Semester Schedule
CETL Faculty Development Fall 2023
Click on event titles to register. Part-Time Instructors are invited to all events.
Chronological Schedule of Events
Strong Start: D2L for New and Returning Instructors
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm | C-170 & C-180, Cartersville
New Instructors: C-170, Facilitator: Josie Baudier | Returning Instructors: C-180, Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Join us for hands-on assistance setting up or updating quizzes, assignments, discussions, gradebook, and more in D2L for all your classes. Bring your questions and leave ready for a Strong Start to the fall semester!
Strong Start Lab: What can Perusall do for you?
Monday, August 7 - Friday, August 11, 2023 | D2L | Facilitators: Susanna Smith & Rachel Rupprecht
Perusall will engage your students in reading, video, and audio assignments. But don't take our word for it; experience it for yourself! Join us during Strong Start week to discuss with your GHC colleagues in Perusall their short videos about how they use Perusall in their GHC courses. Log in at your convenience all week.
Strong Start: Brown Bag Lunch and Learns
You bring your lunch, we'll bring the dessert and practical principles and considerations for a Strong Start to the fall semester. You'll leave with Relationship-Rich Education inspired personalized action plan to provide a "relentless welcome" at GHC.
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Floyd: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 12-1 pm | Three Rivers Room in Library, Floyd | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
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Marietta: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 12-1 pm | 15016, Marietta | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
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Online: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 | 12-1 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
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Cartersville: Thursday, August 10, 2023 | 12-1 pm | A-135, Cartersville | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
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Paulding: Thursday, August 10, 2023 | 12-1 pm | B-306, Paulding | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
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Online Dinner & Development: Thursday, August 10, 2023 | 6-7 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
Strong Start: New Part-Time Instructor Orientation
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 6-8 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
All part-time instructors new to GHC should join to meet with their division chairs, network with instructors, learn more about GHC, explore necessary teaching practices and strategies to support their success.
Grading Series: Improving Performance through Grading
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
Do you always get what you want from student projects? Do your students really understand your expectations on exams? Could anyone use your directions to complete an assignment based on your requirements? Join me to discuss what you can do to improve your grading practice and, therefore, student performance.
Book FLC: The Productive Online and Offline Professor
Sept. 6, Oct. 4, & Nov. 8, 2023 | 1:30-2:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Teresa Hutchins
"What does it mean to be a productive professor in higher education? What would it feel like to have more peace and productivity?" bit.ly/poaop Free books available to the first ten registrants.
Grading Series: Lab: Authentic Assessment
Tuesday, September 12-Friday, September 15, 2023 | D2L | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Synchronous Wrap-up Meeting: Friday, September 15, 2023 | 12-12:30 pm | Zoom
How can you assess real learning rather than test-taking prowess? How can your course's assessments benefit your students after they finish your course? In 4 hours of work in this four-day asynchronous lab you'll explore these questions and create an authentic assessment for your GHC course(s).
Paulding GIFT Exchange
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | 12:30-1:30 pm | W-107, Paulding | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
What's working in your classes? Join your Paulding colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
FLC: Part-Time Instructors
Thursday, September 14 | 11 am-12 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Want to network with and learn from other part-time instructors at GHC? Join us to share tips, resources, ideas, struggles, and more.
Panel: Facilitating Great Discussions
Thursday, September 14, 2023 | 12:30-1:30 pm | Zoom | Moderator: Rachel Rupprecht
Marta Sanderson (Nursing), Ryan O'Connor (Chemistry), and Jacob Sullins (English) explain how they facilitate great face-to-face and online discussions. Bring your questions!
FLC: ChatGPT Goes to College
Friday, September 15 | 10:30-11:30 am | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Generative AI like ChatGPT is here to stay. What does it mean for how you teach? What does it mean for how and what your students should learn? Join this FLC to hash it out in six monthly meetings for the 23-24 academic year. Free copies of "Why Students Resist Learning" (bit.ly/wsrlgr) available to the first ten registrants.
