EVC Professional Development Day
Re/Connecting to Our Leadership: in our programs, classrooms, and administration
January 24, 2025
Safety and Logistics
Accessibility: Evergreen Valley College strives to make our events accessible to everyone. Please contact Michelle McKay in HR at Michelle.McKay@sjeccd.edu if you require sign language interpretation, closed captioning, or other accommodations.
Marking Attendance: PD committee members and session leaders will provide a QR code that leads to a short attendance form where you can note your division and session attended. Just so you know, you'll need to do this for each session you attend, but the QR code will be the same. We will also have the option of paper sign-in.
Notes on Food and Catering: EVC is providing morning food and lunch for PDD. To help us limit food waste, please complete this brief Food RSVP form by 5 PM on Friday, January 17, 2025. You only need to fill out this form once. If you complete the form, there will be food for you! We account for some variance, but stand-by lunchers may have to wait just a bit while others are served.
Schedule for Friday, January 2025 -- a Draft
8:00-9:00 AM: Breakfast burritos, Fruit, Coffee, & Networking (Outside the Performing Arts Building)
Use the QR Code (posted or provided by PD committee members) to mark your attendance, or sign in manually at the table in the theater lobby.
9:00 - 10:20: Full Group Session (VPA Theater - Performing Arts Building)
Welcome! Greet your colleagues
Land Acknowledgement
President's Office updates
President's welcome and address
VP Alexander's bookstore moving online
10:15 AM -10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM - 11:25 AM: Community Member-Led Breakout Sessions (Round 1 - Session Details Below)
11:35 AM-12:30 PM: Community Member-Led Breakout Sessions (Round 2 - Session Details Below)
12:30-1:30 Lunch (Gullo II)
EVC will provide lunch. Let's reduce single-use waste by bringing a reusable water bottle.
1:30-3:00 Division Meetings
Business and Workforce Development: Mishra
Enrollment Services: MS 101
Language Arts: LA 363
STEM: MS-217
Nursing & Allied Health: Room S-201
SSHAPE: Room MS 102
Student Success: TBA
3:00: End of Friday Programming
10:30 -11:25 Breakout Session Details
CSEA Constitution Committee Spring 2024 Amendment Information Session
Presenters: Bianca Lopez, Yesenia Ramirez, and Joell Serrano
Location: TBD
Target Audience: Classified Professionals
Session Details: to educate Classified Professionals about CSEA Constitution Committee, introduce new members, discuss goals, and gain feedback from members on what they would like to see moving forward
Nursing Compliance Training: Part A
Presenters: Peter Miskin and Tina Abraham
Location: Nursing Lecture N210
Target Audience: Nursing Faculty
Session Details: The goal of this session is to cover nursing compliance to include objectives.
Enhancing Classroom Strategies for Supporting DSP Students
Presenters: David Micetich, Margaret Faumui, and I (Grace Tong)
Location: Cedro 101C
Target Audience: Any Faculty
Session Details:
An understanding of the diverse needs of DSP students and how to recognize these in the classroom.
Practical strategies for accommodating different learning styles and needs, beyond just extended exam time.
Tools and resources to foster a more inclusive classroom environment.
Opportunities for collaboration and sharing experiences with colleagues to enhance support for DSP students.
Common Course Numbering Phase II Workshop for STEM Courses
Presenters: Laura Garcia & Parran Vanniasegaram in coordination with Grace Estrada
Location: MS-114 (in the MS^3 building)
Target Audience: Discipline faculty who will be completing STEM CCN Courses
Session Details: Outcome: A draft of the CCN modifying course proposal for each STEM course in Phase II.
Common Course Numbering Phase II Workshop for Non-STEM Courses
Presenters: Grace Estrada and Rahmon Pashtunyar
Location: Room with computers (main/lobby library?)
Target Audience: Discipline faculty who will be completing non-STEM CCN Courses
Session Details: Outcome: A draft of the CCN modify course proposal for each non-STEM course in Phase II.
