Vol. XXXIII, No. 04

September 13, 2004

This Week at Valencia.

There are no scheduled meetings this week

"Printmaking by Robert Skelley" show- East Campus, Anita S. Wooten Gallery, 3-112, ongoing Monday through Friday

News from Procurement

Procurement Services is proud to announce our first time award winners for top dollars spent with Local Developing Businesses and Minority/Woman Owned Businesses. The dollars spent are reflective of our last fiscal year, 03/04 and include those categories (GL codes) that are reported in the yearly State Expenditure Report for Self-Reported Minority/Woman Owned Businesses. Procurement will present these awards on a quarterly basis starting this fiscal year, to honor the deserving department(s) that utilize our small business neighbors. Congratulations to all!

Local Developing Businesses: Plant Operations, College Wide, Helene Jaeger

Minority/Woman Owned Businesses:
1st Place: Custodial Services, West Campus, Bruce Wright
2nd Place: Custodial Services, East Campus, Pam Beechum
3rd Place: Office of the Provost, West Campus, Dr. Paula Gastenveld

Please contact the Procurement Office (x5532) to find out how your department can help us support our Minority/Woman Owned and Local Developing Businesses.

The latest from Leadership Valencia

FrontPage Introduction
This session will introduce the fundamentals of the Web, HTML, and using FrontPage to create basic Web pages. Text and list formatting, hyperlinks and images will be covered in a series of hands-on lessons. Tuesday, September 14, 1-5 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-221, registration code TFP0914 OR Wednesday, September 15, 1-5 p.m., PDC Portable (Near East), registration code TFP0915 OR Thursday, September 16, 1-5 p.m., Osceola Campus, 2-116, registration code TFP0916.

Retirement Planning Seminars- Your Options Under the FRS
Are you prepared for one of the most wonderful stages in life: retirement? How close are you to those golden years? This three-part seminar will begin with Your Options Under the Florida Retirement System (FRS), an in-depth look at the State of Florida's retirement system and options available. Wednesday, September 15, 9-11:30 a.m., Professional Development Center, registration code GRPFRS. The second installment will feature a representative from the Social Security Administration who will discuss Social Security and Medicare in What to Expect from Social Security. Wednesday, September 22, 9-11:30 a.m., Professional Development Center, registration code GRPSS.

Personality, Learning, & Thinking Styles for Richer Classrooms for TLA Participants
Understanding one's own style can lead to a deeper meta-cognition and an appreciation for diverse learning styles. The seminar will provide information on available online personality, learning and thinking styles inventories. Participants will be provided examples of discipline-specific classroom assignments that facilitate this understanding. Essential Competency Enhancement: Inclusion & Diversity, Core Competencies (TVCA), L-C Teaching Strategies. Thursday, September 16, 1-3 p.m., East Campus, Room 4 - 133A, registration code LPLTE OR Friday, September 17, 1-3 p.m., West Campus, Room 1-131, registration code LPLTW.

Painless Procurement
Learn how to make your job easier by 'tips and tricks' from the Procurement Department. Topics will include Oracle, the Procurement website, negotiated agreements with preferred suppliers, and P-Card usage. Thursday, September 16, 2-3:30 p.m., West Campus, SSB-142, registration code PAIN.

Scenarios: Teaching in the Learning College for Faculty (Online)
This is a course designed for adjunct instructors and instructors with strong content and/or technical expertise but limited teaching experience. This curriculum provides faculty with tools and resources enabling them to become more effective learning-centered instructors. The orientation session (September 17) and the wrap-up session (November 12) are required. Adjunct faculty who successfully complete the course will receive a stipend of $250. The course will be offered on two dates,
Friday, September 17, 6-9 p.m., East Campus, Room 2-207, registration code: LTRS0917 OR Saturday, September 18, 9 a.m.-12 noon, West Campus, Room 6-220, registration code: LTRS0918.

After All, You're the Supervisor
This program is designed to help supervisors reach for and achieve greater success. The program will cover the eight components of supervisory success: acknowledge your new role, plan and prioritize, be accessible, encourage teamwork, communicate upward and downward, delegate, discipline effectively, and provide feedback. Wednesday, September 22,
9 a.m.-4 p.m., West Campus, Room 4-120, registration code: MYTS0922.

