Tuesday, March 7th
2:00 - 3:00 pm
No registration is necessary
Zoom link: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/4951061571
Have you heard about “Ungrading” in higher education and curious what is it? Ungrading has long been associated with the idea of purposefully eliminating or minimizing the use of points or letters to assess student work. The focus of ungrading is to provide extensive feedback to students and then jointly (students and instructors) come to a consensus as to what the grade should be (Blum, 2017; Stommel, 2017). Let’s talk about the benefits and barriers of this controversial practice. Please join us!
Wednesday, March 8th
10:00 - 11:30 am
Location: Zoom
Facilitator: Jim Allen, Defined Contribution Benefits Specialist, California State Teachers’ Retirement System
Sign Up: Click here to register via Cornerstone
Understanding your CalSTRS benefits is important as you approach retirement. Register today for one or more of these webinars that will help you decide if it’s a good time for you to retire, the decisions you’ll need to make, what to expect in retirement, and how to protect your income once you’re retired.
Friday, March 10th
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Sign Up: Please click here to register via Cornerstone
The CIL’s next Inclusive Instructional Innovation Session will focus on Authentic Assessments. In this session, we will discuss and share ways to check for understanding for in person and remote classes as well as concrete methods to differentiate formative and summative assessments. We look forward to seeing you there!
Friday, March 10th
1:00 - 2:30 pm
Location: Zoom
Facilitator: Jim Allen, Defined Contribution Benefits Specialist, California State Teachers’ Retirement System
Sign Up: Please click here to register via Cornerstone
Understanding your CalSTRS benefits is important as you approach retirement. Register today for one or more of these webinars that will help you decide if it’s a good time for you to retire, the decisions you’ll need to make, what to expect in retirement, and how to protect your income once you’re retired.
Tuesday, March 14th
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Zoom
Facilitator: Dr. Fishman
Sign Up: Please click here to register via Cornerstone
GWC Student Health Center presents Faculty and Staff QPR Suicide Prevention Training for Fall Semester. It is online and free! Suicide is far too common. Know the warning signs and become more comfortable helping suicidal students.
Wednesday, March 15th
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Facilitator: Monica Jovanovich
Details coming soon!
Friday, February 10th
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Erin Craig and Sacha Moore
Sign Up: Please click here to register via Cornerstone
GWC’s Inclusive Instructional Innovation (III) February session will build upon previously delivered pre-semester inclusive strategies and introduce the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework. UDL guides the design of learning goals, materials, methods, and assessments as well as policies surrounding these curricular elementals with the diversity of learners at the forefront. Our collaborative session will focus on inclusive methods and strategies to support faculty in creating diverse learning experiences centered of students’ uniqueness, voice, and choice. You can attend this III session even if you missed our first one, please join us!
Thursday, February 23rd
8:30 - 3:00 pm
Flex Day information will be posted on the Spring 2023 Flex Day Website soon.
Friday, February 24th
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Facilitator: Dr. Fishman
Sign Up: Please click here to register via Cornerstone
GWC Student Health Center presents Faculty and Staff QPR Suicide Prevention Training for Fall Semester. It is online and free! Suicide is far too common. Know the warning signs and become more comfortable helping suicidal students.
Tuesday, February 28th
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Facilitator: Erin Craig
Zoom Link: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/4951061571
No sign up required
This informal discussion lunch and learn session is open to all GWC employees who are interested in discussing the upcoming AB 1705 changes, GWC's current progress with AB 705, as well as strategies, challenges, and practices.
Thursday, November 3rd
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Facilitator: Jason Sheley
Location: Math Science 116 and Zoom
Audience: Faculty and managers
No Sign Up Required
Are you interested in learning more about courses taught in a “Hyflex” modality at GWC? Hyflex classes are conducted in a traditional classroom on campus and simultaneously streamed online for students. Students in the course have the option to attend in class or remotely each day.We will discuss the structure of Hyflex, advantages and challenges of teaching in this modality as well as hear from students currently learning in this environment. In the spirit of Hyflex, our session will be in-person and on zoom simultaneously.
