My Professional Development

Brazosport College Convocation:

• The Math Center And You: A Formula For Student Success by Rebecca Goins, Kourtney Blandford, Clarissa Castro, Druce Crump, Kristie Mayfield, Matthew Galvez, Byron Sims, Julie Higuera, and Shaun Yu (January 20)

This session will provide staff and faculty an understanding of the services provided by the Math Center. The Math Center will also demonstrate their new appointment scheduling system (Tutor Matching Service) and online tutoring platform (GoBoard).

Math Center Tutor Training:

• Effective Tutor/Employee Characteristics (February 28)

• Ethics (February 28)

• Hard/Soft Skills (February 28)

• Active Listening (January 31)

• Tutoring Situations (January 9)

• Guidelines and Procedures (January 9)

• Tier Movement/CRLA (January 9)

• Class Visits Rehearsals (January 9)

• Growth Mindset (January 9)

• Mindfulness (January 9)

Math Center Tutor Training:

• Quantitative Reasoning for Tutors (September 13)

Math Center Tutor Training:

• JarJar Responses and Discussion (March 1)

• JarJar Responses and Discussion (February 1)

• Tutoring Scenarios (January 9)

• Non/Effective Tutor Traits (January 9)

• Tutor Ethics (January 9)

• Growth Credit Reflections (January 9)

• Growth Credit Pre-Approval Jotforms (January 9)

• Math Center Procedures and Guidelines (January 9)

Brazosport College Convocation:

• You Down with OERs by Brent Cooper & Kevin O'Neil (January 18)

Many identify Open Educational Resources (OER) as an alternative to costly textbooks but this represents only a small part of the narrative.  This presentation aims to provide a through overview of OER and the data behind it as well as a review of faculty and librarian contributions. The presentation concludes with our very own Kevin O'Neill sharing his experiences with implementing OER in his courses.

Human Resources:

• Training Luncheon for Supervisors and Other Select Employees (October 23)

Lisa Brown of Thompson & Horton, LLP, will be presenting on the new federal laws regarding Title IX (concerning sexual discrimination and sexual misconduct) and how they relate to recent Texas laws on the same subject. s regarding sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking (HB 1735 and SB 212).

Math Center Tutor Training: 

• Logs by Julie Higuera (July 17)

• Trig Proofs by Kourtney Blandford (July 17)

• Limits by Shaun Yu (July 17)

Math Center Tutor Training:

• Jo Greathouse (January 9)

FERPA; Student Rights; Student Conduct; BC Care Report

Brazosport College Convocation:

• Website Updates & Percussion Basics by Cesar Jimenez  (January 7)

In this session, we’ll review the website objectives outlined in your bur as well as go over the basics of working in percussion. We’ll also provide you with tips that you can quickly implement to Help keep your site ADA compliant. Finally, we’ll end the conversation with an opportunity for you To pose your questions about any issues you’ve experienced when working within percussion.

• Planning The College’s Future by Douglas Walcerz, Cindy Ullrich and Leslie Cummings (January 6)

The college's Vision 2025 is a living document that is reviewed and revised each year to reflect progress we have made as well as emerging priorities. This is your opportunity to participate in the process by making recommendations and gathering support from your colleagues.

• What Is Your Next Step: Transfer And Workforce Transition Preparation Through Everyday Interactions by Karen Greer, Sasha Tarrant, Lisa McLeod, Leslie Lamont, Armando Pequeno, Jessica Ramos, Mary Francis Hall, and Laura Jones (January 6)

The most ordinary conversations with students can serve to help prepare them for their next step toward their education and career goals. Join us as we explore ways to introduce tips, timelines and strategies to help students prepare for the next step toward their academic and career goals.

• BC Website: Program Updates by Anne Bartlett, Jeff Detrick, Kyle Smith, and Cesar Jimenez (January 6)

The BC website will launch with a new design in program offerings in January 2020. Learn about the redesign and how credit and noncredit programming has been integrated.

Human Resources:

• SafeColleges

Title IX - Roles of Responsible Employees; Title IX - Roles of Responsible Employees; DIAA - Freedom from Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation; Drug Free Workplace; Sexual Violence Awareness for Employees; Clery Act Overview; Dating Violence - Identification and Prevention; Discrimination Awareness in the Workplace; FERPA - Confidentiality of Records; Sexual Harassment - Staff-to-Staff; Title IX and Sexual Misconduct

Gulf Coast Student Success Conference:

• Mindfulness Keynote by Jared Featherstone  (November 15)

• Pure Heart Leadership by Dr. Shana Garrett (November 15)

This session will be a combination of lecture, assessment, and conversations around recognizing and distinguishing your authentic leadership style. Discussions will focus on methods needed to evaluate your talents, identify your opportunities, and develop and/or enhance your authentic leadership legacy through a specific strategy.

