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AGENDA ITEM BACKGROUND
TO: GOVERNING BOARD
DATE
June 11, 2012
FROM: PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
Fall 2012 Flex Week Activities
REASON FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION
INFORMATION
ENCLOSURE(S)
Page 1 of 1
Flex calendar provided
under separate cover
ITEM NUMBER
D.12
BACKGROUND:
The Staff Development Committee has organized five days of workshops and activities to take place from
Monday, August 20 through Friday, August 24, 2012. The theme for Fall 2012 Flex Week is Fostering
Inspiration: Learning from Each Other. Students often land at Cabrillo without a sense of how their
education will evolve into a career. Workshops and events will focus on what happens in the classroom, or
program, that helps students not only uncover their love of a subject, but motivates them to complete their
educational journey. Faculty and staff will share what inspires them to inspire others.
Workshop topics include challenges and best practices in the classroom, strategies used by specialized
programs designed to help first year college students succeed, and ways to enhance instructional programs
with an eye towards transfer and career preparation. Several workshops focus on creative student-centered
teaching strategies across the disciplines. Faculty are encouraged to learn how their peers have re-designed
their curriculum to address the diverse student population we serve. Titles include Accelerated Teaching
Techniques (brain-based teaching), On Course Integration: Challenges and Best Practices, Managing Active
Student Discourse in the Science Classroom, and No More Stinking Thinking! Help Students Create New
Habits to Improve Success (teaching basic skills students how to overcome obstacles to learning).
Additionally, flex week will offer topics on best practices in classroom management, use of data resources
for assessment of instructional effectiveness, workshops on developing workplace skills, and instructional
support services.
Fifty-one workshops are planned between Monday and Wednesday of that week. Faculty can choose to
attend these workshops, perform individual projects, or assist in student advising during registration.
Fourteen workshops have broad appeal to all College employees on a variety of topics. On Thursday, August
23, divisions and departments meet for discipline specific professional development activities and program
planning.
The Fall 2012 Flex Calendar was approved by the Staff Development Committee on April 26, 2012 and
approved by Faculty Senate on May 15, 2012.
The Fall 2012 Flex Calendar is also available on the Cabrillo website at:
go.cabrillo.edu/flex
Members of the Governing Board are invited and encouraged to participate in flex week.
Administrator Initiating Item:
Wanda Garner, Dean, NAS
Kathie Welch, Dean, HAWK
Academic and Professional Matter
 Yes ❑ No
If yes, Faculty Senate Agreement
Yes
Senate President Signature
❑ No
Final Disposition