outcomes:

Learning to take time for self care/mental health.

Climate Action + Social Justice = Climate Justice

Presenter: Woody Moses, Darryl Brice (Sustainability Task Force)
Capacity: 24
Format: In-person Room 22-102, or Zoom

Description:

Climate change is changing the fundamental systems on which our societies are based, but those changes are not being felt equally, with historically marginalized populations feeling more of the burden than more privileged groups. In this workshop we’ll talk about the issues, how people are being affected, and most importantly, what can we do about it at Highline.

Outcomes:

Participants will be able to explain what climate justice is and will be able to list at least one way to work towards a better future.

Building Community with Students from SE Asia– Insights on Vietnam from Faculty and Staff

Presenter: Jennifer Jones, Jenn Ritchey, Sam Kaplan (Global Programs)
Capacity: No limit specified.
Format: In-person Room 22-206, or Zoom

Description:

This workshop, given by members of the Highline community with recent experience in Vietnam, will offer a cultural and educational overview to help build connections with SE Asian students, including our increasing population of Vietnamese international students and Vietnamese-American students. Participants will engage with their colleagues to learn strategies for welcoming students from Vietnam, as well as other SE Asian cultures.

Outcomes:

Participants will engage with their colleagues to learn specific information about Vietnam, as well as similarities and differences between that country and other SE Asian cultures. Participants will come away with ideas for welcoming SE Asian students to Highline’s educational and social environment, using information on Vietnamese culture and history.

How to Talk Turkey so Students Understand You.

Presenter: Angel Steadman, Angie Meyer, Laurie Stusser-McNeil, Rashmi Koushik, Shana Friend (ELCAP – English Language, Career, and Academic Prep)
Capacity: 33
Format: In-person Room 30-201, or Zoom

Description:

Do you want more students at your event? Are students not turning in assignments the way you expected? Using plain language may help! You may not realize how many idioms and complicated expressions you use on a regular basis. It’s so common yet can be confusing! Come to this interactive workshop to learn more about the importance of using plain language in your writing and speaking to students. We’ll discuss ways to simplify your language and give you opportunities to practice on actual campus messages from faculty and staff to make them more transparent.

Outcomes:

Participants will learn about the importance of plain and transparent English. Participants will be able to write and edit real examples from faculty or staff into plain English.

Accessible and Inclusive Hybrid Work Groups

Presenter: Marc Lentini, Theresa Duhart
Capacity: No limit specified.
Format: In-person Room 22-103, or Zoom

Description:

One thing we learned from the pandemic was the importance of flexibility and resilience in how we work together at Highline. For some of us, we learned that we can bring even more of our full selves to our work when we’re not in face-to-face meetings; that some of the assumptions about how individuals and teams work best were quietly ableist and exclusionary.

As more faculty and staff return to campus for more days of the week, we need a way to continue to productively collaborate, and continue to be resilient for the still-present pandemic-induced disruptions.

In this two part session, we’ll go over some key tricks and tips to collaborating online, then spend time brainstorming solutions. Part 1, “This meeting could have been a Google doc” will share tools and techniques to enable work groups to collaborate on a project in a more inclusive, participatory way. Part 2, “We’re all here, because we’re not all there,” will address how to hold accessible and effective hybrid meetings.

Outcomes:

Participants will be able to implement collaboration tools and techniques to be more inclusive and effective in team projects; reduce the need for as many real-time meetings; conduct hybrid meetings more effectively; create shorter, more focused meetings; and choose the right technology for their event.

Exercise and Equipment Exploration at the Wellness Center – How to create a fitness program

Presenter: Natalie Hughs (Wellness Center – Fitness)
Capacity: 15
Format: In-person Bldg 26 Wellness Center

Description:

Are you prepared with a fitness program to fight off the winter weight? Join this workshop to review appropriate exercise programing. We will cover effective warm-ups, exercises, and cool-downs to help you combat the candy calories this Fall. You will explore what the Wellness Center has to offer as we create an exercise plan and try out and learn about the equipment and exercises. Optional participation in example exercises for warm-up and fitness along with stretches to avoid the stress we hold in our muscles.

Outcomes:

You will learn how to perform a warmup, work on fitness components, along with cool-down examples and stretches. A detailed tour of the exercise equipment at the Wellness Center and the start to your Fall workout program!

*Afternoon Breakout Sessions 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

Manager’s Guide To Effective Onboarding

Presenter: Summer Korst (Human Resources)
Capacity: 30
Format: Zoom

Description:

Onboarding begins at the time of initial hire and continues throughout the first year of employment. This process allows you to make sure your employee is informed about policies, procedures, culture, expectations, and your department. To help you prepare to welcome and support your new employee, Human Resources has created a toolkit for managers.

Outcomes:

How to create a plan for effective onboarding that extends beyond the employees first day. Engaging your team to take part in their colleague’s integration into the Highline community.

Self-Defense Basics: Concepts, Tactics, and Techniques

Presenter: Darin Smith
Capacity: 25
Format: In-person Room 27-106

Description:

Self-defense involves using whatever tools you have to protect you and your loved ones from harm. This class will focus on the basics of prevention and awareness necessary to assess potentially dangerous situations and avoid them. In addition, we will discuss what to do in the event of a physical confrontation and practice some basic defenses to deal with an attack. Participants will learn how to apply their body’s weapons to an opponent’s vital targets, and will practice applying some blocks, hand strikes, and kicks to hand-held target pads. Please wear comfortable, loose clothes and tennis shoes if possible.

Outcomes:

Learn the basics of prevention and awareness of threatening situations. Practice application of blocks, hand strikes, and kicks.

Syllabi and Class Document Accessibility

Presenter: Michael Hanscom, Marc Lentini, Jenni Sandler (Accessible Technology)
Capacity:
Format: In-person Room 21-201, or Zoom

Description:

Are your class syllabi accessible for all your students? How about any handouts, articles or other materials you distribute? We will go over how to review and update your class materials to meet accessibility standards as noted in sections 304.1 and 304.3 of the HCEA negotiated agreement. You can also ask questions at the Accessible Technology open Zoom lobbies at https://highline.zoom.us/my/mhanscom on Wednesdays 3:30-4:15 p.m. and Thursdays 3-3:45 p.m.

