Employee Development

Join us as we watch the amazing movie "Who Moved my Cheese" based on the book by Spencer Johnson and we discuss the many changes we are facing at AC and NVC. Learn how to face change and adapt in order to keep moving forward. This session will help you with personal and professional strategies for adapting to change.

Target Audience: NVC Employees
Instructor: Hope Medina
Performance Measure: Work Quality/Reliability/Teamwork/ Leadership

Faculty Development

Most of our instructors know nothing about NVC's Recruitment efforts! Have you ever wondered what recruiters tell the students about the college, your classes or you? This session will explain what they do, how they do it and why. The more you know about them, the better you will understand the way things work. This is also an opportunity for them to hear from you so they may walk-away with new ideas that can be implemented this semester.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Ruth Prieto, Robin Sandberg and Alyssia Woolard
Performance Measure: Knowledge

Faculty Development

As our college is growing, so is our special population of students. Join us for this informational session as we learn about our special needs of this special population, our responsibility in accommodating those needs and the laws governing this topic. We will also discuss how faculty and staff can engage and assist us in creating the best opportunities for success for our special needs students.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Sharon Dresser

Faculty Development

How many times have you called a meeting and only had half the people show up? This wastes your time. Conference calls will have everyone you need at the meeting. This is an EASY way for you to save time and eliminate frustration.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Kori Schneider
Performance Measure: Work Quality/Reliability

Faculty Development

Each semester students and faculty struggle with the difficulty and anxiety of giving speeches. This session will show teachers how to stop continuing the horror, and instead, replacing it with the exceptional. Examples of speaking presentations from different disciplines will be offered to illustrate the ease of putting a speaking assignment into your outline, whether it be big or small. Rubrics in how to grade these assignments will also be given. Then, we want to hear from you. There will be an open discussion of how you do it. Everyone will walk away an improved instructor.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Elaine Jansky
Performance Measure: Knowledge

Faculty Development

Blackboard Vista Designer tools (required) MUST BE enrolled in Full Track or Fast Track Training program to register.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Dr. Laura Reza-Hernandez
Performance Measure: Knowledge

Faculty Development

Service-Learning is a teaching method that exposes our students to the community and its needs. By actively participating in meaningful relevant service, students become aware of social issues and begin to see themselves as agents of change and members of the community. We will discuss how to develop a SL course, select a community partner, and engage in reflection.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Migdalia Garcia
Performance Measure: Teamwork/Team Building

Faculty Development

This session will cover Turnitin features including Web-based essay submission, automatic plagiarism detection, peer review, grade book, and Web-based markup and rubrics. Although it is not necessary, participants are encouraged to contact Bonnie Sellers at bsellers@alamo.edu at least two weeks prior to this session to have a Turnitin account set up in your name. This way you will be able to practice at the session. Otherwise, we will orient you to the process and have your account generated afterwards.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Craig Coroneos
Performance Measure: Work Quality/Reliability

Faculty Development

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: James Searles
Performance Measure: Knowledge

Leadership

Presented in three 8-hour days, the 7 Habits process by Stephen Covey is a lasting solution that helps build stronger organizations by strengthening the character and competence of the individuals who comprise them. This approach provides the most comprehensive foundation available for fostering positive change at all four levels of leadership: personal, interpersonal, managerial, and organizational. In turn, this solid foundation of principle-centered behavior makes other training initiatives in the organization more productive and valuable. Notes: Days 2 & 3, February 19 & 26, 2010.

Target Audience: NVC Employees
Instructor: TBA
Performance Measure: Leadership

Employee Development

Build positive relationships, become more productive, achieve greater results, and create an environment where everyone is genuinely excited about the work they are doing! This class is presented in two parts; NVC classroom, and an interactive swim with the Beluga Whales at SeaWorld. After lunch on your own, please return to PH206 before departing to SeaWorld. Please bring your swim suit; wetsuits are provided by SeaWorld. *THIS COURSE FOR NVC EMPLOYEES ONLY.

