IN THIS ISSUE: JANUARY 2023
Innovation of the Year
2023 Faculty Convocation
2023 PV Learning Week
Faculty Convocation
PV Learning Sessions
Adjunct Faculty Learning Day
Grant Culture Workshop for Faculty and Staff
TOAST EDU Podcast:
Ep19 - It’s RAW! JPEG vs RAW Digital Photo Formats
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NOTICE! - PVCC will conduct a lockdown on Wednesday, January 11th, between 9am and 11am. Alertus beacon alarms will sound and you will receive a Rave text/email alert indicating a "Drill" is in progress. Keep watch for more email announcements.
INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
Submissions for the 2022-2023 Maricopa Community Colleges Innovation of the Year Awards are now open. This is a great opportunity to recognize the extraordinary work and reimagining of student success occurring at each college. While each College will have its own selection process, the Districtwide winner will utilize this rubric.
Click HERE for detailed information about preparing your submission.
Questions to: michaelle.shadburne@paradisevalley.edu
Proposals are due by February 3, 2023
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome Back!
We hope your holiday break was joyful and restful, and that your 2023 will be equally wonderful.
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Learning Week is Jan 9-13, 2023
Learning Week includes:
➤ DO's Faculty Convocation
➤ PVCC Learning Sessions
➤ Adjunct Faculty Learning Day
See the Feature Focus section below for more information and registration!
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If you would like to host a Lunch&Learn session during SPRING 2023, please submit your interest HERE.
LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
FEATURE FOCUS
Have you been checking all your event sources? Be a good PVCC citizen and keep up to date on all the happenings on our campus! Make it a habit to check the Growl Daily and the Employee Calendar Weekly.
Did you know you can add virtual events to the college calendar as well? Need help? - Reach out to PVCC 25Live college administrator, Jeanette Saxon, at: jeanette.saxon@paradisevalley.edu
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Grant Culture Workshop for Faculty & Staff
From the PVCC Grants Development & Management Office: As part of our ongoing efforts to secure more grant funding to support PVCC's strategic plan, a Grant Culture Workshop for Faculty and Staff will be held on Friday, January 20, 2023, from 8:30 am to 10:30am (breakfast will be served). The purpose of the workshop is to get faculty and staff to be more engaged in grants development (pre-award) and management (post-award). The workshop will cover the role of grants, the grant cycle, funding sources, grants development, and grant management. There will be a breakout session where participants will identify a college need for which resources are currently not available and a potential grant funding source, and then develop a short funding proposal.
DATE: Friday, January 20, 2023 Location: Q Building Room 120B
To register, please click HERE.
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, 1/10/2023
For more information, please contact:
The 25th Annual
Spring Learning Week is Here!
Monday, January 9 - Friday, January 13, 2023
Click HERE to visit site and sign up for sessions!
Monday, January 9
This year, the Faculty Convocation will be held at 5 campuses, grouped by Fields of Interest.
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Tuesday, January 10
Six informative Learning Sessions held throughout the day, including Authentic Assessment: Introducing Puma Portfolios, Using Design Thinking and the Makerspace in Curriculum to Improve Student Engagement, and more!
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Friday, January 13
Adjunct Faculty Learning Day will welcome new adjunct faculty and update policies, as well as a Club Advisor Learning Session.
This course is a resource of important Canvas information and how-tos, and also is a great resource for those already using Canvas.
MCCCD offers an abundant amount of professional development opportunities to enhance your work life. We have gathered here many resources from our district and beyond and put them in one central location for your convenience.
NEW PUMAS
After the official New Employee Orientation with the District and PV HR offices, this is a great place for new employees (New Pumas) to become better acquainted with PVCC's campus, structure, culture, and community.
This course begins with an overview of online teaching and learning, then addresses many important topics for successfully teaching online, such as the Quality Matters rubric, learning objectives and alignment with learning activities, instructing your online course, best practices in online teaching, assessment, and accessibility.
In support of MCCCD's mission and values to provide access to higher education for diverse students and communities along with PVCC's diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, members of search committees at PVCC are required to take this course prior to serving on a search committee.
NEW MEDIA LAB EXPERIENCE
The New Media Lab in E142 is a place where we (CTLEE) will offer free sessions and support to faculty, staff, and students on media-related topics. Media Lab schedule will be
Tuesdays through Thursdays from 12:00 - 2:00 in E 142 from September 6th to December 1st. The lab will be closed the week of Thanksgiving.
TOAST EDU PODCAST
Ep19 - It’s RAW! JPEG vs RAW Digital Photo Formats
Digital photography has exploded over the last 20 years. With so many different formats and shooting settings, what is really best for when using your digital camera to capture memories or use it for instructional media purposes to enhance your instructional materials.
Most of us know the term JPEG, that format that allows us to send photos via text, email or post on the internet. The advantage is a compressed image that is suitable for online use and has a smaller file size.
However, in the digital photography world, there is another format that exists called RAW. This is that unprocessed image that comes straight from the digital camera and is used for higher quality uses. Think of this as a negative to your digital photograph.