Past Events and Programs

Faculty Writing Retreat: Support for Scholarly and Creative Work

The faculty at Bellevue College is a talented, knowledgeable group of people and many are actively publishing within their field. This two-day retreat aims to provide the time and space for faculty to increase their scholarship by writing and creating in a supported community, giving participants dedicated, justifiable time without distraction in which to focus ...

Filipino/a/x American Culture – NEW!

Take a deep dive into Filipino/a/x American culture, starting with cuisine and geography of the Philippines. Learn about colonialism and global influences on Philippine identity, indigeneity, and nationalism. Gain understanding of Filipino migration to the United States and globally as we flip through Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans (Cordova 1983). And hear about local places, people, ...

Finding and Implementing Open Educational Resources (OERs)

The materials we choose for our courses impact student success in multiple ways. The relevancy of the content to our students and the cost of those materials are two aspects that faculty can control, and using Open Educational Resources (OERs) is one strategy. Although OERs have been demonstrated to have measurable positive outcomes on student ...

Finding Resources and Building Collaborations for PBL

How do you make project-based learning even more impactful? This two-part workshop will explore resources and on-campus collaborations that can help you take project-based learning to the next level in your courses. We’ll investigate: Strategies for obtaining grants and leveraging on-campus sources of funding such as professional development funding, the RISE Award, the Lockwood, and ...

From Conflict to Resolution – How to Define and Discuss Tough Topics in the Workplace – NEW!

Despite our best efforts, at some point in our lives conflict is inevitable. This workshop combines Psychology and Communication principles to address the skills needed for handling disagreements in the most effective manner possible.  During this interactive workshop, participants will collaborate with faculty and staff members while exploring tools for defining problems, choosing the most ...

Going Beyond the Gradebook: Infusing a Coaching Approach to Instruction (New!) 

How would you describe the role you play in your classroom besides ‘teacher’? Are you an adviser, a manager, a mentor, a coach? The First-Year Seminar (FYS) program has adopted many aspects of a "coaching" philosophy to offset some of the shortcomings of traditional instruction to empower students to take more direct responsibility for certain ...

Harnessing the Power of Canvas Disaggregation Dashboards for Equitable Student Outcomes 

Faculty know Canvas as a powerful Learning Management System (LMS) with its own analytics tools. However, the new ability to combine both ctcLink and Canvas data now allows us to look at how our specific assignments and other teaching practices impact different sub-populations of students. Over the past two years, a select group of faculty ...

Harnessing the Power of Words in Everyday Communication

This winter, join Cheryl Engstrom, Marketing Faculty, in this brand-new workshop designed to provide you with the tools to write effective messages, emails, and announcements. Learn to write stronger, not longer, to create more powerful everyday business communications to faculty, staff, and students.  We will be reviewing and implementing techniques from the art of public ...

Healthy Boundaries for Effective Classroom Interactions – Cancelled

As we return to the campus, classroom, and other meeting spaces, we are all learning/re-learning how to connect with each other. We may be experiencing discomfort in the thought of how to establish healthy boundaries with our students to create safe learning spaces for everyone.  Master Jason Mix from Enso Center in Redmond will facilitate ...

High 5

High 5 is Bellevue College’s movement toward closing the student success gaps! Develop your teaching toolkit and share ideas with colleagues about how to implement 5 high-impact strategies proven to increase student retention rates because you and your students are connecting in meaningful ways. These practices are based on research literature from Achieving the Dream ...