Outcomes:

Faculty will be able to create syllabi that meet accessibility requirements, prioritize document accessibility needs, determine whether existing documents meet requirements, and use common tools (Word, Google Docs, Ally, etc.) to ensure documents are accessible.

XYZ PDQ 2: More ABCs of RSI

Presenter: Marc Lentini and team (Ed Tech)
Capacity: No limit specified.
Format: In-person Room 19-204, or Zoom

Description:

Interacting with students is a vital part of their success in online classes. It’s also a requirement from the federal Department of Education. Join the Ed Tech team as we talk about the new RSI self-assessment process in the HCEA contract, and delve into the many ways that you can use regular interaction with your students to help them learn.

Outcomes:

Participants will be able to begin the self-assessment process for their online sections; engage in RSI in their online courses; and complete the process outlined in the new negotiated agreement.

Highline Faculty Showcase of Open Educational Resources (OER) Projects

Presenter: Deborah Moore, Shana Friend, Lisa Voso, Laura Manning (Guided Pathways OER Grant Project 2021-22)
Capacity: No limit specified.
Format: In-person Bldg 8 Mt. Constance/Mt. Olympus, or Zoom

Description:

Curious about OER and how you can make the switch to it in your classes? Learn from HC faculty in English, Communication Studies, ELCAP, and Education who completed OER projects during the 2021-22 academic year. Presenters will discuss their projects, how they did the work, and tips they have for other faculty interested in pursuing OER. At the end of this presentation, participants will have practical ideas for how they can get started exploring and creating OER.

Outcomes:

Participants will have practical ideas for how they can get started exploring and creating OER

How to Facilitate an Effective Meeting & De-Escalate Conflict

Presenter: Razmehr Fardad, Nicole Coope, Justin Dampeer
Capacity: 12
Format: In-person Room 22-205, or Zoom

Description:

Over the last 3 years, there has been a growing report of meeting fatigue due to technology, ineffective use of time, and disruptive individuals venting or wanting to take control.

During this session, participants will learn how to structure a meeting using pre-made templates, leadership skills to conduct a meeting, and the communication tools needed to be successful. They will also learn step-by-step instructions to handle conflict through boundaries and limits using small group session role plays.

This training is for beginners and seasoned professionals looking to revamp their skills, so that they can collaborate effectively and meet their deliverables with minimal interruption.

Outcomes:

Learn the skills and steps needed to facilitate an effective meeting. Ability to use Highline College themed templates to communicate meeting intentions (agenda) and outcomes (notes). Willingness to use communication tools to minimize disruptions and de-escalate conflict to keep meetings on track….this skill takes practice.

Supporting Students Holistically: During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Presenter: Shawna Freeman, Mariela Barriga (Support Center and Guided Pathways)
Capacity: 33
Format: In-person Room 30-201, or Zoom

Description:

There are national, state-wide, and regional movement towards understanding student’s basic needs challenges. At Highline, we are dedicated to addressing these realities. Mariela Barriga and Shawna Freeman invite you to attend this PDD workshop where they will provide participants with their insights of student support programs and Guided Pathways as a valuable strategy for student success.

Outcomes:

Attend this workshop if you want to: 1. Be in-the-know with what is going on in our community and on our campus, 2. Learn how you can be a part of the student success strategy. 3/ Receive guidance on how faculty and staff can leverage some of the new technologies on campus to connect students to the Support Center and key services.

Experience Philosophy class and become an Informed Advisor

Presenter: Glen Avantaggio (Philosophy Department)
Capacity: 25
Format: In-person Room 14-105

Description:

Attendees will participate in a model lecture and discussion session of Philosophy & 101. You will see how critical thinking is taught in Philosophy courses, learn why it is valuable, and decide for yourself if Socrates is a defender of justice and reason, or a just another self-important loser.

Outcomes:

Participate in a model philosophy class. Examine a moral dilemma faced by Socrates. Develop your advising knowledge outside your discipline.

Making Sense of Student Financials

Presenter: Kendra Ferrer, Jill Hammitt (Student Financials)
Capacity: No limit specified.
Format: Zoom

Description:

How to read ctcLink student financial accounts. We will go over tuition, mandatory fees, and other charges. We will answer the important questions of “Why was I dropped from my classes?”, “Where is my refund?”, “Why are my charges so high?”, “Why am I blocked from registering?”, “How do I sign up for the payment plan?”, and many others. After this session you should feel much more confident helping students figure out their financials at Highline.

Outcomes:

Be able to give informed answers to students questions about their financial accounts.

Faculty Advising Support through Academic and Student Services

Presenter: Lynn Hermanson, Syeda Nizami
Capacity: No limit specified.
Format: Zoom

Description:

This session is Part II of a four-part fall faculty advisor training series. During the session participants will gain an understanding of Highline’s 4-Phase advising model, learn about academic support programs and services for students, and how these areas intersect with faculty advisor activities in ctclink and Aviso.

Outcomes:

Gain a deeper understanding of Highline’s 4-Phase advising model. Learn about academic support programs and services for students. Understand common advisor practices in ctclink and Aviso.

Introduction to Labor-Based Grading

Presenter: Aaron Ottinger, Jamie Wilson
Capacity: 25
Format: In-person Room 21-206, or Zoom

Description:

“Are you curious about labor-based grading? If you were to switch to labor-based grading on a major assignment in your classroom, how would that change the assignment, how would that change the student’s learning experience, and how might these changes affect the morale of everyone involved? These are the kinds of questions we will explore in a hands-on workshop, where instructors will experiment with adapting an assignment to a labor-based grading approach (it will be helpful to have an assignment on hand, in a print or digital format). Participants will also have the opportunity to see materials developed by faculty in the 2022 Antiracist Curriculum Initiative (sponsored by SBCTC), which they are implementing in classes right now (fall 2022). The workshop will include ample time for questions, discussion, and reflection.

Outcomes:

Participants will learn tools for applying a labor-based grading approach that can be implemented right away.

