Last semester, the Academic Senate chose Laura Rendon’s Sentipensante (Sensing / Thinking) Pedagogy as one of two shared faculty reads for the coming year.
I would like to begin our look at the relationship between flex week and our teaching and learning discussion by reminding everyone that reading Rendon’s book is a great way to earn flex credit on your own schedule while joining a campus-wide conversation.
Here is the library’s electronic copy if you wish to start right away, or you can wait until Friday January 19th and join facilitators Maria Figueroa, Edward Pohlert, and Teresa Guinon in a first look at some of the book’s key ideas (no prior reading required!):
Sentipensante Pedagogy: 7 Myths of Higher Education
12-1:30 PM Aztlan A/B
While almost every workshop offered during flex can tie back to the classroom in some way or another, here is our list of flex week workshops their presenters have identified as having a particular focus on teaching and learning:
Friday January 12
- 9 AM Learning Communities Gearing Up OC 4611
- 10 AM Mental Health in the Classroom OC 3510
- 1 PM Constructing Successful Honors Contracts OC 3516
Tuesday January 16
- 9 AM Understanding the Student Code of Conduct SAN 202
- 10 AM Effective Writing Prompts OC 3608
- 11 AM STEM in HSIs OC 3515
- 1 PM Constructing Successful Honors Contracts OC 3102
- 1 PM Learning Communities Gearing Up OC 3611
- 2 PM Trauma Informed Colleges OC 3507
- 2:30 PM Honors Writing Assignments: support and rigor OC 3515
Wednesday January 17
- 11:30 AM Service Learning: Learn, Serve, Apply and Reflect OC 3450 – Aztlan A
- 12 Noon: What’s new on the VHL Supersite? OC 4701
- 12 Noon: Avoiding Cheating in Online Classes OC 3516
Thursday January 18
- 9 AM ZTC & LTC @ MCC Library OC 1201
- 9 AM ZTC & LTC @ MCC Library SAN 107
- 9 AM Strategies for Facilitating Group Projects OC 3516
- 9 AM Every Teacher Count$ OC Aztlan B
- 10:30 AM Show you what? Learn about Public Records Requests OC 3512
- 11:00 AM ScholarScapes OC 1068 – Boardroom
- 1 PM FERPA – The Basics ONLINE
- 1 PM STEM CenterBrainstorming & Programming OC 3609
- 3 PM STREAM: 14th Annual STEM Festival OC 3606
Friday January 19
- 12 Noon Sentipensante Pedagogy: 7 Myths of Higher Education Aztlan A/B
I hope this list of teaching and learning related flex week opportunities sparks some ideas for you. I am very grateful to our colleagues who have made the time to share their teaching and thinking with us, and I hope you will support their efforts by joining them when it best suits your own schedule and professional development agenda.
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PDP Coordinator