Faculty Development Opportunities

Faculty Development Opportunities — 11/25/2020

Faculty Development Opportunities At-a-Glance

How to Be an Antiracist L&A Community Dec. 2 2–3:00

Creating Your Faculty Professional Portfolio Dec. 3 1-2:30

Journaling During Difficult Times Dec. 11 11-12:00

See descriptions below; register through the SLCC Registration System under Faculty Development, unless otherwise noted. All faculty are invited to attend.

Do you want to gather with colleagues in a safe, online format? Participate in a Learning & Action Community.

How to be an Antiracist

Dec. 2

2–3pm; virtual

Join the Humanities and Languages department in a discussion for the book titled How to be an Antiracist, by Ibram Kendi. The group will read the first 150 pages for this first meeting and the remaining pages for the second session. All staff and faculty are invited to attend.

Contact facultydevelopment@slcc.edu for a copy of either of these books.

Have you taken the Creating a Faculty Professional Portfolio online course?

Creating a Faculty Professional Portfolio Consultations
Dec. 3
1:00-2:30pm; virtual
(additional consultation times available in January 2021)

If you have taken the Creating a Faculty Portfolio course, join Emily Dibble from ePortfolio and Tiffany Rousculp from Writing Across the College for a consultation on your professional portfolio. If you have not taken the course, do that first as it will answer many questions you may have. Register for both the course and the consultation in the SLCC Registration System under the department “ePortfolio”.

Take a few minutes for yourself…

Journaling During Difficult Times
Dec. 11, 2020
11:00am-12:00pm; virtual
Learn how writing can reduce stress, how to get started and keep going!
No doubt about it: we are all under a lot of stress right now. Did you know that writing can be useful tool for coping with it? In fact, writing regularly has been shown to reduce anxiety and improve one’s mood. In this workshop, you’ll learn:
Learning Objectives
• Why writing can help reduce stress
• Different ways to use writing to reduce stress
• Strategies for getting started and keeping going

Zoom link will be sent out prior to the meeting.

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