Monday, April 14, 3:00-4:00 p.m., via Zoom Full-Time faculty promotion materials are due April 21, 2025! Drop in to have your questions about the promotion process answered. No registration necessary! Contact Brian Casserly (brian.casserly@bellevuecollege.edu), FTPRC Chair, for more information.
Poly-synchronous: Canvas-based and 1 collaborative requirement (you and one other participant will collaborate on an assignment)Monday, April 28 – Friday, May 23 High 5 for Online Instruction is a required part of Phase II of the OETA. This course, facilitated by Madhura Sohani, leads faculty through 5 equity-creating practices that help online instructors build community, ...more about High 5 for Online Instruction
1 Friday, June 6 from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (including a 1-hour lunch break) via Zoom Our students are experiencing increased rates of anxiety, depression, and other mental health related concerns. This 1-day, 8-hour introductory workshop provides faculty with 1) a greater awareness of the impact of mental health, including learning to recognize the signs and ...more about Mental Health Advocacy
Meeting dates and times will be determined by the facilitator and teaching square participants. Positive! Supportive! Guided! Non-evaluative! Three remote full-group meetings determined by a poll (one in Week 2, Week 4, and one in Week 10) Two or three one-hour observations of synchronous online or on-ground classes Deadline to register is April 8. How ...more about Teaching Squares: Inclusive Pedagogy
Thursday, May 1, 12:30-1:30 p.m. in-person in D104H Join librarian Elena Maans-Lorincz in conversation about graphic novels and zines in the classroom and assignments. The BC Library has many graphic novels on a variety of topics, covering many subjects, and amplifying many voices. You may not think your area is represented in a graphic novel, ...more about Images and Words: Graphic Novels and Zines in the Classroom
5 Mondays, 2:30-3:30 p.m., April 28 & May 5, 12, 19, & June 2Hyflex in D104H and via Zoom, plus Canvas Critical Thinking has been the most widely claimed and assessed General Education outcome at our college, and it is consistently high on lists of what employers look for in college graduates. So how can ...more about Critical Thinking for Today’s Educator
Want to teach climate justice in your course, but not sure how and don’t have time to create the teaching materials? We’ve got you covered! Thirty climate justice lessons that include civic engagement and positive stories of change already exist in an online database. These lessons were created by your colleagues in Geology, Biology, Botany, ...more about Teach a Climate Justice Lesson Created by a Faculty Colleague
Are you interested in serving as a mentor next year (2025-26) in the Tenure Mentoring or Adjunct Mentoring Programs? If so, this is a required training for all those who would like to mentor in one or both of these programs. Or are you just interested in what effective mentoring is? We welcome you to ...more about Mentor Training Workshop: A Call for Faculty Mentors