Partnering with Counseling to Support Student Mental Health

Presenter: Erin Hooyboer, Daryllyn Harris, Nicole Wilson, Joshua Magallanes (Counseling)
Capacity: 25
Format: Zoom

Description:

Mental health on colleges campuses had been a growing concern, even pre-pandemic. Then COVID-19 arrived to both amplify and lay bare the structural and cultural conditions impacting mental health, especially in marginalized groups. Faculty and staff are often the first point of contact for students struggling with mental health concerns, see them regularly enough to notice changes over time, and are able to build trust with students, but are also working within a limited role and bandwidth. So, how do we best support our students’ mental health? Join this workshop to learn more about the range of services Counseling offers and experience a brief mindfulness activity that could be adapted for classroom use.

Outcomes:

Gain awareness of Counseling programming, role on campus, and ways to collaborate. Identify key strategies for effective intervention and referral ; Experience a mindfulness activity.

*Faculty Advising Workshops 2:30-3:15 p.m.

Faculty Advising with Aviso: Messaging and Notes

Presenter: Liz Word, Shawna Freeman, Lynn Hermanson
Capacity: 33
Format: In-person Room 30-201

Description:

Learn faculty advising contract requirements and how to communicate with students in Aviso.

Outcomes:

Practice creating introductory and relevant advising messages for advisees. Practice creating faculty advising notes to document advising activities and interactions.

Faculty Advising with Aviso: Academic Planning

Presenter: Liz Word, Shawna Freeman, Lynn Hermanson
Capacity: 33
Format: In-person Room 30-202

Description:

Learn faculty advising contract requirements and how to review/build academic plans in Aviso.

Outcomes:

Practice setting up and approving an academic plan for a student’s degree or certificate. Obtain answers to your questions about academic plans in Aviso.

Faculty Advising with Aviso: Filters and Following

Presenter: Liz Word, Shawna Freeman, Lynn Hermanson
Capacity: 33
Format: In-person Room 30-203

Description:

Discover how to sort student lists and monitor student progress using Aviso features.

Outcomes:

Practice utilizing filters to obtain advising lists sorted by specific criteria. Learn how to “follow” students in Aviso to stay abreast of achievements and progress.

Faculty Advising with Aviso: Drop in session

Presenter: Liz Word, Shawna Freeman, Lynn Hermanson
Capacity: No limit specified.
Format: Zoom

Description:

This drop-in session is an opportunity to seek assistance with questions or challenges while working with Aviso.

Outcomes:

Receive assistance with questions related to faculty advising and Aviso. Discuss and identify challenges and concerns (and victories!) with Aviso

* Part-Time faculty may request a stipend for all events/ activities with an asterisk. Please complete the Adjunct Faculty Stipend Request form to request a stipend(s)

2021 Workshops

note: * All of the Zoom link information for Professional Development Day is saved on the college’s Google drive. In order to access this information, one must be logged into their Highline College Google account.

11:00am – 12:15pm

Antiracist OER: Creating Linguistically and Culturally Affirming Educational Materials

Presenter: Stephanie Ojeda Ponce

Capacity 25

Description: Antiracist OER is an approach for centering linguistically and culturally affirming course materials to engage, retain, and serve diverse student, staff, and faculty populations. While digital and Open Educational Resources (OER) approaches create seemingly infinite possibilities for expanded accessibility, cultural engagement, and anti-racist ideas in texts, that has not been the case. Remunerated scholarship, inequitable workloads, and the usual systemic conditions contribute to the creation and popularization of resources that continue to represent identities consistently excluded from success, or even participation, in higher education institutions. Educational materials should align with existing equity initiatives and student needs. This workshop will benefit OER practitioners seeking to develop antiracist approaches and antiracist and equity educators examining their textbooks, instructional videos, and other educational materials and resources. At the end of this workshop, participants will have practiced reviewing texts through an antiracist lens and discussed collaboration possibilities to adopt, remix, and create antiracist educational materials.

Outcomes:
1. Practice applying equity competency and antiracist questions to course materials.
2. Discuss collaboration opportunities to adopt, remix, and create antiracist educational materials.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Materials
Slides

Complete your IE Plan

Presenter: Lisa Bernhagen, Emily Coates, Paulette Lopez, Cathy Cartwright – Institutional Effectiveness Committee

Description: Staff and classified, come with your department to complete your IE Plan. We are here to provide feedback, suggestions, and information, and to hear what you need. You have 3 choices at the workshop: a) discuss your data and IE Plan with your department, then complete the IE Plan with our help; b) if you have discussed it, complete your IE Plan with our help; c) ask questions about the form; tell us the support your department would like in terms of data training and/or data collection resources. We will record that and report it to Executive Cabinet.

Outcomes:
1. Complete your IE Plan and department discussion
2. Understand how the IE Plan can help your department focus its equity work

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Materials
Slides

Inside Application Bootcamp: Transfer 101 for You and Your Students

Presenter: Renata Cummings, Lyall Rudenskjold, Krystal Welch, Gabriela Osorio, Kathy Nguyen – Transfer Workshop/1992 Dream Team (Olympics US Men’s Basketball)

Description: The Transfer Workgroup is an informal group of Highline staff across the Transfer Center, Umoja, Academic Success Centers, Honors Program, TRIO, and MESA that hosts transfer programs for students. After hosting a wildly successful Application Bootcamp to prepare students for the transfer process, the workgroup wants to bring the tools, strategies, and resources to faculty advisors to prepare them to advise their student advisees on the transfer process. This interactive workshop will go over the handouts/worksheets used, specific transfer tools from the four-year colleges, and general advising strategies to support the whole student.

Outcomes:
1. Attendees will learn about the transfer tools from four-year colleges.
2. Attendees will learn how to assist students in navigating the transfer process.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Materials
Slides & Handout
Video

Introduction to Tae Kwon Do (a Korean Martial Art)

Presenter: Darin Smith

Capacity 25

Description: Come learn more about Tae Kwon Do, a popular Korean martial art known primarily for its fast sparring techniques and dynamic kicks. Participants will learn some of the basic principles of this martial art, and will practice several basic blocks, punches, and kicks
that students typically learn in an introductory session. Participants should wear comfortable workout clothes and have enough space to move around safely without obstruction. Taught by Darin Smith, 4th dan black belt, head instructor of West Seattle Tae Kwon Do Club.

