COLLEGE OF ALAMEDA 

MID SEMESTER FLEX DAYThursday, March 21st, 2019

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

9:00 - 9:15 AM

9:45 - 11:00 AM       

11:00 - 12:00 PM       

12:00 - 1:00 PM     

AFTERNOON TRAININGS  & WORKSHOPS

1:00 - 2:00 PMZoom in the ClassroomZoom is a free web conferencing tool for enabling online meetings and virtual presentations. During this workshop you will signup for a free Zoom account and learn how to create and facilitate online meetings in face-to-face and online  classrooms.Facilitated by Jennifer Fowler in D-114 UPSWING Online TutoringLearn more about how UPSWING's learning technologies, predictive analytics, and personal support help colleges anduniversities with student retention and success.Facilitated by Veronica Alonzo in C-212 CurriQunet Meta WorkshopThis hands-on workshop will introduce faculty to the district’s new assessment management system (AMS), CurriQunet Meta.The new AMS, which has replaced Taskstream as Peralta’s official repository of assessment-related materials, promises tointegrate in one comprehensive system Course Outlines of Record, program reviews/APUs, and all levels of outcome analysis.The session will feature an overview of CurriQunet’s functionality and a primer on entering outcome data. Department andcluster chairs—or their designated assessment leads—are encouraged to attend, particularly those who didn’t make it to lastfall’s SLOAC presentation. Facilitated by COA's SLOACs in A-225 Excel Training for Faculty & StaffDo you need help creating spreadsheets or performing advanced data analysis with functions, formulas, and charts...? Unlock thepotential of MS Excel in this informative training with COA's IT Guru -- Michael Duensing. Facilitated by Michael Duensing in A-232 Let's Talk: Improving Education Through First-Hand EmpiricismAll too often, faculty are told about data and statistics that support pedagogical theories yet contradict classroom experience.Rarely are faculty asked to share their first-hand observations and ad-hoc solutions to actual and immediate students needs.Since no one's asking about our mutual observations, let's meet and share them among ourselves. Let's talk about the problemswe face with students and the problems we see students facing themselves. Let's share the solutions we've devised to meet outempirical challenges.Facilitated by Jay Rubin in C-208 Faculty Learning Program: Improving Stem EducationThe Transforming STEM Teaching Faculty Learning Program (FLP) is a professional learning program for all university andcollege instructors of STEM courses. The FLP was written and developed for dissemination at U.C. Berkeley through anNSF grant. The goal of the FLP is to improve student achievement in STEM undergraduate courses through deepeningfaculty’s understanding of how people learn, change teaching behavior to support student learning, engage STEMfaculty in habits of reflection and nurture a tradition of continued learning about teaching. PCCD will be leading ourown FLP cohort starting in Fall 2019 co-facilitated by Vanson Nguyen, who will be facilitating this Flex day activity.Come to this workshop for a sample of the programFacilitated by Vanson Nguyen in C-209

9:15 - 9:45  AM                                                       

Registration & Full BreakfastWelcome Address from President KarasUpdates & AnnouncementsLocation: F Building - PIT

ACCJC Self Evaluation Launch Location: F Building - PIT

 Guided Pathways Activity  Location: F Building - PIT

Joint Division MeetingLocation: F Building - PIT

Buffet Lunch & Presentation from the Fab Lab's Faculty Makers Location: F Building - PIT

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AFTERNOON TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS CONTINUED...

TWO HOUR SESSIONS 1:00 - 3:00 PM English 1AS WorkgroupIn this session, the English Department will develop a skeleton outline of its new English 1AS(Composition and Reading with Support). All are invited to join in to gain an understanding of ourresponse to AB 705 and its effects on students and other disciplines. Attendees will leave with a sense ofthe scope of the new course, some of its pedagogical components, and where they fit in the design,implementation and assessment processes.Facilitated by Trish Nelson in D-208 Guided PathwaysStudent Focus Group w/Q&AFacilitated by COA's Guided Pathways Advisory Team in A-213

DEPARTMENT MEETINGS  3:00 - 4:00  PM 

Department MeetingsPLEASE CONTACT YOUR DEPARTMENT CHAIR MORE INFORMATION & LOCATION BEFORE YOU HEAD OFF TO YOUR DEPARTMENT MEETINGS,PLEASE DROP BY FOR COFFEE & COOKIES IN THE F-BUILDING PIT FROM 2:45 - 3:15 PM

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