Friday, November 4th
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Audience: Limited to participants
Friday, November 4th
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Facilitator: Erin Craig and Sacha Moore
Location: Zoom
Audience: Full and part-time faculty
No Sign Up Required
The Inclusive Instructional Innovations (III) series centers on practical strategies for creating welcoming spaces, supporting student learning, and identifying and deconstructing academic and interpersonal barriers in and beyond the classroom. Full-time and part-time faculty participants from across the campus will encounter updated techniques for fostering community, revamping syllabi, and self-reflecting with intention. Our first of four sessions will support faculty with tangible pre-semester strategies and policies to implement that will build an inclusive community in your future classes.
Tuesday, November 8th
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Audience: All employees
Please click here to register.
Wednesday, November 16th
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Facilitator: Jason Harper
Location: Zoom
Audience: All employees
Please click here to register
In education, we encounter a wide range of people with different cultures and norms. Even the most skilled and experienced professional will face new challenges in cross-cultural communication. Cultural differences in communication can lead to misinterpretations that fuel conflict. This interactive workshop will discuss communication methods and behaviors through the lens of different cultural characteristics and give you tips to mitigate those misinterpretations in the joint search of the best working environment for faculty/staff and the best learning environment for students.
Friday, November 18
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Dr. Andrew Le
Location: Zoom
Audience: All employees
Making healthy lifestyle changes can be challenging, but there are many tips to help prepare you for success. Creating healthy habits can lead to a longer, happier life. Join Andrew Le, D.O., C.A.Q.S.M. as he discusses tips on creating healthy habits that will make a positive impact on your health today, tomorrow, and beyond.
Friday, November 18
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Math Science 117
Audience: Limited to participants
Friday, November 18
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Math Science 116
Audience: Limited to participants
Friday, November 18
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Audience: Limited to participants
Monday, October 3rd
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Dr. Joan Moss
Location: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwtd-ihrj4oGNIUo-Q5zW6d1Y7dayJJz8Cr
Audience: All GWC employees
S ign up here to register via Cornerstone.
GWC Student Health Center presents Faculty and Staff QPR Suicide Prevention Training for Fall Semester. It is online and free! Suicide is far too common. Know the warning signs and become more comfortable helping suicidal students.
Thursday, October 6th
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Facilitator: Diana Retes
Location: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/my/gwcpresoffice
Audience: All GWC employees
No sign up required
Need to attend a conference, workshop, and/or seminar and don’t know how to request approval? Join to learn about the approval and reimbursement process for employee travel!
Friday, October 7th
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Linda Stroman
Location: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/98004424692
Audience: All GWC employees
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Wednesday, October 12th
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/98004424692
Audience: All GWC Employees
Friday, October 14th
9:00 - 11:00 am
Audience: Participation limited to academy members
Friday, October 14th
11:00 - 12:00 pm
Facilitator: Therese Grande and Dennis Nañez
Location: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/82953364517
Audience: Faculty, Classified Professionals, and Managers/Administrators
Research shows that students who are involved and engaged outside of the classroom are more likely to succeed and persist inside the classroom. Student Clubs & Organizations are an incredible opportunity for our students to find that engagement, and Club Advisors play a key role in supporting these communities on campus. Join us for an info session to learn more about the benefits of serving as a Club Advisor.
Friday October 14th
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Facilitator: RP Group and GWC Data Coaching Leads
Location: Zoom:
Audience: Participation limited to 2022-23 Data Coaches
2022-23 GWC data coaches will continue their equity training on metrics, subgroups, and the inquiry process.
Wednesday, October 19th
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/82953364517
Audience: All GWC Employees
Friday, October 21st
10:00 - 11:30 am
Facilitator: Jason Harper
Location: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/82953364517
Audience: Faculty, Classified Professionals, and Managers/Administrators
Please click here to register via Cornerstone
In the workplace and as educators, it is important to understand our seemingly innocuous words can affect our colleagues and students. Over the years, students and employees have expressed concerns regarding negative encounters they experience in the classroom and workplace. This training will discuss the concept of microaggressions, how they affect the recipient, and how to take steps to adjust our language to become more inclusive.