Outcomes:
1. learn the basic principles and some basic blocks, punches, and kicks from this popular martial art.
2. promote physical activity by allowing participants to practice the techniques with feedback during the session.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Looking Back on 2020 & 2021: What Have I Lost? What Have I Gained?

Presenter: Bob Baugher, Alycia Williams – Leading with Love Group

Description: We’ve all been through a lot during the past 18 months. Join us in this interactive workshop as we take some time to look at what we’ve lost and what we’ve gained from these life-changing events. Come prepared for small-group sharing with your Highline coworkers.

Outcomes:
As a result of attending this workshop attendees will have shared their thoughts, feelings, and experiences with fellow Highline employees.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Moving to The Cloud

Presenter: Laurinda Bellinger, Mark Wynne – ITS

Description: Introduce participants to what the cloud is, why it’s important to move from network to cloud storage and the security of the cloud.

Outcomes:
1. Participants understand the difference between network and cloud storage and
2. Participants are comfortable using the cloud

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Materials
Recording

Start Your Course Level Assessment Today!

Presenter: Aaron Moehlig, Ellen Bremen – Assessment Committee

Description: This is no passive, sit-and-listen workshop! For an hour, work alongside your colleagues and get your Assessment Report going for this term. Just log into the assessment tool, fill out any information that you can, and then all you’ll need is those finishing touches (the data).

Some reminders:
At the Opening Week Assessment Retreat, you and your colleagues were asked to commit with 100% participation to resume assessment reporting each quarter. This is part of our responsibility for accreditation. The time to start is now!
As you saw in James Peyton’s recent e-mail regarding union negotiations, “”5.5 Faculty duties include assessment as required by Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities accreditation.
Participating in assessment reporting helps refine your teaching craft, gives your students a stronger chance for success (because you’re being reflective, right???), and you get to document your efforts for a faculty milestone i.e., tenure, post-tenure, column advancement.

Don’t wait until the end of the term when you’re already slammed and tired. Give yourself the gift of being on top and ahead of things. You’ve GOT THIS!

Outcomes:
Construct an assessment report for fall term that effectively responds to all question prompts

Format: Zoom Meeting*

This… Is… Nursing Jeopardy!

Presenter: Linda Brethorst, Sarah Trimm

Capacity 25

Description: In this informative and engaging game session of Nursing Jeopardy, participants will gain introductory information or test existing knowledge about the Nursing Pathways at Highline College. Faculty and staff will review both the AAS RN and transfer Nursing Pathways.
Q and A within the Jeopardy format will provide a fun and interactive experience for participants to feel better equipped to navigate Nursing advising with students.

Outcomes:
1. Participants will gain introductory information or test existing knowledge of both Nursing Pathways at Highline.
2. Participants will feel better equipped to guide students in Nursing Program options.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Visibility matters: Creating a culture of LGBTQIA+ acceptance

Presenter: Amy Rider King, Chino Gonzalez, Joshua Magallanes

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated many of the challenges that LGBTQIA+ students face. Many college students returned to non-affirming living environments and have not had access to support services and resources. Now more than ever, spaces that affirm LGBTQIA+ identities are critical. In this workshop, we will view a campus documentary advocating for an LGBTQIA+ Resource Center at Highline College. The insights from students, staff, and faculty featured in this video will guide an exploration of practices that promote a culture of acceptance and affirmation.

Outcomes:
1. Gain awareness of the LGBTQIA+ Resource Center advocacy movement and ways to get involved.
2. Learn strategies for creating safe and affirming spaces for LGBTQIA+ students, staff, and faculty.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Materials
Recording

1:15pm – 2:30pm

Community Approaches to Student Care

Presenter: Izzy Wroblewski, Iesha Valencia, Bruce Lamb, Rashmi Koushik, Jenni Sandler – SAIT

Description: From campus and national trends, we know our students are experiencing unique and impactful barriers including mental health struggles, financial stress, and basic needs insecurities. This session is a space to explore how we, as a Highline Community, can best support our students by seeing them as whole people and connecting them to resources for success. SAIT (Our Behavioral Intervention Team) will share some information about their approach to assisting students referred to SAIT and open a brainstorm space on how to build a culture of collaborative care in our community.

Outcomes:
1. list 2 tools SAIT uses to assess the needs of students referred to the team
2. Identify three key factors they see as crucial in the collaborative care of students.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Materials
Recording

ctcLink Crash Course for Faculty Advising

Presenter: Aleya Dhanji, Mary Weir – LTC/Faculty Advising Collaboration

Capacity 25
Description: Is ctcLink feeling more like an obstacle course than a useful tool for advising? Do you miss the good old days of Advising Tool? Join us for a tour of ctcLink Advisor Center and how to leverage technology and best practices in advising to help your students meet their degree and completion goals. We will cover Academic Advisement vs. What-If Reports, writing good advising notes, looking up students who are not your advisees, program of study, transcripts and whatever is on your mind! This will be a hands-on workshop where participants will have the chance to try out ctcLink features that the facilitators demonstrate in real time. We will also work through some common student scenarios as we demonstrate ctcLink features and discuss strategies for an effective advising appointment.

Outcomes:
1. Use ctcLink Advisor Center to effectively advise students on degree and completion goals.
2. Apply some key strategies for effective advising sessions such as active listening and writing good advising notes.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

How Do I Hire Students? The Ultimate Guide of the Hiring Process for New & Returning Students

Presenter: Daniela Esan, Patrick Fernandez, Talia Roberts, Zeba Ghanchi

Description: This session is highly recommended for all staff and faculty who are planning on hiring student employees or managers/supervisors who already supervise student employees. Due to new ctclink changes, the Career and Student Employment Center has implemented new procedures. It will highlight each hiring process, including how to hire new and returning student employees. Each process is different, the CASE Team will go over each component. By the end of the presentation, all staff and faculty will be fully prepared to hire or to continue hiring student employees at Highline College. Our strategy is to have an interactive discussion and a session by the end. We will use polls and chat features for any incoming questions throughout the presentation.

