Vol. XXXIV, No. 3

January 24, 2005

This Week at Valencia.

Monday, January 24:

IAC meeting, 8:30 a.m., East Campus 3-113

CPA meeting, 3:00 p.m., Osceola Campus 1-258

Wednesday, January 26:

Learning Evidence Team meeting, 2:30 p.m., Osceola Campus TBA

Thursday, January 27:

CPC meeting, 2:30 p.m., Winter Park Campus TBA

Friday, January 28:

"Intimate Abstraction: Works by Miami and New York Painters" 6:30 p.m. reception, Anita Wooten Gallery, East Campus

Faculty Development Opportunities

Scenarios-Teaching in the Learning College: This is a course designed for adjunct instructors and instructors with strong content and/or technical expertise but limited teaching experience. This curriculum provides tools and resources that enable them to become more effective learning-centered instructors. Adjunct faculty who successfully complete the course will receive a stipend of $250. TWO DATES TO CHOOSE FROM: Friday, January 28, 6:00 -9:00 p.m., East Campus, Room TBA, registration code LTRS0128, or Saturday, January 29, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-220, registration code LTRS0129.

Scenarios-Succeeding in Online Group Work: This new course focuses on designing and facilitating group projects in the online environment. By getting involved with the storyline, characters, readings, and the interaction with the participants, faculty members should walk away with the skills to plan and implement group activities. Faculty who successfully complete this course will receive a stipend of $125. TWO DATES TO CHOOSE FROM: Friday, February 4, 6:00 -9:00 p.m., East Campus, Room TBA, registration code LTRS0204 or Saturday, February 5, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., West Campus, Room TBA, registration code LTRS0205.

Scenarios-Developing Readers and Writers: This session is for all teachers who teach developmental reading or writing or who are planning to teach these courses in the future. The curriculum is designed to supplement a teacher's content area expertise with an introduction to developmental education theory and practice. The ultimate goal of this course is to help teachers develop a coherent theory-based approach to teaching students in developmental reading and writing courses. Faculty who successfully complete this course will receive a stipend of $175. TWO DATES TO CHOOSE FROM: Friday, February 25, 6:00 -9:00 p.m., East Campus, Room TBA, registration code LSDS0204 or Saturday, February 26, 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m., West Campus, Room 6-220, registration code LSDS0205.

UCF Center at Osceola in new location

The UCF at Osceola office is in Valencia's newest Osceola campus building. UCF representative Barbara Osborn is located in Building 3, room 319E. Office hours are Monday through Thursday, 1:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. - 12 noon. Barbara can be reached at extension 4190. There is a UCF Kiosk located in Building 1, in the Atrium area for your use. For any UCF questions, please visit our office.

Thank you.

My family and I would like to thank our Valencia Family for all acts of kindness shown during the recent death of my sister. The beautiful flowers, cards, food and phone call were very much appreciated. It is a blessing to have a family like the Valencia Family.
          - Al Nicoletto and Family

Kudos

Charles Killinger, Professor of History, West Campus, has published a chapter, "Fighting Fascism from the Valley: Italian Intellectuals in the United States" in The Dispossessed: An Anatomy of Exile (University of Massachusetts Press, 2005), edited by Smith College sociologist Peter I. Rose, with a foreword by Liv Ullmann.

Faculty-to-Faculty Seminars

The Office of Teaching Learning Support invites Valencia's adjunct faculty members to participate in a series of seminars offered on Classroom Topics and Technology for Learning plus a presentation at the Faculty Project Showcase Using Technology and applying ideas learned from the seminars.

This series addresses the highest ranked topics of interest drawn from surveys and focus groups of Valencia's adjunct faculty. (Thank you to over 200 adjuncts who responded!) The seminars will be in the form of round-table discussions and break out sessions facilitated by full-time and adjunct faculty.

NOTE: Upon completion of all three activities, and the submission of the final project electronically, the participant will receive a $300 stipend. Seating is limited to 75 per campus seminar. Each participant should register for all three activities on the same campus. To register, please select the registration code(s) from the list below and go to http://valenciacc.edu/leadership/regstr.asp or e-mail Heather Coxe at hcoxe@valenciacc.edu with your campus choice.

Technology for Learning
Friday, February 11
East Campus-5:00 PM; Building 3, Room 113; Reg. Code: LFE211
West Campus-6:00 PM; Building 7, Room 114; Reg. Code: LFW211

Classroom Topics - Active Learning, Classroom Assessment, Student Motivation, Assessment, etc.
Friday, March 11
East Campus-5:00 PM; Building 3, Atrium; Reg Code: LFE311
West Campus-6:00 PM; Building 2, Room 200 (note: print issue of Bulletin has incorrect room number); Reg Code: LFW311

Faculty Project Showcase using Technology
Saturday, April 16, 9 A.M. - Noon
East Campus - Building 5, Room 112; Reg. Code: LFE406
West Campus - LRC, 2nd Floor; Reg. Code: LFW406

Please register for East OR West campus location. Winter Park campus has severe space limitations. We apologize for any inconvenience. Osceola Campus faculty will receive information from, and will register directly with, Dr. Jackie DiMartino, ext. 4165.

If you have specific program questions, please contact David Hosman, 407-582-1303 or dhosman@valenciacc.edu. For registration inquiries, please contact Heather Coxe, 407-582-3126 or hcoxe@valenciacc.edu.

Submissions to the Bulletin are encouraged, so please e-mail your achievements, awards, recognitions, and relevant information for the college community to Mary Jane Jones, Staff Assistant in Marketing and Media Relations. Deadline for submission is 5 p.m. on the Tuesday preceding each Friday's distribution. Mary Jane can be reached at ext.1017, or mjjones@valenciacc.edu.