Navigating the CurriQunet Conversion to the New Maverick Interface
Presenters: Grace Estrada
Location: LETC232
Target Audience: Faculty who want instruction in the new Maverick interface for CurriQunet
Session Details: Faculty would gain insight into components of CurriQunet that have changed when the interface is converted to Maverick.
AI--an Art Instructor's Perspective
Presenters: Sylvia Min
Location: C101A
Target Audience: Faculty and Classified Professionals who are interested in learning about AI
Session Details: Sylvia will provide a presentation of the research that she completed during her sabbatical. Her presentation will cover the following:
What is AI?
How is AI integrated in the Adobe Creative Cloud? (The Adobe Creative Cloud is a collection of applications from Adobe that are available for all EVC employees to use).
What are the ethical concerns, standards, and best practices?
Training for Field-based courses in Biology (Part I)
Presenters: Adam Green
Location: SQ-127, parking area, use of campus van
Target Audience: Biology faculty who want to teach field-based courses for the department
Session Details:
Training in the use and maintenance of all equipment including trailers, stoves, tents, sleeping gear, communications, etc.
Development of emergency protocols.
Necessary paperwork for liability, van use, camping reservations, and reimbursement, and development of task responsibilities among students, instructors, and technicians.
EVC's Hidden Gems: A Walking Tour
Presenters: Mike Masuda
Location: VA-101, at the Art Gallery
Target Audience: faculty, staff, students, and local community
Session Details:
The purpose of the tour is to introduce the idea that EVC has a number of extensive museums and collections that are hidden from public view, and that there is a general interest by the faculty, staff, students, and local community to have all of these under one roof (along with a planetarium and a maker space) on or near campus with easier access for the students and for the local community. This includes The Art Gallery, The Natural History Museum in Sequoia, and the Rock and Mineral Collection in Acacia.
We will provide a survey at the end of the tour to determine the overall consensus of the participants towards this initiative. There is an impetus to move the Rock and Mineral Collection by the end of 2025 due to the declassification of the Acacia building at that time—we do not want to see the vast catalog of specimens moved into the warehouse for storage. The museum initiative has gained positive support from the Board of Trustees, the local community leaders, and our own District administrators.
11:35-12:30 Breakout Session Details
Nursing Compliance Training: Part B
Presenters: Peter Miskin and Tina Abraham
Location: Nursing Lecture N210
Target Audience: Nursing Faculty
Session Details: The goal of this session is to cover nursing compliance to include objectives.
Sixteenth Math 063 Working Group Meeting: Teaching Conditional Probability and Tree Diagrams
Presenters: Teck Ky and Parran Vanniasegaram
Location: MS-116 (MS3 building)
Target Audience: Math 63 faculty
Session Details: Participants will learn new ways to teach conditional probability and tree diagrams in their classes.
Embedding Essential Math Skills for Physics and Engineering Students in the Calculus Sequence
Presenters: Melissa Hornstein, Sylvia Anderson, Celso Batalha
Location: General Engineering Lab (GE-105)
Target Audience: Math Faculty, STEM Faculty
Session Details: Attendees will leave the session equipped with:
A clear understanding of the essential math skills that need reinforcement in their courses to support physics and engineering students.
Effective strategies for embedding these skills into existing curricula, ensuring that students grasp the relevance of mathematics in their disciplines.
A structured approach to developing lesson plans that incorporate these skills, making it easier to implement in their classrooms.
Opportunities to share and discuss best practices with peers, fostering a collaborative environment for continuous improvement in teaching methods.
SLO Assessment Walkthrough and Working Session
Presenter: Rahmon Pashtunyar
Location: LETC232
Target audience: Faculty who want hands on help and guidance with completing SLO assessment with the new Curriqunet Maverick System.
Session Details: Faculty will watch a walkthrough of the SLO assessment process and then have time to complete assessments while getting hands on help.