Outcomes:
1. be fully prepared to hire or to continue hiring student employees at Highline College.
2. be familiar with how Career and Student Employment works closely with Human Resources to hire Highline Students.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Instructor-initiated Regular and Substantive Interaction in Online Courses

Presenter:Marc Lentini, Sarah Adams, Maurea Brown, Sue Frantz, Tarisa Matsumoto-Maxfield, Avery Viehmannm – Educational Technology

Description: Regular and Substantive Interaction” (RSI) is a federal Department of Education guideline that is applied to interaction in fully online courses. It describes a standard applied to interaction between instructors and students when determining whether students in a course can receive financial aid. In this session, we’ll go over a bit of background about RSI and the college’s response to that, then spend most of the time sharing ways to support student learning and also meet the guidelines.

Outcomes:
1. Participants will be able to explain the history of the federal government’s Regular and Substantive Interaction regulation, and Highline’s response to that requirement.
2. Participants will be able to use multiple techniques to meet the guidelines for RSI.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Materials
Slides

Financial Aid and ctcLink

Presenter: Loyal Allen Jr., Ta’Yanna Davis, David Nguyen, Eric Baer

Description: Financial Aid staff has been in communication with some staff and faculty over the summer and will be sharing the various conversations with you all. Now that we are using ctcLink, we want provide a space for staff and faculty to learn about the impacts ctcLink has had on our financial aid process and how to best support students when they ask “YOU” questions about financial aid. The initial process to apply for financial aid has not changed and this is the first opportunity to share with campus how students navigate ctcLiink to check their FASFA application status and view their eligibility.

Outcomes:
1. Staff and Faculty will understand the process of applying for and awarding financial aid.
2. Supporting students who have questions about their financial aid (ctcLink financial aid tab; to do list)

Format: Zoom Meeting*

It’s All About the Team: An Orientation to Microsoft Teams

Presenter:Danielle Slota, Cathy Cartwright, Gabrielle Bachmeier, Kim Southerland, Marc Lentini, Raechel Dawson, Summer Korst, Barry Holldorf, Tim Wrye, Francesca Fendert- Hybrid Operations Leadership Team w/ Theresa Duhart

Description: Hybrid Operations supports work life balance but also changes the way we communicate with our team members. Microsoft Teams creates opportunity for communication, organization and connection both on and off campus. Join us to learn how you and your team can best put this tool to use! Microsoft Teams is a tool to support your team in following the Best Practices for Hybrid Operations guidelines developed for the college.

Outcomes:
Learn how to access and navigate Microsoft Teams to enhance communication and organization within your team and across campus.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

Process Journaling for Everyone

Presenter: Kris Plemmons

Capacity 25

Description: Routine journaling has significant mental health benefits and can be fun and engaging. This workshop will introduce Process Journaling, a technique that pulls from multiple creative exercises for flexibility and variety. This presentation will begin with an introduction to process journaling with examples. Next, we will walk through some options for creating your own journal. The rest of the session will introduce unique exercises to get your creative juices flowing. Please have at least 3 sheets of approximately letter-size paper (lined or unlined) and a pen or pencil. Colored pencils or pens would enhance your work but are not required.

Outcomes:
1. Participants will know what Process Journaling is and how to start their own practice.
2. They will have the information to create a simple and inexpensive journal.
3. Participants will have tried two to three specific techniques to build upon and received a handout with others.

Format: Zoom Meeting*

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Slides

Program/Discipline Review: Creating and Testing a Theory of Improvement

Presenter: Shawna Freeman, Brock Grubb – Assessment Committee

Description: The New York Department of Education defines a theory of improvement as a teams collective hypotheses about what key factors and changes will be necessary for achieving your aim. It answers the critical question: “What change can I introduce and why?” In a time when we all have many problems we want to solve, “solutionitis” can stand in the way of the development and testing of a sound theory of improvement. This session will offer tools on how to narrow down your scope and focus on how to develop and test a theory for improvement departments for student success.

Outcomes:
1. Describe the value of creating and testing a theory of improvement
2. Develop an aim statement for a problem and create brief driver diagram
3. Design a brief theory of improvement and plan to test it

Format: Youtube Recording

2020 Workshops

For breakout session Zoom information, please refer to this Google doc (Highline login required)

10:30-11:45

Dig in with Delta Dog: ctcLink Training Available Now!

Presenter: Pat Daniels – ctcLink

Description: Delta Dog is back and she has a few new tricks for familiarizing you with how to get started with ctcLink trainings — Woof! Woof!

Highline is targeted to go live on the new ctcLink system in February, 2021. With only a few months left until then, it is time to dig in to courses that will help us learn about the new system and how we will enter time sheets, request leave, check rosters, enter grades, and more.

In this session we will discover what courses are available and will walk through registering for a few of them. After we register, we will log on to Canvas together and make sure we know how to navigate and find the information we need.

Delta Dog is excited to be your companion in the next leg of the journey – learning how to use ctcLink.

Outcomes:

Knowledge: Participants will register for ctcLink courses through the SB registration site (we will walk through this together)
Ability: We will walk through how to log on to Canvas and ensure that participants know the basics of navigating and taking courses in this system.

Materials
Slides

Delta Dog announces: Woof! What Faculty Need to Know about ctcLink for Winter Quarter

Presenter: Jill Hammitt – ctcLink

Description: Highline is scheduled to go live on the new ctcLink system in February, 2021. With only a few months left until then, it is time to dig in and lean about what this means for faculty.

In addition to the Employee Self-Service module where you will enter absence requests, view paystubs, and maintain personal information, you will also be using a module called Faculty Center.

In this session, Jill Hammitt will show you key features and functions of Faculty Self-Service interface. You will learn how to view your class schedule information; access class rosters; view gradebook, enter and approve grades; enter and submit an Early Alert; and more.

