4C/SD Conference
2016
Success through Synergy: Connect, Collaborate, Create
April 7-8, 2016
Doubletree Hotel
Claremont, CA
www.4csd.cvc.edu
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4CSD Conference
April 7 – 8, 2016
Doubletree Hotel
555 W. Foothill Blvd.
Claremont CA 91711
Success through Synergy: Connect, Collaborate, Create
4C/SD is excited to announce that this year’s conference was planned in collaboration with the
Online Education Initiative (OEI). This partnership will allow us to share ideas for developing
your online professional development presence for your distance education needs as well as
campus wide professional development and community building. If you are new to professional
development leadership, please join us for our first-ever, New Professional Development
Practitioner’s Pre-Conference Workshop on Thursday morning.
Workshop sessions will focus on topics relevant to those who coordinate professional
development programs, Distance Education Coordinators, and faculty, staff, and administrators
who are involved with distance education. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Dena Maloney,
Superintendent-President at El Camino College. Dr. Maloney will share her perspective on the
significance of professional development programs and the importance of providing
professional development opportunities that promote successful, synergistic, and collaborative
professional development programs.
On Thursday, April 7th, the conference will begin with an optional New Professional
Development Practitioner’s Pre-Conference Workshop. The conference will officially begin at
noon with a fun ice breaker activity, lunch, breakout workshops, and GIFTS (Great Ideas for
Training Staff). The evening will conclude with a social hour, dinner, and awards ceremony.
The following day, Friday, April 8th, there will be a variety of workshop sessions with colleagues,
our keynote speaker, a preview of the new Professional Learning Network, a business meeting,
and board elections. You won’t want to miss a minute of this conference!
Come connect, collaborate, and create with your Professional Development and OEI/Distance
Education colleagues take away LOTS of professional development ideas that you can use on
your campus!
Please see page 2 for registration information. Questions? Please contact conference chair Jan
Schardt at jschardt@napavalley.edu or at (707) 256-7412 or Leslie Carr at
leslie.carr@canyons.edu or at (661) 362-3100.
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Register online at
http://4csdconference2016.eventbrite.com
DEADLINE TO REGISTER:
FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2016
Conference registration fee includes lunch and dinner on Thursday and breakfast and lunch
on Friday.
□ $495 for 4C/SD and OEI members
□ $550 for non-members
Hotel Reservations:
Please reserve hotel rooms directly with the Doubletree Hotel by contacting them at:
http://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/hotels/california/doubletree-by-hilton-hotel-claremontONTCLDT/index.html or by calling 909-626-2411. Please note that the conference registration
fee does not include hotel accommodations. Please let the hotel know that you are with the
4C/SD conference.
The Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Claremont is nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel
Mountains between Southern California's Inland Empire and the Los Angeles Basin on historic
Route 66. The hotel is located ten miles from the Ontario International Airport (ONT). Please
note Airport Shuttle service is not included in the conference registration fee.
Supershuttle is offering 10% OFF transportation from all airports, including Ontario (ONT), Los
Angeles International (LAX), John Wayne Orange County (SNA), Long Beach (LGB) and Burbank
(BUR). Please use code Z87GL if you plan to use the Supershuttle.
https://www.supershuttle.com/default.aspx?GC=LNZQP
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2016 4CSD Conference Agenda
Thursday, April 7, 2016
9:45-12:00
Conference Check-in
10:00-11:30
New Professional Development Practitioner’s Pre-Conference
Workshop (Optional)
12:00-12:45
Conference Welcome & Ice Breaker Activity
12:45-1:30
Lunch
1:45-3:00
Breakout Session #1
*Note – Some sessions will be repeated at other time blocks.
