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Cowles Mountain Hike
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
CC-S-100
Cowles Mountain trail head (Navajo & Golfcrest)
Presenter: Jodi Reed
Bond
with your colleagues and reduce stress on this 3 mile Cowles Mountain hike. For
hike details, see
www.mtrp.org/trail_map.asp.
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Fitness Center Staff
Workshop
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
CC-S-110
R-203
Presenter: John Yasuda
This is a required
workshop for all fitness center staff. The workshop will bring staff up to date
on enrollment and program issues. While an overview of all fitness center
orientation activities will be covered, the workshop will focus on staff
responsibilities during orientation.
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Why the Cost of
Energy is Going up and What to Do about It
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
CC-S-120
D-101
Facilitator: Alan Ridley
We
will take a brief look at our finite petroleum resources, introduce the concept
of “Peak Oil” and review and discuss alternative fuels and community oriented
solutions to challenges and opportunities posed by the coming peak in world oil
production. We will show clips from End of Suburbia, Peak Oil, and 2nd
US Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions.
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What our Writing
Center Can Do for Your Students
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
CC-S-130
D-103
Presenter: Mary Graham
This workshop is open to
all faculty and will inform instructors from all disciplines about the services
available to help their students with their writing projects. Explain the goals
of tutoring, how tutoring fits into instruction, what exactly happens in a
tutoring session, how students sign up for help, and will also demonstrate the
sentence skills software that will soon be available to students.
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Multiple Intelligences and
Learning Styles
10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
CC-S-140
E-108
Presenter: Curtis Sharon
Explore Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences and investigate Learning
Styles. Examine how understanding students preferred methods of learning can
guide your course preparation and presentation. Take a Learning Style and
Multiple Intelligences survey and discover your preferred learning styles.
Develop strategies for incorporating these methods in your classes in order to
help students succeed in your classes and the rest of their academic efforts.
Please contact Curtis Sharon,
curtis.sharon@gcccd.edu (619) 670-7602.
Pre-registration required. Maximum participants 30.
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Online Tutorials on the
Library Home Page
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
CC-S-145
TLC
Presenters: Angela Nesta
Kari Wergeland
New tutorials on the
library’s homepage will be showcased. Tutorials will be on finding videos
and DVDs in the library’s online catalog and through the County Media
Consortium; how to log into subscription databases from a remote location;
and how to search InfoTrac OneFile periodical database.
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Book Discussion
10:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.
CC-S-565
E-112
Presenter: Chuck Charter and Tim Pagaard
Join us to discuss the novel "Love in the Time of
Cholera" by Gabriel García Márquez.
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Shared Governance: General
Principles & Governance Structures
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
CC-S-150
D-101
Presenters: Dr. Geraldine M. Perri
Jan Ford
Orientation and information reading the importance of college shared governance.
Overview of the Organizational & Governance Structures document.
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Getting Started with
FrontPage 2003: The Faculty Web Sites & Sec. 508
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
CC-S-160
TLC
Presenter: Rocky Rose
Quickly learn the fundamentals of MS FrontPage 2003.
This will enable you to create and/or update your campus faculty web site
throughout the semester. Step-by-Step instructions from logging on and
accessing the web server to tables & hyper-linking to adding your syllabus
and other pages to your web sites. There will be a strong emphasis on
Section 508 of ADA. Please contact Rocky
Rose,
rocky.rose@gcccd.edu (619) 660-4466.
Pre-registration required. Maximum participants 12.
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Plagued by
Plagiarism
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
CC-S-170
D-103
Presenters: Mary Graham
Lyn Neylon
This workshop is open to
all faculty. We will discuss degrees of plagiarism, motives for plagiarism,
methods of prevention and detection, consequences and the reasons for having
them, and school policy regarding this very frustrating and disheartening issue.
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Retirement Planning for
STRS Members
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
CC-S-180
O-110
Presenter: Jaynie Sullivan
An informative workshop
for the faculty. This workshop is suitable for faculty of all ages and at all
stages of their careers. Lunch will be provided (RSVP required).
Understanding CalSTRS.
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Defined benefit vs. Defined contribution-what does it mean?
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What is the CalSTRS formula?
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When can you retire and how much will you get?
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Should you purchase additional service credit?
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How will Social Security income be affected by your CalSTRS retirement?
Beyond CaLSTRS
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TSA, 403(b) (7), 457, IRA or Roth IRA. – Which is right for you?
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Increased contribution limits for retirement accounts.
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Protecting your “nest egg” with Long Term Care insurance.
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How to pay for college with “tax-free” money – certain restrictions apply.
Pre-registration required.
RSVP (800) 668-6635
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Brown Bags and Budget
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
CC-S-190
G-113
Presenter: Jan Ford
Bring your brown bag lunch and join the Academic Senate officers for an informal
presentation on the current budget allocation model currently used in the
District. Learn more about topics you have heard in connection with the budget
such as blended rates, economy of scale, resident/nonresident students, and
more. Highlights from the Budget Allocation Task Force meetings will also be
shared. Don’t pack dessert, the Senate will provide water, fruit and some
sweets.
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The Value of Oral
Presentations
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
CC-S-200
D-108
Presenters: Lloyd Johnson
Nancy Jennings
A discussion of the
benefits and costs of having students give oral reports instead of turning in
written reports.