Course Design: From Learning Outcomes to Assessment for TLA Participants
Course design can be one of the most interesting and challenging areas of a faculty member's work. Drawing from research in the field, this session will focus on understanding the characteristics of learning-centered course construction from learning outcomes to assessment. Essential Competency Enhancement: Assessment, Core Competencies (TVCA). This course will be offered on two dates: Thursday, September 23, 1-3 p.m., West Campus, Room 4-203, registration code: LCD0923 OR Friday, September 24, 1-3 p.m., East Campus, Room 4 -212B, registration code: LCD0924.

Contribute 2
Macromedia Contribute is the easiest way for individuals and teams to update, create, and publish web content to any HTML website. Contribute allows non-technical users to update web content while maintaining site standards for style, layout, and code. Join us to learn how to update your department's Valencia website. Thursday, September 23,
2:30-4 p.m., PDC Portable (Near East), registration code: TCONT2.

To register online for Leadership Valencia classes please go to http://valencia.cc/leadership/regstr.asp.

News from the Valencia Alumni Association

Entertainment Books are here and are only $20 EACH! Ready for 50% off and 2-for-1 savings from now until November 1, 2005? Need a great holiday gift idea that will keep on giving throughout the new year? Do you ever eat out, go to the movies, use a dry cleaner, visit attractions, play golf, go bowling, travel, stay in a hotel, rent a car, have your car washed, get an oil change, attend the theater or opera, buy CDs, purchase clothing, or have your hair styled? If your answer is yes to any of those, then you need an Entertainment 2005 book!
Available from the Valencia Alumni Association, the Entertainment 2005 book is filled with hundreds of discounts - most of them 2-for-1 or 50% off-- ranging from McDonald's to Manuel's, Auntie Anne's to Arthur's 27, and Hertz to Holiday Inn. This year, the Entertainment 2005 discount book only costs $20, with $4 of each book sold going to benefit the Alumni Association's programs and scholarships. The best part. . . it literally pays for itself with just a few uses. Also, everyone on your gift list would love to have one! Contact your campus representative today to review a book or make your purchase. Campus Representatives are:
Downtown, Winter Park: Lisa Lovell -DTC 409, x3433
East: Richard Williams - East 2-304, ext. 2350
Osceola: Deborah Donohue - Osceola 1-150, ext. 4145
West: Teresa Gallagher - West 7-240, ext. 1745; or Linda Marcia, 14-114, ext. 1738
McCoy, Sand Lake - Sue Bouchard, West 1-111, ext. 1780

Learning Evidence Team Needs Your Help

Developing a Culture of Evidence - As Dr. Shugart mentioned in his address at our Academic Assembly, Valencia is fostering a culture of evidence that will document the development of our students' learning while they are with us. This culture of evidence will include assessment conducted at all levels, including: course, program, department and institution. The Learning Evidence Team has been charged with developing a comprehensive assessment plan for the college. This work is currently underway and is displayed on the college Web site at http://valenciacc.edu/learningevidence. If you have ideas about effective assessment practices, please share these with any member of the team or with either of the co-chairs. Members of the Learning Evidence Team are: Andrew Alexander, Aida Diaz, Ann Puyana, Allison Sloan, Cheryl Robinson, David Rogers, Judi Delisle, Jackie Di Martino, Kira Bishop, Linda Anthon, Mike Bosley, Maryke Lee, Melissa Pedone, Philip Bishop, Pat Nellis, Shawn Robinson, Tim Grogan, Will Johnson, Emily Hooker (co-chair) and Roberta Vandermast (co-chair). The Learning Evidence Team welcomes your input!

Attention Supervisors, Managers, and Administrators!

Please be sure to notify Human Resources when a student or part-time hourly employee working for you resigns. If HR is not notified and doesn't terminate their employment, the student or part-time employee will remain "active" in the Oracle HR/Payroll system until no pay has been processed for them for 6 consecutive months.

If the employee is also a student, this delay in terminating employment causes a conflict between Oracle and the Banner system. When a person has a record in both systems, it is critical to update information in both places, or end the employment relationship so Oracle will not reverse information entered into Banner.

Please contact Human Resources at extension 1333 with any questions about terminating student or part-time hourly employees.

 

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