Fall Orientation Week - August 19 – 23, 2013
EXCELLENCE
Monday, August 19th
9:00-Noon
RR –Registration Required - See Course Description
Blackboard bootcamp RR – See Course Description
F164a
Adjunct Faculty
9:00-1:00pm
New faculty class
New Full-Time Faculty are invited (lunch will be provided)
3:00-3:50pm
1:00-4:00pm
4:00-4:50pm
5:00-5:45pm
6:00-9:00pm
W218
SMART Classroom equipment seminar– HANDS-ON RR– See Course
Description Adjunct Faculty
L 216, L 218, L 219, L 220 or L 221
Blackboard drop-in
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty
F124
Adjunct faculty sushi and sandwich soiree
All Adjunct Faculty
L202
New adjuncts report to their division offices
New Adjunct Faculty
TBD
New adjunct faculty orientation RR – See Course Description
New Adjunct Faculty
Z102
Tuesday, August 20th
8:00-9:00am
RR –Registration Required - See Course Description
Continental breakfast
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
9:00-11:30am
Performing Arts Center
President’s all campus meeting
Performing Arts Center
New full-time faculty and mentor luncheon By Invitation Only
New Full Time Faculty and their Mentors and Administrators
A238
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
Mobile devices
Using the student success report
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
11:45-12:50pm
1:00-1:50pm
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
1:00-2:20pm
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
F164a
Mentor training
Y106
New Full Time Faculty and their mentors
Y203c
Revised 4/17/13 10am 1 of 10
Fall Orientation Week - August 19 – 23, 2013
EXCELLENCE
Tuesday, August 20th continued
2:00-3:30pm
3:00-4:00pm
5:30-6:00pm
RR –Registration Required - See Course Description
Multicultural fellows unveiling
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
DREAM meet and greet social gathering
Z 102
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
A238
Advanced Features in Blackboard
X131
Full Time & Adjunct Faculty
6:00-7:00pm
Camtasia relay
F164
Full Time & Adjunct Faculty
Wednesday, August 21st
8:30-12:30pm
RR –Registration Required - See Course Description
Professional development & Academy of Teaching Excellence
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
Z102
1:30-2:50pm
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
Division meetings
TBD
3:00-4:00pm
Department meetings
TBD
Thursday, August 22nd
8:00-8:30am
RR –Registration Required - See Course Description
Continental breakfast with the Provost
Full Time & Adjunct Faculty
8:30-10am
Full Time & Adjunct Faculty
10:15-11:15am
1:00-1:50pm
1:00-3:30pm
6:00-6:50pm
J143
Full time faculty meet with the Faculty Senate
J143
New faculty BBQ – By Invitation Only
New Full Time Faculty, Current Mentor Committee Members, Non-Tenured Faculty,
Faculty Senate
L130
LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
Mentoring and Engaging Adjunct Faculty
Chairs and Coordinators
Request X250
Round table discussions & wrap up
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
F164
Smart classroom equipment seminar – HANDS ON RR – See Course Description
Full Time & Adjunct Faculty
Y106, Y 108, Y 110
Full Time Faculty
11:30-12:50pm
J143
All faculty meet with the Provost
Revised 4/17/13 10am 2 of 10
Fall Orientation Week - August 19 – 23, 2013
EXCELLENCE
Friday, August 23rd
9:00-9:50am
10:00-10:50am
10:00-11:20am
10:00-11:50am
11:00-11:50am
RR –Registration Required - See Course Description
Administrator & faculty
Community college
ESL student voices Full
Time and Adjunct Faculty
search process
ethics bowl initiative
and Staff
Full
Time
&
Adjunct
Faculty
workshop RR - See
X212
Y106
Course Description
X210
Course design with formative
2013 Harper Community Survey: How
assessment & blackbloard adaptive
others see us
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
release Full Time and Adjunct Faculty
Y106
Y108
Working with students on the Autism Writing & using paper prompts
Full Time & Adjunct Faculty
spectrum Full Time and Adjunct Faculty
Y110
and Staff
Z123
Searching for and attracting culturally competent candidates
RR - See Course Description
X210
Flipped Class
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
Promotions Process for Harper Faculty
Full Time Faculty
Request Y106
Noon – 1:00pm
1:00-2:30pm
X212
All Employee Lunch Cafeteria
Special meeting for committee chairs and oversight on governance A243
1:00-3:00pm
Blackboard drop-in
Full Time and Adjunct Faculty
1:00-4:00pm
New faculty orientation: benefits and policies
New Full Time Faculty
1:00-4:00pm
F124
Prep time for faculty
Revised 4/17/13 10am 3 of 10
A234
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS IN ALPHABETCAL ORDER
2013 Harper community survey: How others see us
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty
Content: Every 3 years Harper conducts a survey of the residents of its district to learn about how our constituents
view the extent to which we meet their needs and to learn about unmet needs we need to consider. This year the
survey included in addition to district residents employers in the district. Come find out how others see us!
