Welcome to Spring 2025 Professional Development Week (PDW)!
Theme: Embracing Resilient Educators
Focus on the workshops that best suit your professional development goals and schedule. A wide range of offerings is provided, so pick the ones that will benefit you the most.
Instructors & faculty are often the ones on the front line, dealing with students in crisis. An event this fall has encouraged me to research practical tips for dealing with distressed students. This workshop will focus on discussing best practices and will have a segment dedicated for faculty to share ideas and stories. While not pedagogical in nature, having a 50-minute timeslot would allow for ample discussion.
Confused by faculty load? Don’t be! Join the PPSC Faculty Load and Compensation (FLAC) team for an infobite where you can learn how (and why) load is calculated. Participate in activities designed to demystify load and overload and help you better understand how pay makes its way to you!
One of the complaints about AI is that it is being used to do the tasks we actually want to do (like making art) and not the tasks we want to avoid (like washing the dishes). But, you CAN get AI to wash your dishes in academia if you know the right way to ask! This infobite will focus on its practical applications in automating the mindless, repetitive, or boring tasks in and out of the classroom.
Within the STEM field some think that we're dealing with raw data and DEI isn't as big a deal. But the fact is that the STEM field has been built by people of all backgrounds. By looking at how those backgrounds shaped their discovery, we can show our students how their diverse backgrounds can contribute to the world of science and technology.
Join me to learn about how the Perkins Grant can support your CTE program. In this session, we will cover program eligibility requirements, eligible and ineligible projects, the proposal process, and answer any questions you may have related to Perkins funding. This session is ideal for CTE department chairs and deans. FY26 call for proposals will be released shortly after PDW, so now is the perfect time for a refresher.
Associate VP for Instructional Services and Credit for Prior Learning Gary Walker will give updates on the latest in credit for prior learning (CPL) at PPSC. This info session is ideal for department chairs and faculty, but all are welcome to attend. There should also be time at the end of the session for Q&A and discussion.
With Science, Engineering and Math, one tends to forget that we have definitions in STEM. We can call those definitions concepts with logic and connections. How one organizes notes can be a strategy for teaching and helping student with memorization.
This workshop will help staff and instructors understand how to report disruptive behavior to the Dean of Students' office. Instructors and staff will learn considerations that should be addressed in reports and what they can expect from the Dean of Students' disciplinary process.
This InfoBite is for anyone who wants to support English Language Learners (ELLs) at PPCC. Attendees will learn what assistance is available and will acquire strategies for supporting ELLs in their classes. All attendees will receive a document providing practical ways they can help ELLs be successful at PPSC.
As instructors and advisors, you want to point your students to resources that will help them reach their academic and career goals. In this session, you will learn about TRIO Student Support Services, a federal grant with a 25-year record of success at PPSC! TRIO supports eligible students to succeed in their classes, graduate, and transfer to four-year colleges and universities through providing a variety of tutoring, advising, and mentoring services. You’ll come away better informed about TRIO and how to direct your students to this valuable resource.