Marietta GIFT Exchange
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | 11am-12pm | 15009, Marietta | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
What's working in your classes? Join your Marietta colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
Cartersville GIFT Exchange
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | 2-3 pm | A-135, Cartersville | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
What's working in your classes? Join your Cartersville colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
Floyd GIFT Exchange
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | 2-3pm | Three Rivers Room in Library, Floyd | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
What's working in your classes? Join your Floyd colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
Grading Series: Specifications Grading: Overview and Bundle Building
Thursday, September 21, 2023 | 2-3pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Michelle Abbott
Specifications grading, or spec grading, communicates high expectations, minimizes adversarial student-instructor grading relationships, and gives you more time to focus on providing individualized, meaningful feedback. Join us for the first 20 minutes to get a brief overview of spec grading and learn how some GHC students have responded to it. Stay for the full hour to dive deeper, and leave with your own customized token policy, grading bundles, and D2L Gradebook formulas.
Working with Neurodiverse Student Populations
Thursday, September 21, 2023 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Laura Walton & Elizabeth Tanner
The advising department is excited to announce a one-hour training session focused on working with neurodiverse students. This training is designed to promote a culture of diversity and inclusion within our advising practices. By participating in this session, advisors will have the opportunity to learn valuable techniques that can significantly enhance the advising experience for neurodiverse students.
Panel: Fostering Motivation: How to Get 'Em to Care
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 | 11am-12pm | Zoom | Moderator: Rachel Rupprecht
Annette Maddox (Accounting), Rick Bombard (English), and Elizabeth Dose (Psychology) explain how they motivate GHC students in their courses. Bring your questions!
Book FLC: Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classrom
Meeting times TBD by participants beginning in late September | Zoom | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
Mental health is a challenge we face in the classroom and has been magnified since the pandemic. As an instructor, you are one of the people may turn to for support during the semester. “Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom (bit.ly/ilmhcc) provides practical tips that reduce unnecessary discouragement. It demonstrates how small improvements in teaching can have great impacts in the lives of students with mental health challenges, while simultaneously boosting learning for all students.” Free books available to the first ten registrants.
Book FLC: The Productive Online and Offline Professor
Sept. 6, Oct. 4, & Nov. 8, 2023 | 1:30-2:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Teresa Hutchins
"What does it mean to be a productive professor in higher education? What would it feel like to have more peace and productivity?" bit.ly/poaop Free books available to the first ten registrants.
Online GIFT Exchange
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
What's working in your classes? Join your GHC colleagues online to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation via Zoom. You're welcome to bring your lunch to eat while we talk!
FLC: Part-Time Instructors
Thursday, October 12 | 11 am-12 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Want to network with and learn from other part-time instructors at GHC? Join us to share tips, resources, ideas, struggles, and more.
Simple Syllabus at GHC (10/18)
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | 12-1:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Simple Syllabus
In Spring 2024 all GHC faculty will use Simple Syllabus to create their syllabi. Join us to explore how to do so, GHC syllabus policy guidelines, and learner-centered syllabus language. (This workshop will also be offered on November 14 and December 7.)
Panel: To Flex or Not to Flex: Missed Assignments, Late Work Policies, and Absenteeism
Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 11 am-12 pm | Zoom | Moderator: Rachel Rupprecht
Maurice Wilson (Mathematics), Jed Gillespie (Accounting), and Shea Walker (Nursing) explain how they determine how flexible to be with GHC students in their courses. Bring your questions!
FLC: ChatGPT Goes to College
Friday, October 20 | 10:30-11:30 am | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Generative AI like ChatGPT is here to stay. What does it mean for how you teach? What does it mean for how and what your students should learn? Join this FLC to hash it out in six monthly meetings for the 23-24 academic year. Free copies of "Why Students Resist Learning" (bit.ly/wsrlgr) available to the first ten registrants.
Grading Series: Ungrading: Resisting Striation and Promoting Metacognition
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Charles Grimm
What is the motivation behind the Ungrading movement? How is ungrading practiced in the classroom? Registrants will receive readings which address these questions and encourage self-reflection on your own grading philosophy two weeks before the Zoom meeting. The synchronous meeting will be spent mostly reviewing ideas of how to implement ungrading practices into upcoming courses across levels and pathways.
