This Week: Professional Development

Monday: 02/08/2010

Active Classroom Operation: Engaging Student Learning
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC Staff
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
Time: 2:30 pm to 4 pm
Description: Active Classroom Operation workshop will teach you how to maximize and take full advantage of all of the great features of the Active Classroom equipment such as advanced operation of the projector, computer network, document camera, and VCR. This workshop will enable you to properly and efficiently use the Active Classrooms.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

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Tuesday: 02/09/2010

Respondus and Studymate: Create Exams and Activities
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC Staff
Location: FSC Lab
Time: 2:30 pm to 4 pm
Description: This workshop is hands on and faculty will work with Respondus to create assessments and StudyMate to create various types of flash based learning activities. Newly created assessments and activities will be published into your online class.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

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Wednesday: 02/10/2010

Faculty Development Series presents: Retaining Students through Early Intervention
Target Audience: Faculty
Presenter: Michael McFarland and Martha Whitley
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
From: Noon to 1 pm
Description: Get valuables tips from veteran faculty member Michael McFarland on helping students remain determined and focused on their educationl goals, which includes passing your course. He has practical, easy to implement ideas for retaining students in your class through early intervention. End the semester with a higher ration of the students who enrolled with you. Join us and learn!
No registration required.

Respondus and Studymate: Create Exams and Activities
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC Staff
Location: FSC Lab
Time: 2:30 pm to 4 pm
Description: This workshop is hands on and faculty will work with Respondus to create assessments and StudyMate to create various types of flash based learning activities. Newly created assessments and activities will be published into your online class.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

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Thursday: 02/11/2010

Faculty: SoftChalk Lesson Builder
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC Staff
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
From: 2:30 pm to 4 pm
Description: Learn how to use SoftChalk Lesson Builder to create and deliver powerful presentations with interactive content without the need to learn html or any programming at all. Spend your time developing course content, not learning how to use complex software.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

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Friday: 02/12/2010

Angel : Open Lab
Target Audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC Staff
Time: 2 pm to 5 pm
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Description: This open lab will allow online and hybrid faculty who will be working in the ANGEL Learning Management System (LMS) the opportunity to work one-on-one with an instructional technologist or instructional designer from LSC-Online to solve course specific technical questions. This time can also be used to discuss and explore new technologies and innovations in online learning and how they might be implemented in your online or hybrid course.
Registration: No registration required (optional)
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations (walk-ins are welcome)

Open Lab: Faculty Instructional Technology
Target Audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC Staff
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
Time: Walk in any time between 9 am – noon
This open lab session will acquaint faculty with a variety of technology tools provided by LSCS. This is an opportunity for faculty to work one-on-one with an instructional technologist or instructional designer to work thru specific technical questions. This time can also be used to discuss and explore new technologies and innovations in online learning such as tools for communicating with students, developing online materials, and how they might be implemented in your course(s)
Registration: No registration required  (optional)
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations (walk-ins are welcome)
Register for any of these sessions and find more upcoming professional development training opportunities by visiting MyWorkshops.*These sessions are exclusively for Lone Star College System Employees.

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Wellness activities for the week of February 8

Monday – Feb. 8 – Mondays Matter
3 – 3:30 p.m in HPE 103
Six (6) weeks of Healthy Diet Advice and Confessions. Wear clothes that will enable you to get a “Wellness Profile”

Tuesday, February 9 – Support for Caregivers
3  p.m.
Private Dining Room at 3 p.m.

Adjunct Certification Program

Apply before: February 10 (see attachment for more details)
To apply visit: wwwapps.lonestar.edu/acp/default.aspx (log in with your LSCS email ID and password)

Adjunct Certification Program

Lone Star College System is pleased to offer the Adjunct Certification Program which provides professional development opportunities to adjunct faculty members.  This certification is designed to provide adjunct faculty members with the skills and knowledge necessary to enhance their classroom instruction.

