Full Title: Academic Senate Meeting
When: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Full Title: CalSTRS
When: 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Presenters: Sal Abbate and Mary Jones
Description: This event will focus on retirement and the different timelines involved in submitting paperwork to agencies such as STRS and Social Security. We will discuss Medicare, contractual requirements for retiree medical and many other important factors to consider when retiring. If you have a specific question you would like addressed, please send it to Salvatore.abbate@solano.edu at least one week prior to the event.
Full Title: One Drive/Share Point
When: 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Presenters: Dagmar Kuta and Robert Nuñez
Description: The purpose of this workshop will provide a basic overview of teaching faculty and staff the fundamentals of using OneDrive and SharePoint provided through your employee email, Outlook, on Office-365. Learn how to access OneDrive and SharePoint. Understand the benefits of using these resources as educators and how to upload and share files the correct way and create links for recorded videos through OneDrive. Also, learn how to work collaboratively with your colleagues by building groups through SharePoint to work on any uploaded documents/files at the same time while updates appear live to each user.
Full Title: Get Wise to Saving for Retirement
When:10:00 AM – 11:20 AM
Presenters: Daniel Otter, PhD, and Scott Dauenahauer, CFP
Description: Interactive introduction to the 403(b), the 457(b), and key saving for retirement concepts and strategies. Pre-registration required.
Full Title: Open & Enriched Course Materials
Hosted By: Tyra McCray
Presenters: Erin Farrey and Rachel Zaccaro
Description: Explore the Lumen Learning course catalog with 80+ Open Education Resources including text, videos, simulations, self-checks, and other interactives. Learn about courseware that provides flexibility to keep students engaged and connected in any modality.
Full Title: Academic Senate Meeting with Administrators, SESC Committee, and SCC Students
When: 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Presenters: LaNae Jaimez, Academic Senate President and Josh Scott, Academic Senate Vice President/SESC Chair
Full Title: DE Office Hour
When: 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Presenter: Carol Zadnik
Full Title: Supporting Students in DSP
When: 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Presenter: Tracy Schneider
Full Title: CalPERS
When: 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Presenters: Sal Abbate and Mary Jones
Description: This event will focus on retirement and the different timelines involved in submitting paperwork to agencies such as STRS and Social Security. We will discuss Medicare, contractual requirements for retiree medical and many other important factors to consider when retiring. If you have a specific question you would like to address, please send it to Salvatore.abbate@solano.edu at least one week prior to the event.
Full Title: Building Community, Doing the Work
When: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Description: An open invitation from the Minority Coalition to discuss and adopt specific strategies, ideas, and actions to build a more inclusive, equitable, and anti-racist institution
Full Title: Correctional Educational Meeting
When: 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Presenter: Peter "Tony" Zitko
Description: This event is for correctional education faculty who will be teaching courses at California State Prison-Solano (CSPS), California Medical Facility (CMF), or the Solano County Jail (SCJ) during the 2021 school year. The purpose of this event is to prepare correctional education faculty for the upcoming semester of distance education at the three correctional facilities served by Solano Community College.
Full Title: Aligning with the OEI Rubric
When: 3:00 PM - 4:50 PM
Presenter: Erica Beam
Description: The California Virtual Campus - Online Exchange Initiative (CVC OEI) has a detailed rubric for offering courses online in the Exchange. Solano adopted the OEI Rubric as part of our local process for approving courses online. Join us for a thorough review of the OEI Rubric - what it means to align to the rubric and see that in action in a real Canvas course!
Full Title: Convocation for Adjunct Faculty
When: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Hosted by: S/P Esposito-Noy, VP Cooper, VP Diamond, and VP Williams
Description: Join the S/P and VPs for updates on academic affairs, the budget, student services, and more. This is also your chance to share and get all your questions answered!
When: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Presenters: Janene Whitesell, Master of Convocation
Celia Esposito-Noy, Superintendent-President
LaNae Jaimez, Academic Senate President
Presenter: Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud
Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud has more than 35 years of experience as an educator and leader in higher education. She served as Chancellor of Peralta Community College District, President and Vice President of Instruction at Skyline College, Dean of Workforce Development at Mission College and Professor of Nursing at Rancho Santiago (Santa Ana College).