Facilitator: Doug Easterling, Institutional Research
Adjunct faculty sushi and sandwich soiree
Open to: All Harper Adjunct Faculty
Content: Take a break with the Harper College Adjunct Faculty Association (HCAFA). Learn about what HCAFA,
your union, has done and plans to do for you! This is the perfect opportunity to meet your adjunct colleagues and
join them for great goodies, group greetings, and gobs of information. All adjuncts are welcome!
Administrator and faculty search process workshop – Registration Required
Open to: Any Faculty or Administrator who is planning on serving on a search committee. This workshop is required
only for individuals who have not participated in this workshop during the past two years.
Content: This session provides an overview of Harper’s hiring process with its associated guidelines for an effective
search. Topics include search committee responsibilities, legal considerations for the search and strategies for the
recruitment of a diverse workforce. To register contact psaltzma@harpercollege.edu or ext. 6837.
Facilitator: Paula Saltzman, Human Resources (HR)
Advanced Features in Blackboard - Registration Required
Open to: Adjunct Faculty
Content: This session will focus on ways in which adjunct faculty can use Blackboard in creative ways to enhance
communication with their students, promote communication between students and stimulate student
engagement in their class. This workshop is designed for students who have mastered the basic uses of
Blackboard and wish to expand their knowledge of this program. To register contact kherold@harpercollege.edu
or 847-925-6586
Facilitators: Karen Herold, CII & Barbara Small, Assistant Dean, CAFÉ
Blackboard bootcamp - Registration Required
Open to: *Adjunct Faculty
Content: This workshop provides the opportunity to create a Blackboard website tailored specifically for use with
your on-campus classes. You will be able to put informational and teaching materials online as well as create
discussion boards and an online grade book as appropriate for student use.
To register contact kherold@harpercollege.edu or 847-925-6586.
*Adjuncts may receive a $75 stipend for attending.
Facilitators: CII Team
Revised 4/17/13 10am 4 of 10
Blackboard drop-in
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
Content: This drop-in session will provide the experienced user (using Blackboard for a semester or
longer) with assistance to make edits, implement a new Blackboard tool, or clean up a
course/GradeCenter that has been used for multiple semesters without a lot of maintenance between
offerings. A member of CII will be available to answer questions, provide suggestions, and demonstrate
the best practices of maintaining a Blackboard site. This session is NOT for those that are interested in
an introduction to Blackboard.
Facilitators: Karen Herold, Steve Lollino, Matt Ensenberger, CII Team
Camtasia Relay
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
Content: Camtasia relay is an easy-to-use lecture capture tool, which allows you to capture your
computer screen, audio and web camera video with the click of a button. These recordings upload
directly to the password-protected Harper College itunesu network where your students will be able to
access your materials.
Learn the nuts & bolts to using Camtasia Relay, along with the best practices for creating online video
resources for students.
Facilitator: Stephanie Burak, Instructional Designer
The community college ethics bowl initiative
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty
Content: Ethics Bowl is an exciting and fun competitive tournament with a valuable educational experience. In
competitions, students must not only understand the facts of and the social, political or ethical principles involved
in the case, but most also provide an effective argument on how to resolve the case. Participation in Ethics Bowl
develops skills necessary to both academic and career success. The session will discuss how to involve students in
Ethics Bowl both as an extracurricular and classroom activity. The session will be facilitated by coaches of Ethics
Bowl who are also members of the expansion committee.
Facilitator: Drs. Brett Fulkerson-Smith and John Garcia, LA
Course design for student success using formative assessments and Blackboard adaptive release
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty
Content: Learn how Blackboard Adaptive Release and formative assessments may be used to help students
validate their own learning prior to completing graded assessments. Includes demonstrations of Blackboard
Learning Modules and Adaptive Release with hands-on activities, and a discussion of successful options for
formative assessments.
