Program
This year's Faculty Workshop Day - The Power of Perspective: Transforming Challenges into Successes - will be held in person with some remote workshops on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
All workshops have a seat cap of 24 participants on the registration form, including remote workshops.
9:15 - 9:45 a.m.
Sign In/Registration (Bulmer Telecommunications Center Lobby)
9:45 - 10 a.m.
- Greetings & Announcements (Bulmer Telecommunications Center Auditorium)
Louis Coplin, Officer in Charge
Ronalyn Wilson, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Jennifer Austin and Johnathan Peabody, Faculty Workshop Day Co-Chairs
10 - 11 a.m.
- Keynote Speaker, David Stuart Jr. (Bulmer Telecommunications Center Auditorium)
The Will to Teach: Balancing Work and Life on the Road to Long-Term Flourishing
In this talk, we'll examine the teacher's journey and how it can light our paths as we seek to teach — and live — well. As we go, we'll examine straightforward though oft-neglected methods for living deeper, richer teacher lives.
Dave Stuart Jr. has taught secondary English and social studies for nearly twenty years, most of which have been in Cedar Springs, MI, where he builds a life with his family. His blog articles and YouTube videos are used by over 50,000 educators each month, and his bestselling books These 6 Things and The Will to Learn have been cherished by teachers and leaders around the world. As a practicing teacher himself, Dave seeks to create professional development (PD) experiences that are meaningful, encouraging, and actionable. He has led PD sessions over a quarter of a thousand times, both overseas and in nearly every U.S. state.
11 - 11:30 a.m. - Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Session I
Bulmer Telecommunications Center
CPR, AED Review, Bleeding Control Techniques, and NARCAN Demo (In-person)
Presenter: Anthony Caliguire
CPR and AED use will be reviewed. We will then talk and practice tourniquet use including improvised and commercial methods for bleeding control. Finally, we will review Narcan and how to administer it, with a hands-on demonstration.Faculty Promotion at HVCC (In-person)
Presenters: Jennifer Eaton, Tony Podlaski, Scott Hathaway, Jodi Mather and Danielle Blesi
Are you prepared for promotion? Do you meet the criteria? How is the process initiated? What are the important components of the promotion package? This workshop is designed to provide information and resources for faculty who are considering promotion, whether it be soon or several years down the road. In this workshop we will cover a detailed overview of the promotions process at the college and describe the portfolio required for promotion. Faculty will leave the session with a sense of awareness of what is involved in the promotion process and how to achieve this milestone.International Students 101 (In-person)
Presenters: Aidan Glynn, Dr. Jay Deitchman and Shalini Varma
The purpose of this workshop is to familiarize faculty and staff with challenges that our international students face throughout their college experience. Topics covered will include obstacles faced international students inside and outside the classroom, employment and class schedule options for this student population, and language cultural barriers. The workshop be a powerpoint presentation/lecture with an emphasis on open discussion.Introduction to the HVCC Makerspace and 3D Printing (In-person)
Presenters: Linda Lim and Peter Fil
This workshop will introduce faculty to the new HVCC Makerspace in HUD134, including an overview of the equipment available and how it can be used by the campus community. The workshop will also include an introduction to using the 3D printers in the Makerspace.Meeting the New Increasing Needs of Our Students: Increasing Resiliency Among HVCC Students, Faculty, and Staff (In-person)
Presenters: Kevin Schlicht, Sara Donnelly and Katie D'Arcy
Our student population has increasingly become more aware of their own mental health. We hope to provide some contextual information regarding the challenges students are facing today and provide tools and techniques to the faculty to better support these students. It takes a community to help everyone build their resiliency when facing challenges and adversity. We will also provide a review of the student supports available on campus and discuss scenarios of handling students of concern.Open Discussion: Lessons Learned and Best Practices in the Classroom (In-person)
Presenter: Shawna-Kay Addison
In this workshop, we will engage in a collaborative discussion on classroom best practices, share tools and strategies that have positively influenced student engagement and learning, and explore the role of technology, specifically AI, in research and classwork. We will also discuss working with Brightspace and the integration of educational tools.Safe and Accessible Web Sourcing (In-person or Remote)
Presenters: William Jojo and Rachel Holland
Websites are riddled with advertisements, malware, pixels, and numerous other tracking components. Not only are these sites dangerous, but they're often not ADA/504 accessible. We will discuss tools and methods for making content safer and suitable to screen readers.The Art of Reading Beyond Reading: How Reading Skills Matter in Every Course (In-person)
Presenter: Jaya Dasgupta
As an educator, do you agree that reading skills and interest in reading have declined over the years? Why is reading so underrated in teens and young adults and how is that impacting their learning beyond literature classes. Why is this a problem and what can be done to address it? What are some of the reading strategies you employ in your course?The Will to Learn: How to Cultivate Student Motivation without Losing Your Own (In-person)
Presenter: Dave Stuart Jr.