Named President Emerita by the San Mateo County Community College District Board of Trustees, Dr. Stanback Stroud is highly regarded for her work on student equity and diversity, economic empowerment, and anti-poverty strategies. Dr. Stanback Stroud served as the President of the State Academic Senate for California Community Colleges.
Dr. Stanback Stroud served as a presidential appointee to President Barack Obama’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans. In recognition of her equity work, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges established the Regina Stanback Stroud Diversity Award, a state-wide award that honors faculty committed to diversity, equity, and social justice. The Western Regional Council on Black American Affairs established the Dr. Regina Stanback Stroud Leadership Achievement Award, awarded to individuals committed to leadership excellence and social justice.
Dr. Stanback Stroud holds a Doctorate and Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Mills College, a Master’s Degree in Human Relations from Golden Gate University and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Sciences from Howard University. A scholar of Critical Race Theory, Dr. Stanback Stroud’s scholarship and expertise has focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and leadership.
Full Title: Meeting of the Minds
When: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Presenter: David Williams
Description: VP David Williams hosts trivia for virtual fun and real laughs. Join us!
Full Title: Student Conduct: Nuts and Bolts
When: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Presenter: Shannon Cooper, Vice President of Student Services
Description: This workshop will describe the student discipline process. Practice scenarios will be included.
Full Title: Teaching Techniques for Online Learning
When: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Presenter: Maureen Powers
Description: You have been teaching remotely since March of 2020. You’ve had some challenges and there have been some welcome surprises. Join your colleagues and bring all your questions, dilemmas and creative solutions for teaching asynchronously and synchronously.
This workshop will provide space for us to problem solve together and tap our collective knowledge and expertise. Along the way, we’ll present several best practice teaching techniques faculty can use in synchronous and asynchronous environments.
Participants are likely to log off feeling less alone, more informed, and better connected to the college community. Join us!
Full Title: Academic Succss and Tutoring Center (ASTC)
When: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Presenter: Lauren Taylor-Hill
Description: A jaw-dropping 89.5% of students surveyed in October 2020 reported NOT having used NetTutor during their COV-EDucation (see what I did there?) in Spring, Summer, or Fall 2020. We can do better! Stop by the Academic Success and Tutoring Center Zoom session to learn about NetTutor (24/7 live tutors available for subjects like Math and English), our very own Instructional Assistants (live help via Zoom), and our grand plans for ASTC 2.0 in the beautiful new library (opening sometime in Fall 2021). We’d love to hear from our colleagues (especially our part-time peers) during this session—how can we better support you and your students? Let’s work together to assist, encourage, and inspire the students of Solano Community College!
When: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Full Title: How DSP Can Help You and Your Students
When: 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Presenters: Tracy Schneider and Candace Roe
Description: This presentation will give an overview of DSP services for students and faculty
and discuss how we can work with you to help students succeed. We will try to answer
any questions you might have. We will also try to address concerns regarding DSP students
and the use of Proctorio.
Full Title: Wake Up the Zoom Boxes (Zoom-bies?) in Your Class!
When: 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
Presenters: Ann Hefner-Gravink and Michelle Smith
Description: Online polls are a great way to keep students interested and engaged in lecture while
quickly assessing their understanding of concepts. We will provide an overview of
how-to setup and use audience response systems, such as Quizizz and PollEverywhere
with Zoom, to check-in with your students during class. Your students will thank you!
Full Title: Share, Learn and Practice Class Norms
When: 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Presenter: Pam Muick and Brad Paschal
Description: Inviting the Intrigued and the Experienced.
Faculty are invited to share their experiences using class norms in their classrooms.
Instructors are invited to evaluate whether this practice will work for their classroom.
• What are Classroom Norms? In contrast to rules, norms are "an agreement among members
of a classroom or school about how they will treat one another," according to Gary
Borich, Professor of Educational Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin.
• We will have a short practice session in which we create class norms for our session.
