Fall 24 Friday Session Details | September 20

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8:30 - 9:45 | Workshops

Room 3401

Care & Connection: Addressing distress with compassion

Presenters: Alexis Donato & Catalina Rodriguez

Audience: All

In today's challenging environment, it’s crucial to approach distressed students with compassion, understanding, and effective strategies. By recognizing the signs of distress and responding with empathy, we can create a safe space where students feel heard and supported.

De-escalation techniques allow us to manage tense situations calmly, ensuring that both the student's and our own well-being are prioritized.

Integrating mental health resources into our approach empowers students to access the help they need, fostering resilience and a culture of care and growth. Join us!! Together, we can make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students.

Room 3402

FHDA Professional Growth Opportunities

Presenter: Phuong Tran

Audience: Classified Professionals

Join us to learn more about accessing the Professional Growth Award, Travel and Conference funds, Tuition Reimbursement, and Staff Development Leave.

Room 3504

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What's NEW in Canvas?

Presenter: Helen Graves & Online Learning Team

Audience: Faculty

Canvas is a dynamic tool that is continually changing. In 2024-25, there will be some major updates to the Canvas interface, as well as some new tools to look forward to! Join us for a quick overview of the upcoming changes, followed by a hands-on opportunity to try some of the new features.

Room 3403

Guardrails for Student Use of AI

Presenter: Mo Zadeh

Audience: Faculty

Rumi addresses one of the most pressing challenges in education today: helping schools incorporate AI into the classroom without compromising the integrity of the learning process. Rumi offers a solution that enables schools to set custom AI policies for each assignment. Instead of relying on AI detectors or taking a hands-off approach to AI, instructors can use Rumi to glean insights into students' writing and thinking processes, rather than just evaluating final submissions.

Room 3206/Online

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Video Feedback: Efficient and Effective RSI

Presenters: Kimberly Escamilla & Brian Lewis

Audience: Faculty

Research demonstrates the effectiveness of video feedback. Using ScreenPal, we will show faculty how to get their account set up and to use Screenpal to give powerful feedback to students that aligns with RSI.

Room 3301

10 Tools for Boosting RSI

Presenters: Allison + 4

Audience: Faculty

Now that you are inspired to implement RSI strategies to support learning in your classroom, let's explore the tools that we have in Canvas! We will present the following tools through a lens of effort versus impact as discussed in RSI Session 2. We will look at Analytics, Announcements, Hypothesis, Message Students Who, Modules, Pronto, Speed Grader written, video and audio feedback and Stored Comments in Rubrics.

Room 3308

BRAIN (Building On-Ramps for AI Navigation): an information and feedback session

Presenters: Sophia Kim & Sharon Garcia-Vega

Audience: All

In this session, we will present about a proposed program concept to build capacity of Foothill College faculty, student, staff, and administrators to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools. This will be an exploration of the challenges and potential of using these tools in an education setting. We will seek your feedback to our program concept and hope to engage in a rich discussion about the many facets of this technological advancement.

Appreciation Hall

The Growth of Global Experiential Learning at Foothill

Presenters: Kathryn Maurer, Brian Evans, Sam Connell, Ben Armerding, Eric Reed, Laurence Lew

Audience: Faculty

At Opening Day in September 2022 we announced the creation of the Office of Global Experiential Learning to promote the coordination and expansion of study abroad and out-of-the-classroom experiential learning at Foothill College, including short-term and quarter-long programs, for credit and not-for-credit (Community Education). Please join us at this presentation to learn more about the structure, support and success of the programs that we have offered to date, and learn how to propose new programs for the future!

Toyon/Online

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Refining Course Content with AI

Presenter: Sally Baldwin

Audience: Faculty

Learn about the latest AI tools and techniques to make your lessons more engaging and effective. Through practical demos and hands-on activities, discover how AI can help with content creation, assessments, and boosting student engagement, making your teaching easier and more impactful.

Room 3201

Simple Syllabus | Consistency, Transparency, and Ease for You and Your Students

Presenter: Amy Shidler

Audience: Faculty

Simple Syllabus is a digital tool in Canvas that automatically updates college and course information from quarter to quarter. Simple Syllabus provides consistency and transparency for students, providing a way for students to access all of their syllabi in one place. In this workshop, we’ll show you how to set up Simple Syllabus for your fall courses. Bring your laptop so you can start your syllabus!

Room 8401/Online

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Foothill Connect: Your Partner in Student Success

Presenter: Chris Chavez

Audience: Faculty

Learn about the "why" behind Foothill Connect and the process after a referral is made. This workshop will demonstrate how instructional faculty and student services work together to help support student success at Foothill through the software tool Foothill Connect.The Retention Services team will help you get started in the Foothill Connect portal: set up an account, learn how to submit referrals, issue Kudos, and complete progress surveys.

Please bring your own laptop to the workshop to follow along.

10:00 - Noon | President's Address, Longevity Awards, Keynote

Dining Hall/Online

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Mary Murphy

Keynote: Supporting Cultures of Growth

Speaker: Mary C. Murphy, Ph.D

Mary C. Murphy is Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University, the founding Director of the Summer Institute on Diversity at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, and founder and CEO of the Equity Accelerator, a research and consulting organization that works with schools and companies to create more equitable learning and working environments through social and behavioral science. Mary conducts pioneering research on motivation, performance, and intergroup relations.

Among many other awards, she received the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest award bestowed on early career scholars by the US government. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, she earned her BA from the University of Texas at Austin and her PhD in social psychology from Stanford University in 2007, mentored by Claude Steele and Carol Dweck. She splits her time between Bloomington, Indiana, and Palo Alto, California.

Her new book, "Cultures of Growth," explores the traits of individual and team success. Mary shares her "Brief But Spectacular take on how we create cultures of growth".

Watch the YouTube video from the PBS News Hour. (2:41 mins)

Lunch Noon - 1:15 Campus Center

Employee Open House

BIPOC, OWL’s Nest, Mental Health Center Expansion, PRIDE Center

Enjoy a staff Open House of the 4 new amazing centers serving students and energizing the campus center plaza.

Be sure to share these resource rich spaces with students and stop by the Open House so you can speak of them with clarity.

Each center will have appetizers to whet your appetite before heading to lunch.

What's for Lunch

We’re going Greek!

Choose between an assortment of delectable Greek-inspired boxed lunches, including chicken or beef Shawarma, meat or veggie Lavash, or a meat or vegetarian Greek salad.

Greek salad

1:30 - 4:30 | Division & Department Meetings

Business & Social Sciences

Room 4006

Fine Arts and Communication

Room 1401

General Counseling

Room 8330

Health Sciences & Horticulture

Room 5101

Kinesiology & Athletics

Room 2831 (8 - 9 a.m.)

Language Arts

Room 6505

Library, Learning Resource Center

Room 3504

Office of Equity & Inclusion

Room 1943

STEM

Room 4501

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