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SC4: Collaboration, Communication, Culture & Creativity at Sierra
College
Turning Professional Development into Improved Performance
Strengthening Your Professional Learning Climate Through New
Faculty Training Programs
Cultivating Inclusive Environments Online
Building a Successful DE Professional Development Program: If
You Build It, They Will Come
3:00-3:30
Hotel Check- In
3:30-4:45
Breakout Session #2
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*SC4: Collaboration, Communication, Culture & Creativity at
Sierra College
*Turning Professional Development into Improved Performance
Instructional Media: Copyright, Creative Commons, and Create
Your Own
*Cultivating Inclusive Environments Online
Re-Envisioning Your Online Course: Using the OEI Rubric for SelfAssessment
4:45-5:45
Continue Hotel check-in & Free Time
5:45-6:30
GIFTS- Great Ideas for Training Staff
 Model Best Practices and Technology Every Time You Present!
 Developing Guidelines for Training Facilitators
 Framing Canvas: Leveraging Canvas for Smart Course Design
 LEAP & Management Academy
6:30-7:30
Social Hour
7:30-9:00
Dinner & 4CSD Awards
Friday, April 8, 2016
7:30-8:30
Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30
Preview of the NEW Professional Learning Network
Paul Steenhausen, Executive Director
Success Center for California Community Colleges
9:45-11:00
Breakout session #3
 Onboarding at Coast Community College District
 Statewide Survey Results on Professional Development Are In!
 Staff Development and Online Student Support Services –
Connecting Students and Support
 Engaged Faculty + Active Classroom = Successful Students:
Building a Success Professional Development Plan by Integrating
Technology and Best Practices in F2F, Web-enhanced, and Hybrid
Environments
 Common Assessment – Coming to a College Near You!
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11:15-12:30
Breakout session #4
 5 Tips for Improving Accessibility in Online Offerings
 Compliance and the Online Education Initiative (OEI) – Using OEI
Resources to Facilitate the Development of Quality Online Courses
and Associated Professional Development Activities
 Developing a Canvas Community for the CCC
 Reflection & Renewal
12:30-1:15
Lunch
1:15 – 1:45
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Dena Maloney, Superintendent/President
El Camino College
Dr. Dena P. Maloney will speak to the critical importance of professional
development. Change from every direction is impacting our colleges in
ways unimaginable even a few short years ago. Understanding evolving
student needs, keeping pace with technology advances, and our
institutions’ responsiveness to change impact the way in which we think
about professional development. Ensuring that professional
development for all employees is an integral part of institutional planning
is a key component in institutional effectiveness and student success.
1:45-2:15
4CSD Business Meeting, Election of Board Members
2:30-3:00
Closing Remarks/Conference Concludes
Notes:__________________________________________________________________
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Thursday, April 7
Pre-Conference Workshop 10:00 – 11:30am
New Professional Development Practitioner’s Workshop
Presenters: Leslie Carr, College of the Canyons; Sharon Beynon, Ventura College; and
Katie O’Brien, Rio Hondo College
You are invited to participate in a special pre-conference workshop just for new professional
development coordinators! The presenters will share their experience with you on how to
develop a Professional Development Program Plan that addresses the needs of all employee
groups. You will learn about:
 Committee structures
 Needs assessment surveys and focus groups
 Evaluations (workshop and program)
 Budgeting
 Hiring speakers/presenters
 Putting together a professional development program for all employee groups
 Annual reporting to the chancellor’s office
 What is FLEX/tracking FLEX hours
 What counts as FLEX
 Marketing your professional development offerings
 Working with administration to garner support for professional development
 And much more!
Questions you may have and other topics not listed above are encouraged.
Thursday, April 7
Breakout Workshops – Session #1
1:45 – 3:00pm
SC4: Collaboration, Communication, Culture & Creativity at Sierra College
Presenters: Josh Breese, Joan Basque, and Susan Lucyga, Sierra College
The Sierra College Staff Development department will share how we provide interest based
bargaining/collaborative process training for staff members at every level. Highlights include
team building, trust building, and creativity exercises, all of which help create a collaborative
working environment.
