Professional Development Opportunities

AS CEETL is an entity designed to improve and sustain current pedagogy in the classroom.

The following professional learning opportunities support this endeavor:

Fall 2024

Distance Education Pedagogy 1 (DE 1)- Peer Online Course Review (POCR) Preparation 

  • September 16 - October 11  (4 weeks)

  • This course explores online learning theory, approaches to online course design, and strategies for supporting student success from within the structure of the four sections of the California Virtual Campus Course Design Rubric. Topics include backwards design, interaction, assessment, Open Educational Resources, and accessibility. Students will build sections of a sample course in Canvas Sandbox. This professional learning workshop will prepare faculty to engage in the Peer Online Course Review (POCR).

  • This AS CEETL workshop is funded through the HSI Grant.

 

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 1 (CRP 1)

  • September 16 - October 11 (4 weeks)
  • This course provides community college instructional faculty at Napa Valley College with an introduction to Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning (CRTL) pedagogy in the online learning environment. Utilizing an equity framework, the course provides strategies and recommendations for embedding CRTL and other high-impact practices in course design and online classroom practices. Equity and CRTL in the Online Learning Environment is designed to support faculty in reducing equity and opportunity gaps and improving student success outcomes by creating equity-minded online classrooms that are welcoming, supportive, student-centered. Participants in the class will use the principles and approaches discussed in the course to build an equity-minded syllabus, then explore ways they can apply these principles and approaches throughout their online course.

 

Spring 2024

  • Distance Education Pedagogy 2 (dates and descriptions TBD)
  • Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 2 (dates and descriptions TBD)

  • SafeSpace-This self-paced 8-hour individual class will prepare you with the basic information required to create a safe, welcoming and inclusive space for LGBTQ+ students and staff.
  • Keenan Safe Colleges Training- online compliance training courses for District employees.

Please note that these trainings are a starting point for continued professional learning and should not be approached as a one-and-done training.

NVC Options

  • Flex sessions
  • AS CEETL: CRP 1, CRP 2, and DE 2
  • DEI Colloquium
  • HR-provided training
  • SafeSpace
  • Keenan modules

 

Preferred Conferences 

  • Conferences Suitable for HSI funding
  • A2MEND Conference
  • AAC&U's Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success
  • APAHE Conference
  • California Dual Enrollment Equity Conference
  • CCC Pathways to Equity Summit
  • COLEGAS Conference  
  • Real College California Basic Needs Summit 

 

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility 2024 Playlist

Bringing together content built specifically for employees of the California Community Colleges, the DEIA 2024 playlist features modules and curriculums to help advance personal and professional DEIA goals.  

The playlist contains:  

View the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility 2024 Playlist

 

Modules from the Vision Resource Center 

  • Discussing Culturally Sensitive Topics
  • Contribute to Culturally Inclusive Meetings
  • From Gotcha to “You Got This!”: Online Teaching Strategies that Uplift Students, Build Interactivity, and Increase Retention
  • Universal Design for Learning
  • Anti-Racist Curriculum: Implicit Bias and Cultural Competency
  • Playing Behind a Screen: The Implicit Bias in Our Colleges
  • I Don’t See Color, I Just See People: Becoming Culturally Competent

 

Center for Urban Education Racial Equity Tools

 

Other Trainings

  • College or university coursework relevant to diversity and cultural competency
  • Workshops or other trainings available from external sources

 

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