Mission College

Faculty Academy

Fall 2009

The Faculty Academy started in the fall 2001 semester as an experiment to assist new full-time faculty. A successful pilot program was implemented again in the spring of 2002. Another Faculty Academy session will be offered in the fall of 2008. This session will be extended to include new faculty, adjunct faculty and existing faculty members.

The purpose of the Academy is not to teach, but to help.

The life of a teacher is not easy one, just ask any teacher! The pressures of starting a new teaching job are by no means trivial. The Academy can help by providing useful, timely, and accurate information and support.

External pressures, political as well as public, and ever-changing pedagogical theories, exasperate many teachers. The Academy provides an open forum to discuss, analyze, support and, especially, criticize, any issue related to the teaching profession.

Description: The Academy is scheduled to meet five/six?? times during the semester. The first three meetings will cover the following topics:

Topic Presenter(s)/Date/Time

1. Our community Angela Echeverri

  1. Brief History of Mission College Friday, October 30th at 9:00am-9:45am

b.  Population demographics CC1

  1. Student demographics
  2. Student profile
  3. Graduation and transfer data
  4. Placement data
  5. Future challenges

2. College Governance President Valles, Angela E., Alma J-H

  1. Administration Friday, October 30th at 9:45am-10:30am
  2. Departments
  3. Committees
  4. Academic Senate/Curriculum

3. Matriculation Process VP Ramirez & Rosalie Torres

a.  Admissions and Records Friday, October 30th at 10:30am-11:15am

4. Safety in the Campus Sheriff’s office

  1. Policies and Procedure Friday, October 30th at 11:15am-11:30am
  2. Gang Activity

5. Student Services VP Ramirez & Ludi Villegas

  1. EOPS Friday, Nov.6th 9:00am-10:00am

b.  Financial Aid CC2

  1. DSPS
  2. Counseling
  3. Assessment
  4. Bookstore

6. Academic Affairs: Alma Johnson-Hawkins

  1. Schedule Friday, Nov. 6th 10:00am-10:30pm
  2. Catalog
  3. Faculty handbook
  4. Reporting absences
  5. Tenure faculty process
  6. Flex Obligations
  7. Mentor program
  8. Field trips

7. Syllabi Pat Flood and Mike Reynolds

  1. Course description Friday, Nov. 6th 10:30 am– 11:30am

b.  Prerequisites

  1. Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment
  2. Course objectives
  3. Criteria for evaluation
  4. Classroom policies

8. AFT (American Federation of Teachers) Maria Fenyes

a.  The role of the AFT and faculty contractual rights Friday, Nov. 13th 9:00-10:15

b.  Teaching assignments and Office Hour obligations CC1

c.  Compensation: Rating In/Salary Schedule

Understanding your Paycheck

d.  Benefits

e.  Work Environment

8. Technology David Jordan

  1. DEC Friday, Nov. 13th 10:15-12:00
  2. Work Requests, AV Requests, Status of Courses, Enrollment, Event management
  3. Faculty and Staff web resources including faculty Portal – grades, exclusion rosters, course management system
  4. Technology in the classroom – web 2.0 portals – see http://mysuccessnet.org
  5. Information competency

II. Classroom Environment Myriam Mekelbug

  1. Student/teacher interaction Friday, November 20th 9:00 – 11:30

b.  Disabled students CC1

  1. Adult students
  2. Money issues
  3. Students with children
  4. Diversity
  5. Ethics of a teacher
  6. Sexual Harassment

III. Classroom Management Myriam Mekelbug

  1. Plagiarism Friday December 4th 9:00– 10:30

b.  Prerequisites CC1

  1. Student motivation
  2. Problem students
  3. Student retention
  4. Student Responsibility
  5. Teaching responsibility

IV. Pedagogy Alfred Romulo, Said Pazirandeh

Friday December 4th 10:30-11:30

  1. Basic Skills
  2. Development of Curriculum & Academic Programs

V. Effecting Learning Outside Speaker

  1. Clear objectives Friday, December 11th 9:00-11:30
  2. Teaching environment CC1
  3. Measurable outcomes
  4. Grading
  5. Fairness
  6. Inflation
  7. Assessment methods
  8. Techniques
  9. Lecture
  10. Group
  11. Papers
  12. Field trips
  13. Audio visual
  14. Computers
  15. Discussion
  16. Homework
  17. Problem-based learning
  18. Humor
  19. Writing