Professional Development Weekly Digest
Fall 2021
Week 3!
What’s new this week? SO MUCH! This week’s digests start with some opportunities from our external partners at The Chronicle of Higher Education and finishes with an interesting article regarding the “lost” sophomore class, many of whom were high school seniors in the pandemic and came to our institutions during the height of restrictions. We also have some campus based events for you to plan for, as well. Need something? Have an idea? Know of a cool article or event? Let me know at malmbergsm@sunybroome.edu or you can email Professional Development at professionaldevelopment@sunybroome.edu!
Digital Skills and Gen Z
Digital skills for digital natives? You read that right. This free Chronicle of Higher Education webinar aims to cover how institutions can ensure that Gen Z’s digital natives will continue to evolve their technology skills for the future, how we can make sure digital skills are distributed equitably when many of our students face barriers to accessing technology, and how can humanities programs can develop such lessons into their traditional approaches.
Student Engagement for Academic Success:
Enhancing the Student Experience
After more than a year spent largely in virtual classrooms, learning remotely from home, students crave campus life and the rich academic experience that goes with it. What does that look like now? And what lessons have colleges learned about creating an effective learning experience in such an uncertain environment? This free webinar from The Chronicle of Higher Education will cover Effective in-person, online, and hybrid approaches to learning, the importance of student engagement for academic success, and trends in ed-tech innovation and access.
The Lost Sophomore Class?
This Boston Globe article about the “lost” sophomore class really illustrated a phenomenon that was brought to my immediate attention while having a conversation with a friend and her daughter, one of our students. In the conversation, the student talked at length about the letdown that was her high school senior experience as a result of Covid, and how her first college going experience was “anticlimactic” since she was in her bedroom for most of it. I imagine she is not alone, and that we have a second year/sophomore class on our campus who have very similar needs as our freshmen cohort. What might you be noticing among our students? Are our second year/sophomores needing as much guidance and support as our freshmen? Are there opportunities for us to “re-welcome” our second year students and how might we accomplish this?
Upcoming Professional Development workshops 9/16-9/24
Embedding Career Research and Readiness into your Program: How to Use hireHornets (faculty)
When: Thursday, September 16, 2021 @ 1-2 pm
Where: Wales Conf room W203A
Presented by: Val Carnegie
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Please join Valerie Carnegie from our Career, Transfer, and Bachelor Partnership Dept to learn about hireHornets, the institution’s online job board hub for current students and alumni of SUNY Broome Community College. In this session, you will learn the overall functionalities and navigational aspects of the platform, as well as what we can offer to students to make sure they are Career ready.
Starfish Training:
Drop-in for a virtual training session on using Starfish to alert your students on their course progress. Available for questions or a full-training session.
When: Thursday, September 16, @ 12 p.m.
Where: Zoom Link to Attend
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Have a campus job for a student? You need hireHornets! (faculty and staff)
When: Monday, September 20, 2021 @ 10-11 am
Where: BB132
Presented by: Valerie Carnegie
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Posting your on campus job for a student has never been easier! Please join Valerie Carnegie from our Career, Transfer, and Bachelor Partnerships Department to learn about hireHornets, the institution’s online job board hub for current students and alumni of SUNY Broome Community College. In this session, you will learn how to create and manage an on-campus job posting for current SUNY Broome students.
Microsoft Word: Awkward to Accessible, Part 2 (Lunchshop)
When: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 @12-12:30 pm
Where: BB 132
Presented by: Susan Woerner
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Building on the momentum of Microsoft Word – Awkward to Accessible, Part I, in this lunchshop you’ll take your Word documents to the next level using best practices for creating or editing for accessibility. We will take a close look at common accessibility pitfalls and the steps you can take up front as you create new documents in the future. This lunchshop will be hands-on for 30 minutes. Don’t be late!
Participants should attend Microsoft Word – Awkward to Accessible, Part I before participating in Part II, and have a basic working knowledge of Microsoft Word as well as access to one of these: Microsoft Word 2016, Word 2019, or Word in Office 365 during the workshop in order to participate in the hands-on activity.
Sit! Stay!: An Introduction to the Hyflex Course Structure
When: Thursday, September 23, 2021@ 11-11:45 am
Where: Zoom Link to Attend
Presented by: TRC Instructional Designers
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Just what is Hyflex? In a nutshell it’s student choice – come to class in-person, join in remotely, or participate asynchronously. For the instructor, this can mean augmenting the way learning takes place. This lunchshop presentation will focus on the key elements of Hyflex and an opportunity to ask questions about how it will work for particular types of courses.
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