• Playing by the Rules of Mathematics by Joseph Balderas (November 15)

Math anxiety stems from a student’s lack of confidence in knowing the definitions, operations, and/or methods appropriate for a given problem. Learning to solve problems as a game will help streamline students’ mathematical process. 

Human Resources:

• Training Luncheon for Supervisors and Other Select Employees (October 23)

New Texas laws regarding sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking (HB 1735 and SB 212).

Brazosport College Employee Development Center:

• Developing Your Critical Thinking Skills (November 1 - 29)

In this course you will describe how different kinds of assumptions may be challenged and the importance of seeking out other people’s perspectives. Additionally, you will learn to identify and judge arguments, recognize logical fallacies and persuasion techniques, and make effective arguments of your own. Finally, you'll learn about the process of drawing a logical conclusion with the help of questions and diagramming tools.

• Developing Leadership Skills (November 1 - 15)

This course aims to develop key leadership skills such as motivating employees, how to clearly communicate the organization’s vision, utilize organizational politics as a positive way to influence others to accomplish goals and improve emotional intelligence as a leader within your business environment.  By discovering practical techniques for encouraging motivation among employees in your organization you will help drive your team to accomplish more.  In addition, this course provides a general introduction to vision communication. You will be guided through numerous techniques and methods for a leader to successfully communicate vision, such as personalizing and multiplying a clear message, communicating enthusiasm in an authentic way, and making the organizations vision the employees' own vision. Also, this course will discuss how organizational politics can provide positive ways to influence others in order to accomplish goals. You will practice methods for influencing effectively and ethically. Finally, this course provides you with an understanding of why emotional intelligence abilities are important to you as a leader.

• Manager Essentials Part 2 (October 1)

BC Policies and Procedures by Marshall Campbell

• Manager Essentials Part 1 (September 4 - 30)

This course addresses specific challenges that first time managers suffer from to the challenges that all managers, regardless of their time in leadership, must overcome to be successful.  While all managers have a high expectation to succeed many first-time managers feel they need to prove that they belong in their position.  In this course, you will discover strategies for dealing with common mistakes of first time managers and ways to establish credibility and manage former colleagues effectively.  You will also review key proficiencies of setting direction and establishing clear objectives and goals for your direct reports. Additionally, this course details tactical strategies for developing your employees including assessing their development needs and creating a development plan. Finally, you will review three primary reasons for dismissing an employee and the process involved with taking action. 

College Reading and Learning Association's Summer Institute:  Mentor Track

• Examining mentoring from the organizational level (purpose, function, and definition of mentoring)

• Exploring theoretical frameworks which support mentor programs (developing goals, curriculum, and policy, student development)

• Unpacking the role of the peer mentor

• Designing effective programs (identify and explore core program components)

• Designing peer mentor training curriculum (active training model, assessment, developing your program cycle)

• Examining best practices of mentoring

Math Center Tutor Training:

• Trig Proofs by Clint Lowe and Diego Perez (March 1)

• Z-Scores by Kourtney Tindell and James Bernzen (March 1)

• Matrices by Kristie Mayfield and Kourtney Tindell (March 1)

• Change of Base by Scott Harmond and Jared Rauch (February 1)

• Factoring by Caroline Sablatura and Dylan Buras (February 1)

• Limits by Clint Lowe and Angela Gaytan (February 1)

• Everything You Want to Know About Quantitative Reasoning by Kevin O'Neill (January 10)

• Graph Theory by Nicole Tunmire (January 8)

Brazosport College Employee Development Center:

• SkillSoft:  Google Docs (April 1 - 30)

With Google Docs you can use templates, tools, and convert a document to a PDF or HTML page while utilizing the same features familiar to us in MS word when editing and formatting. 

• SkillSoft:  Google Forms (February 4 - 15)

With Google Forms, discover the ease of creating forms and surveys online where multiple people can work simultaneously.  

Brazosport College Convocation:

• The Beginner’s Guide to Bullet Journaling by Shelley Moody and Joy Carr

Do you forget important dates?  Turn in assignments or projects late?  Promise someone you will get them some information and then forget?  Lose the sticky-note you wrote that important phone number on?  Have you tried many different planners only to find that none of them fit the way your brain works and your schedule falls?  If you answered "yes" to any of these, Bullet Journaling® may be the answer for you!  In this workshop we will introduce the Bullet Journal ® as a time management, planning, and personal productivity tool that is as unique as you are!  Come join us to learn how and hear how others have used or could use this to take control of their lives.

• The Power of a Personal Vision by Nicole Tunmire (January 8)

A personal vision is a guiding force that helps focus all areas of daily life.  Come learn about defining your personal vision and using it to make decisions and reach balance.