Previous PDD Workshops
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 Workshop
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*
Materials
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.
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
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