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District Opening Day

District Opening Day

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Foothill College, Smithwick Theatre

7:30 a.m.

7:30 - 8:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast / Meet and Greet
 
SMITHWICK THEATRE 

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8:15 - 9:30 a.m.
Welcome
  • Pearl Cheng, President, Board of Trustees
Equity through transitions
  • Judy C. Miner, Chancellor

Smithwick TheatRE

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9:45 A.M. - NOON 
one-hour WORKSHOPS (CLICK FOR FULL DESCRIPTIONS) 

Session One - 9:45-10:45 a.m.

  • Transitions, Pathways, Success—Oh My! 
  • The CVC-OEI:  Continuing to Improve Online Learning
  • Saving for Retirement with 403(b) and 457(b)
  • Foothill-De Anza Community College District Era of Decarbonization
  • Ready to Use Open Educational Resources (OER)? Let's Get Started

Session Two - 11:00 a.m.-noon

  • Help More Students Succeed in Your Online Class With Course Design Academy
  • Help! How Do I Put "Equity" Into Action (and What Does That Even Mean)?
  • Finding Our Moral Compass in Challenging Times CANCELED
  • The New Student Centered Funding Formula:  Unraveling the Complexities Behind It
  • Foothill College Tenure Review Training
VARIOUS FOOTHILL COLLEGE LOCATIONS 

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9:45 A.M. - NOON
Two-hour Workshops (click for full descriptions)

9:45 a.m.-noon

  • Assessment for Racial Equity
  • Community Based Adaptive Learning Classes As a Vehicle to Help Adults and Those With Disabilities Expand Their Creative Potential and Stay Active, Well Informed, and Engaged
  • Run, Hide, Defend
  • QPR:  Suicide Prevention Training
  • Guided Pathways:  Seeing What Is Possible
  • ARE You Stressed? A Compassionate Response
  • Making and Breaking Classroom Conflicts Through Forum Theatre
  • Civic Capacity As an Equity Strategy:  Increasing Student Voice in Our Classrooms and Institutions
  • Welcoming and Empowering Non-Gender-Binary Students Faculty, and Staff
  • Crosswalk:  Equity Through Guided Pathways and the Six Success Factors
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  • Creative Thinking and Makerspaces
various foothill college locations 

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noon - 1:00 p.m.
hosted Lunch 
 
campus center PLAZA

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1:00-2:30 p.m.
department/division meetings
VARIOUS FOOTHILL COLLEGE LOCATIONS
2:45-4:45 P.M.
joint districtwide DEPARTMENT/DIVISION MEETINGS (Click for Details)
various foothill college locations