2020 Workshops
For breakout session Zoom information, please refer to this Google doc (Highline login required)
10:30-11:45
Dig in with Delta Dog: ctcLink Training Available Now!
Presenter: Pat Daniels – ctcLink
Description: Delta Dog is back and she has a few new tricks for familiarizing you with how to get started with ctcLink trainings — Woof! Woof!
Highline is targeted to go live on the new ctcLink system in February, 2021. With only a few months left until then, it is time to dig in to courses that will help us learn about the new system and how we will enter time sheets, request leave, check rosters, enter grades, and more.
In this session we will discover what courses are available and will walk through registering for a few of them. After we register, we will log on to Canvas together and make sure we know how to navigate and find the information we need.
Delta Dog is excited to be your companion in the next leg of the journey – learning how to use ctcLink.
Outcomes:
- Knowledge: Participants will register for ctcLink courses through the SB registration site (we will walk through this together)
- Ability: We will walk through how to log on to Canvas and ensure that participants know the basics of navigating and taking courses in this system.
Materials
Slides
Delta Dog announces: Woof! What Faculty Need to Know about ctcLink for Winter Quarter
Presenter: Jill Hammitt – ctcLink
Description: Highline is scheduled to go live on the new ctcLink system in February, 2021. With only a few months left until then, it is time to dig in and lean about what this means for faculty.
In addition to the Employee Self-Service module where you will enter absence requests, view paystubs, and maintain personal information, you will also be using a module called Faculty Center.
In this session, Jill Hammitt will show you key features and functions of Faculty Self-Service interface. You will learn how to view your class schedule information; access class rosters; view gradebook, enter and approve grades; enter and submit an Early Alert; and more.
Join Delta and Jill to get familiar with what this new, web-based application called ctcLink will look like and how you will use it to help students reach their educational goals.
Outcomes:
- Faculty will become familiar with how to perform key functions such as entering grades
- Participants will get a glimpse of what ctcLink will look like and will learn when and how it will impact them.
Materials
Slides
Bias incidents – When and how to report with BIRT
Presenter: Kari Cantey, Francesca Fender, Tony Johnson, Doris Martinez, Shon Meckfessel, John Mosby, Julie Pollard and Danielle Slota – Bias Incident Response Team
Description: Attendees will learn about Highline’s new Bias Incident Response Team (BIRT). At the end of this presentation, attendees will understand what qualifies as a bias based incident, how to report it, and what steps are taken by the college when such incidents occur.
Outcomes: At the end of this presentation, attendees will understand what qualifies as a bias based incident, how to report it, and what steps are taken by the college when such incidents occur.
Materials
Slides
Supporting Students from Foster Care & Unaccompanied Homeless Youth: The Passport Scholarship
Presenter: Kathy Nguyen, Gabriela ‘Gaby’ Osorio, and Lauren Wearsch – Passport to Careers Scholarship
Description: The Passport to Careers Scholarship is a Washington state scholarship for alumni of foster care and unaccompanied homeless youth until the age of 26. Our workshop aims to educate the campus community about the scholarship program, the demographics and needs of Passport scholars, the importance of culturally-competent/trauma-informed support in education, and the seven life domains framework for former foster youth.
In the midst of the COVID pandemic, the West Coast fires, and the global uprisings, we aim to support Passport students navigating the education system in this difficult and often traumatic time.
Outcomes:
- Participants will learn the eligibility requirements, structure, and description of the Passport scholarship at Highline College.
- Participants will learn how to support Passport students in obtaining the scholarship.
Materials
Slides
Handout
Handout 2
Video
Honors Projects: Pathways for Engaging Students and Enriching Your Curriculum
Presenter: Jen Heckler, Diego Luna, Sarah Adams, Jason Ramirez, and Laura Manning – Honors Program
Description: What constitutes an honors project? How do I evaluate an honors project? These are the two most common questions I hear from Highline instructors who want to offer honors projects in their classes. This workshop and panel/Q&A discussion are designed to answer those questions by providing participants with
- A brief overview of the updated Honors Program
- Examples of individual, collaborative, and whole-class honors projects in Social Sciences, Pure and Applied Sciences, and Arts & Humanities, respectively
- Advice about facilitating Honors projects in classes
- A smattering of methods for evaluating Honors projects using VALUE rubrics. Participants will walk away from this presentation with the knowledge and resources to offer honors projects in their 3-, 4-, and 5-credit college-level classes that engage students in high-impact educational practices designed to support students in achieving the learning outcomes of their courses, as well as Highline’s Core Competencies.
Outcomes: Participants will walk away from this presentation with the knowledge and resources to offer Honors projects in their 3-, 4-, and 5-credit college-level classes that engage students in high-impact educational practices designed to support students in achieving the learning outcomes of their courses, as well as Highline’s Core Competencies.
