New Adjunct Faculty Orientation
CTLE Staff
9:00am - 11:30am via Google Meet

This workshop is for adjunct faculty who were hired at PVCC for Spring 2027 and/or Fall 2026 semesters. The content will focus on a welcome from Administration, an overview of primary systems, a summary of valuable student resources, an introduction to Canvas, and helpful instructional resources.  While all adjunct faculty are invited to attend, only adjunct faculty who were hired for the Spring 2027 and/or Fall 2026 semesters will be paid for attending.

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District Day of Learning Watch Party

District
9:00am - 12:00pm in  KSC  2007

Featuring Keynote Speaker: Dr. Michelle Weise is the Chief Impact Officer of The Kern Family Foundation and an internationally recognized thought leader in higher education, workforce innovation, and lifelong learning. She is the award-winning author of Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs That Don’t Even Exist Yet and co-author of Hire Education. Her work and insights have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, and Harvard Business Review.

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Microsoft Sway: The Basics

Kayla Pacheco

1:00pm - 1:30pm, Virtual

Excited to turn your ideas into something engaging and interactive? Explore simple ways to combine text, images, videos, and other content to share information in a format that’s engaging, easy to navigate, and perfect for the classroom or workplace. 

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DotStorming 101
Kayla Pacheco
9am-9:30am, Virtually

In this introduction to Dotstorming, you’ll discover fun and easy ways to spark participation, collect ideas, brainstorm together, and encourage meaningful discussion. Explore interactive tools like Whiteboards and Discussion boards that can help make your classroom, department/committee meetings more engaging!

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Convocation
PVCC Administration and Staff
11:30am- 1:30pm in KSC1000 A & B and the Puma Patio

Please join your colleagues for lunch and a kick off to the Spring 2027 semester! 

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Explore the Course Materials Organizer in Canvas
Paula Crossman

1pm- 2pm, Virtually

Explore the Course Materials Organizer in Canvas! This powerful tool helps you to share reading/viewing lists with students in Canvas and avoids the hassle of missing or broken links. Tag materials so students understand which are essential and which are supplemental readings, and review comprehensive usage analytics at the end of the semester. The CMO incorporates a social annotation tool that allows instructors and students to engage directly with course readings by highlighting text, adding comments, asking questions, and responding to each other within a PDF.

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Build with Notebook LM

Kayla Pacheco

9:00am-9:30am, Virtually

Ready to put your documents to work? In this introduction to NotebookLM, you’ll discover how to bring your own resources to life, ask questions, uncover helpful insights, create quick summaries, and explore practical ways AI can make your teaching and everyday work a little easier and a lot more efficient.

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Division Meetings
PVCC
1:00pm-3:00pm in KSC 100A and KSC 1000B
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All Faculty Meeting
PVCC
10:00am - 12:00pm in KSC 100 A & B
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PVCC Faculty Luncheon
PVCC
12:00pm - 2:00pm in KSC  1000 A & B

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Faculty Senate
PVCC
2:00pm - 3:00pm in  KSC  2009
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DotStorming 101
Kayla Pacheco
10:00am-10:30am, Virtually

In this introduction to Dotstorming, you’ll discover fun and easy ways to spark participation, collect ideas, brainstorm together, and encourage meaningful discussion. Explore interactive tools like Whiteboards and Discussion boards that can help make your classroom more engaging!

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Virtual Course Readiness Studio
Cathy Goldschmidt

9:00am - 9:30am -  Course Copying and Validating Links
Location- Virtual

9:45am - 10:15am -  Gradebook Setup for Success
Location-  Virtual

10:30am - 11:00am -  Elevate the Student Experience
Location- Virtual

11:00am - 11:30am -  Open Lab
Location- Virtual

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