Are We Ready for Caring Campus?

Caring Campus - What is it? We have heard about it. What does it have to do with classified professionals? Join us for a brief overview of Caring Campus and learn how we join this statewide classified movement.

Presenters:  Karen Hunter, Interim Human Resources Technician, and Brad Phillips, President and CEO of Institute for Evidence-Based Change

Culture of Philanthropy:  How to work effectively with the Foothill-De Anza Foundation

In this presentation, learn the fundamentals of fundraising and how you can help the Foothill-De Anza Foundation support our students effectively. Development Directors from Foothill College and De Anza College will provide an overview of the fundraising process, called moves management, as well as our work at the Foundation. The session will cover the various ways in which all faculty and staff can support fundraising efforts and increase charitable giving to the district.

Presenters: Leigh Howell, Foothill College Development Director, and Melanie Reilly, De Anza College Development Director

Supporting the Neurodiverse Student in the Classroom

This workshop provides an overview of neurodiverse populations (focused on Autism Spectrum and ADHD) and strategies for ensuring their success in your classroom, as well as a nonjudgemental safe space to ask frank questions about disabled and neurodiverse student populations.

Presenter: Benjamin Kaupp, Tools for Transition to Work Instructor

Don’t Take the Phish Bait!

Join us to learn how to spot phishing campaigns and what you can do to protect yourself, your coworkers, and our students. Topics will include an overview of various types of phishing campaigns, how to spot them, what to do when you're not sure if it's a phish, and a shame-free space to learn what to do if you ever accidentally take the bait.

Presenters: Kevin Metcalf, District Information Technology Supervisor, and Jory Hadsell, Vice Chancellor of Technology

Strategies for Managing & Responding to Distressed and Disruptive Students

This session will cover strategies for addressing, deescalating, and documenting disruptive student behavior in a variety of campus settings including classrooms, student service areas, and online. This is a companion session to “Student mental health, strategies, and referrals” led by the Psychological Services Teams from Foothill and De Anza. We highly recommend that participants attend both sessions. 

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A Journey to Plant-Based Eating:  Improve your health and help save the planet

A discussion of my own experience as a regular person adopting a whole-foods, plant-based lifestyle. To make it easier for anyone who wants to try it, I will provide tips and resources. Lastly, I will share research on the health benefits and the climate crisis benefits.

Presenter:  Michele Fritz, Business Instructor

Gentle Yoga

Open to all employees, this will be an outdoor yoga session of mostly standing postures to support your mental and emotional health.  Wear comfy clothes that allow you to move freely. Shoes and yoga mat completely optional.

Presenter:  Cheryl Jaeger Balm, Mathematics Instructor and Certified Yoga Instructor

Antidotes to Microaggressions, Racelighting, and Attribution Ambiguity

How to respond to behavior that dehumanizes, discombobulates, aims to assert dominance, or reinforces existing hierarchies that excludes or dismisses diverse opinions or ideas on our campuses? Based on R.A.V.E.N., an acronym of strategies developed by Dr. Frank Harris and Dr. Luke Wood on how to respond to racelighting, we will discuss each aspect of the strategies and role-play together how to respond to difficult situations and how to normalize behavior that creates and sustains safer professional work environments for all. All employees interested in this goal are welcome.

Presenter:  Karen Chow, English Instructor

Understanding the Full-Time Faculty Hiring Process—An overview to help part-time faculty and classified staff

The hiring process for tenured faculty positions can be confusing and challenging. For those adjunct faculty and classified staff who are interested in applying for full-time faculty positions, this workshop will help clarify the process and discuss topics such as minimum qualifications, the application process, the interview process and what the tenure review process is about. Intended for all employee groups seeking full-time faculty jobs in the future. 

Presenters:  Kurt Hueg, Foothill College Vice President of Instruction and Institutional Research; Christina Espinosa-Pieb, De Anza College Vice President of Instruction; and Amy Edwards, Faculty Association Chief Negotiator

Multi-factor Authentication for Faculty:  Stay connected and avoid disruption

Multi-factor authentication (MFA), a protocol that requires more than just a login and password to access college and district systems, is coming to Foothill-De Anza.  This simple but important layer of security protects you, your students' information, and the district.  It can also enhance your own personal cybersecurity. This presentation will demonstrate how MFA works in our environment, how to be prepared for the implementation, and how to get help if you have issues with it.