Looking at Love within Ourselves
Presenter: Bob Baugher, Alycia Williams & Josh Magallanes – Leading with Love Program
Description: In cooperation with the Highline Program “Leading with Love,” we are excited to offer this workshop! We will focus on a number of ways we think about love and how we use love in our everyday life and at work. As a participant, you will be given a number of questions on love. Be ready for group sharing and in-depth discussion. Also, please arrive having taken the Five Love Languages quiz at: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/
Outcomes: As a result of this attending workshop we hope participants will have gained insight into the extent to which they love themselves, how they can show more love to others, and how those around them can show more love to them.
Materials
Handout
No Time Like the Present: Using OER in Remote Teaching to Promote Equity and Student Success
Presenter: Deborah Moore, Hara Brook, Marc Lentini, Flint Thornton – Course Materials Affordability Committee
Description: Open Educational Resources (OER) can
- Promote equity by ensuring that all students have access to the course materials on the first day of class
- Reduce student costs by replacing traditional course materials with free or low-cost versions
- increase flexibility for faculty by allowing them to mix-and-match materials, and revise as needed, to help students be more engaged and successful, especially during remote emergency teaching. This workshop will provide a brief introduction to OER, including where to locate OER for your discipline. Attendees will search for OER and confer with session presenters during the workshop. At the end of the workshop, attendees will have located at least 1-2 OER they can integrate into their courses.
Outcomes: Attendees will locate at least 1-2 OER they can integrate into their courses.
Materials
Handout
Email management: How to get to–and stay at–inbox zero
Presenter: Sue Frantz
Description: With thousands of messages in your inbox, it is difficult to separate the new and important from the old and unimportant. When messages drop below your screen, it is easy to forget that they exist, even those that you shouldn’t forget. We are more efficient when we practice good email hygiene. At the end of this session, your inbox will have no more than 20 messages in it, and you will have solid email maintenance strategies (45 minutes).
Outcomes:
- Inbox zero.
- Email maintenance strategies
Materials
Video
Cultural competency: Where I think I am versus where I really am?
Presenter: Renata Cummings, Bob Scribner, May Lukens and Intercultural Development Inventory Qualified Administrators Affinity Group
Description: Have you ever wondered how well you’re navigating experiences with different cultures? Have you experienced thinking you are culturally competent but the reaction or response isn’t what you expected with your students or colleagues? The IDI is a tool for assessing individual effectiveness in working across cultures. Come learn about the intercultural development inventory continuum, and receive a tool that will provide you with private feedback for deeper reflection and a plan for expanding your intercultural growth.
Outcomes:
- Introduce the intercultural cultural development inventory continuum to develop a consistent language.
- Provide the Intercultural Development Inventory, an individual assessment tool, to support individual work for Core Theme 2, in addressing Core Theme 1.
Capacity: 30
Materials
Slides
Strengthening Academic Integrity with Multiple forms of Assessment
Presenter: Hara Brook, Lauren Wugalter, Matt Schwisow, Prairie Brown, Rhiannon Hillman, Jennifer Sandler, Shannon Waits – Academic Integrity Taskforce: Alternative Assessment and Faculty PD
Description: One challenge in student assessment can be ensuring student learning and academic integrity, especially in the new online learning format we find ourselves in.
During Spring and Summer especially, many faculty saw huge spikes in various student cheating incidents and were overwhelmed by the availability of cheating resources (Chegg, etc).
A subcommittee within the Academic Integrity Task Force was charged with exploring alternate assessments and how to implement them in the diverse subjects being taught at Highline.
In this session participants will learn about several assessment practices: UDL, Formative Assessment, Concept Tests, and the Flipped Classroom. There will be a general overview of each, and an opportunity to deep dive into 2 assessment areas.
Participants will learn valuable applications and discuss ways to integrate into current courses. We also hope this will be a resource sharing opportunity amongst faculty to gather the strategies that you have incorporated into your remote practice.
This workshop will be informative and interactive, come join us!
Outcomes: In this session, participants will learn a variety of assessment practices to incorporate into their courses: UDL, Formative Assessment, Concept Tests, and Open Pedagogy. Faculty will learn how varied assessment strategies can increase student learning and prevent student cheating
12:45PM – 2PM
Poetry for All: Using Poetry in Any Class in the Time of the Pandemic
Presenter: Susan Rich, English Department
Description: In this session we will listen to the poems of Terrance Hayes, Naomi Shihab Nye, and others. We will then try writing poems of our own. Lucile Clifton said, “Poetry is a matter of life, not just a matter of language.” Learn strategies for self care and for survival.
Outcomes: Participants will be able to identify ways to use poetry in their work at Highline.
Materials
Handout
Active Learning Strategies to Foster Student Learning, Engagement and Community in the Virtual Classroom
Presenter: Aleya Dhanji
Description: How do we adapt active learning and groupwork to the virtual environment? We will discuss strategies to make active learning, both at the group and individual level, more engaging and meaningful. We will also explore how the online environment provides a great opportunity to try something completely new and harness various technology (Zoom, Canvas, Slack, Hypothesis, Padlet, VoiceThread and more) to build community in the virtual classroom. Participants will have the opportunity to experience some active learning strategies from the perspective of students and in so doing share their own ideas and challenges and develop a plan for how to utilize active learning to better support students.