Purpose

The purpose of the Adjunct Certification Program is to recognize and reward adjunct faculty members who make a commitment to the System and to improve their teaching skills by providing opportunities for adjunct faculty members to develop and enhance their teaching effectiveness.

Committment Statement

Lone Star College System commits to provide adjunct professional development as a foundation for improving student success in the classroom and in the college community.

Goals

The goals of the Adjunct Certification Program are:

• To provide support and encouragement for adjunct faculty members.
• To provide an atmosphere of free expression and mutual respect.
• To build on what adjunct faculty members know, understand, and are able to do.
• To encourage the practice and adaptation of new teaching and learning techniques and ideas.

Certificate Program Outcomes

• Develop institutional practices which foster a commitment to student learning
• Impact student learning outcomes through improved teaching
• Improve teaching techniques and classroom interactions
• Develop collaborative and collegial relationships across disciplines
• Learn Lone Star College System philosophy and resources

Certificate Program Structure
The Adjunct Certification Program is structured around four essential concepts of successful instruction

• Creating a Positive Environment for Learning
• Planning for Learning
• Instructing for Learning – Assessment and Evaluation
• Instructing for Learning – Teaching Strategies

The 8-week program includes

• Participation in a cohort group
• Approximately 24 hours of instruction
• Four (4) face-to-face sessions with the remainder on-line and self-study
• Structured discussion boards
• Outcomes showcase
• Reflective journal

Each cohort group will be facilitated by an Lone Star College System faculty member.

Upon successful completion, each participant will receive a one time payment in the amount of $500.00

Disclaimer: Participation and/or certification is not intended as a guarantee or promise of future full-time employment

Application Process
Applicants must have completed core requirements of (Note:  See your Department Chair for specific core requirements):

• Civil Rights workshop or on-line training
• Participation in In-Service
• Department/Division meetings
• Completion of College Orientation
• Department Chair / Dean approval required for participation.
• Resume or Vitae

Begin the  Application process!

Spring 2010 Health and Wellness Center Schedule

Can You Identify These People?

Can anyone walk down memory lane and help me identify the people in this picture? Not only am I interested in their names, if you are familiar with the event, I would appreciate also knowing. The picture is part of a collection now housed in the Archives.

Thanks for your help! Your Archives appreciate your assistance.

If you know who any of these people are, please let Virginia K. P. Rigby know. Email: Virginia.k.rigby@lonestar.edu

Can You Identify These People?

The Archives needs help identifying the people and the event in this photo (1.73.5). If you know anything, please contact Virginia Rigby through email at: virginia.k.rigby@lonestar.edu.  Thanks for your help.

Prof. Long Ying-tai speaks

Prof. Long Ying-tai is the author of “The Hidden Hurt, Untold Stories of 1949,” an instant bestseller in Taiwan in 2009.  The author interviewed hundreds of ordinary Chinese people in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and mainland China about what actually happened to them during the Chinese Civil War between 1946-1949.  These are ordinary citizens’ account of history, not textbook stories by any government or political party.  Prof. Long’s talk will be on Feb. 20 at 1:30 at UH’s Cullen Theater.

Tickets are $10, $15, or $20.

Please contact Wei Li at 281.765.7911 or wei.li@lonestar.edu if you would like to purchase a ticket.

Winter Break Projects

Submitted by Johanna Boley

Just an update on our Winter Break projects.

Carpet and Flooring:

• Winship office suites, the faculty and staff have been contacted and provided boxes for their personal items.

Health & Wellness Building

• Locker rooms – the flooring in all of the locker rooms will be replaced.  All personal items need to be removed by Friday, December 18th.
• Office suite, 100 – faculty and staff have been contacted and provided boxes for their personal items.

Fine Arts building

• Band room carpet will be replaced.  Faculty has been contacted.

Painting

• Winship hallways (we will be working around the Winter Mini-mester classes)
• Greenspoint Center hallways

Greenspoint Center Café

• The café will be enclosed over the winter break.