Join Delta and Jill to get familiar with what this new, web-based application called ctcLink will look like and how you will use it to help students reach their educational goals.

Outcomes:

Faculty will become familiar with how to perform key functions such as entering grades
Participants will get a glimpse of what ctcLink will look like and will learn when and how it will impact them.

Materials
Slides

Bias incidents – When and how to report with BIRT

Presenter: Kari Cantey, Francesca Fender, Tony Johnson, Doris Martinez, Shon Meckfessel, John Mosby, Julie Pollard and Danielle Slota – Bias Incident Response Team

Description: Attendees will learn about Highline’s new Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT). At the end of this presentation, attendees will understand what qualifies as a bias based incident, how to report it, and what steps are taken by the college when such incidents occur.

Outcomes: At the end of this presentation, attendees will understand what qualifies as a bias based incident, how to report it, and what steps are taken by the college when such incidents occur.

Materials
Slides

Supporting Students from Foster Care & Unaccompanied Homeless Youth: The Passport Scholarship

Presenter: Kathy Nguyen, Gabriela ‘Gaby’ Osorio, and Lauren Wearsch – Passport to Careers Scholarship

Description: The Passport to Careers Scholarship is a Washington state scholarship for alumni of foster care and unaccompanied homeless youth until the age of 26. Our workshop aims to educate the campus community about the scholarship program, the demographics and needs of Passport scholars, the importance of culturally-competent/trauma-informed support in education, and the seven life domains framework for former foster youth.

In the midst of the COVID pandemic, the West Coast fires, and the global uprisings, we aim to support Passport students navigating the education system in this difficult and often traumatic time.

Outcomes:

Participants will learn the eligibility requirements, structure, and description of the Passport scholarship at Highline College.
Participants will learn how to support Passport students in obtaining the scholarship.

Materials
Slides
Handout
Handout 2
Video

Honors Projects: Pathways for Engaging Students and Enriching Your Curriculum

Presenter: Jen Heckler, Diego Luna, Sarah Adams, Jason Ramirez, and Laura Manning – Honors Program

Description: What constitutes an honors project? How do I evaluate an honors project? These are the two most common questions I hear from Highline instructors who want to offer honors projects in their classes. This workshop and panel/Q&A discussion are designed to answer those questions by providing participants with

A brief overview of the updated Honors Program
Examples of individual, collaborative, and whole-class honors projects in Social Sciences, Pure and Applied Sciences, and Arts & Humanities, respectively
Advice about facilitating Honors projects in classes
A smattering of methods for evaluating Honors projects using VALUE rubrics. Participants will walk away from this presentation with the knowledge and resources to offer honors projects in their 3-, 4-, and 5-credit college-level classes that engage students in high-impact educational practices designed to support students in achieving the learning outcomes of their courses, as well as Highline’s Core Competencies.

Outcomes: Participants will walk away from this presentation with the knowledge and resources to offer Honors projects in their 3-, 4-, and 5-credit college-level classes that engage students in high-impact educational practices designed to support students in achieving the learning outcomes of their courses, as well as Highline’s Core Competencies.

Looking at Love within Ourselves

Presenter: Bob Baugher, Alycia Williams & Josh Magallanes – Leading with Love Program

Description: In cooperation with the Highline Program “Leading with Love,” we are excited to offer this workshop! We will focus on a number of ways we think about love and how we use love in our everyday life and at work. As a participant, you will be given a number of questions on love. Be ready for group sharing and in-depth discussion. Also, please arrive having taken the Five Love Languages quiz at: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/

Outcomes: As a result of this attending workshop we hope participants will have gained insight into the extent to which they love themselves, how they can show more love to others, and how those around them can show more love to them.

Materials
Handout

No Time Like the Present: Using OER in Remote Teaching to Promote Equity and Student Success

Presenter: Deborah Moore, Hara Brook, Marc Lentini, Flint Thornton – Course Materials Affordability Committee

Description: Open Educational Resources (OER) can

Promote equity by ensuring that all students have access to the course materials on the first day of class
Reduce student costs by replacing traditional course materials with free or low-cost versions
increase flexibility for faculty by allowing them to mix-and-match materials, and revise as needed, to help students be more engaged and successful, especially during remote emergency teaching. This workshop will provide a brief introduction to OER, including where to locate OER for your discipline. Attendees will search for OER and confer with session presenters during the workshop. At the end of the workshop, attendees will have located at least 1-2 OER they can integrate into their courses.

Outcomes: Attendees will locate at least 1-2 OER they can integrate into their courses.

Materials
Handout

Email management: How to get to–and stay at–inbox zero

Presenter: Sue Frantz

Description: With thousands of messages in your inbox, it is difficult to separate the new and important from the old and unimportant. When messages drop below your screen, it is easy to forget that they exist, even those that you shouldn’t forget. We are more efficient when we practice good email hygiene. At the end of this session, your inbox will have no more than 20 messages in it, and you will have solid email maintenance strategies (45 minutes).

Outcomes:

Inbox zero.
Email maintenance strategies

Materials
Video

Cultural competency: Where I think I am versus where I really am?

Presenter: Renata Cummings, Bob Scribner, May Lukens and Intercultural Development Inventory Qualified Administrators Affinity Group

Description: Have you ever wondered how well you’re navigating experiences with different cultures? Have you experienced thinking you are culturally competent but the reaction or response isn’t what you expected with your students or colleagues? The IDI is a tool for assessing individual effectiveness in working across cultures. Come learn about the intercultural development inventory continuum, and receive a tool that will provide you with private feedback for deeper reflection and a plan for expanding your intercultural growth.

Outcomes:

Introduce the intercultural cultural development inventory continuum to develop a consistent language.
Provide the Intercultural Development Inventory, an individual assessment tool, to support individual work for Core Theme 2, in addressing Core Theme 1.

