Professional Development
Flex Day 2005
Workshops
Morning Sessions
(Rooms TBA)
*Academic Excellence
Workhops - Flexday 2005 at Mission College
Session #1: What
constitutes an Academic Excellence Workshop and how do you recognize
a successful one? The focus will be more on the pedagogy of workshops.
Session #2 -- What are the mechanics of an
Academic Excellence Workshop program and what administrative structures
enhance them? This session will focus on the infrastructure and
mechanics of a program.
About our Presenter:
M. Catharine (Kay) Hudspeth, a mathematics educator, developed
the MEP at Cal Poly Pomona.
In that capacity she developed along with faculty colleagues Academic
Excellence Workshops to enhance the academic performance of technical
students in foundation mathematics, chemistry, and physics courses.
These workshops, lead by upper-division undergraduates, both increased
the grades of the students and increased their retention rates
in technical majors. She has led workshops across the country
for educators seeking to adapt the workshop model to their campus.
Campuses where she has recently worked with faculty and/or facilitators
include El Camino, Fresno, Hancock, Hartnell and the CSU LSAMP.
After her retirement from
Cal Poly Pomona, she continues to teach mathematics part-time.
Overview of the Workshops - click here for pdf file
*Help your Students
Succeed with "Plato" Learning - computer-based learner
instruction - Gary Bannon
at Plato.com. Plato Learning provides computer-based assessment,
alignment, instruction, and information management tools to help
learners succeed in focusing on what they need to learn. Diagnostic
and assessment tools identify and target skill gaps for each learner
and then provide age appropriate instruction in a tutorial, practice,
test, re-teach cycle. Room TBA
*Telephone and computer tips for faculty- Joyce Holloway
- Computer Systems Services- Room TBA
*Financial Aid Workshop - Anafe Robinson, Director of Financial
Aid - This session will provide general information about financial
aid and how you can assist our students. Do you need a student
worker? Attend this session to receive an Orientation on how to
request for a student worker.Room TBA
*New Payroll and Using ERPA for assignments - Johnny Berella,
Technical Training Coordinator (LACCD), and SPOC (Ron Gluck) -
Room TBA
Afternoon Sessions:
(Rooms TBA)
*My Gradebook Presentation:
How to use MS Access to keep and report your grades.
About our Presenter:
Professor Skidmore,
a native Californian, has taught at Los Angeles Pierce College
since 1975. He graduated from California Polytechnic State University
where he studied Management techniques as it relates to California's
major industry and business. He has been involved in Vocational
Education since 1963, run his own businesses, worked for FMC International,
and Consulted for the Los Angeles Department of Airports.
Prof. Skidmore trains students
for the job market, and educators about the technical changes
in the workplace; authored several pieces relating to Business,
Accounting, Mathematics, and Computer Technology in business.
Prof. Skidmore is a VIEWPOINT contributor for the editorial pages
of California's newspapers.
Besides teaching Business, Prof. Skidmore is the Director of the
Job Placement
Center for L.A. Pierce College and has Coordinated Cooperative
Work Experience Education. His efforts with these two vital college
areas is indicative of his belief that there is a correlation
of the on-the-job learning experiences with the academic classroom
enhancing both the work place and the academic experience.
Overview of Gradebook program - (click
here)
*Successful Learning Outcomes - Creating Responsible Students
- Marna Cornell - Room TBA
*How to use "Assist.Org" - (an online student-transfer
information system that shows how course credits earned at one
public California college or university can be applied when transferred
to another). Madeline Hernandez - Matriculation - Room TBA
*Budget and Procurement (for Department Chairs)- Connie
Reyes - Administrative Services - Room - TBA