Thank you, and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Awesome New Scanner at LSC-North Harris Library

By Pradeep Lele, Director
LSC-North Harris Library

The Library is proud to announce its latest high-tech scanner that is the best thing since sliced bread!

KIC (the Knowledge Information Center) is a high-speed scanner that you can walk up to and use without training—no fuss, no muss! Quick and clear images every time! You can literally scan any printed material into various formats and save it to your flash drive or email it to yourself. Other features include the ability to save the scanned document as a portable document file (PDF), the ability to crop and edit pictures from books, and even the functionality to convert text into speech.

The KIC scanner is on the third floor of the library behind the reference desk. There is no cost to students, faculty, or staff to use the scanner. Simply walk up to the scanner place your document (facing up) on the flat bed, and touch the scan button.  Stop by the library and take a look at the KIC scanner today. Ask a librarian for assistance or a demo, or jump right in and test drive it yourself.

LSC-North Harris Library Celebrates Our International Students

By Olia Palmer, Reference Librarian

They represent over 30 countries and they contribute to the cultural mosaic that is LSC-North Harris. Whether they are in the USA for a short time or as permanent residents, they have much to share with all of us.

Come see their smiling faces and see where they are from—find their countries on the map!

A sampling of international items from the library’s permanent collection is on display in the nearby cases.

LSC-North Harris Library 2^nd floor

On view until early Spring 2010.

Our thanks to Prof. Colin Ward for the photography.

Early Voting Locations

Submitted by Virginia K. P. Rigby
Your Friendly Neighborhood Librarian
Government Information/Reference Librarian

For those who live in Houston, early voting for the City run-off election began yesterday. The election itself will be December 12^th.

Sample Ballot http://harrisvotes.org/Sample_b/SampleBallot_ENG.pdf

Early Voting Locations and times are included in the following map http://harrisvotes.org/docs/EV/earlyvotinglocations_schedule_ENG.pdf

The closest location to LSC-North Harris:

Hardy Senior Center
11901 West Hardy Road, 77076

Check the map for easy access to this location.

Dimensions 2009-2010

From Gary M. Conners
Professor of Art
Director, Fine Arts Galleries

It is our distinct pleasure to invite you to attend the opening reception for Dimensions 2009 – 2010, the annual adjunct faculty art exhibit at Lone Star College-North Harris. This will be a wonderful opportunity to view the work of our very talented and diverse adjunct art faculty. The reception will be on Thursday, December 3, 2009 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm in the Fine Arts Gallery and the exhibit will be on display from December 3, 2009 until January 8, 2010.

We invite you to participate with us and look forward to your attendance and support of the visual arts programs of Lone Star College-North Harris. Light refreshments will be served.

Thank you.

Welcome Back Continental Breakfast set for Jan. 11

By Diane Griffin

There will be no formal college convocation for the spring semester so that faculty and staff can use the time to prepare for spring classes or assist students.   Instead, there will be an informal “Welcome Back Continental Breakfast” on January 11 (first day all employees return) from 8:30 a.m. -9:30 a.m.  in the Lone Star Café.

2009-2010 Faculty Excellence Award Winners

Submitted by Janice Hartgove-Freile

It is with great pleasure that the Faculty Excellence Awards Committee announces the winners of the 2009-2010 Faculty Excellence Awards. I also want to thank the committee members. They are an outstanding bunch that have contributed a lot of quality person-hours to this process.

Gwen Charvis
ESOL
(Languages & Communication)

Megan Franks
Kinesiology
(Health & Human Services)

Julie Kendall
Nursing
(Health & Human Services)

Bruce Machart
English
(Languages & Communication)

“Thank You” from LSC-North Harris Counseling Center

A word of thanks from the LSC-North Harris Counseling Center for all who participated in the October, Domestic Abuse Awareness Month activities.

Flag Ceremony Celebrating Our Veterans

Music Scholarships Available!

Scholarships available in Symphonic and Jazz Ensembles, Concert and Jazz Choirs, Steel Drum Band. For more information contact 281.765.7960.