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Adjunct & full-time faculty are invited to join the Faculty Senate in celebrating the start of the semester in an event for faculty and by faculty. This is an opportunity to gather in conversation, information, and fellowship. The afternoon will include breakout sessions relevant to the faculty experience, followed by a dinner featuring a keynote on Faculty Values from Dr. Wendi Dew of Valencia College. Register early for each portion of the event to secure your seat. Credit for professional development is available.
Agenda
Agenda
3:00pm Arrival & Check-In
3:00pm Arrival & Check-In
3:15pm - 4:30pm Break Out Sessions
3:15pm - 4:30pm Break Out Sessions
4:45pm - 6:00pm Break Out Sessions
4:45pm - 6:00pm Break Out Sessions
6:00pm - 8:30pm Keynote, Dinner, & Senate Awards Reception | Register
6:00pm - 8:30pm Keynote, Dinner, & Senate Awards Reception | Register
Keynote Speaker - Wendi Dew, AVP for Teaching & Learning at Valencia College
Faculty Convocation @ Eastview Campus
3401 Webberville Road
Austin, Texas 78702
About the Keynote Speaker
About the Keynote Speaker
Wendi Dew is the Assistant Vice President for Teaching and Learning.
Wendi is responsible for leading the college’s faculty and instructional development programs for full-time and part-time faculty members, the broad strategy for online/hybrid teaching and learning, and the development and implementation for strategic teaching and learning initiatives. In this and previous roles at Valencia, she has been instrumental the development and expansion of Valencia’s comprehensive, competency-based faculty development programs; the advancement of outcomes-based practice and program learning outcomes assessment; and implementation of quality improvement and excellence initiatives for online teaching and learning. She also has extensive experience with the design and implementation of student learning outcomes, curriculum development for all instructional modalities, course and program assessment, and evidence-based improvement across two-year general education and career technical education programs.
As a tenured faculty member at Valencia for over ten years, her work and research interests included grant-funded projects for the development of career-technical programs, integration of learning technologies, and the use of high-fidelity simulation in allied health programs. Additionally, she has consulted with colleges across the country on issues related to faculty development, program learning outcomes assessment, strategic planning, and the improvement of teaching and learning.
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