Inquiry Tool - Have you ever wanted to drill down into your course success rates by various student populations? Are you interested in exploring course enrollment and success in your courses to increase your understanding of student success, inform your SLO work, or equity plans? If so, please join the Foothill and De Anza research offices for a training on the newly released Inquiry Tool. The tool allows faculty, staff, and administrators the opportunity to explore enrollment, success, and retention through an interactive online interface.

Presenters: Elaine Kuo, Interim Director, Equity Programs/College Researcher, and Mallory Newell, Supervisor, Institutional Research and Planning

Hinson Campus Center, Conference Room B

ACE Update and Ice Cream Social – Enjoy ice cream, connect with colleagues, and join the conversation around the Association of Classified Employee’s (ACE) agenda for the 2016-17 year, including updates on negotiations and the classification study.

Presenters: Chris White, ACE President, and Chris Dubeau, ACE Chair of Negotiations

Getting the Most out of the New Phone System - Learn more about the new telephone system and experience a live demonstration. The current district Fujitsu telephone system will be replaced with a new Cisco Unified Communication Manager (CUCM) platform this summer and fall. Most of you know this as the new VoIP telephone system. The phones are currently being installed at the new Foothill Sunnyvale Center, and replacement of the Fujitsu phones at the Foothill and De Anza campuses will take place in September and October. 

Presenter: Sharon Luciw, Director Networks, Communications, and Computer Services

Saving for Retirement with 403(b) and 457(b) – District Payroll brings awareness to our employees on the 403(b) and 457(b) plans that are available to save for retirement during District employment. The District currently sponsors the following 10 vendors in 403(b) Tax Shelter Annuities and 457(b) Deferred Compensations Plans.

There will be vendor representatives (*) and independent financial advisors on site after the workshop to answer questions and provide reference materials.

(*) EBSG, Fidelity Investments, Forester Financial, STRS Pension2, T-Rowe Price, VALIC, VOYA Financial.

Those who are unable to attend, please visit http://business.fhda.edu/payroll/d-tax-shelter-annuities-403b-and-deferred-compensation-plans-457b/ for reference or contact payroll@fhda.edu for further assistance.

Presenters: Nancy Chao, Payroll Supervisor, and David Creech, VALIC

Run-Hide-Defend - "Run, Hide, Defend" training is the curriculum designed and approved by the Santa Clara County Police Chiefs Association and the Santa Clara County Office of Education. The training is intended to provide students, faculty, and staff information on how to protect themselves and respond to an active assailant event. It is taught countywide in all K-12 schools, along with San José State University. The Santa Clara County Community College Police Departments have agreed to adopt the same training, so there is consistency for students from elementary, middle school, high school, all the way through to the college/university level.  The FBI has deemed this curriculum as "best practice" on how to respond to active assailant events.

Presenters: Ron Levine, Police Chief; Jeff Schlesinger, Deputy Chief; and James Thurber, Officer

Best Practices for Keeping Your Email Safe & Secure - Email has become an increasingly favorite attack vector for cybercriminals.  All kinds of malicious programs can enter our computing environment through email from phishing schemes to ransomware to viruses and worms.  This session will give end users strategies to defend against cyber-attacks via email and an understanding of what ETS is doing at the infrastructure level to keep end users safe.  Many of the strategies covered in this session will be applicable to home or private email as well.

Presenters: Joseph Moreau, Vice Chancellor of Technology, and Chien Shih, Director of Information Systems and Operations

Common Assessment Initiative (CAI)/Multiple Measures for Assessment (MMAP) – ‪The California Community College Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) has developed a new assessment tool called the Common Assessment, as part of the Common Assessment Initiative (CAI). The idea behind CAI is to allow California Community College (CCC) students to assess at one college and then have their assessment on file for any other CCC to view.  This session will share examples of CAI "competency maps" and how they relate to the success of our students in courses at Foothill and De Anza.  It will also review work to date on utilizing multiple measures of assessment to provide a more accurate picture of a student's ability to be successful.  Participants from both colleges are invited to share their work and goals for the new assessment system.

Presenters: Casie Wheat, Acting Assessment Center Supervisor; Stephen Fletcher, Assessment Center Supervisor; and Andrew LaManque, Associate Vice President of Instruction

Update on Negotiations on the 2016-2019 Agreement - The Faculty Association (FA) is in the process of negotiating the 2016-19 contract and hopes to complete negotiations by the end of the fall quarter. Attend this workshop to hear about the recently agreed to changes and what FA is proposing for the remainder of the 2016-19 agreement. Also, get a brief update on the FA – Political Action Committee.

Presenters: Kathy Perino, FA Chief Negotiator; Raymond Brennan, FA Negotiator; Amy Edwards, FA Negotiator; Mary Ellen Goodwin, Associate Secretary for Part-time Interests; Meredith Heiser, FA-PAC; Lisa Markus, FA Vice President, and Alan Simes, FA Negotiator

Engage your students with audience response systems – Audience response systems, also called “clickers,” are an easy and fun way to engage your students while assessing their understanding of class material in real time. Join us for a demonstration of various ways faculty are currently using these systems in their classes. We will showcase i-Clickers (used at De Anza), Turning Technologies Response Systems (currently used at Foothill), and PollEverywhere. We’ll also discuss ongoing efforts at both campuses to address affordability of response devices.

Presenters: Lisa Schultheis, Biology Instructor; Robert Hartwell, Music Instructor; Jeff Schinske, Biology Instructor; and Gillian Schultz, Biology Instructor

The Online Education Initiative (OEI): Success Resources for Everyone – Demonstration of the resources being provided to both colleges that help students understand what online learning is about as well as those resources that can assist faculty and students in their online education experience.

Presenters: Pat James, OEI Executive Director; Autumn Bell, OEI Chief Professional Development Officer; Jory Hadsell, OEI Chief Academic Affairs Officer; and Bonnie Peters, OEI Chief Student Services Officer

De Anza College Tenure Review - This interactive training session is your opportunity to gain essential knowledge and useful skills directly related to your work as a Tenure Review Committee member.  Topics covered include overview of the tenure review process and Article 6A, Tenure Review Committee responsibilities and timeline, conducting and reporting a classroom observation, and writing a Tenure Review Committee recommendation.

Presenters: Nicole Gray, FA Grievance Officer, and Mary Bennett, De Anza Tenure Review Coordinator

MLC 270

(meet in MLC 260 for first part of presentation) 

Foothill College Tenure Review Training - Overview of the tenure review processes and discussion of Article 6A, guidelines, resources, and practices of effective Tenure Review Committees. Faculty serving on a Tenure Review Committee beginning in fall 2016 are strongly encouraged to attend.

Presenter: Nicole Gray, FA Grievance Officer, and Falk Cammin, Foothill Tenure Review Coordinator