WEEK OF FEBRUARY 21
STRATEGIES FOR MINDFULNESS AND “WISE MINDS” FOR EDUCATORS
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 from 12:00-12:50pm via Zoom
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Facilitator: Dr. Jenny Retallick, CAPS Trauma Specialist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
At this point in the semester, your needs and your students’ needs might be in dialectical tension. How do we balance our own wellness with the increase in student needs? Using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and real-life examples, we will discuss strategies and tools you can use to increase the likelihood of maintaining your wellness during stressful periods. This program is part of the project, Well-Being in the Heart of Campus: Community Connections at Greenwood Library, a partnership between Greenwood Library and Longwood CAPS. This project is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services ARPML-250933-OMLS-22.
RESEARCH JUMP-START SERIES
Beginning February 23rd at 3:30-4:30pm in 310 Allen Hall
Facilitators: Dr. JoEllen Pederson and Dr. Scott Grether
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Gather with other researchers to discuss achievable research questions, methodology, data collection, and data analysis. This will be a three-part workshop series to help you maintain a research agenda throughout the Spring semester. Dr. Scott Grether and Dr. JoEllen Pederson are experienced in qualitative and quantitative research methods and are excited to talk methodology with you! They will dedicate each workshop to your needs while also helping the group progress research projects. To the first workshop, please bring an idea for a research project you are interested in completing.
TRANSPARENCY IN TEACHING AND LEARNING (TILT) WORKSHOP SERIES
While at UNLV, Dr. Mary-Ann Winkelmes wanted to develop a straightforward method for helping students improve academic outcomes in her courses. The result was TILT. Dr. Winkelmes’ approach to assignment design is a small change that has large, positive effects for student persistence and sense of belonging, particularly in students from underrepresented groups. This semester, CAFE is offering three 50-minute mini-workshops aimed to help faculty rework their assignments to be as clear and instructive as possible. link expired for any/all session(s) that you find interesting.
22nd session from 4-5:00pm
Peer-Review of your Assignment. We’ll utilize the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment’s “charrette” for this session. Charrettes are a faculty peer-review process that will help even seasoned faculty develop/revise student-centered assignments using the TILT method.
FOCUSED PRODUCTIVITY SESSIONS
Join CAFE for pomodoro sessions again this semester. All faculty and staff are welcome. The sessions use a focused cycle: set a goal, work towards it for 25 minutes, and then take a five-minute break. You will repeat the cycle three times. Choose the session that fits your needs:
Research Writing Session: Tuesdays, 8:30-10:30am, via Zoom with Adam Franssen, https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/j/94415818418
Work Session: Fridays, 1:00-2:30pm via Zoom with Laura Jimenez and Pam Tracy, https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/s/99684993255
FACULTY AND STAFF MEDITATION
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:00-12:15
Join us for a short meditation via Zoom. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:00-12:15, https://longwood-edu.zoom.us/j/94716220119?pwd=a0pmeU1ORGRyeTgyRitMUTJZblBkUT09
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DESIGN THINKING FOR FACULTY AND STAFF
Date: March 17, 2022 from 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Location: 308 Allen Hall
Facilitator: Jacob Dolence and David Hennessey
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Design thinking is a method for solving complex and human-centered problems. This in-person workshop will provide participants with a creative way to solve administrative challenges, foster innovative teaching pedagogies, and provide a framework to support students in experiential learning. The facilitators will guide participants in the history and process of design thinking through hands-on experiential activities. This is not a lecture! You will be building, creating, and acting together. The workshop will then provide participants with an opportunity to utilize the process they just learned and apply it to a challenge in their own teaching or administrative duties.