Turning Professional Development into Improved Performance
Presenter: Bob Nash, Coastline Community College
Participants will learn techniques to get more from their faculty/staff development budgets of
all sizes. The presenter will demonstrate Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Evaluation and other tools to
improve training, job performance, and institutional outcomes.
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Thursday, April 7
Breakout Workshops – Session #1
1:45 – 3:00pm
Strengthening Your Professional Learning Climate through New Faculty
Training Programs
Presenter: David Betancourt, Cerritos College
This workshop will focus on New Faculty Orientation Programs and how they can positively
impact the professional learning climate on campus; more engaged faculty, relevant PL
offerings, and increased attendance. Sharing of ideas and success stories will be encouraged.
Cultivating Inclusive Environments Online
Presenter: Janelle Williams Melendrez and Tracy Schaelen, Southwestern College
Many understand the importance and impact of fostering an inclusive environment that
respects diversity and provides culturally appropriate instruction in a face-to face classroom,
yet this idea has not been fully explored in distance education. How can we create an inclusive
and welcoming environment for online students? Is there a connection between inclusion and
retention? What role might unconscious bias play in an online environment, and how can we
recognize and address its impact? This session will explore these issues and provide practical
strategies for building a safe, interactive space in which all students are valued and can thrive.
Building a Successful Distance Education Professional Development Program: If
You Build It, They Will Come
Presenters: Pat James (OEI), Micah Orloff (@ONE), Michelle Pilati (OEI), Anna Stirling (@ONE)
This session will explore the benefits of providing faculty and staff members of a college with
consistently offered, academy style, professional development opportunities. The presentation
will include not only ideas for building your own program but strategies for changing up the way
professional development is accomplished combining both traditional, in-person activities with
online follow-up activities and vice versa! Building on the success of the Teaching Learning
Academy at Mt. San Jacinto College, presenters will chronicle both past successes and the recent
activities of the OEI PD and collaborative meeting efforts.
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Thursday, April 7
Breakout Workshops – Session #2
3:30 – 4:45pm
SC4: Collaboration, Communication, Culture & Creativity at Sierra College
Presenters: Josh Breese, Joan Basque, and Susan Lucyga, Sierra College
The Sierra College Staff Development department will share how we provide interest based
bargaining/collaborative process training for staff members at every level. Highlights include
team building, trust building, and creativity exercises, all of which help create a collaborative
working environment.
Turning Professional Development into Improved Performance
Presenter: Bob Nash, Coastline Community College
Participants will learn techniques to get more from their faculty/staff development budgets of
all sizes. The presenter will demonstrate Kirkpatrick’s Levels of Evaluation and other tools to
improve training, job performance, and institutional outcomes.
Instructional Media: Copyright, Creative Commons, and Create Your Own
Presenter: Anna Stirling, @ONE/Mt. San Jacinto College
With digital media resources becoming ever easier to locate and use as part of our instructional
content, it is important to understand the rights associated with these resources. This
workshop will provide a brief overview of what copyright is and to whom it applies; introduce
you to aspects of copyright law that have implications for faculty and instructional designers;
explain creative commons licensing; and provide you with resources for creating your own
instructional media.
Cultivating Inclusive Environments Online
Presenter: Janelle Williams Melendrez and Tracy Schaelen, Southwestern College
Many understand the importance and impact of fostering an inclusive environment that
respects diversity and provides culturally appropriate instruction in a face-to face classroom,
yet this idea has not been fully explored in distance education. How can we create an inclusive
and welcoming environment for online students? Is there a connection between inclusion and
retention? What role might unconscious bias play in an online environment, and how can we
recognize and address its impact? This session will explore these issues and provide practical
strategies for building a safe, interactive space in which all students are valued and can thrive.
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Thursday, April 7
Breakout Workshops – Session #2
3:30 – 4:45pm
Re-Envisioning Your Online Course: Using the OEI Rubric for Self-Assessment
Presenter: Lene Whitley-Putz, @ONE
This workshop will explore how the Online Education Initiative’s Course Design Rubric can be
used during course development as a tool for assessing online courses and developing
strategies for improving the overall course design, communication, collaboration, assessments,
and accessibility of online courses.