Outcomes: Participants can explain why active learning is important and what evidence there is to show its effectiveness.
Participants develop a plan in collaboration with each other to incorporate and/or modify existing active learning strategies in their online class.
Capacity: 25
Materials
Slides
Delta Dog Learns Advisor Center (ctcLink)
Presenter: Jill Hammitt -ctcLink
Description: Delta Dog has returned and this time she brought new friends with her!
Do you advise students? Join Delta Dog and Jill Hammitt (ctcLink Business Analyst) to get a sneak peek at the ctcLink application pages you will have available to you for helping our students plan their degree and monitor their progress as they work towards meeting their educational goals.
Whether you are a faculty or staff advisor, the Advising Center will allow you to view general information about your advisees, enter and review advising notes, generate degree progress and “what-if” reports, and more.
In this session, Jill will demonstrate how to get to the Advising Center and how to use some of the tools and functionality that will be available to advisors there.
Outcomes:
- Participants will learn what ctcLink has to offer for advisors to work with and monitor advisees.
- See the new system and learn how to navigate in ctcLink
Materials
Slides
Navigating Campus Safety Policies and Procedures
Presenter: Ay Saechao, Nicole Wilson, Vince Sanchez
Description: There are numerous campus policies and resources regarding safety and wellbeing that encompasses Title IX, Student Conduct, Counseling SAIT, and Clery. A host of panelist will share their expertise regarding these office functions and will provide an overview of how you can navigate these processes as staff and faculty.
Outcomes: Participants will gain a greater understand of Title IX, Student Conduct, SAIT, Counseling and Clery functions, policies and procedures.
Travel the World with Highline’s Global Community Initiative!
Presenter: Jenn Ritchey, Sam Kaplan, Michael Pham – Global Community Initiative
Description: Interested in traveling to Vietnam next summer? Join us for this informative and exciting session where we will talk about the possibilities and ways that you can use your professional development funds for 2021-2022.
Possibilities include visiting our partner institutions in Vietnam or participating the 2021 Study Abroad Trip to Vietnam. Learn about the process for applying and being accepted into the program. Participants will see videos, a slide show and hear from those who have traveled to Vietnam with Highline in the past. The presentation will end with questions and answers.
Outcomes:
- Learn about using professional development funds for travel to Vietnam.
- Understand the process, and how to get started.
Teach Students to Succeed on Your Writing Assignments (Even If You’re Not an English Teacher!)
Presenter: Monica LeMoine, Wendy Swyt, Lisa Bernhagen
Description: Are you a non-English faculty member who assigns a lot of writing? If so, this session is for you! From Economics to Sociology to Biology, nearly all subjects require students to turn in written work. In this practical, interactive workshop, three English faculty will demonstrate some quick and easy teaching tricks that anyone can use to help students communicate their written ideas effectively for any subject. This can help bridge achievement gaps, keep you and your students from getting bogged down by the writing process, and free up mental bandwidth to focus instead on engaging with the subject matter of your course. For this hands-on presentation and workshop, participants will come away with some concrete, manageable strategies for teaching students some fundamental communication skills for next big writing assignment.
Participants will be asked to bring the instructions for one writing assignment for their class (preferably something coming up in the near future, so you can implement what you took away from this session).
Outcomes: Participants will come away with some quick, easy tools for teaching students to do the writing required in their non-English classes.
No gym, no equipment, no problem! Build your own body weight workout!
Presenter: Darin Smith
Description: The Wellness Center may be closed, but staying fit and healthy is still a priority. So what can you do if you have no access to a gym or equipment? Luckily there are a variety of body weight exercises that can work just about every part of your body and help you burn off both calories and stress. This session will give you some ideas on how to build a challenging at home workout for whatever level of fitness you are at. Please wear exercise clothes and have a mat, towel, and a chair available so that we can practice some of the exercises.
Outcomes: Participants will learn how to put together an at home workout and will learn how to do some basic body weight exercises.
Capacity: 25
Materials
Handout
Exploring the Role of Human Accommodation to Improve Engagement, Participation and Completion
Presenter: Jenni Sandler, Julie Pollard, Jeff Hsiao, Erica He – Accessibility Resources
Description: We know that traditional pedagogical methods have not served our students at Highline well. Data clearly shows equity gaps based on race. This workshop will explore the interaction of multiple identity factors and disability. Participants will explore and discuss the experience of students with disabilities at Highline College. Specifically, we will discuss, analyze and compare Highline data on students with disabilities, discuss implications and considerations around disability as it relates to other intersecting identities, explore Universal Design for Learning strategies and instructional design, and investigate how “human accommodations” can promote success for all students in the classroom.
Outcomes:Workshop participants will be able to:
- Discuss, analyze and compare data on HC and other students with disabilities.
