Past Events and Programs

SOTL (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)

SOTL is a BC community of scholarship in its second year. In 2022-23, participants from multiple disciplines and divisions focused on demographic identifying information for the student coupled with their work using Canvas gradebook.  This year, the group plans to look at other information that is captured within ctcLink. Some of the data of interest is the ...

Standing with Standing Rock

By asserting sovereignty over their territories and demanding that treaties be honored, the Indigenous nations of Turtle Island (North America) are at the forefront of resistance against the extractive industries that are fueling the climate crisis. In 2016, Indigenous youth from the Standing Rock Tribe launched a grassroots movement to stop the construction of the ...

Stay Comfortable while Teaching & Working Online

To have a long career teaching online, learning how to stay comfortable while you do it is essential! This class uses the Feldenkrais Methodsm  to teach the body awareness, curiosity, and skills needed to build movement habits that keep you out of pain. You'll learn how to sit using your whole body to support your ...

Step by Step from On-ground to a Virtual Classroom -NEW

This comprehensive resource is for individual instructors who are moving their on-ground courses to a remote/virtual classroom this spring. In it, you will have access to: A Getting Started template you can import to all of your courses Planning your first 3 weeks by April 8 Curriculum sharing and planning guides Access to Open Educational ...

Student Engagement

No matter how long you’ve been teaching, this transformational offering is for you! Why? Students’ engagement in the classroom can positively impact their learning, success, and persistence in college. As instructors, you can impact students’ interest and investment by enriching your awareness of the context of their identities (and yours), thoughtfully reflecting on relevant frameworks ...

Student Engagement Strand

No matter how long you’ve been teaching, this transformational offering is for you! The Student Engagement Strand centers on active learning and community building in the classroom. The strand begins with an interactive investigation of how we learn and then uses that brain research as a foundation for workshops on active learning, community building, facilitating ...

Student Projects: Fostering Effective Team Dynamics

When you have students work on projects, should you have students pick their own teammates or should you place them into groups? Well, it depends on what you want them to learn. How do you teach soft skills like teamwork and collaborative learning? When one member of a student team isn’t pulling their weight, when ...

Supporting Survivors in the Classroom

This two-session workshop will explore how you can respond to and support student survivors of sexual and domestic violence in your classroom. We will look at trauma-informed strategies for working with students and for creating a safer learning space. We’ll also discuss faculty’s responsibility for reporting incidents and how to communicate that role to students, ...

Teaching in the Diverse Classroom – One Day Workshop!

What does diversity mean in the community college classroom context? Join Eric Davis, Interim Dean of Social Science, in this one-day interactive event exploring the role diversity plays on our campus, particularly as instructors. Topics we plan to address throughout the day include:     The Language of Diversity—Feeling comfortable deploying terminology Cultural self-awareness—Understanding one’s ...

Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS) 101

Why Interdisciplinary Studies - IDS programs provide students with valuable learning opportunities to synthesize ideas and information from multiple disciplines. They learn to see connections between seemingly disconnected areas of study, thereby developing new insights and potential innovations in areas of interest to them. They become more effective communicators, critical thinkers, reasoners, and appreciators of ...