MONDAY — spring 2009 flex week

HIGHLIGHT EVENTS

Breakfast with Brian
Join Brian King, Cabrillo College president, for an informal dialog to discuss space allocation, master planning, the state of the budget and other topics of interest.

8:30-10AM
Forum 450
Brian King

Pathways to Prosperity – Former Cabrillo Career Technical Education Students in Real Life
What are the benefits of a Career Technical Education (CTE) at Cabrillo College? Discover what happens after our CTE students move on. We will share the results of an extensive analysis of nine years of survey data. Additionally, we will explore post-college employment, student wage gains, job satisfaction and educational satisfaction. Have you ever wondered what types of jobs your former students secure once they have left your classroom? Come find out.

10AM-12NOON
508
Craig Hayward and Natalia Córdoba-Velásquez

Lessons Learned: Tips from the Past/Strategies for the Future
Enjoy celebrating Cabrillo’s 50th Anniversary by joining current and emeriti Cabrillo faculty in discussing effective teaching strategies. Reflections on teaching will come from past Floyd Younger and John Hurd Award recipients. This promises to be
a lively discussion.

1–3PM
Forum 450
Rosemary Brogan, Micki Witzig, Terry Fetterman, Jane Gregorius, Sandy Lydon, Rich Hart, Rhodna Brown, Joanne Allan, Andre Neu, and Dave Schwartz

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Breakfast with Brian
Join Brian King, Cabrillo College president, for an informal dialog to discuss space allocation, master planning, the state of the budget and other topics of interest.

8:30-10AM
Forum 450
Brian King

Technology Boot Camp—New Camper Orientation
Come meet the Teaching & Learning Center staff and let us demonstrate what technology is available to all faculty and staff.

8-10AM
1096
Francine Van Meter

Yoga: Moving into Relaxation
This is an all levels Yoga workshop designed to reduce stress through asana practice, breath awareness and deep relaxation. Poses will be taught to help participants identify areas of tension and tightness. Then, while staying
within your range of comfort, conscious relaxation allows that tension to be slowly released. Gentle and comfortable breathing practices will be taught and participants will be guided through a long deep relaxation.

10–11:30AM
Gymnasium
Don Bard

Instructional Program Planning
Programs beginning the instructional planning process this spring will meet to review the process and obtain planning data specific to your department. There is a mandatory meeting for those faculty whose programs are beginning the instructional planning process in spring 2009: CIS (Cisco Networking, System Administration, Database Management), Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Digital Media, Economics, Foreign Languages, Human Services, Math, Philosophy, Psychology, Real Estate, Studio Art, and Women’s Studies.

10AM-12NOON
Hort 5005
Renée Kilmer

Pathways to Prosperity – Former Cabrillo Career Technical Education Students in Real Life
What are the benefi ts of a Career Technical Education (CTE) at Cabrillo College? Discover what happens after our CTE students move on. We will share the results of an extensive analysis of nine years of survey data. Additionally, we will explore post-college employment, student wage gains, job satisfaction and educational satisfaction. Have you ever wondered what types of jobs your former students secure once they have left your classroom? Come find out.

10AM-12NOON
508
Craig Hayward and Natalia Córdoba-Velásquez

Transfer Challenges
Cabrillo’s numbers of students transferring to the UC system have been declining over the last several years. Join a panel of instructors and counselors to discuss the issues associated with transfer education. How do we encourage and support students in their transfer plans and programs? What works and what does not work? Are our students who enter Cabrillo ready to take the classes needed for transfer? How can we create and sustain the academic and student support environment that helps students to achieve their transfer goals?

10AM-Noon
405
Rosemary Brogan, Mario Garcia, Michael Mangin, and Donna Mekis

Communication of Student Progress: When the news isn’t good
This workshop develops clear written communication of student progress when warnings and probation contracts are necessary to support the student toward course outcomes. This activity is designed primarily for clinical adjunct faculty who evaluate students in the clinical area. Other faculty are welcome and may find much of the material applicable to your own course. A presentation of work done by the nursing department to improve written formal communication will be presented. Discussion is encouraged, and as time allows, actual written material will be critiqued. Participants are encouraged to bring samples to the workshop for discussion (prepared for overhead projection). A panel membership of administration, faculty and students will participate in a closing panel discussion.

