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4/20/2012 1 Creating a Dynamic Professional Development Conference within Your Institution

Dennis Headrick PhD, VP of Instruction Carolyn Butler MS, Coordinator, Professional Development Southeast Community College Lincoln, Nebraska www.southeast.edu

Southeast Community College

• 2 year public institution
• Established in 1973
• Blend of career/technical training
• 10,000 students, 92% graduate placement
• 360 faculty, 325 staff

Today’s Goals

Review 4 W’s Operationalize Resources Generate excitement!

Foundation for Implementation

• f In-house Conference

Cultural Shift Communication Collaboration

Why Was This Needed?

• One Size Fits All Mentality
• For years - all employees
• together
• A single speaker all day – boring!
• Impossible to find speaker who could impact all

type of employees

• Employees would talk, read newspapers, work on

computers – Not interested!

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College Initiatives Drove Training

 Initiatives implemented by divisions

 Not possible with everyone together

 Instructional Division took the lead –

 21st Century Computer Skills  Computer Skills Training in Microsoft  Required – Professional Development

w/assessment that required a grade of B

Relevant/ Dynamic/ Fun

What do employees want? – Find out. How do they want it? – What is the format? Do some fun things! – Drum Circle

Best In-Service Ever

Goal from SCC’s President: Kind of like life, this might be your last, so make it the best that it can be!

Must Do’s

 Start Early

 8-9 month prior get started

 Leadership

 President  VP’s /Deans  Professional Development Office

 Covey: Plan your Work. Work your Plan.

Divide by Employee Classification

 Form Planning Teams by Classification Instruction, Student Services, Physical Plant (Custodians/Maintenance), Support Services, and Secretaries  Do what makes sense for your college and your classifications.  Make sure people are involved in their classification area – some want to stay or wander, (i.e. Secretaries)

Birds of a feather stick together!

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Classification Teams

 Teams of 8-15 employees (depends on institution size)  Select a strong leader for each team.  Work with your Prof. Dev. Or HR Office.  Have Adm. Reps on the teams to help stay focused.  Determine themes, if any – college, classification, etc.

Team Responsibilities - Decisions

 Give them parameters – timeline, budget  Let the team decide the content of the day.  Let them make the decisions – build on consensus.  Help them “own the day.”  Make them responsible for the day, and be involved.  Delegation is important. Get others involved.

Communication!

 Vital – Listen to new ideas/new voices  Who – Team members/Identify and Recognize  What – Get the word out! Create buzz!  Why – Review benefits for attending/Purpose  How ?

 Explain. How was this decision made? If multiple

campuses or a event center deal with travel issues  Numerous channels to get the word out/Repeat

Best Breakouts

 Survey  Interactive  In-house talent  Relevance--Variety--Requirements  Moderators

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All College In-Service Agenda

Morning Session 8:00 – 8:30 Registration 8:30 – 9:15 Welcome-Dennis Headrick State of the College-Jack Huck Update – Richard Becker 9:15 – 9:30 Break 9:30 – 10:20 QBQ: The Question Behind the Question - David Levin (Personal Accountability) 10:20 – 10:30“Stretch” Break 10:30 – 11:45 QBQ with David Levin continues 11:45 – 12:35 Lunch Afternoon Session 12:45 – 1:50 QBQ Action Sessions 2:00 – 2:30 Break/Light Snack 2:30 – 3:00 LAMB Awards - Don Byrnes 3:00 – 3:30 United Way Campaign AAWCC Prizes Grand Prize Drawing Closing Remarks- Carolyn Butler

*Note these breakout sessions are for the All College In-Service and available ONLY to the Instructional and Continuing Education Divisions* Session I 1:00-1:50 Session II 2:00-2:50

Speaker Moderator Title & Description Room Speaker Moderator Title & Description Room

1 Enoch Hale Nathan Watermeier Introduction to Foundational Critical Thinking Concepts and Instructional Strategies Participants will be introduced to a robust and cross-disciplinary conception of critical thinking. We will discuss foundational critical thinking concepts and principles and, in doing so, participants will explore the intimate relationship between what it means to think critically and how we can design instruction to promote critical thought. Based on best practices in teaching and learning, participants will engage and discuss specific instructional strategies designed to foster critical thought and the cultivation of higher order thinking skills. The instructional strategies act as examples of what can do on a typical day of class, so at the end

• f the session participants should have a short list of practical strategies they can immediately incorporate into their instruction.

U-107 2 Ken Kiewra Sharon Rehn SOAR: A method for teaching and learning Instructors want students to SOAR to success, but some students are grounded because they fail to Select important information, Organize and Associate it, and Regulate learning. Fortunately, instructors can teach in ways that help students SOAR and can teach students how to SOAR. U-103 3 Deb Averett Patty Killman Basic to Intermediate Outlook Training & VTC Overview U-118 18 Deb Averett Rebecca Burt Articulate Software An add-on to PowerPoint that provides for interactivity U-118 4 Ranelle Maltas Marcie Broad Online Presentation Alternatives Learn about more than 15 presentation alternatives that can be used in place of, or as a supplement to, PowerPoint

• presentations. Create unique presentations,

access them anywhere, and share them with the world. T-6 19 Ranelle Maltas Sandeep Holay Emerging Technologies in Higher Education Learn what UNL's Technology Training Services Manager views as the top 10 most useful technology tools and/or services in environments of higher learning. T-6 5 Kathy Shellogg Glenn Pasho Rubrics 101 Rubrics are assessment tools that foster student learning and help faculty evaluate student progress more effectively. Learn how to clarify goals, expectation, and focus while helping students achieve success. U-116 20 Kathy Shellogg Janet Claassen Changing Assessment at SCC The Assessment Team is looking at new ways to enhance programs, instruction, and student learning through assessment. Come and join the discussion. U-116

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Create Unity

 Separate but united  Perception of fairness

 Key presenters for all groups  Same meals

 Allow time for networking  Examples: T-shirts

Examples (cont):

• Name tags—color

coordinated

• Video --- New

College programs

• Video – FlashMob

SCC Likes to Move It!

SCC likes to Move It!

(marker 2:40:30 --- 3:24:62)

Logistics

 Budget  Physical location  A/V  Delegate tasks  Food!

Make It Better

 Follow-up surveys  Filter surveys to identify what works, what doesn’t  Team debriefing  Celebrate your successes!

Goals

4 W’s Operationalize Resources Generate excitement!

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Questions?

Carolyn Butler cbutler@southeast.edu 402.323.3409 Dennis Headrick dheadrick@southeast.edu 402.323.3427

Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bwz-Hn8KCja8WUFsNjgybkI4d3c

Thank you for your participation!