Bldg/Rm:
19-201/202
Coffee, water, and juice service along with yogurts, granola, whole fruit, oatmeal, and pastries
Bldg/Rm:
19-201/202
Dr. Doug Berry, Acting President and Dr. Marylou Mercado, Interim Provost & Vice President of Health Sciences
Bldg/Rm:
03-203
Scott Donnelly, Chemistry Faculty, Arizona Western College
The second quarter of the 21st century is expected to place a greater burden on humanity’s ability to solve (or at least try to solve) numerous societal, economic, environmental, agricultural, and political problems at local, regional, national, and global scales. And these problems – as I see it after having lived six decades on this planet – are growing bigger and more wicked with time. So as a college faculty what have I done (or am doing right now) to help prepare the next generation of highly impressionable citizenry to have the intellectual tools and analytical mindset to meet these problems head on with minimal trepidation? A first start is to try to connect what is being taught in the classroom to what actually exists in the world. In this interactive presentation, I will describe some active learning-based classroom activities that I have created that illustrate chemistry's* direct or indirect connection to relevant, real-world phenomena and local, regional, or nationally-scaled problems. Do you need to be a science nerd to get something out of this session? Nope. This session is more about trying out new ideas and less about impressing you with supposedly how smart I am when it comes to chemistry (Who cares, right?).
*: If you took chemistry, you probably had a miserable experience, right?
Bldg/Rm:
03-270
Christina Goldsmith, TLS Instructional Designer
Clayton Baumgartner, English Professor
Writing continues to play a critical role in learning, even as generative AI reshapes how students approach writing. This session is designed for instructors across disciplines and shares research and practical strategies for student writing in the age of AI. Presenters will explore AI‑integrated assignment design, strategies for teaching digital literacy regarding AI, and tools to monitor student engagement and support writing as thinking.
Bldg/Rm:
03-269
Dr. Karen Palmer, General Education Program Director
Laura Cline, English Faculty Department Chair
Faculty will participate in parallel Communication and Quantitative Literacy assessment groups to review the applicable General Education outcomes, score sample Student Work Products, and discuss the evidence supporting their ratings. The session will provide time for norming, clarification of rubric expectations, and completion of assigned SWP reviews, supporting greater consistency across faculty assessors and disciplines.
Bldg/Rm:
03-119
Sarah Southwick, Director of Instructional Support
This session will review the purpose of curriculum mapping and overview the curriculum mapping process of the College, including how to locate previous program C-Maps and how to submit revisions. Participants will be given at least twenty minutes to work on their own C-Maps and ask questions if needed.
Bldg/Rm:
03-271
Shelly Gilliam, Library Manager of Public Services, Instruction, and OER
Calen Peterson, Senior Academic Advisor of Retention
Kellie Porter, Assistant Director of Social Services and Basic Needs
Hear from Yavapai College colleagues who have participated in cocurricular assessment and learn how they approached the process, what they discovered about student learning, and how their findings informed, or affirmed, their work.
Bldg/Rm:
03-203
Cheryl Colan, TLS Instructional Designer
Discover how Canvas can support assessment through Rubrics and Quizzes. This session explores key differences between Classic and New Quizzes, highlights new features and migration considerations, and demonstrates the newly enabled Enhanced Rubrics. Participants will leave with practical strategies for building better rubrics and choosing the right quiz tool in Canvas.
Bldg/Rm:
03-270
Nicholas DiPaolo, TLS Instructional Designer
An Pfister, TLS Instructional Designer
This session introduces IgniteAI Agent, a new AI assistant integrated with Canvas. We'll demonstrate faculty use cases, discuss the benefits and limitations, and invite participants to help inform YC's evaluation of the pilot.
Bldg/Rm:
03-269
Dr. Karen Palmer, General Education Program Director
Laura Cline, English Faculty Department Chair
Faculty will review the Scientific Literacy and Diversity Awareness competencies and begin preparing for spring Student Work Product collection. Participants will identify or refine a summative assignment that provides clear evidence of the applicable outcomes, discuss submission expectations and timelines, and develop strategies for preparing adjunct faculty and supporting consistency across sections and modalities.
Bldg/Rm:
03-119
Sarah Southwick, Director of Instructional Support
This session will review the purpose of assessment planning and overview the assessment plan process of the College, including how to locate previous program A-Plans, create new A-Plans, and submit the new A-Plans into Canvas. Participants will be given at least twenty minutes to work on their own A-Plans and ask questions if needed.
Bldg/Rm:
03-271
Dr. Clint Ewell, Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services
Explore why cocurricular learning matters within HLC’s accreditation framework and what a peer reviewer looks for when evaluating an institution’s approach to assessing and improving student learning beyond the classroom.
Bldg/Rm:
03-203
Scott Donnelly, Chemistry Faculty, Arizona Western College
This presentation is not about the coming zombie apocalypse. Sorry. But I got your attention, right? This interactive, hands-on session is about becoming a better teacher. How? By becoming a student again and learning new stuff. In this session you’ll be asked to learn something totally (perhaps) new. And once you have learned a new skill (gained through repetition and facilitated instruction), you’ll be asked to show that you learned what you were asked to learn. Just like what we ask students in our classroom to do, right? Sounds intimidating. But no worries as this session is built for beginners or for anyone who just wants to learn some new skills in practical navigation decision making. When done you’ll impress your friends and colleagues with your new skills. In this session you’ll learn how to navigate using a good ol’ fashioned compass, learn how to use shadows to find direction and time, estimate distances, tie useful Search and Rescue knots, and time permitting, apply what you learned to find a lost treasure on the Yavapai College campus.
Bldg/Rm:
03-270
YC Faculty and Staff AI panel
This panel will explore how AI is being used, questioned, and tested across teaching, learning, and college operations. Panelists will share emerging practices, practical concerns, and opportunities for responsible AI use at Yavapai College.
Bldg/Rm:
03-269
Dr. Karen Palmer, General Education Program Director
Faculty will explore practical ways to help students understand the purpose and value of General Education and recognize how their courses build transferable skills for careers, transfer, and civic life. Participants will consider shared student-facing practices such as a common syllabus statement, consistent Canvas design elements, assignment-level competency language, and brief reflection activities that make General Education outcomes more visible across courses.
Bldg/Rm:
03-119
Sarah Southwick, Director of Instructional Support
This session will review the purpose of annual assessment reporting and overview the assessment reporting process of the College, including how to locate previous program A-Reports, create new yearly A-Reports, and submit the required annual A-Report into Canvas. Participants will be given at least twenty minutes to work on their own A-Reports and ask questions if needed.
Bldg/Rm:
03-271
Shelly Gilliam, Library Manager of Public Services, Instruction, and OER
Calen Peterson, Senior Academic Advisor of Retention
Put the concepts into action by identifying the learning already occurring within your programs and activities. Participants will begin connecting activities to intended learning, identifying meaningful evidence, and considering how assessment can be meaningful, manageable, and sustainable rather than an add-on to existing work.
Bldg/Rm:
19-201/202
Stacey Hilton, Associate Vice President of Academic and Instructional Support
Bldg/Rm:
19-201/202
Sparkling strawberry lemonade and water along with assorted wraps, chips, whole fruit, and cookies