CurriQunet Program Review: Avoid Common Mistakes & Save Time
Presenter: Fahmida Fakhruddin
Location: a room with a projector and computers
Target audience: Faculty, staff, administrators and those who have a program review looming, who want to learn best practices for using the Program Review module in CurriQunet.
Session Details:
This session will provide valuable guidance on navigating the Program Review module in CurriQunet, including:
Do's and Don'ts: Learn the essential do's and don'ts to ensure a smooth and successful program review submission.
Common Mistakes: Discover common pitfalls and how to avoid them, saving you time and frustration.
CurriQunet in Maverick: Familiarize yourself with the program review module within the new Maverick interface.
Latinx Education Association: New Affinity Group at EVC
Presenters: Victor Garza, Mayra Garcia, Maya Gonzales, Alexi Marquez, Lorena Mata
Location: Counseling Conference Room: S-2025
Target Audience: Open to all who are committed to elevate Latinx employees and students through education and advocacy
Session Details: Members of the EVC community are establishing a new affinity group: Latinx Education Association of Evergreen Valley College. The intention of the group is to serve as an advocacy organization for our Latinx community by supporting Latinx students and employees through scholarships, programs, and Latinx heritage events. Please attend to learn more. Regardless of your heritage, you can become a valued member of the L.E.A. community.
Engage your students with Pronto Chat App
Presenters: Tejal Naik
Location: MS 119
Target Audience: New and Veteran DE faculty and anyone who uses Canvas and Zoom
Session Details: This is an interactive DE workshop on the Pronto Chat App. It is basically a chat app on steroids that is integrated into Canvas. It has in-app audio, video, and the chat/text function has a language translation feature that would be particularly useful for ESL and language courses. It has file upload and storage capabilities that would be wonderful for STEM and Art courses as it allows students to take a picture of their work and upload it immediately for the instructor to review in real-time. If you are using Discord (or Piazza or Remind) then this is an excellent replacement that protects student’s privacy.
Key Takeaway: Faculty will learn how to enable and use the Pronto Chat app in their course to interact with students to increase engagement and build community.
Training for Field-based courses in Biology (Part II)
Presenters: Adam Green
Location: SQ-127, parking area, use of campus van
Target Audience: Biology faculty who want to teach field-based courses for the department
Session Details:
Training in the use and maintenance of all equipment including trailers, stoves, tents, sleeping gear, communications, etc.
Development of emergency protocols.
Necessary paperwork for liability, van use, camping reservations, and reimbursement, and development of task responsibilities among students, instructors, and technicians.
Drop In
IT Drop-in Support Between 1:30-3PM (not intended as a 90 minute experience)
Presenters: ITSS Professionals
Location: Acacia A9-139 (Reprographics)
Target Audience: Anyone with IT issues or questions
Session Details: Stop in to get help with logging in, passwords, email issues or anything IT-related
1:30-3:00 Division Meetings
Enrollment Services: MS 101
Dean Morgan
Language Arts: LA 363
Dean Robert Gutierrez
STEM: MS-217
Dean Hererra
Nursing & Allied Health: Room S-201
Dean Crary
SSHAPE: Room MS 102
Dean Sean Stewart
Student Success: TBD
Dean Victor Garza
Business and Workforce: Mishra
Dean Fuentes
Professional Development Committee Members
Anali Dimas, Bob Lombard, Grace Tong, Khanh-Hoa Nguyen-Wong, John Kaufmann, Mark Gonzales, Shashi Naidu, Jamison Jossis, Vincent Cabada, Jeanine Vaughn, Melody Barta, Michael Casares, Binh Vo
Special Thanks To: Everyone teaching the breakout sessions!! Penny Garibay for working with food vendors! Vince Cabada and facilities for always providing tables and chairs. CTSS for ensuring we have equipment in the theatre for guest speakers and support for classrooms when needed.