Presenters: Mahmood Hasan, Project Management Office Supervisor; Claire Chang, Senior Application Support Analyst; and Jory Hadsell, Vice Chancellor of Technology

Enrollment 101:  Understanding and exploring enrollment management ideas of today and tomorrow

Come and be part of a Foothill-De Anza discussion around enrollment management!  We will present some fundamental concepts to establish a common understanding and then engage in a discussion about where the district is now, what factors are (potentially) influencing enrollment trends, and what the future may bring as we reimagine the district.  We promise to be informative and entertaining ... or at least try!

Presenters: David Ulate, Executive Director of Institutional Research and Planning; Marina Aminy, Associate Vice Chancellor Online Education Initiative; and Anu Khanna, Senior Advisor to the Chancellor for Reimagining Foothill-De Anza

Mental Health Crises, Interventions, and Referrals

This session will provide information about how to work with students in distress and what resources are available to them.

Presenters: De Anza College and Foothill College Psychological Services

Room 3305

Ensuring Outlook Messages Are Accessible

When we send messages to our colleagues, we want to ensure everyone can read the message, and we want to ensure we're complying with federal and state mandates for accessibility. In this short workshop, we'll review the accessibility rules for sending email, including creating hyperlinks, using bulleted and numbered lists, and formatting all text to optimize readability and accessibility. 

Presenter: Lené Whitley-Putz, Dean of Instructional Technology

Room 3204

Where Do I Put My Time, and Where Do I Put My Heart?

The lingering effects of the pandemic have made it very difficult to concentrate and know what is essential for the moment. Employees in different industries, including education, have disengaged from work as a matter of self-preservation. However, what looks like disengagement might simply amount to doing our best in the face of constant disruptions or renegotiating the norms, if not the terms, of employment. Everything feels important, but often we may not know where to put our attention. This idea of distractedness may leave some of us feeling really scattered, not knowing where to put our time, our effort, and our energy. This workshop will provide a space for conversations about culture and work to ultimately create a campus that balances well-being, stress, health, community, value, and belonging.

Presenters: Robert Cormia, Chemistry Instructor, and Voltaire Villanueva, Counselor and Foothill College Academic Senate President

Room 3301

Great Minds Don't Think Alike:  Neurodiversity, multiple intelligence and the new future of education

As the line goes from ”The Imitation Game” [the story of computer pioneer Alan Turing]:  “Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” 

Neurodiversity refers to the idea that there are developmental differences in our brains that create normal variations amongst minds that have both unique strengths and differences. Winston Churchill had a conduct disorder and a speech impediment.  Henry Ford had learning disabilities.  Thomas Edison had clear signs of ADHD.  Agatha Christie had dyslexia.  Helen Keller had significant sensory impediments. This makes it clear that neurodiversity does not mean disability, it means excelling in different areas of intelligence with a differently wired brain. One persistently excluded pool of talent is neuro-divergent individuals and their number is growing by leaps and bounds. The purpose of this workshop is to create an awareness about identifying, including and promoting their unique strengths in an academic community.

The pioneers of education in the nineteenth and early twentieth century used terms to describe neurodiverse individuals such as ”moron,” ”feeble minded,”  ”minimally brain damaged,” and ”educationally handicapped.”  In the 21st century, it is highly evident that people with neurodiversities possess gifts that thrive with cutting edge careers in information technology, entrepreneurship, and science. This workshop will bring research and data along with recommendations to harness the strengths of our differently-abeled student population in a highly inclusive environment.

Presenter: Mona Rawal, Humanities Instructor

Room 3304

The Search for Our Next Administrators — Are we looking for YOU?

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates 14,500 higher education administrator openings nationwide each year through 2030. Are you ready to consider a move up? Join Chancellor Miner for a discussion of what Foothill-De Anza looks for in its administrators, traditional and unconventional career paths to administrative roles, how to position yourself for the future, and the rewards of administration. All interested employees are welcome to attend.

