Professional Development 2017-2018

Notes from Breakout session on 05/08/2018  (post below)

• • 3 accomplishments to date

• 1. Faculty Development: WACC 2018

  2. We distribute Alyssa's Prof Dev Calendar

  3. Instructional Design last August and comes up again this August (SBCTC's paying for the food)

  4. Created tracks on OER, Accessibility, Technology, Universal Design, Student Services

  5. Provided one voucher for registration to each college. This will support our goal of access to professional development.  

• • 1-3 action items between now and year end

• 1. Review and update our goals

  2. Combine forces with ITC

  3. Work with ITC to plan WACC 2019 - themed ENGAGE!

  4. Confirm dates and location for WACC 2019

     1.  

• • 1 thing you need input from the whole council to do

• 1. Get Council commitment to marketing WACC 2019 ENGAGE!

     1. Pick someone to own it and shop it to each campus

Additional notes:

Notes from Breakout session on 10/18/17 (listed below)

Group Members

Kathleen Chambers

Patricia Daniels

Christi Fierro

Sara Newman

Dawn Hawley

Sarah Griffith

Erin Baker

Alissa Sells

Liz Falconer

Ann Garnsey-Harter

Christopher Soren

Cindy Overton

Debra Patton

Jackie Staley

Jerry Troupe

John Melson

Kathy Chatfield

Niki Fleetwood

Tina Torres

Tim Trussler

Kimberly Lothyan

Goals: Professional Development Work Group

1. In order to improve equitable student success through accessible technology and universal design for learning, open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy for learning we will increase awareness, access and ease of use to professional development opportunities.

2. We will research advances to teaching and learning practices including the use of cutting edge technologies in order to increase awareness, access and ease of use to professional development opportunities.

3. We will support the instructional design work in WA State by providing professional development opportunities and collaboration for those in Instructional Designer roles. 

4. Provide faculty development

Deliverables: Professional Development Work Group will (hope to?) cover

• • Create a repository of trainings that can be shared by commons

    • Add to consortium or create a group to commons?

    • Erin and Tim will research tagging, and best ways to group our trainings we’d like to share

    • Erin and Tim will make requests monthly on specific topics, curate products.

  • Instructional Design Retreat

    • Future retreats will be in the summer and located where the summer eLC meetings are located

    • Who is in charge of running the instructional design retreat? Kathy Chatfield

  • WACC 2018

    • Create tracks on OER, Accessibility, Technology, Universal Design, Student Services

    • Provide one voucher for registration to each college. This will support our goal of access to professional development.