Staff Development Day
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
RCTC Fieldhouse
Time
Activity
Presenter/Location
8:00 – 11:30 am
Facilitated Large Group Session
Cynthia Heelan
Fieldhouse
“Co-Creating Space for Heart
at Work”
11:30 – 12:15 pm
Service Award Recognitions
12:15 – 1:00 pm
Building a Sense of
Community
Lunch Opportunity
Lunch will be Provided
Fieldhouse
Cafeteria
1:00 – 2:00/2:30
pm
Breakout Sessions
Various Locations – See
Attached Schedule
2:45 – 4:30 pm
Departmental Meetings
Determined By
Departments
Breakout Sessions
1:00 – 2:00 or 2:30 p.m.
Title: Spencer Wells: A family tree for humanity (A Ted Talk Discussion)
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Audience: Staff and Faculty
Description: All humans share common bits of DNA, passed down to us from our African ancestors.
Geneticist Spencer Wells talks about how his Genographic Project will use this shared DNA to figure out
how we are – in all our diversity – truly connected. Spencer Wells studies human diversity – the process by
which humanity, which springs form a single common source, has become so astonishingly diverse and
widespread.
Presenter: Ricki Walters, Regional Diversity Trainer
Location: EA246
Title: The New Features of Microsoft Outlook 2013 and Preview of Lynda.com
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Audience: Staff and Faculty
Description: This session will assist in familiarizing you with the new features of the latest version of Microsoft
2013. Come and learn about what has changed and how to use all the new features. This session will also
demonstrate what training is available to all staff, faculty and students through Lynda.com through the end of
December of 2013. Lynda.com offers a great deal of professional development opportunities.
.
Presenter: Educational Technology Team
Location: EA128
Title: Streamlining Credit Transfer for Veterans
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Audience: Faculty and Staff
Description: With cooperation from faculty and staff, we at RCTC can make the academic credit transfer
process a lot easier for our military veterans. Attending this sessions will provide you with valuable
information on just how this can be accomplished. The lab is limited to 40 seats so please contact Mike
Mutschelknaus with your reservation.
Presenter: Gina Sobiana and Steve Frantz
Location: AT209 Computer Lab
Title: How to Read a Student DARS Audit Report
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Audience: Staff and Faculty
Description: How in the world can you find out what courses a student has taken for their major??? Review their
DARS audit with them of course! Learn what a DARS is, how to read one, and have your questions answered in
our interactive information session. Do your homework ahead of time by reviewing our web page
at: http://www.rctc.edu/admissions/html/dars.html and you could quite possibly be rewarded for your knowledge!
Presenters: Melanie Callister and Sue Danielson
Location: EA119
Title: Cooperative Learning in the College Classroom
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Audience: Staff and Faculty
Description: This session will include defining cooperative learning, the basic elements necessary to cooperation
from Social Interdependence Theory, the extensive research support for cooperative learning and advice for it’s
use in the classroom.
Presenters: Dr. Roger Johnson and Dr. David Johnson
Location: HS136
Title: Wellness in the Workplace
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Audience: Staff and Faculty
Description: In this session, learn tips for making the healthy choice the easy choice at work. Presented by
Olmsted County Public Health, this session will cover tips for healthy eating at work, as well as ways to
incorporate physical activity into your work day…even in dress clothes! Discuss why wellness at work is
important and share ideas with colleagues about wellness strategies that work.
Presenter: Shaylene Baumbach, Olmsted County Public Health
Location: EA241
Title: A Study of RCTC's Developmental Education Programming, Phase I Results
Time: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
Audience: Staff and Faculty
Description: This session will review the preliminary results from an independent research study of RCTC's
developmental education practices. The study explored the relationships among student placement levels, course
taking patterns, and success rates (success defined as graduated, retained, or transferred after making good
academic progress). The results will be compared to similar studies conducted at other MnSCU colleges and
provide an opportunity to consider the effectiveness of RCTC's practices.
Presenters: John Asmussen
Location: HS131