Dear Member of the RCC Faculty and Professional Staff

Roxbury Community College 1234 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury, MA 02120 Telephone: 617-427-0060, www.rcc.mass.edu

April 27, 2008

Dear Member of the RCC Faculty and Professional Staff:

The third annual Roxbury Community College Faculty Academy will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, May 20 – May 22. A variety of workshops will focus on professional development: The Power of Teaching and Learning. All professional staff and faculty members, full time and adjunct, are invited to attend. Faculty are compensated for attending at $40/day; those who commit to the entire three-day academy will be paid $150. Full descriptions and registration materials will be available towards the end of this week; turnaround time will then be brief: to attend you will need to register by May 8 th.

Please note the schedule for the three days:

Tuesday, May 20 9:00 am to 9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast Faculty Lounge (3-424)

Welcoming Remarks 9:30 am to 9:45 am: Dr. Gomes and Dr. Mercomes

10:00 am to 11:00 am - Helping Students with Disabilities Succeed in College

11:10 am to 12:10 pm - Governance 101

longer sessions: 10:00 am to 12:00 - High Expectations and Student Satisfaction: You Can Have Both noon - Seeing (and hearing) is Believing: Audio-Visual Aids in Biological Science

12:20 pm to 1:20 pm luncheon served Faculty Lounge (3-424)

Poster Sessions: 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm - BATEC Classroom and Beyond - RCC Multicultural Center – Get Involved! - English 099 for Nursing and Allied Health Majors: A Pathways Program - ARISE: Our Baby – It Takes a Village Spend 10 minutes to do daily evaluations and 2:30 deliver to library entrance before leaving. more… Wednesday, May 21

9:00 am to 9:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast Faculty Lounge (3-424)

9:30 am to 11:30 am longer sessions: - Governance 102 - Imbedding Information Literacy into the Curriculum - Really Using Outlook – It’s not just for E-mail!

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm luncheon served Faculty Lounge (3-424)

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm - From Real Life & Across the Curriculum: How Might the School- Work-Family Conundrum Serve to Reinforce Learning? - A Discussion on Incorporating a Service Learning Component in Course Delivery (follow up to presentation of Fall 2007, not a repeat) facilitated by administration which can support your involvement - Introduction to Instructional Blogging

Spend 10 minutes to do daily evaluations and 2:00 deliver to library entrance before leaving.

Thursday, May 22 9:00 am to 9:30 am: Registration and Continental Breakfast Faculty Lounge (3-424)

9:30 am to 10:30 am - Personal Enrichment (the difference between trading and investing in stocks) - Writing a Dynamic Syllabus - Service Learning: Mentor to Students based on individual faculty experience

10:45 am to 11:45 am - Preparing Developmental English Students for Intellectual Challenge - How Can Science Nurture Nursing

12:00-12:15 Evaluations and Reflections - due before lunch 12:15 pm Luncheon and Wrap-Up Reception Faculty Lounge (3-424)

So keep an eye out for the registration materials. We are looking forward to this much needed time for reflection and growth.

Yours truly,

The Faculty Academy Committee: Professors Sterling Giles, Clark Grain, Michelle Howard Harrell, Judy Kahalas, TiaJuana Malone, Veronica McCormack, and Linda Moussouris