Full Title: PlayPosit - Creating interactive videos in Canvas
When: 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM
Presenter: Erica Beam
Description: Join me in a hands-on session creating interactive "bulbs” in Canvas! Take a YouTube
video, a Canvas Studio video, or a video file on your computer and add in quiz questions,
prompts, and many other options to keep students engaged and learning. PlayPosit is
already enabled in your Canvas course as an External Tool - I will show you how to
find it and get started!
Full Title: Basic Zoom Training
When: 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Presenters: Dagmar Kuta and Robert Nuñez
Description: We get it. Online teaching and conferencing is TOUGH! If you haven’t gotten the hang
of Zoom yet, this session is for you. Learn the basics, like how to:
• access and navigate Zoom
• schedule, host, and join a meeting
• share your screen
• record your lessons and meetings
We will also show you how to help yourself - where to find tutorials and information,
and who to ask questions when you get stuck. See you there!
Full Title: How to Liquify Your Syllabus
When: 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Presenters: Sarah Barsness, Evangeline East, Ferdinanda Florence,
Ruth Fuller, Christine Mani, and Michelle Smith
Description: Given the ongoing situation, students are especially nervous about starting classes. Many students (and faculty) would not choose the online learning environment. But here we are. So how do we help our students (and ourselves!) prepare for the upcoming semester? Our faculty panelists will discuss the benefits of the “liquid” syllabus and share their examples and experiences. Participants will be provided with ideas and resources to “liquify” their own syllabus. Beginners to experts welcome!
Full Title: I’m Not an Expert, But Did You Know…
When: 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM
Presenter: Heather Watson-Perez
Description: Are you really proud of your ability to discuss the inner-workings of 4th century monasteries? Do you know a ton about how sliced bread came to be? Come share your non-expert expertise! The goal of this session is to share out about something you love and have done just a *little* bit of research about (and by “research” I mean Googling, reading and listening!). Come have lunch, share your passion, and learn something about a topic you never thought you cared about.Full Title: Benefits Discussion
When: 1:00 PM – 2:50 PM
Presenter: Salvatore Abbate and Tracy Drake
Description: The HR presentation will focus on paid and unpaid leaves granted under Federal and State law or through collective bargaining agreements. Please submit any specific questions about benefits through this survey by March 10th.
Full Title: Student Conduct: Nuts & Bolts
When: 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Presenter: Shannon Cooper, Vice President of Student Services
Description: This workshop will describe the student discipline process. Practice scenarios will be included.
Full Title: Copyright and Fair Use Mythbusters
When: 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Presenter: Atticus Frey
Description: We will be covering Copyright issues commonly encountered during online learning. We will also be speaking toward adopting OER materials, and what that means with copyright. This session will be an overview of guidelines and best practices for educators and librarians and will not give legal counsel or advice.
Full Tite: Introduction to Connecting with Students Through Discord
When: 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
Presenters: Rachel Brae, SCC student, Alex Castaneda, SCC Outreach Coordinator, LaNae Jaimez, SCC Faculty
Description: Discord is a free platform that is used in many fields of communication. This workshop is an introduction on how to use Discord in an educational setting. We will be exploring how to set up and maintain servers, send text messages, and do live video and voice chats. In addition, this presentation will address the need for students to have a place to congregate en masse, outside of the confines of the physical spaces that make up SCC, using Discord. The ability to communicate in real time, share and exchange resources, and set up impromptu study sessions are all tools Discord provides. This model has already been put into motion with Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing student cohorts. We have been maintaining the server for 2 years and the students have been using it as a means to share resources, communicate, problem solve, and work together. Having a designated, faculty- supported platform on which to safely congregate and exchange academic ideas and solutions will be beneficial to students.
Full Title: A Career Infusion for Classes
When: 9:00am - 10:20am
Presenter: Patricia Young
Description: Data, and the District's Strategic Goals support an aim of educating and empowering students toward career readiness and employability success. This workshop will introduce and present attendees with Career Center resources they can easily infuse into their curriculum to give a “career-centered" emphasis to the entire course, or a module, to start students on this path of self-discovery for career exploration and development.
