ConveNing Our Community of Practice Winter ATL Retreat ConveNing Our Community of Practice Jennifer Whetham Program Administrator, Faculty Professional Development jwhetham@sbctc.edu |@jwhethamsbctc |360.704.4354

Agenda Pro-D Speed Dating Leadership Groups Faculty Development Best Practices Re-visioning the Role of Faculty Development Faculty Developers as Institutional Developers Wrap-Up and Next Steps

Sign Up for a Leadership Group At 1:30 PM we will work in our leadership groups. Use your intuition or skim the descriptions (the one pager Jen sent via e-mail or the longer packet in your handout) Five People Per Group: Agenda Activists, Community Keepers, Critical Friends, Social Reporters, External Messengers, Organizational Brokers, Value Detectives

Welcome Opening Activity

Pro-D Speed Dating 1,2,3,4 You get 1 minute 2 share 3 things 4 your school! Prepare on the google doc

Silent Tableaux Please form two circles, one inside the other. As you form the two circles, avoid communicating . . . Don’t use words, hand signals, or gestures. Be sure you are facing another person.

You have one minute 2 tell your partner 3 things 4 your school. Pair and Share You have one minute 2 tell your partner 3 things 4 your school. Jen will set a timer.

Switch! The other person gets one minute 2 tell your partner 3 things 4 your school. Jen will set a timer.

Circle Shift The inner circle will move clockwise one person. Now you have a new partner!

Pair and Share Round Two Each person gets 1 minute 2 share 3 things 4 their institution. Jen will set a timer.

Circle Shift The inner circle will move clockwise one person. Now you have a new partner!

Pair and Share Round Three Each person gets 1 minute 2 share 3 things 4 their institution. Jen will set a timer.

Reflections What did you notice? What did you hear? What are you thinking about as a result of this activity?

Sign Up for a Leadership Group At 1:30 PM we will work in our leadership groups. Use your intuition or skim the descriptions (the one pager Jen sent via e-mail or the longer packet in your handout) Five People Per Group: Agenda Activists, Community Keepers, Critical Friends, Social Reporters, External Messengers, Organizational Brokers, Value Detectives

Lunch is served from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM Lunch and Networking Reviewing Community College Faculty Voices in the Literature: An Overview Lunch is served from 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM

Practicing Collective Learning Leadership Groups Practicing Collective Learning

Time in Leadership Groups Work in your leadership groups to generate a shared understanding of your role and develop a plan of action for the retreat. Instructions in your handout. Create a visual to highlight your group’s role and share your plan of action with the other groups. Be ready to present at 2:30! 

Leadership Groups Share Out Each leadership group gets 3 to 4 minutes to share/explain its collective role in the large group’s learning Visual/metaphor Plan of action for the retreat

Networking & Tech Break Take some time to chat, check e-mail, use the facilities, etc.

Faculty Development Best Practices Facilitators: Melody Schneider & Kristina Jipson, edmonds CC

Reflection & Processing Time Dinner is served from 6pm to 6:30 Pm

Calling Faculty Development to Revision Its Role Panel Presentation

Pro-D Panelists Sally Heilstedt, Lake Washington Peg Balachowski, Everett Martin Cockroft, Olympic

Asking the Right Questions Text

Faculty Developers as Institutional developers Welcome Back! Faculty Developers as Institutional developers

Leadership Groups Leadership Groups briefly share out. Agenda Activists, Community Keepers, Critical Friends, Social Reporters, External Messengers, Organizational Brokers, Value Detectives

Institutional Developers Faculty Developers Institutional Developers

CC Faculty as Pedagogical Innovators At the recent WACTC meeting, the college presidents of the system shared how recent political events have deeply impacted campus climate. What kinds of climate issues are impacting faculty and students on your campus that could be addressed/mitigated with professional development? Work in groups of 4 to identify a climate issue (campus or classroom level) that impacts teaching and learning. Brainstorm professional development offerings that could provide support for faculty.

Check out from your rooms Break Check out from your rooms

Constructing your action plan Next Steps Constructing your action plan

Wrap Up and Next Steps Leadership Groups Report Back Planning for Spring meeting in Spokane (Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017 at Spokane Falls CC) ATL Conference Updates Anna Sue McNeil and eLearning Award Concurrent Sessions/Plenaries/Closing Session

Safe travels! See you in May! Lunch and Departures Safe travels! See you in May!

Thank you! The end