Friday, April 8
Breakout Workshops – Session #3
9:45 – 11:00am
Onboarding at Coast Community College District
Presenter: Meg Yanalunas, Coastline Community College
This session will provide information on an employee onboarding framework that can be
customized to serve the diverse need of each constituent group. This framework will support
institutional effectiveness best practices, accreditation standard III.A and will provide for a
consistent initial professional development for all employees during their first 90 days of
employment. The presentation will demonstrate the journey, wins and challenges when bringing
change to a longstanding current practice.
Statewide Survey Results on Professional Development Are In!
Presenter: Debbie Weatherly, California Community College Classified Senate (4CS)
Come find out what classified are saying their professional development needs are, and some of
the issues that keep them from receiving professional development!
Staff Development and Online Student Support Services – Connecting Students
and Support
Presenters: Jory Hadsell and Bonnie Peters, OEI
Providing students with access to online support services is only the beginning to expanding the
availability of such services and to ensuring that the college’s online students are receiving the
services the college is required to provide. How can staff, counseling faculty, and instructional
faculty work together to connect online students to supportive services?
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Friday, April 8
Breakout Workshops – Session #3
9:45 – 11:00am
Engaged Faculty + Active Classroom = Successful Students: Building a Success
Professional Development Plan by Integrating Technology and Best Practices in
F2F, Web-enhanced, and Hybrid Environments
Presenter: Sharon Beynon, Ventura College
The Ventura College Professional Development and Distance Education team members will offer
a comprehensive guide to integrating technology and best practices into classrooms and
professional development in order to build a campus culture around student engagement and
success.
Common Assessment – Coming Soon to a College Near You!
Presenter: Jennifer Coleman, Common Assessment Initiative
CCCAssess will begin rolling out across the state in the fall for spring 2017 placements.
Extensive professional development opportunities are being offered to colleges as they
implement the robust local placement models required for student success. Come hear firsthand
about how the work will directly impact you and your campus.
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Friday, April 8
Breakout Workshops – Session #4
11:15am-12:30pm
5 Tips for Improving Accessibility in Online Offerings
Presenter: Anna Stirling, @ONE/Mt. San Jacinto College
When discussing content creation; accessibility is something that needs to be part of the
conversation. Unfortunately, the task of creating accessible content is one that can seem
intimidating or daunting at first thought; however, designing with accessibility in mind can
make the task a lot easier to accomplish. During this workshop we’ll discuss five things you can
do to increasing the usability of your content during (or after) the creation process.
Compliance and the Online Education Initiative (OEI) – Using OEI Resources to
Facilitate the Development of Quality Online Courses and Associated
Professional Development Activities
Presenters: Pat James and Michelle Pilati, OEI
The OEI’s Course Design Rubric provides a modifiable standard for online course quality that can
be adopted locally. How can the Rubric be integrated into local professional development
efforts? And how can the Rubric assist in ensuring that your courses are designed to facilitate
student success and compliant with relevant regulations, accreditation standards, and law? This
session will highlight the usefulness of the Rubric and share approaches to its implementation at
the local level.
Developing a Canvas Community for the California Community College
Presenter: Greg Beyrer, Cosumnes River College
One of the distinguishing features of the Canvas learning management system is its Community,
which allows all of its users to find help, propose product ideas, and connect with each other.
Come to this session to learn more about we in the CCC can use the Canvas Community to share
our experiences and leverage our voice to ensure that the Canvas system best serves our
students.
Reflection and Renewal
Presenter: Katie O’Brien, Rio Hondo College
Reflection and Renewal (R&R) is a professional development program that brings together all
employee groups and provides opportunities for ongoing professional and personal
revitalization. This session will offer a brief experience of the work, a summary of its history at
Rio Hondo College, and explain how your campus can get involved.
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