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ESL Portable Mini
Reading Lab Orientation Workshop & Teacher Training
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
CC-S-210
E-112
Presenters: Guillermo Colls
Marvelyn Bucky
Presenters will
demonstrate how our new ESL Portable Mini Reading Lab works and how it can be
utilized in ESL classes to enhance our students’ reading skills. This project is
funded by a Title III grant.
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Effective Classroom
Management
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
CC-S-220
E-103
Presenters: David Detwiler
Sharon Barrett
Al Taccone
Paul Carmona
Greg Gomez
Public Safety
Effective classroom
management is a challenge for all instructors. This diverse panel, drawn from
instruction, counseling, and administration will share tried and true strategies
for enhancing your classroom learning environment, including disciplinary
issues, concerns and solutions.
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Blackboard and WebCT
Training
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
CC-S-240
TLC
Presenters: Brian Josephson
Deanna Thompson
Kari Wergeland
Have you ever wondered
what Blackboard and WebCT are? They are course management systems that allow you
to use the Internet to communicate with your students, receive homework
assignments, give quizzes, keep track of grades, etc. They can be used for all
or part of a course.
This session will provide
a general introduction to Blackboard and WebCT. The goal is to have you walk
away knowing whether one of these systems is appropriate for all or part of what
you teach. Cuyamaca faculty who use Blackboard and WebCT will be on hand to
answer your questions. TLC staff will be available to talk about training
procedures with those who might be interested in taking the next step.
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Title III Faculty
Stipend Award Winners
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
C-S-250
D-108
Presenter: Maria Mendoza-Bautista
Title III Stipend award
winners share their plans for projects focusing on Student Success and Retention
at Cuyamaca College for the next year.
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Recent Trends in
Multimedia Based Music Instruction
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
CC-S-260
O-100
Presenter: Pat Setzer
This workshop will review
some of the innovative multimedia applications that were featured at recent
conferences sponsored by the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME)
and the Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI).
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Web Content in Lecture
Classes
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
CC-S-270
D-101
Presenter: Steve Weinert
Further dialog on how much
web content should be presented to students in a lecture class.
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Faculty Fitness Center
Orientation
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
CC-S-280
Fitness Center
Presenters: John Yasuda
Pat Thiss
This presentation will
make faculty and staff aware of the benefits and ease with which they can access
the fitness center.
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Workshop for Math 160
3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
CC-S-290
N-103
Presenters: Inwon Leu
Bryan Elliott
Minitab training for
statistics instructors. Examples of Minitab activities and MathXL will be
presented.
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Fitness Center Staff
Workshop
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
CC-S-300
R-203
Presenter: John Yasuda
This is a required
workshop for all fitness center staff. The workshop will bring staff up to date
on enrollment and program issues. While an overview of all fitness center
orientation activities will be covered, the workshop will focus on staff
responsibilities during orientation..
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Communication Arts
Department Retreat
4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
CC-S-305
Off campus
Presenters: Chuck Charter
Tim Pagaard
Full-time faculty members meet to review Fall 05 semester and plan for Spring 06 and
Fall 06 semesters
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Math Department Meeting
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
CC-S-310
N-101
Presenter: Eric Preibisius
The full-time and
part-time members of the Math Department will come together to discuss issues of
interest to our department, and to help get the Spring semester off to a smooth
and successful start.
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SP/2 Safety & Hazardous
Waste Training Workshop
5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
CC-S-320
K-128
Presenter: Jim Custeau
This workshop is designed
to assist full-time and part-time automotive technology instructors in
presenting this web-based training to the students in the automotive technology
program. The expected outcome of this training is that all automotive faculty
will complete this training and that faculty will require students to complete
this training as well. Attendance at this workshop is limited to automotive
technology staff and faculty.
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Joint Child Development
Faculty & CCDC Teachers Meeting
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
CC-S-330
CCDC
Presenters: Kristin Zink
Linda Haar
The CD faculty and the
Center teachers will explore effective ways to mentor child development
students.
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Water & Wastewater
Technology Discipline Meeting
6:00 p.m. –7:00 p.m.
CC-S-340
O-110
Presenter:
Brad Monroe
We will be discussing
future curriculum additions, future classroom assignments, possible recruitment
activities.
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Child Development Program
Faculty Meeting
7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
CC-S-350
CCDC
Presenter: Kristin Zink
Child Development
faculty will kick off the Spring 2006 semester with a review of policies,
procedures, and our Child Development philosophy.
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Water & Wastewater
Technology Department Meeting
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
CC-S-360
O-110
Presenter: Brad Monroe
I will be providing
a presentation on instructional techniques to adjunct faculty.
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MATHXL – NEW Software for
Math 88, 90, 103 and 110
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
CC-S-370
N-103
Presenter: Scott Eckert
We have switched to new software this
year. Contact Scott Eckert (x4373) if you need an instructor’s account for the
new MathXL. Do this well in advance of the workshop. Come to the workshop and
learn:
A) What
is different about the NEW MATHXL.
B) How to create your instructor account, create labs and download grades.
C) What does the student have to do to register, login and submit lab work.
D) Special issues-like trouble shooting, students with old accounts, and student
home use.
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