Wednesday, October 26th
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Facilitator: Erin Craig
Location: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/4951061571
Audience: Full time and part time faculty
Learn more about a faculty-driven new program through the CIL: GWC Faculty Inquiry Groups (FIGs). FIGs give participants the opportunity to :
If you would like to learn more about FIGs and ways to get involved, please join us!
Friday, October 28th
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Audience: Participation limited to academy members
Friday, October 28th
11:00 am -12:00 pm
Location: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/98004424692
Audience: All GWC Employees
Friday, October 28th
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Audience: Participation limited to academy members
Friday, October 28th
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Facilitator: Betty Rodriguez
Location: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/4951061571
Sign up not required
Faculty: we know you have questions about out your load sheet, LHE, paychecks, pay dates, overload pay, and more! Betty Rodriguez will lead this session to help faculty understand the details, schedules, and everything else related to your load sheet and pay. Please bring your load sheet, a paystub, and questions!
Friday, September 9th
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Facilitators: RP Group and GWC Data Coaching Leads
Location: Zoom
Participation limited to 2022-23 Data Coaches.
No sign up required
2022-23 GWC data coaches will continue their training on data terminology and create a shared understanding on critical terms and concepts related to racial equity data.
Wednesday, September 14th
1:30 - 2:15 pm
Facilitator: Dr. Erin Craig
Location: Zoom: https://cccd-edu.zoom.us/j/4951061571
No sign up required, open to all!
This informal session will consist of strategies, discussion, and collaborative talk centered on concrete ways to intervene and support students just in time for the first summative assessment, paper, or project. Please bring your own lunch.
Friday, September 23rd
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Facilitators: Dr. Alyssa Brown and Dr. Erin Craig
Location: TBD
Audience: Participation limited to newly hired full time faculty.
No sign up required
Welcome and GWC Introduction from President McGrath: President McGrath will welcome the new faculty, share the vision 2030 for our campus, goals, and the GWC community.
Full Time Faculty Housekeeping: Faculty will receive, discuss, and act on the many details required for full time faculty members at GWC. This includes dates, processes, LHE, load sheets, how to calculate, how to submit textbooks
Learning Objectives, Lesson Plans, Unit Plans: Great teaching is centered on targeted and deliberate learning objectives for students, lesson plans, and overall unit organization. Faculty will be supported in writing objectives and refining their current and future unit and lesson plans to optimize student learning and teaching.
Friday, September 23rd
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Facilitators: Damien Jordan and Pete Bouzar
Location: TBD
Audience: Participation limited to Leadership Academy 2.0 participants.
No sign up required
How to Run a Meeting, Campus Committee Structure: Participants will delve into the GWC committees’ purpose and structure as well as the new changes for 2022-23. Protocols for leading a committee meeting will be explained and discussed, then participants will practice and model these practices.
Tuesday, September 27th
11:30 - 12:15 pm
Facilitator: Dr. Erin Craig
Location: CIL Student Union 201
Audience: Full time and part time faculty
No sign up required, open to all!
This informal session will include participants sharing and learning strategies and activities they use in class to promote student collaboration, engagement, and learn. Please bring your own lunch join us!
Wednesday September 28th
11:00 - 12:00 pm
Location: Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87077768005
Audience: All GWC employees
Sign up here to register via Cornerstone.
Open to All
Friday September 30th
10:00 - 11:30 am
Facilitator: Jason Harper
Location: Zoom
Audience: All GWC employees
Sign up here to register via Cornerstone.
Stereotypes and unconscious bias are the result, in part, of the human brain's need to categorize and store a vast amount of information. While everyone has unconscious biases, it can create problems when they surface in the workplace. Through implicit bias training, employees see how unconscious biases can distort decision making, and the learn what they can do to avoid make snap judgements about people that can affect relationships and productivity.