- Describe potential considerations regarding intersectionality and disability.
- Recognize and describe Universal Design for Learning (UDL) strategies shown to increase success for all learners.
- Define and give examples of “human accommodations.”
KCLS and Highline Library Working Together for Student Success
Presenter: Allison Reibel & Sam Sermeño
Description: Librarians love to share. And when your Highline librarians partner with your King County Library System (KCLS) librarians, there’s even more to go around. In this session we will introduce Highline Library’s partnership with KCLS and present a video created for Highline by KCLS librarians highlighting free public library resources such as language-learning, e-books and audiobooks, financial assistance services, and much more.
Outcomes: Faculty and staff will be prepared to utilize public library resources, such as language-learning, e-books and audiobooks, and professional development tools, and share these resources with students
The Advising Life-Cycle: Collaborating in Support of Highline Students
Presenter: Renata Cummings, Patrick Fernandez & Briana Quintanilla – Career and Student Employment (CASE), Faculty Advising, and the Advising & Transfer Center
Description: This is a session for Advisors. It is a season for changes as we adapt to remote work during a pandemic, begin learning ctcLink, prepare for accreditation, anticipate re-acclimating to working on campus… all while assisting students through the Advising Life-Cycle (aka the four phases of Advising). Career Services, Faculty Advising, and the Transfer Center will re-introduce the four phases of advising and explain how our departments plan to work together to support the advising phases.
It is time to define The When of everything. Be ready to talk about our future collaborations and sharing best practices. Come ready meet each other, to learn about exciting campus support, and to share your ideas!
Outcomes:
- Understand the four phases of Advising and where Career Advising/Exploration, Faculty Advising, and Transfer Advising fit within the phases.
- Create opportunities to build professional relationships and increase communication between Pathway and Faculty Advisors.
Materials
Handout
So you’re thinking about Graduate School?
Presenter: Dr. John Mosby
Description: Dr. Mosby, prior Associate Director of Graduate Admissions at University of San Diego, will lead a conversation on the process of selecting and applying to graduate schools. He will also discuss how and when one may go about deciding to pursue a graduate degree.
Outcomes: Participants will learn the ins and outs of graduate school applications
| Title | Presenter(s) | Description | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advising Queer, Trans, and Non-Binary Students | Sarah Trimm | In this session, participants will learn ways to make queer, trans, and non-binary students feel welcome and respected on campus. We will explore inclusive advising practices for anyone who interacts with students in official or unofficial advising capacities. | 10:45-11:45 | 21-206 |
| Beyond Tokenism: Transforming Educational Institutions | Matt Remlie | All too often, institutions proclamations to address issues of equity fall victim to meaningless tokenism. Learn different strategies on how to move beyond token change and towards more equitable and meaningful relationships to foster systemic change. | 10:45-11:45 | Building 7 |
| Ceramics | Rob Droessler | In the ceramics workshop participants will learn to create a small work of art. | 10:45-11:45 | 16-171 |
| Defining Outreach: Engagement Strategies for Multiethnic Communities Slides | Aleyda Cervantes, Fawzi Belal, Rashad Norris & Dominique Barnes | During this workshop Outreach Services will present how our department has created culturally relevant engagement strategies to build and maintain relationships with school district and community organizations. | 10:45-11:45 | 14-101 |
| Educational Insights from the Field of Neuroplasticity: Leveraging the fact that our brains can continually form new pathways to learning Handouts Slides | Laura Holt, Laura Manning | Just when you thought your brain could not take any more learning, you find out that it's possible. Come discover how as you learn about about "neuroplasticity", how our brains are able to form new pathways to learning and how to integrate it into your teaching. | 10:45-11:45 | 14-103 |
| How to Accomplish an Important Life Goal Using Principles of Behavior Modification Handout | Bob Baugher | Do you have a life goal that is still waiting to be realized? Perhaps it's a book you wish to write or a place you want to visit. Maybe it's getting in shape or it is something on your Bucket List. Whatever it is, join us as we examine proven psychological techniques for overcoming procrastination. You will leave with your own list of steps to realize your dream. | 10:45-11:45 | 21-201 |
| ICE Rapid Response training Video Handouts | Katie Baker | Learn from Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network how to properly protect immigrant families during ICE raids, including knowing our legal rights under U.S. Law, what to do and who to contact if an ICE raid occurs on campus or in public and how to verify and document ICE interactions to help with immigration cases. | 10:45-11:45 | 14-106 |
| Theater of the Oppressed as a Reflexive Instrument of Social Justice for Faculty & Staff Development | Erich Elwin | Theater of the Oppressed (TO) as a form of sociodrama (Boal, 1985) posits dialogic theater as a dynamic tool for educators to utilize towards conscientiousness-raising and facilitating social justice. Through praxis, dialogue, and conscientizaçao (Freire, 1970), this workshop encourages passive audience members (spectators) to become cooperative participants (actors) in generating a democratic “on the spot” problem-solving environment. | 10:45-11:45 | Building 2 |