Capacity: 30

Materials
Slides

Strengthening Academic Integrity with Multiple forms of Assessment

Presenter: Hara Brook, Lauren Wugalter, Matt Schwisow, Prairie Brown, Rhiannon Hillman, Jennifer Sandler, Shannon Waits – Academic Integrity Taskforce: Alternative Assessment and Faculty PD

Description: One challenge in student assessment can be ensuring student learning and academic integrity, especially in the new online learning format we find ourselves in.
During Spring and Summer especially, many faculty saw huge spikes in various student cheating incidents and were overwhelmed by the availability of cheating resources (Chegg, etc).

A subcommittee within the Academic Integrity Task Force was charged with exploring alternate assessments and how to implement them in the diverse subjects being taught at Highline.
In this session participants will learn about several assessment practices: UDL, Formative Assessment, Concept Tests, and the Flipped Classroom. There will be a general overview of each, and an opportunity to deep dive into 2 assessment areas.

Participants will learn valuable applications and discuss ways to integrate into current courses. We also hope this will be a resource sharing opportunity amongst faculty to gather the strategies that you have incorporated into your remote practice.
This workshop will be informative and interactive, come join us!

Outcomes: In this session, participants will learn a variety of assessment practices to incorporate into their courses: UDL, Formative Assessment, Concept Tests, and Open Pedagogy. Faculty will learn how varied assessment strategies can increase student learning and prevent student cheating

12:45PM – 2PM

Poetry for All: Using Poetry in Any Class in the Time of the Pandemic

Presenter: Susan Rich, English Department

Description: In this session we will listen to the poems of Terrance Hayes, Naomi Shihab Nye, and others. We will then try writing poems of our own. Lucile Clifton said, “Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.” Learn strategies for self care and for survival.

Outcomes: Participants will be able to identify ways to use poetry in their work at Highline.

Materials
Handout

Active Learning Strategies to Foster Student Learning, Engagement and Community in the Virtual Classroom

Presenter: Aleya Dhanji

Description: How do we adapt active learning and groupwork to the virtual environment? We will discuss strategies to make active learning, both at the group and individual level, more engaging and meaningful. We will also explore how the online environment provides a great opportunity to try something completely new and harness various technology (Zoom, Canvas, Slack, Hypothesis, Padlet, VoiceThread and more) to build community in the virtual classroom. Participants will have the opportunity to experience some active learning strategies from the perspective of students and in so doing share their own ideas and challenges and develop a plan for how to utilize active learning to better support students.

Outcomes: Participants can explain why active learning is important and what evidence there is to show its effectiveness.
Participants develop a plan in collaboration with each other to incorporate and/or modify existing active learning strategies in their online class.

Capacity: 25

Materials
Slides

Delta Dog Learns Advisor Center (ctcLink)

Presenter: Jill Hammitt -ctcLink

Description: Delta Dog has returned and this time she brought new friends with her!

Do you advise students? Join Delta Dog and Jill Hammitt (ctcLink Business Analyst) to get a sneak peek at the ctcLink application pages you will have available to you for helping our students plan their degree and monitor their progress as they work towards meeting their educational goals.

Whether you are a faculty or staff advisor, the Advising Center will allow you to view general information about your advisees, enter and review advising notes, generate degree progress and “what-if” reports, and more.

In this session, Jill will demonstrate how to get to the Advising Center and how to use some of the tools and functionality that will be available to advisors there.

Outcomes:

Participants will learn what ctcLink has to offer for advisors to work with and monitor advisees.
See the new system and learn how to navigate in ctcLink

Materials
Slides

Navigating Campus Safety Policies and Procedures

Presenter: Ay Saechao, Nicole Wilson, Vince Sanchez

Description: There are numerous campus policies and resources regarding safety and wellbeing that encompasses Title IX, Student Conduct, Counseling SAIT, and Clery. A host of panelist will share their expertise regarding these office functions and will provide an overview of how you can navigate these processes as staff and faculty.

Outcomes: Participants will gain a greater understand of Title IX, Student Conduct, SAIT, Counseling and Clery functions, policies and procedures.

Travel the World with Highline’s Global Community Initiative!

Presenter: Jenn Ritchey, Sam Kaplan, Michael Pham – Global Community Initiative

Description: Interested in traveling to Vietnam next summer? Join us for this informative and exciting session where we will talk about the possibilities and ways that you can use your professional development funds for 2021-2022.

Possibilities include visiting our partner institutions in Vietnam or participating the 2021 Study Abroad Trip to Vietnam. Learn about the process for applying and being accepted into the program. Participants will see videos, a slide show and hear from those who have traveled to Vietnam with Highline in the past. The presentation will end with questions and answers.

Outcomes:

Learn about using professional development funds for travel to Vietnam.
Understand the process, and how to get started.

Materials
Slides
Video

Teach Students to Succeed on Your Writing Assignments (Even If You’re Not an English Teacher!)

Presenter: Monica LeMoine, Wendy Swyt, Lisa Bernhagen

Description: Are you a non-English faculty member who assigns a lot of writing? If so, this session is for you! From Economics to Sociology to Biology, nearly all subjects require students to turn in written work. In this practical, interactive workshop, three English faculty will demonstrate some quick and easy teaching tricks that anyone can use to help students communicate their written ideas effectively for any subject. This can help bridge achievement gaps, keep you and your students from getting bogged down by the writing process, and free up mental bandwidth to focus instead on engaging with the subject matter of your course. For this hands-on presentation and workshop, participants will come away with some concrete, manageable strategies for teaching students some fundamental communication skills for next big writing assignment.

Participants will be asked to bring the instructions for one writing assignment for their class (preferably something coming up in the near future, so you can implement what you took away from this session).

Outcomes: Participants will come away with some quick, easy tools for teaching students to do the writing required in their non-English classes.

No gym, no equipment, no problem! Build your own body weight workout!

Presenter: Darin Smith

Description: The Wellness Center may be closed, but staying fit and healthy is still a priority. So what can you do if you have no access to a gym or equipment? Luckily there are a variety of body weight exercises that can work just about every part of your body and help you burn off both calories and stress. This session will give you some ideas on how to build a challenging at home workout for whatever level of fitness you are at. Please wear exercise clothes and have a mat, towel, and a chair available so that we can practice some of the exercises.

Outcomes: Participants will learn how to put together an at home workout and will learn how to do some basic body weight exercises.