Target Audience: NVC Employees
Instructor: TBA
Performance Measure: Leadership, Communication Skills

Employee Development

Meetings are essential for team building, decision making, and collaboration. But poorly organized and inefficiently run meetings can drain employee morale and decrease productivity. This class will help maximize desired results from those attending meetings to those planning and hosting. Notes: Class enrollment limit: 16; register early!

Target Audience: Everyone NVC Employees
Instructor: Valarie Fluellen
Performance Measure: Work Quality/Reliability

Faculty Development

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Diana Muniz
Performance Measure: Organizing/Planning/Problem Solving

Faculty Development

SharePoint is an easy-to-set-up website that is just for your committee, your project or even your department which allows you to exchange information and documents to everyone in the group. Let us show you how this will make your group far more efficient and save you time.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Vivian Marioneaux
Performance Measure: Knowledge

Faculty Development

Even though, as the instructor, you know what you are talking about in class, do your students? Are they aware of the fundamental concepts you are expressing? Are they comprehending the most powerful concepts you give them each day? This session will give you the tools to communicate those goals and course outcomes effectively.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Led by the Critical Thinking Team.
Performance Measure: Organizing/Planning/Problem Solving

Faculty Development

Blackboard Vista Designer tools (required) MUST BE enrolled in Full Track or Fast Track Training program to register.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Dr. Laura Reza-Hernandez
Performance Measure: Knowledge

Employee Development

"Process Mapping" introduces us to the basic knowledge and techniques involved in data collection, interviewing, analyzing, and clearly documenting work processes. Facilitator, Marlene Masten.

Target Audience: Staff
Instructor: Marlene Masten
Performance Measure: Knowledge; Work Quality/Reliability

Faculty Development

Do you feel like your students sometimes just regurgitate what they have heard from others and don't really think about the things they say? As teachers we need to insure students are thinking reasonably and with sound judgment and support. Enhancing our student's critical thinking skills will enable them to support their work with better sources as well as argue their points more effectively.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Led by the Critical Thinking Team.
Performance Measure: Knowledge

Faculty Development

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Yalitza Guerra
Performance Measure: Knowledge

Faculty Development

This is a required session for all faculty to serve on hiring teams. This session will include information about faculty hiring teams at NVC to include policies and procedures. It will also include the mandatory annual EEO session to serve on search teams. This session will be led by Jimmie Bruce/Manuel Cerda. College Cypress Center Lago Vista Room 121 1:00pm - 2:30

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Jimmie Bruce and Manuel Cerda
Performance Measure: Knowledge

Faculty Development

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: Kristina McKinney
Performance Measure: Work Quality/Reliability

Faculty Development

Breakthroughs in understanding of how the brain works has focused attention of the importance of creativity in thought processes, even in fields such as science which are usually associated with logical rather than creative thought. What are the implications for higher education? How can we foster the growth of creative thought in our students? Fine and performing arts faculty Jane King, Melissa Marlowe, Mimi Duvall and Bill Colangelo will present a brief theoretical overview followed by concrete hands-on classroom activities that can inspire new teaching ideas in a cross-disciplinary way.

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: J. King, M. Marlowe, M. Duvall and B.Colangelo
Performance Measure: Teamwork/Team Building

Faculty Development

This one-day session will offer advanced training focusing on conflict resolution and group dynamics. Participants will be introduced to different problem-solving strategies and advanced cooperative learning techniques. All faculty are invited to this session. Certificates of completion are available for all faculty. Please register via the Professional Development website: http://www.accd.edu/nvc/employees/facultyandstaff/calendar/fs-calendar.asp For questions contact Ralph (rmendez62@alamo.edu) or Jo Ann (jgonzalez668@alamo.edu). This session will be located in Learning Center (Library) Room 116 from 9:00am to 4:00pm

Target Audience: Faculty
Instructor: The Cooperative Learning Team
Performance Measure: Organizing/Planning/Problem Solving