| Using Canvas to reach all your students: AMA | Marc Lentini, Tarisa Matsumoto-Maxfield, Avery Viehmann, Shawna Freeman, Sue Frantz | Join the Instructional Design Faculty-in-Residence for an Ask Me Anything - “AMA” session on using Canvas. We’ll build the session around your questions about equitable and inclusive learning with Canvas and other learning technologies available at Highline. | 10:45-11:45 | 14-102 |
| Using Data to Improve Student Success | Emily Coates | This will be an opportunity for faculty to explore student outcomes data and to share ideas about how to use disaggregated data to improve student success through changes in teaching, curriculum or classroom policies. | 10:45-11:45 | 30-311 |
| Before & After: Revising Course Assignments for Diverse Classrooms | Stephanie Ojeda Ponce, Loyal Allen, Students (TBD) | The 21st-century educator is expected to have a culturally responsive classroom that engages students. Lack of experience learning in those styles and lack of task-focused training can make attaining those expectations a challenge. Evaluating your assignments through a diversity and globalism perspective can help you revise existing assignments and curriculum in ways that increase student engagement, create a more equitable classroom, and increase student success in your courses. Participants are required to bring an assignment to share and revise during the workshop. | 1:15-2:15 | 19-101 |
| But I’m Trying to Do the Right Thing: Developing Your Anti-Racist Practice | Jennifer Johnston, Shannon Waits, James Peyton | Come explore and investigate your socialization based on racial identity, and how these impact our ability to confront and respond to racism, especially focusing on how to overcome white silence. Participants will discuss, reflect, and learn anti-racist approaches to various situations. | 1:15-2:15 | 14-104 |
| Capoeira: A "Glocal" Movement | Cisco Orozco | Come experience the martial art of capoeira that was developed by African slaves as a form of resistance during Brazil’s colonial period. This art incorporates combat, music, singing, and dance into an art form that is dynamic, fluid, and a lot of fun. This beginner level workshop will teach you basic movements and basic skills to play and sing the music. Please wear comfy clothes (gym clothes are best) and shoes to move around. | 1:15-2:15 | 4-104 |
| Delta Dog Tells All: The ctcLink Journey Slides Handout | Pat Daniels, Delta Dog | If you don’t speak in barks and growls, don’t worry. Project manager Pat Daniels will translate for Delta Dog during this fun-filled, informative presentation on ctcLink. This session will provide a fresh look at where the project stands, share a sneak peek at what’s to come, and give us reasons to be hopeful for its future success. Attendees will learn why it’s important and how it will affect their work. And they will also get a treat or two from Delta Dog’s favorite stash. | 1:15-2:15 | 21-206 |
| Effective Meeting Management | Sherri Chun | Learn to effectively prepare, manage, facilitate and actively participate in meetings. Improve the meetings you attend, whether you are running the meeting or are a participant. Good meetings don’t just happen – they are managed events. Topics include: • Types of meetings • Meeting roles and responsibilities • Meeting preparation and format • Constructive and negative meeting behaviors • Meeting tools • Managing conflict • If time, role play exercises Prior to teaching at Highline College, I was a project manager for an IT consulting firm. One of the things I did was facilitate meetings – lots of meetings with lots of stakeholders. In the consulting world, you’re getting paid by the hour to deliver results. Over time I learned that valuable time (and money) is wasted in dysfunctional meetings that are poorly planned and managed. I learned from peers and mentors, and over time developed this toolkit of meeting management techniques. If there is time, we will try some role play exercises. | 1:15-2:15 | 21-201 |
| Globalism and Diversity through the Asian American and Pacific Islander Perspective. | Nestor Enguerra | Globalism has always been a difficult topic for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders because of the other side of Globalism called Colonialism/Neo-colonialism. In conversations of Diversity, Southeast Asians, Pacific Islanders and Indigenous peoples are usually left out the conversations and often becoming the “minorities of the minorities”. In this session participants will learn the consequences of globalization, be aware of practices or ideologies that are being globalized, and how to be responsible global citizens. Participants will also learn ways to be in more inclusive in conversations of diversity and to understand that there are even “minorities within minorities” that need to be recognized. Especially in a world where we are trying to be more global and trying to diversify we must be constantly be aware of what is being globalized and the minorities that are being marginalized through this globalization process. | 1:15-2:15 | 21-205 |
| iPhone Accessibility Features 101 | Bobby Dutreix | Participants will learn about the incredible built-in iPhone accessibility features. These features not only help those with disabilities, but can be useful to everyone in certain situations. Faculty will also learn about another tool that many already carry that could help students be successful in their course. We will also briefly cover a few free apps that are useful to know about. | 1:15-2:15 | 30-311 |
| Practicing Gratitude and Art: Let's Create and Write Thank-You Cards to Colleagues | Monica LeMoine | Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "You cannot do a kindness too soon because you never know how soon it will be too late.” In these times of stress and uncertainty, it's more important than ever to take care of ourselves and our communities. Gratitude is an excellent way to do that, with its many proven health benefits. In this fun, relaxing and productive session, we will take time to handwrite personalized thank-you notes to Highline faculty and staff members who have touched our lives in big or small ways. Crafty and colorful stationary and markers will be provided...write as many as you can or want...and the facilitator will send them all through intercampus mail. There will be time to share a few notes aloud if anyone cares to do so. | 1:15-2:15 | 14-103 |
