Faculty Development and Instructional Resources

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ATL Contact List for Assessment, Faculty Development, Developmental Education, and FACTC

Conferences and Retreats

• Assessment, Teaching and Learning Conference
  (Annual event; all higher education community – students, faculty, staff, administration)
  Contact: Noreen Light
• Rendezvous
  (Bi-annual;  Adult Basic Education)
  Contact: Kristin Ockert
• Assessment, Teaching and Learning Retreats
  (Fall and Winter quarters; Assessment Liaisons and Faculty Development Leads)
  Contact: Noreen Light
• College Readiness Retreats
  (Fall and Winter quarters; Pre-college faculty)
  Contact: Noreen Light
• New Faculty Institute
  (Annual, September; new faculty and veteran faculty who are new to positions in the Washington State CTC system)
  Contact: Noreen Light
• Orientation for New ABE Faculty (online)
  Contact: Beth Wheeler
• Orientation for New ABE Administrators (online)
  Contact: Beth Wheeler
• eLearning Training for Faculty
  Recommended sequence of 3-week-long trainings:
  - Introductory ANGEL Training for Faculty (online learning management system)
  - How to Teach Online (pedagogy and design)
  - Intermediate ANGEL for Faculty
  Contact: Boyoung Chae
• ANGEL online learning system training
  (Instructors who are migrating courses from Blackboard to ANGEL)
  Contact: Boyoung Chae
• I-BEST Training
  (Instructors and staff teaching integrated coursework – Basic Education and Skills Training)
  Contact: Louisa Erickson
• Boot Camp for New Professional-Technical Instructors
  (Annual, week-long training for new prof-tech instructors)
  Contact: Mike Kelly
• Leadership Training for Workforce Deans and Vice-Presidents
  (Annual, year-long cohort for faculty and staff seeking administrative positions in Workforce, or those new to administrative positions in Workforce)
  Contact: Center of Excellence for Careers in Education

Communication Forums and Information

• Faculty Learning Communities
  Contact: Noreen Light
• Assessment, Teaching and Learning Digest
  (Monthly compilation of news and notices related to assessment, teaching and learning)
  Contact: Noreen Light
• Assessment, Teaching and Learning listserv
  Open discussion for the Washington State higher education community
• Assessment, Teaching and Learning Wiki
  Wikis are open to everyone. You can add resources, pages, and so forth. A wiki is a repository of resources shared by the community.

Other Resources

• State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) website
  Assessment, Teaching and Learning
• Open Course Library
  Contact: Tom Caswell
• Renton Technical College Instructional Improvement
  (Examples of syllabi, lesson plans, classroom management techniques, and more)
• ANGEL Support Materials (for faculty)
  Contact: Boyoung Chae
• Centers of Excellence
  (Career cluster-specific)
• Campus Safety, Security and Emergency Preparedness
  Contact: Noreen Light
• Center of Excellence for Homeland Security
  Contact: Mike Campbell
• eLearning Council Wiki
• Learning Styles Inventory
  (Simple, online questionnaire; followed by suggestions for learning and studying)
• Assessment of Faculty Learning Communities: Considering Social Dimensions of Participant Choice
  Contacts: Paul Marshall, Everett Community College; Stanford T. Goto, Western Washington University; Shannon Gaule, Western Washington University
• Shoreline Community College eLearning Best Practice Guildelines
  (Guidelines to help improve user experience for any eLearning course)
• Universal Design Video
  Contact: Al Souma
• Accessibility & Universal Design for Learning with Julie Shen (June 7, 2011, NWeLearn Webinar)
  Ms. Shen is the subject librarian for business and computer science at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
• Diversity/Multiculturalism

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