Full Title: Towards an Anti-Racist Curriculum
When: 9:00 AM – 10:20 AM
Presenters: Sarah Barsness, Lisa Neeley, and Jan Lee Marshall
Description: This panel discussion will focus on both larger concepts and tiny details, with an eye to recognizing non-inclusive curriculum. We hope to generate strategies and incentives for faculty to examine new and existing courses and programs, with attention to eliminating racist language, concepts and structure, as well as adding content that affirms inclusion, and acknowledges systemic inequities.
Full Title: Counseling and Admissions: Connecting and Collaborating
When: 10:30 AM – 11:50 AM
Presenters: Marcie McDaniels, Amy Dauffenbach, Rebecca LaCount, and Alysa Borelli
Description: This workshop provides an opportunity for Admissions and Counseling colleagues to collaborate, connect and have deeper discussions about processes and procedures that help ensure students achieve their academic goals. It will also provide an opportunity to identify new ways in which the two departments can support each other. Topics to be covered include transcript review, Admissions and Records petitions, the degree cycle, and MORE!
Full Title: Advanced Zoom Training
When: 10:30 AM – 11:20 AM
Presenters: Dagmar Kuta and Robert Nuñez
Description: Okay, so you “get” Zoom. It works for you, it makes sense, and screen sharing is a
piece of cake. But isn’t there more to life than just screen sharing?
If you want more from your Zoom lectures and meetings, this is the session for you.
We’ll skip the basics and get straight into the good stuff, like how to:
1. Schedule meetings with ConferZoom in Canvas
2. Implement polls in the classroom
3. Using breakout rooms
4. Customize features to make Zoom work for you
Who knows, we may even drop some hot tips on how to implement this all into your classroom,
and dare we say it, have fun using Zoom? See you soon!
Full Title: I’m Not an Expert, But Did You Know…
When: 12:00 PM – 12:50 PM
Presenter: Heather Watson-Perez
Description: Are you really proud of your ability to discuss the inner-workings of 4th century monasteries? Do you know a ton about how sliced bread came to be? Come share your non-expert expertise! The goal of this session is to share out about something you love and have done just a *little* bit of research about (and by “research” I mean Googling, reading and listening!). Come have lunch, share your passion, and learn something about a topic you never thought you cared about.
The guidelines:
1. You CANNOT be a true expert on this topic; the intent of this is to share something
fun and interesting that you have learned about one of your own interests, NOT about
your teaching, work, or degree.
2. No discussion of how this might be made into a lesson allowed!
3. HAVE FUN! This is designed to be fun (and funny where necessary!).
If you would like to participate as a “non-expert” please email Heather Watson-Perez
with your interest/topic and which session you are interested in participating in
(Heather.Watson-Perez@solano.edu).
Full Title: eLumen: Basic Training to Completing SLO Assessments
When: 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Presenter: Andrew Wesley
Description: This will be a training session on how to complete SLO assessments (which will be mandatory) in eLumen.In order to facilitate training, please prepare records/results from courses taught in previous semester readily available. Also, a Zoom meeting could be arranged with Assessment Chair Andrew Wesley (Andrew.Wesley@solano.edu) on March 30th, April 13th, April 27th, or May 11th (3:30 pm – 4:30 pm).
Full Title: Zoom Q&A
When: 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
Presenter: Dagmar Kuta and Robert Nuñez
Description: You couldn’t make it to our other sessions. Or you are a Zoom pro and don’t really
need help, but there’s just one thing that you want help with. Maybe you literally
don’t know what is going on and just need a comforting presence between other sessions.
We are here for you. Drop in during our 100% Q&A session focused on Zoom -- you bring
the questions, we’ll bring the answers.
Full Title: Professional Development/Flex Cal Committee
When: 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM
Presenter: Michelle Smith and Kristin Conner
Description: Meet your PDFC committee and learn about the upcoming professional development system!
Full Title: Get to Know the Associated Students of Solano College
When: 4:00 PM – 4:50 PM
Presenter: Alexandria Castaneda
Description: Get to know the Associated Students of Solano College and learn about their roles and responsibilities on campus. The members of the ASSC are eager to work alongside staff, faculty, and admin and serve as the student voice.