| The 4 Connections - Improving course completion rates; collaborative inquiry Slides Handout | Bob Scribner, Sally Heilstedt, Dean of Instruction, LWTech | Learn about the 4 connections from Sally Heilstedt, Dean of Instruction at LWTech, and learn how their 4 Connections work has improved completion rates. The 4 Connections are simple practices that many faculty members already apply to build relationships with their students. Their power comes from a commitment to practice them intentionally. Are you interested in being part of an collaborative inquiry group to try out the 4 connections and meet throughout the year? The LTC will host a community of practice for 2019-20, culminating with data sharing on completion rates. Please come to learn more if you are interested in this opportunity. | 1:15-2:15 | 14-102 |
| Washington Welcomes Refugees | Linda Faaren, Panel of Refugee Service Providers | Washington is the fourth largest refugee resettlement state in the US. And South King County welcomes the largest number of these newcomers. Come and learn about the refugee resettlement process from a panel of experts in the field. Learn what it means to become a refugee, what it looks like as they leave and arrive at SeaTac Airport. Walk with them as these newcomers make South King County their home. | 1:15-2:15 | 14-101 |
| Title | Presenter(s) | Description | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fake News in Real Times: Critical Thinking Tools for Everyone | Deborah Moore, Jack Harton | This session will highlight tools and techniques to help make sense of everything that’s lumped into the term “fake news” such as intentionally deceptive articles and click bait. Participants will leave the session with a list of resources they can use with students or for their own use to navigate the sea of information they encounter on a daily basis. These resources include a chart to help determine media bias and fact-checking resources, along with resources to help make sense of elections, among others. | 11:20-12:20 | 30-301 |
| Building community through art | Rob Droessler | Community building through art. Come together through conversation while working together to create a clay art project. Participants will be guided through the process of making a basic clay project and in that process organically build connections to other participants. These connections can demonstrate that community building in fact can be that simple if we put aside all the baggage we all carry and focus on the task in front of us wether that is playing with clay or any other goal we share. | 11:20-12:20 | Ceramics Studio, 16-171 |
| Add more you to your class: Reach out to your students through effective use of Canvas | Matt Schwisow | Come expand your relationships with and among your students by streamlining your Canvas courses and being more present in your online materials. We'll discuss overall organization, strategies for trimming excess materials, and becoming more of a human presence in your online course materials. Reaching out and serving students in your online materials can be enhanced with effective use of tools within Canvas. This session would be of use to anyone teaching hybrid or online, or who just keeps materials in Canvas for their students.Topics include organization, using videos, captioning, and creating accessible documents and materials. | 11:20-12:20 | 30-302 |
| Creating Inclusive and Student Centered Spaces on Campus | Shannon Waits, Tania L., Belen B., Debra D. | What does it mean to be student centered? How do you ensure students feel seen and heard as they arrive to Highline? Come prepared to reflect on your interactions with students and assess how the spaces you work in are inclusive, engaging, and student centered. We will work together to define student centered engagement, inclusive and wrap-around customer service, and how we can all work together to enrich students experience and navigation. | 11:20-12:20 | 22-201 |
| Culturally Responsive Campus and Mental Health | Jennifer Johnston, Teresa Pan | Discuss Behavioral Health Among College Students Identify the relationship between mental health and equity Identify Community and Workplace Resources Describe how Motivational Interviewing can be used to enhance student success | 11:20-12:20 | 22-206 |
| Data Resources - A Guided Tour | Emily Coates (IR) | Are you curious about who our students are? Wondering how this year's enrollment compares to last year, which classes fill up first, or how FTEs change over time for each academic department? Would you like to compare student attainment and success for various student groups or compare Highline success rates to our peer institutions? Learn where to find this information - and much more. | 11:20-12:20 | 30-317 |
| Raise the Positive Vibes Yoga | Amy Rider | What better place to build valuable relationships than in a space dedicated to union and connection? Form authentic bonds with colleagues by breathing and moving together in yoga. In this all-practitioners workshop, we will learn breathing techniques, mindfulness, and yoga poses that help us connect with ourselves and others. Let's raise the positive vibes on campus and consciously send goodwill to the communities we serve. | 11:20-12:20 | 4-109 Studio |
| Explore and Use Google Drive/Team Drive for Your Department and Classes | Theresa Duhart | Learn to use Google Drive to keep all your files organized and backed up in one secure and centralized online location from any phone, tablet or computer. Learn more how a Team Drive can be used to store your team’s work in secure, easy-to-manage shared spaces that are owned collectively by the team, so everyone stays up to date. | 11:20-12:20 | 30-311 |