Capacity: 25

Materials
Handout

Exploring the Role of Human Accommodation to Improve Engagement, Participation and Completion

Presenter: Jenni Sandler, Julie Pollard, Jeff Hsiao, Erica He – Accessibility Resources

Description: We know that traditional pedagogical methods have not served our students at Highline well. Data clearly shows equity gaps based on race. This workshop will explore the interaction of multiple identity factors and disability. Participants will explore and discuss the experience of students with disabilities at Highline College. Specifically, we will discuss, analyze and compare Highline data on students with disabilities, discuss implications and considerations around disability as it relates to other intersecting identities, explore Universal Design for Learning strategies and instructional design, and investigate how “human accommodations” can promote success for all students in the classroom.

Outcomes:Workshop participants will be able to:

Discuss, analyze and compare data on HC and other students with disabilities.
Describe potential considerations regarding intersectionality and disability.
Recognize and describe Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies shown to increase success for all learners.
Define and give examples of “human accommodations.”

KCLS and Highline Library Working Together for Student Success

Presenter: Allison Reibel & Sam Sermeño

Description: Librarians love to share. And when your Highline librarians partner with your King County Library System (KCLS) librarians, there’s even more to go around. In this session we will introduce Highline Library’s partnership with KCLS and present a video created for Highline by KCLS librarians highlighting free public library resources such as language-learning, e-books and audiobooks, financial assistance services, and much more.

Outcomes: Faculty and staff will be prepared to utilize public library resources, such as language-learning, e-books and audiobooks, and professional development tools, and share these resources with students

Materials
Slides
Video

The Advising Life-Cycle: Collaborating in Support of Highline Students

Presenter: Renata Cummings, Patrick Fernandez & Briana Quintanilla – Career and Student Employment (CASE), Faculty Advising, and the Advising & Transfer Center

Description: This is a session for Advisors. It is a season for changes as we adapt to remote work during a pandemic, begin learning ctcLink, prepare for accreditation, anticipate re-acclimating to working on campus… all while assisting students through the Advising Life-Cycle (aka the four phases of Advising). Career Services, Faculty Advising, and the Transfer Center will re-introduce the four phases of advising and explain how our departments plan to work together to support the advising phases.

It is time to define The When of everything. Be ready to talk about our future collaborations and sharing best practices. Come ready meet each other, to learn about exciting campus support, and to share your ideas!

Outcomes:

Understand the four phases of Advising and where Career Advising/Exploration, Faculty Advising, and Transfer Advising fit within the phases.
Create opportunities to build professional relationships and increase communication between Pathway and Faculty Advisors.

Materials
Handout

So you’re thinking about Graduate School?

Presenter: Dr. John Mosby

Description: Dr. Mosby, prior Associate Director of Graduate Admissions at University of San Diego, will lead a conversation on the process of selecting and applying to graduate schools. He will also discuss how and when one may go about deciding to pursue a graduate degree.

Outcomes: Participants will learn the ins and outs of graduate school applications

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2024 Workshops

Workshop Session One 9:00-10:15 a.m.

10 Time- and Brain-saving tech tips you can use today

Achieve Learning Agreements – an in-depth explainer

Advising Treasure Hunt – Where to find the best information to serve students

Build an Underwater Robot at the MaST**

Communicating Across the Neuroverse

Community CURE Construction

Data Ahoy! Becoming a Data-Informed Department

*SESSION CANCELED* Heart, Body and Brain: The Whole Student. How to support students using a trauma-informed lens and whole person approach

Learning to Draw Again as Adults

The New Features in Excel 365 Will Blow Your Mind!

Planning for RSI Success: Building Instructional Activities That Satisfy RSI Requirements

Student Assessment in an AI World

Using Adult Learning Theory to Engage and Retain Adult Students

Workshop Session Two 10:30-11:45 a.m.

Accessibility Basics You Should Know

Advising with Highline’s Academic Planning Tools

Centering Racial Healing: A Group Exercise to Move from Race Consciousness to Actionable Intent

Engaging Students with Effective Board Work

Is Your Program ‘ISP Student Friendly’?

MS Teams Phones, the new campus phone system

Secure Your Own Mask: Preventing Faculty Burnout

Simple English and AI to Enhance Faculty-Student Interactions

Teaching & Learning Enhancement Grant—Application Support

Tips and Strategies for Canvas Success

Welcome to the Wellness Center

2023 Workshops

Workshop Session One 1-2:15 p.m.

CoPx as Collaborative Antiracist Pedagogy

Taking Active Learning to New Heights

The 6 Phases of Appreciative Advising and Its Relation to the 4-Phase Model

Live Demonstration of Hyflex Model

The Benefits of Eating Healthy at Work

Supporting Our Housing-Insecure Population

Creating a Caring Campus

Workshop Session Two 2:30-3:45 p.m.

Students’ using ChatGPT? You can too! Harnessing AI to Make Writing & Critical Thinking Assignments More Equitable

My Favorite Scientists are the Ones I Teach: Incorporating Equity Work into STEM Classes

Accessibility and the Faculty Contract

ACUE and You!

The Art of Kicking and Punching (An Introduction to Tae Kwon Do)

Mission Fulfillment Data Exploration

Collective Bargaining 101

Get Real with Counseling

2022 Workshops

*Morning Breakout Sessions 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.

Creating Effective Surveys in Survey Monkey

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Faculty Advising with Aviso – The Nuts & Bolts with Aviso (per contract requirement)

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Ethic of Care Curriculum: Contract Grading and Using Anti-racist Purpose to Shape the Learning Environment

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Hyflex: It’s not just for yoga anymore

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Finding your joy with clay

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Climate Action + Social Justice = Climate Justice

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Building Community with Students from SE Asia– Insights on Vietnam from Faculty and Staff

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How to Talk Turkey so Students Understand You.

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Accessible and Inclusive Hybrid Work Groups

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Exercise and Equipment Exploration at the Wellness Center – How to create a fitness program

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SESSION CANCELED Heart, Body and Brain: The Whole Student. How to support students using a trauma-informed lens and whole person approach