How do we help all of our students do the work of learning, with care — as best they currently can? I've spent the past ten years of my teaching career reading, experimenting, and interviewing experts about what lies at the heart of student motivation. What I’ve found is straightforward: for our students to flourish long-term and move toward mastery, they need to be motivated from the inside-out via Five Key Beliefs. For us teachers to cultivate these beliefs, we need not becomemiracle workers or workaholics. Instead, we can apprentice ourselves to how the beliefs work and how to grow them.What can I do with Feedback Fruits? (In-person)
Presenters: Linda Ryder and DL staff
This Spring 2025 offers the campus community a pilot of Feedback Fruits. This product integrates with D2L Brightspace and extends the options for student engagement, interactivity, peer activities, and use of AI to support student success. It also provides opportunities to create sophisticated content in your course using AI supported content structuring. What can you do with Feedback Fruits? Find out at this workshop.12:45 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch (Bulmer Telecommunications Center)
1:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Session II
Bulmer Telecommunications Center
Active Shooter Response and Deescalation Overview (In-person)
Presenters: Jason Vandenburgh and Daquan Pontoon
This program will cover the Avoid, Deny, Defend, (Run, Hide, Fight) response to active shooters. We will also overview de-escalation techniques when encountering distressed individuals.Autonomy in Learning: Using Universal Design for Learning Principles for Student Engagement (In-person or Remote)
Presenter: Casey Ryan
The workshop will be a discussion of using Universal Design for Learning principles to encourage student engagement with course material through increasing autonomy in learning. Providing students with choice in learning and engagement with course material requires minimal effort from faculty compared to the increase in course satisfaction and student learning. The goal of the workshop is to share data on UDL and autonomy in learning with real student feedback, as well as providing a venue for faculty to share their course ideas for improving autonomy in learning.Brightspace Course Management Tips and Tricks (In-person)
Presenters: Aradhna Jettoo and Elizabeth Ryglicki
This session will help faculty maximize their use of the D2L Brightspace platform. Discover essential tools and strategies to streamline course setup, enhance student engagement, and optimize grading workflows. Whether you’re new to Brightspace or looking to refine your skills, this training will provide practical tips and insights to elevate your use of D2L Brightspace.f(math accessibility) = smart tools + user friendly + growth mindset + time saving (In-person)
Presenter: Rachel Holland
Math Accessibility seems like an unachievable goal due to the amount of time spent typing math. And in the end, instructors may feel that they spend more time writing the math than creating the content. This workshop addresses other avenues to make the time to “type” math faster and easier while making the math content 100% accessible. To continue to spread math accessibility, faculty will also be introduced to accessible tools, which can be shared with students to help make shown work neater, provide access to accessible calculators, and provide resources containing additional practice questions.Global Engagement Opportunities at HVCC (In-person)
Presenter: Jay Deitchman
The Office of Global Initiatives (OGI) is a gateway for many global engagement opportunities available to our students, faculty and staff. Come learn about HVCC’s global initiatives, including our role as a UNEVOC Centre, and how the OGI can assist you as an instructor.Psychological Safety: Building a Foundation for Inclusive Student Engagement (In-person)
Presenter: Christine Jenkins and Rachel Breidster, MS
Classroom success often involves student risk in sharing thoughts, experiences, and handling missteps along the way. This in-person interactive discussion will introduce attendees to the concept of psychological safety and offer specific actions you can take to encourage student growth as a learning process, rather than an end goal.Recharge and Restore: A Personal Meditation Practice (In-person)
Presenter: Bonnie Cook
We live in an anxious world. A calm, focused mind can help us, and our students, deal with alarming levels of stress and depression. This workshop is designed to give you some short practices for de-stressing your classes, and you, in just a few minutes. It will also offer further guidance for developing or strengthening a personal meditation practice. Beginners welcome.The Will to Learn: How to Cultivate Student Motivation without Losing Your Own (In-person)
Presenter: Dave Stuart Jr.
How do we help all of our students do the work of learning, with care — as best they currently can? I've spent the past ten years of my teaching career reading, experimenting, and interviewing experts about what lies at the heart of student motivation. What I’ve found is straightforward: for our students to flourish long-term and move toward mastery, they need to be motivated from the inside-out via Five Key Beliefs. For us teachers to cultivate these beliefs, we need not becomemiracle workers or workaholics. Instead, we can apprentice ourselves to how the beliefs work and how to grow them.Thinking Through Disability: It's Not About the Law (In-person)
Presenter: Daniel Preston
This workshop focuses on different perspectives around disability. Rather than discuss legal requirements for the workplace, we will highlight varying ways to shape interactions by demonstrating key aspects of disability theory that go beyond seeing the law and instead begin to understand the stories and individuals.VRTEX: An Introduction to Virtual Reality Welding for Nonwelders (In-person)
Presenters: Sean Mendez and Brendon Raux
Are you interested in welding, but don't want to get burned? This is your chance! Come meet the Welding and Fabrication Department in the VR Lab and learn how to weld in this hands-on workshop. No prior experience or protective clothing required.