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2022 District Opening Day

District Opening Day

Renewal and Change at Foothill-De Anza

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Foothill College, Smithwick Theatre

7:30 a.m.

7:30 - 8:00 a.m.
Meet and Greet and
Continental Breakfast (courtesy of foothill-de anza foundation)
 
SMITHWICK THEATRE QUAD

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8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
Welcome
  • Patrick Ahrens, President, Board of Trustees
  • Judy Miner, Chancellor
renewal and change at foothill-de anza — Keith Curry and Judy Miner in conversation with Anu Khanna
  • Keith Curry, Equity Avenger and Compton Community College District President/CEO
  • Judy Miner, Chancellor
  • Anu Khanna, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor for Reimagining Foothill-De Anza
Smithwick TheatRE

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9:45-10:15 a.m.
connections/reflections
SMITHWICK THEATRE QUAD 

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10:30 A.M.-NOON
WORKSHOPS
VARIOUS FOOTHILL COLLEGE LOCATIONS 
10:30-11:30 A.M.
1 hour WORKSHOPS (Click for descriptions) 
  • Are We Ready for Caring Campus?
  • Culture of Philanthropy:  How to work effectively with the Foothill-De Anza Foundation
  • Supporting the Neurodiverse Student in the Classroom
  • Don’t Take the Phish Bait!
  • Strategies for Managing & Responding to Distressed and Disruptive Students 
  • A Journey to Plant-Based Eating: Improve your health and help save the planet
  • Gentle Yoga
  • Antidotes to Microaggressions, Racelighting, and Attribution Ambiguity
  • Understanding the Full-Time Faculty Hiring Process — An overview to help part-time faculty and classified staff

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10:30 A.M.-NOON
1.5 hour Workshops (Click for Descriptions) 
  • Zoom 2.0:  We’re not Zooming like we used to
  • Where's the Data? Let's navigate our data dashboards together to answer your questions!
  • The Pandemic and Its Effect on Student Development — What have the students missed?
  • From Concept to Reality:  Guided Pathways as an emerging institutional framework

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11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch (courtesy of foothill-de anza foundation)

(Pizza, salad, and drinks - vegetarian and gluten free options available)

 
campus center PLAZA

Extra indoor seating available in Room 2313 (Hearthside Lounge) and Room 2018 (Council Chambers) 

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Noon-2:00 p.m.
Open enrollment benefits fair 

Vendors:  FIGO, Anthem, Delta Dental, VSP, AIG/Valic, Pension 2, Casey Winningham, Hooman Altafi, Kaiser, CalPERS, United Healthcare, Optum EAP, Health Net, Hartford, and Metlife  

The Foothill-De Anza Open Enrollment Benefits Fair for the 2023 plan year provides information about the CalPERS health care plans and other benefits available to employees and retirees such as life insurance and supplemental retirement planning. 

dining room (Room 2201)

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1:15-3:30 P.M.
WORKSHOPS
various foothill college locations
1:15-2:15 p.m.
1 hour WORKSHOPS (Click for descriptions
  • Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Faculty:  Stay connected and avoid disruption
  • Enrollment 101:  Understanding and exploring enrollment management ideas of today and tomorrow
  • Mental Health Crises, Interventions, and Referrals
  • Ensuring Outlook Messages Are Accessible
  • Where Do I Put My Time, and Where Do I Put My Heart?
  • Great Minds Don't Think Alike:  Neurodiversity, multiple intelligence and the new future of education
  • The Search for Our Next Administrators — Are we looking for YOU?

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1:15-2:45 P.M.
1.5 Hour WORKSHOP (Click for description
  • Classroom Assessment to Reintegrate Mind and Body 

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1:15-3:30 P.M.
2 Hour WORKSHOPS (Click for description
  • Saving for Retirement with 403(b) and 457(b)
  • Office 365 and One Drive — How to use, share and store information
  • Tenure Review Committee Member Training
  • Harness the Power of Tiny Things to Engage Diverse Learners in STEM with nano@stanford
  • Equity-Minded Practices in Mathematics Classrooms
  • A Community Organizing Approach to Institutional Transformation
  • Mindfulness for Educators
  • Centering Love and Inclusion in Our Equity Work and Practice

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2:30-3:30 P.M.
1 hour WORKSHOPS (Click for Descriptions
  • Moving from Traditional Assessments to Authentic Assessments—Valuing the holistic student experience
  • Chair Yoga and Breathing Exercises (This workshop is limited to 50 participants)
  • Let's Dance! Creating fast workflow tutorials with Tango
  • Puente and Family Engagement Institute — The start of a multigenerational collaboration for first gen student success
  • Nonpunitive Course Policies — Brainstorming ways to stop using points as motivation
  • Customizing Canvas Quiz Math Questions to Require Different Answers for Different Students

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