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2018 COMING EVENTS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 | 12:45 - 1:45 | GC 250
What's Your Creativity Type? And Other Strategies for Becoming More Creative
The session will continue for PL Hub Members. All welcome to stay longer.
What’s your creativity type and how does it affect your teaching, your learning, and even your professionalrelationships? This hands-on session will explore the benefits of knowing your “type” while teaching methods for becoming a more creative problem solver in every aspect of your life. All welcome! Led by Dr. Katherine Boutry, Director of the Creativity Studies Lab at West, and Creativity experts Katy Foucar-Szocki (business), Regina King (health) and Tom Gannon (early childhood education).
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WEEK
Held the week before school starts each Fall and culminating in Professional Learning Day (formerly FLEX Day), Professional Learning Week is an opportunity for faculty to reconnect and prepare for the new school year. Sessions are scheduled according to faculty interest as well as in response to institutional priorities. Faculty are eligible for Flex Credit for workshop attendance.
To view the Fall 2015 Professional Learning Week schedule, click here.
To view the Fall 2014 Professional Learning Week schedule, click here.
NEW FACULTY ACADEMY: WEST CONNECT
Each year, West welcomes a group of outstanding new faculty to our academic community.West Connect includes events for new and tenure-track faculty to provide information and resources; opportunities to expand perspectives by interacting and exchanging ideas with peers; and workshops relating to practical topics, instructional strategies, and implications for teaching.
West Connect is intended primarily for new and tenure-track faculty, but all faculty are welcome. Faculty are eligible for Flex Credit for workshop attendance.
TECH FAIR
West's Tech Fairs include workshops on using technology in the classroom and encourage faculty-to-faculty exchanges in using technology in courses and student services.
Tech Fair workshops are currently offered during Fall and Spring semesters. All workshops are open to faculty and staff who are able to attend. Faculty can file for Flex Credit for attending workshops.
To get more information about Tech Fair, click here.