Facilitator: CII Team
DREAM - Diverse Relationships Engaged in Affirming Multiculturalism - Meet and Greet
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
Content: All faculty and staff are invited to attend this “meet and greet” as we get to know our new and seasoned
diverse colleagues in an informal, fun setting.
ESL student voices: Experiences in general education classes
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
Content: A diverse panel of current and former English as a Second Language students discuss their experiences in
non-ESL Harper College classes. What helps them succeed? What unique challenges do they face? What do they
want faculty members and others to know about their experiences?
.Facilitator: ESL Student Panel of 4-6 current and former ESL Students. Facilitated by ESL faculty Alina Pajtek,
Kathy Zuo, and Kathleen Reynolds
Mentoring and Engaging Adjunct Faculty
Open to: Program Chairs and Coordinators only
Revised 4/17/13 10am 5 of 10
Content: This session will focus on ways in which program chairs and coordinators can effectively mentor and
engage adjunct faculty. Participants will 1) hear from 2-3 current program coordinators who have developed and
implemented a mentoring program for adjuncts, and 2) learn how administrators in CAFÉ support and evaluate
adjunct faculty.
Facilitators: Brian Knetl, Dean, Liberal Arts and a panel of program coordinators
Mobile Devices
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty
Content: With the advent of new student computing tools, such as smart phones and tablets, what can one person
do to anticipate how students make use of their course materials on these devices? The good news is there are
resources available for Harper faculty to adapt their materials for mobile devices. This one hour workshop will
acquaint faculty and educational support staff to software for developing mobile accessible course materials.
Facilitator: Tom Knoff, CII
Multicultural faculty fellows 2012-13: project unveiling
Open to: All Faculty and Staff
Content: After an overview of the Multicultural Faculty Fellows program, the current cohort of Multicultural
Faculty Fellows will provide a brief description of their projects and experiences in the program.
Cohort Presenters: Robin James, B/SS; Alina Pajtek, AE/LS; Lisa Busto, B/SS; Dawn McKinley B/SS; Mukila Maitha
B/SS.
Promotions process for Harper full time faculty Needs to be scheduled
Open to: Full Time Faculty
Content: This session is designed to go over current procedures during the Promotion Process. Questions from
faculty members regarding promotion are welcome and will be answered.
Facilitators: Travaris Harris, SD; Veronica Mormino, B/SS
Searching for and attracting culturally competent candidates – Registration Required
Open to: Full Time Faculty & Administrators
Content: This workshop will analyze the processes used during two critical decision points in a hiring process:
reviewing candidate applications and conducting interviews.
To register contact psaltzma@harpercollege.edu or ext. 6837
Facilitator: Dr. Cristine Cullinan, Associate Director of Organizational Development & Training, University of
Oregon
Smart classroom equipment seminar – Hands On Registration is Required
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty
Content: If you are teaching in a Smart classroom, you will want to take this training. Learn how you can deliver
more engaging instruction and presentations with state-of-the-art equipment through this hands-on training
session. To register contact etstraining@harpercollege.edu or x 6277
Facilitators: Instructional Technology team
Using the student success report: How data can help you improve student success
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
Content: Participants will have an opportunity to experience this new the new web-based interactive
tool on Harper’s employee portal so they learn about and discuss how the ways data can inform their
efforts to improve student success.
Facilitators: Doug Easterling and Faon Grandinetti, Institutional Research
Working with students on the autism spectrum – Breaking down the communication barrier in the
classroom
Revised 4/17/13 10am 6 of 10
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff
Content: This session will provide tips and strategies, along with case studies, for all faculty and college
personnel to effectively work with students with Asperger Syndrome/Autism Spectrum.
Facilitators: Michele Decanio, Stacey Watson, Debbie Reuter, ADS
Writing and using paper prompts to get better student writing
Open to: All Full Time and Adjunct Faculty and Staff, especially appropriate for faculty members who intend
to take part in this fall’s Writing Across the Curriculum Project
Content: This session focuses on how to use writing prompts in order to elicit better student writing. It
will discuss the common failings of writing prompts and how to address these problems in a way that
helps students understand the assignments. The session also covers aspects of presentation (i.e. visual
rhetoric and technical layout) and language use.
Facilitators: Joshua Sunderbruch, LA
NOTES:
Revised 4/17/13 10am 7 of 10