| Accessible Technology for Everyone | Gerie Ventura, Avery Viehmann | A hands-on accessibility workshop, following-up from previous campus workshops offered last Spring and during Opening Week. Topics: creating accessible PDFs, PowerPoint slides, syllabi, email messages, Microsoft Word documents. | 11:20-12:20 | 30-318 |
| What in the World is the Puget Sound Welcome Back Center?? | Linda Faaren | The Puget Sound Welcome Back Center has been on the Highline Campus for eleven years. However, few folks on campus know much about it. The center provides free career navigation services to internationally educated professions, helping them return to their chosen careers. Come and learn about our work with internationally educated refugees and immigrants. Also learn how you can share your expertise with these professionals; providing a window into your world of work. | 11:20-12:20 | Welcome Back Center |
| Inclusive Food Community | Sarah Adams, Katherine Skelton | About 4% of the US population suffers from life threatening food related allergies and many more people in our community choose to monitor and restrict their diet based on healthy choices, health intolerance, or religious beliefs. When everyone else breaks bread, do you eat your protein puck or veggies alone? Although it’s not the end of the world, it can lead to feeling left out of social events. This open forum will provide space for our community – who clearly bond over food – to discuss resources and support for low-carb, gluten free, low sugar, weight loss, religious restrictions, and many, many more! Leaving a legacy of social acceptance around food CAN be inclusive while being mindful of restrictions and struggles that many of us endure. Little things can make a big difference. Come join the community and the conversation! | 11:20-12:20 | 22-205 |
| Building Relationships Through the Art of Capoeira | Cisco Orozco | Come experience the martial art of capoeira that was developed by Afro-Brazilians. During Brazil’s colonial period, capoeira kept Afro-Brazilian slaves physically, mentally, and spiritually healthy during times of extreme oppression and hardship. This martial art incorporates music, singing, and dance into a combat form that is dynamic, fluid, and a lot of fun. This beginner level workshop will teach you basic movements, teach you to play and sing, and give you a hands-on experience in a roda (pronounced hoda) the center of capoeira practice. | 1:40-2:40 | 4-104 |
| dance class (jazz funk style) | Heather McBreen | Jazz Funk is a fusion of many different urban styles and cultural dances that is fun, high energy and accessible to all levels of dancers. Come prepared to sweat and bust a move with your fellow staff and faculty in a space that celebrates and informs participants about the many different styles of urban choreography that were created by marginalized people groups. | 1:40-2:40 | Multipurpose Room, 27-106 |
| Cyber Security 101 | Kurt Giessel | Did you know October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month? You have a responsibility to help secure College data from potential cyber security attacks and data breaches, and to use Highline College computing resources appropriately. Learn about the most common types of cybersecurity attacks and what you can do to help keep the college and yourself safe. | 1:40-2:40 | 22-201 |
| Highline Is a Community: Working More Effectively with Each Other | Allison Green, Lauri Spivey, Jennifer Johnston, Laura Manning | Highline Is a Community: Working More Effectively with Each Other What do you wish others on campus knew about you, your job, and your department or area? In this workshop, we’ll start by listing all the ways Highline employees differ from each other (individual, social, and workplace identities). Then we’ll pair up and interview each other about what we do at Highline, how we contribute to Highline’s mission, and how we can work more effectively together. This workshop, based on the Culturally Responsive Campus section on working with colleagues, is sponsored by the Learning and Teaching Center. | 1:40-2:40 | 22-206 |
| Don’t Fear the Meter: Improving Accessibility in Canvas with Ally | Aaron Warnock Avery Viehmann Maurea Brown Marc Lentini | Have you noticed green and red meters in your Canvas courses? Wondering what those are? Ally is a new tool in Canvas that identifies inaccessible content and helps you make that content more accessible. It also provides alternative access formats to some materials. Join us for some hands-on exploration of how to use Ally to improve your Canvas courses, and see how all students can access your materials in different modes. | 1:40-2:40 | 30-317 |
| Outlook Tips and Tricks Session | Theresa Duhart | Outlook Tips and Tricks will help you to get more out of Outlook than you ever dreamed possible. This is your hands-on road map to Outlook that can send your productivity skyrocketing. You will learn shortcuts on powerful drag and drop techniques to end typing; tricks on how to send notes to a contact or an email to your calendar; create notes to minimize interruptions; organize your files, and much more! | 1:40-2:40 | 30-311 |
| Building Community Around Assessment | Tamara Hilton, Shana Friend, Jennifer Jones | Let's build meaningful assessment communities on campus! Come to our hands-on workshop to find out how to do collaborative assessment review. For added impact, bring a colleague and one of your completed assessments to discuss. | 1:40-2:40 | 30-318 |
| Live Fire Extinguisher Training | Francesca Fender | In the event of a small kitchen fire at work or at home, you’ll want to feel comfortable and confident operating a fire extinguisher. This session, taught by certified professionals from Evergreen Fire and Safety, will teach you the basics of using the PASS method (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep) while practicing on a live fire. | 1:40-2:40 | 24A Maintenance shed outdoor area |