10AM-12NOON
1521
Dorothy Nunn and Lee Brunngraber

Lessons Learned: Tips from the Past/Strategies for the Future
Enjoy celebrating Cabrillo’s 50th Anniversary by joining current and emeriti Cabrillo faculty in discussing effective teaching
strategies. Reflections on teaching will come from past Floyd Younger and John Hurd Award recipients. This promises to be
a lively discussion.

1–3PM
Forum 450
Rosemary Brogan, Micki Witzig, Terry Fetterman, Jane Gregorius, Sandy Lydon, Rich Hart, Rhodna Brown, Joanne Allan, Andre Neu, and Dave Schwartz

WebAdvisor 101
WebAdvisor provides faculty with online access to their rosters, census, and more. Th is workshop is designed for new faculty and those who are still a little tentative with using WebAdvisor. More experienced faculty should consider attending Tuesday's workshop from 1-3PM.

1-3PM
1096
Paula Macias and Loren Washburn

Helping Students Cope with Violence, Loss and Grief
In a community as small as Cabrillo it is striking to see the number of students aff ected by loss, exposure to violence, and death. In the Fall of 2008 at least two violent deaths have had a dramatic impact on students. The new wave of veterans returning to our community from war zones is beginning to grow on campus. Annually, the reverberations of suicides are felt throughout the campus. The unresolved feelings related to these losses and the exposure to violence heavily impedes one’s ability to function well and places students at risk for depression, substance abuse and other emotional diffi culties. Unresolved feelings often lead to post-traumatic responses which we see in the classroom and around the campus. Absences, difficulties with concentration, tearfulness and even reactive behavior are common symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Th is workshop is designed to help faculty and staff discuss ways we can help students dealing with complicated grief, loss and exposure to violence. We will discuss ways to design curriculum to help students and explore other pedagogical approaches to dealing with these experiences in their lives. Additionally, community resources will also be identified.

1-3PM
508
Patrick Meyer, Diego Navarro, and Dianne Avelar

Faculty Senate Meeting
Come to the first faculty senate meeting of 2009, held at the Watsonville Center. Catch up on the latest news affecting faculty and get an opportunity to visit Watsonville. At this meeting you will learn about how the Senate functions as an integral part of the shared governance process on campus. Light refreshments will be served.

3-5PM
Watsonville Center
Steve Hodges

The NEW and IMPROVED www.cabrillo.edu
Join us for a look at the new college website that a cast of hundreds is feverishly working on for launch in July 2009. See the new templates and learn how you can convert your existing pages to this exciting new design.

3-5PM
517
John Mauceri and Mary Planding

Sustainable Cabrillo
Find out about progress, possibilities and people involved in making Cabrillo more sustainable in all ways. Help make plans
and prioritize strategies to keep Cabrillo growing greener through current and future challenges.

3-5PM
406
Karen Groppi, Michelle Merrill, and Elissa Wagner

Beyond the Classroom with Blackboard Basics
In this workshop, you’ll learn online instructional techniques and develop a plan to deliver your teaching online whether it is one lesson or an entire course. Find out what distinguishes distance learning from face-to-face instruction, and best practices for course design.

3–5PM
1096
Francine Van Meter

Latino Issues and the Cabrillo College Student
What are the issues aff ecting Latino/a students at Cabrillo College? What struggles do AB540 students encounter and how can we help? What is the current legislative status of AB540? How can we help Latino/a students succeed in the classroom? CHAC, the Cabrillo Hispanic Aff airs Council, would like to sponsor an information and discussion session focusing on various topics concerning Latino/a students and college success. Handouts, defi nitions, student presentations, plus more, perhaps even a short film. Please join us to discuss these important issues directly aff ecting so many of our students.

5–7PM
406
Adela Najarro

Orientation for New Adjunct Faculty
This workshop is designed for new adjunct faculty to introduce them to the college and familiarize them with college processes and procedures. How do you handle a waitlist? What about disruptive students? What accommodations might a student with a learning disability request of you? What is WebAdvisor and how are you expected to use it? Get answers to these and other questions and handouts vital to a successful first semester at Cabrillo. Don’t miss it!

5:30–7:30PM
Hort 5005
Rock Pfotenhauer

IP Phone Training
Get acquainted with your new phone and become a savvy communicator on campus. Learn how to use basic features on Cisco IP phones to place calls, answer calls, transfer and forward calls, in addition to more advanced features such as conference calls or forwarding your calls to another office on campus. Learn how to maximize the use of IP telephony by using your web browser to change your password or set up a personal address book.

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Flex Week
8–10AM / 10AM–12NOON /1–3PM / 3–5PM
SAC East 225