Presenter:  Judy Miner, Chancellor

Moving from Traditional Assessments to Authentic Assessments – Valuing the holistic student experience

This workshop will explore current classroom assessments with the aim of providing pragmatic solutions to improve the equity gap. The facilitators will provide a forum in which faculty can examine their classroom intentions, hold critical discussions, and then evaluate and revise current assessments. 

Presenters:  Veronica Acevedo Avila, English Instructor; Dawn Lee, Professional Development Director; Karen Chow, English Instructor; Mae Lee, Intercultural Studies Instructor; Mallory Newell, College Researcher; and Mary Pape, Computer Information Systems Instructor. In addition, panelists will be drawn from both campuses and will include students. 

Chair Yoga and Breathing Exercises

Open to all employees, come learn some chair yoga movements and calming and energizing breathing exercises that can be done right at your desk all year long to support your mental and emotional health.  Wear comfy clothes that allow you to move freely, if possible.  

Presenter:  Cheryl Jaeger Balm, Mathematics Instructor and Certified Yoga Instructor

Let's Dance! Creating fast workflow tutorials with Tango

We use a ton of web-based tools and often have to "teach" others how to use them. That said, creating tutorials, when needs and technology change rapidly, can be arduous. That is, unless you know how to Tango! This workshop will take you on a quick tour of a Chrome extension that allows you to create fast, accurate, image-based tutorials of web-based processes. We’ll show you how to capture the process, edit your tutorial, and share the tutorial via email. Creating tutorials does not have to be onerous. With this FREE Chrome extension, you’ll be tango-ing in no time.

Presenter: Lené Whitley-Putz, Dean of Instructional Technology

Room 3204

Puente and Family Engagement Institute — The start of a multigenerational collaboration for first gen student success

College going identity belongs not only to students but to their families and communities. Puente and Family Education Institute (FEI) launch a partnership of connection and belonging. Puente students share their college stories to FEI noncredit students and their high school children. Families gain a deeper understanding of college — the inspiration that college is for me, my children — and a stronger connection to the Foothill College pipeline. Puente student panelists practice public speaking, reflect on their journey of courage, celebrate their hard work, and give back to their community through their motivational college-going stories. 

Presenters: Betsy Nikolchev, FEI Executive Director; Pauline Brown, FEI Supervisor; Carmen Ponce, Stretch to Kindergarten and Early Learning Programs Director; Hilda Fernandez, English Instructor; and Pedro Ruiz and Fatai Heimuli, FEI administrative assistants

Room 3301

Nonpunitive Course Policies — Brainstorming ways to stop using points as motivation

It tends to be industry standard to use grade points to enforce course policies: attendance, late work, etc. are met with point deductions. This is how all my classes were structured as a student. This is how all my classes have been structured as a teacher. But there is an argument to be made that this goes against the objectives of our courses and our purpose as educators and does not ultimately serve our students the way we think it does. This conversation is intended to discuss the argument against using grade points as policy enforcement, and to brainstorm what we may be able to do instead. 

Presenter: Nick Chivers, Communications Studies Instructor

Room 3106

Customizing Canvas Quiz Math Questions to Require Different Answers for Different Students

The workshop will demonstrate my use of quiz questions in discrete mathematics that require a student to use her/his 8-digit, numeric student identification number as a parameter in the questions. The use of the student ID varies the quiz answers, student to student, making it more difficult to share answers to questions. To make the grading manageable, I developed an answer spreadsheet that automatically calculates and displays the correct answers with one reference to the student's name at the start of grading each student quiz. 

The workshop will be interactive, with participants in the role of students learning several simple mathematical formulas of interest in discrete mathematics. In the interest of privacy, a temporary student ID will be assigned to the participants as they join the workshop. I will also briefly review the structure of my answer spreadsheet.

Although the use of student-specific parameters on quiz questions is most relevant to STEM courses that test quantitative reasoning, all district employees are welcome to attend and learn a little bit about discrete mathematics.

Presenter: Charles Witschorik, Mathematics Instructor