Faculty Development and Instructional Resources
Assessment, Teaching and Learning
Faculty development events, learning communities and other system-wide resources
ATL Contact List for Assessment, Faculty Development, Developmental Education, and FACTC
Conferences and Retreats
Assessment, Teaching and Learning Conference
(Annual event; all higher education community – students, faculty, staff, administration)
Contact: Noreen Light
Rendezvous
(Bi-annual; Adult Basic Education)
Contact: Kristin Ockert
Assessment, Teaching and Learning Retreats
(Fall and Winter quarters; Assessment Liaisons and Faculty Development Leads)
Contact: Noreen Light
College Readiness Retreats
(Fall and Winter quarters; Pre-college faculty)
Contact: Noreen Light
New Faculty Institute
(Annual, September; new faculty and veteran faculty who are new to positions in the Washington State CTC system)
Contact: Noreen Light
Orientation for New ABE Faculty (online)
Contact: Beth Wheeler
Orientation for New ABE Administrators (online)
Contact: Beth Wheeler
eLearning Training for Faculty
Recommended sequence of 3-week-long trainings:
- Introductory ANGEL Training for Faculty (online learning management system)
- How to Teach Online (pedagogy and design)
- Intermediate ANGEL for Faculty
Contact: Boyoung Chae
ANGEL online learning system training
(Instructors who are migrating courses from Blackboard to ANGEL)
Contact: Boyoung Chae
I-BEST Training
(Instructors and staff teaching integrated coursework – Basic Education and Skills Training)
Contact: Louisa Erickson
Boot Camp for New Professional-Technical Instructors
(Annual, week-long training for new prof-tech instructors)
Contact: Mike Kelly
Leadership Training for Workforce Deans and Vice-Presidents
(Annual, year-long cohort for faculty and staff seeking administrative positions in Workforce, or those new to administrative positions in Workforce)
Contact: Center of Excellence for Careers in Education
Communication Forums and Information
Faculty Learning Communities
Contact: Noreen Light
Assessment, Teaching and Learning Digest
(Monthly compilation of news and notices related to assessment, teaching and learning)
Contact: Noreen Light
Assessment, Teaching and Learning listserv
Open discussion for the Washington State higher education community
Assessment, Teaching and Learning Wiki
Wikis are open to everyone. You can add resources, pages, and so forth. A wiki is a repository of resources shared by the community.
Resources
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) website
Assessment, Teaching and Learning
Open Course Library
Contact: Tom Caswell
Renton Technical College Instructional Improvement
(Examples of syllabi, lesson plans, classroom management techniques, and more)
ANGEL Support Materials (for faculty)
Contact: Boyoung Chae
Centers of Excellence
(Career cluster-specific)
Campus Safety, Security and Emergency Preparedness
Contact: Noreen Light
Center of Excellence for Homeland Security
Contact: Mike Campbell
eLearning Council Wiki
Learning Styles Inventory
(Simple, online questionnaire; followed by suggestions for learning and studying)
Assessment of Faculty Learning Communities: Considering Social Dimensions of Participant Choice
Contacts: Paul Marshall, Everett Community College; Stanford T. Goto, Western Washington University; Shannon Gaule, Western Washington University
Shoreline Community College eLearning Best Practice Guildelines
(Guidelines to help improve user experience for any eLearning course)
Universal Design Video
Contact: Al Souma
Accessibility & Universal Design for Learning with Julie Shen (June 7, 2011, NWeLearn Webinar)
Ms. Shen is the subject librarian for business and computer science at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
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