| Why Mental Health First Aid? | Steve Lettic | An overview of the Mental Health First Aid course, why you should attend, and de -escalation tools will enhance confidence to serve students staff and faculty in crisis. | 1:40-2:40 | 22-205 |
| Title | Presenter | Description | Location | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultural Responsiveness and Accessible Materials - It's not just for the classroom. | Marc Lentini | In this workshop, you will learn three things you can do right now to make your electronic materials accessible for students with disabilities. As we work to become a more culturally competent and equitable campus for all, these small steps can make a big difference. | TBA | Closed |
| Learn How to Make Fermented Food at Home | Rick Shultz | Using simple, readily available resources- this workshop will show you how to make a variety of fermented foods. We will also sample ingredients and taste finished products. This technique has a long history of diverse cultural responses for food preservation. We’d love to hear your family stories about fermented food! Growing interest in probiotic foods has helped popularize this technique. Please join us as we have fun with fermented food! | Building 22, Room 104 | Closed |
| Cultural Responsiveness and Accessible Class Materials | Avery Viehmann and Sherri Chun | The first step in being a culturally responsive instructor is to learn more about your students. Find out how students with hearing, vision, and mobility impairments access your online materials. Then learn three things you can do to help! As we strive to be an equitable campus, we can take these small steps to ensure our electronic materials and digital interactions support our goals. | Building 30, Room 311 | Closed |
| How Well Are Your Students Learning? Designing Better Assessments | Jennifer Jones | Streamline your teaching by building more focused assessments that better reflect course outcomes. | Building 14, Room 103 | Closed |
| Self-Defense Principles and Practice | Darin Smith | Self-defense involves using whatever tools you have to protect you and your loved ones from harm. This class will focus on the basics of prevention and awareness necessary to assess potentially dangerous situations and avoid them. In addition, we will discuss what to do in the event of a physical confrontation and practice some basic defenses to deal with an attack. Participants will learn how to apply their body’s weapons to an opponent’s vital targets, and will practice applying some blocks, hand strikes, and kicks to hand-held target pads. Please wear comfortable, loose clothes and tennis shoes if possible. | Building 27 - Multipurpose Room | Closed |
| Sustainable CanvAssistance | Maurea Maya | How do you improve your students’ success while reducing your stress? How can you incorporate more dynamic material? What does sustainability look like when technology is a part of your class? Bring the questions and Highline’s team of Instructional Design Faculty-in-Residence will bring the answers. We’ll help you tune up your Canvas course, learn a new trick for teaching online, solve that one nagging problem, or learn about all the new features released last summer! | Building 30, Room 317 | Closed |
| Outlook 2016 Tips and Tricks | Theresa Duhart | Outlook Tips and Tricks will help you to get more out of Outlook than you ever dreamed possible. This is your hands-on road map to Outlook that can send your productivity skyrocketing. You will learn shortcuts on powerful drag and drop techniques to end typing; tricks on how to send notes to a contact or an email to your calendar; create notes to minimize interruptions; organize your files, and much more! | Building 30, Room 301 | Closed |
| Sustain Yourself Yoga | Amy Rider | Did you begin the academic year with intentions for enhanced sleep, exercise, and nutrition? Did this vision slip away as professional and personal demands on your time increased? Come to this workshop to re-balance, relax, and reset. Small shifts in self-care have a positive impact on serving students, interacting with colleagues, and sustaining yourself. This will be an all-levels yoga class with mats provided, although you are welcome to bring your own. | Building 4, Room 109 | Closed |
| Stress Reduction with Clay | Rob Droessler | Come and experience the fun of playing with clay. Having a artistic outlet like working with clay can be a great way to take your mind of anything that may be causing you stress. In this work shop you will have an opportunity to learn a little about the process and make something fun that you can be proud of. Clay is a wonderful medium to work with. Everything we work with in ceramics comes pretty much right from the ground. All the materials are available almost everywhere if you know where to look and how to process it to make it more usable. The processing is just removing impurities by screening it and working it to make it more consistent (soft and not lumpy). One of the many great things about clay is that until its fired it can be recycled over and over again. There is hardly any waste involved. Even clay that has been fired such as broken pots can be recycled into something useful. Often broken bits of fired clay (such as broken pots) is ground up to a sand like consistency and added to clay to reduce the shrinkage and give it more strength. At the end of this workshop you will have had just enough time to create something relatively simple but because of the amount of time it takes to go from a wet lump of clay to a finished coffee mug (for example) participants with leave their projects here with me along with a note telling me their glaze (the color of the finished piece) choice then I will glaze it and fire it and have it ready for pick up in a few weeks. | Building 16, Room 171 | Closed |