Panel: Effective Online Teaching
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Moderator: Teresa Hutchins
How can you teach online effectively? Join panelists Annette Maddox (Accounting), Steve Blankenship (History), and Cindy Wheeler (English) to discuss what works, what doesn't, and how to make the most of your time while teaching online. Bring your questions!
First-Generation College Students
Thursday, October 26, 2023 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Laura Walton & Charles Johnson
The advising department has collaborated with GHC's own students and staff to develop a training on advising First-Generation college students. This partnership aims to broaden our understanding of the unique experiences and challenges these students may face on their college journey. By working together, we hope to open our minds and gain insights that will enable us to provide more effective and empathetic guidance to First-Generation students.
Book FLC: The Productive Online and Offline Professor
Sept. 6, Oct. 4, & Nov. 8, 2023 | 1:30-2:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Teresa Hutchins
"What does it mean to be a productive professor in higher education? What would it feel like to have more peace and productivity?" bit.ly/poaop Free books available to the first ten registrants.
FLC: Part-Time Instructors
Thursday, November 9 | 11 am-12 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Want to network with and learn from other part-time instructors at GHC? Join us to share tips, resources, ideas, struggles, and more.
Simple Syllabus at GHC (11/14)
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | 3-4:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
In Spring 2024 all GHC faculty will use Simple Syllabus to create their syllabi. Join us to explore how to do so, GHC syllabus policy guidelines, and learner-centered syllabus language. (This workshop will also be offered on October 18 and December 7.)
Templates are your Friends
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Teresa Hutchins
Would you love to have a template help streamline your online course and assure quality and accessibility? Join us on November 15 at 2:00 pm for an exploration ofthe USG's Online Course Design Template. The webinar will show you what is available for utilization. All participants will then be added to the USG Online Course Design Template section in D2L so that they can apply the templates to their own online courses.
FLC: ChatGPT Goes to College
Friday, November 17 | 10:30-11:30 am | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Generative AI like ChatGPT is here to stay. What does it mean for how you teach? What does it mean for how and what your students should learn? Join this FLC to hash it out in six monthly meetings for the 23-24 academic year. Free copies of "Why Students Resist Learning" (bit.ly/wsrlgr) available to the first ten registrants.
Simple Syllabus at GHC (12/7)
Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 1-2:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
In Spring 2024 all GHC faculty will use Simple Syllabus to create their syllabi. Join us to explore how to do so, GHC syllabus policy guidelines, and learner-centered syllabus language. (This workshop will also be offered on October 18 and November 14.)
AI Webinar
Friday, December 8, 2023 | 10:30-11:30 am | Zoom | Facilitators: ChatGPT Goes to College FLC Members
What is generative AI? What does it mean for how you teach? What does it mean for how and what your students should learn?
Topical Schedule of Events
Strong Start: D2L for New and Returning Instructors
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm | C-170 & C-180, Cartersville
New Instructors: C-170, Facilitator: Josie Baudier | Returning Instructors: C-180, Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Join us for hands-on assistance setting up or updating quizzes, assignments, discussions, gradebook, and more in D2L for all your classes. Bring your questions and leave ready for a Strong Start to the fall semester!
Strong Start Lab: What can Perusall do for you?
Monday, August 7 - Friday, August 11, 2023 | D2L | Facilitators: Susanna Smith & Rachel Rupprecht
Perusall will engage your students in reading, video, and audio assignments. But don't take our word for it; experience it for yourself! Join us during Strong Start week to discuss with your GHC colleagues in Perusall their short videos about how they use Perusall in their GHC courses. Log in at your convenience all week.
Strong Start: Brown Bag Lunch and Learns
You bring your lunch, we'll bring the dessert and practical principles and considerations for a Strong Start to the fall semester. You'll leave with Relationship-Rich Education inspired personalized action plan to provide a "relentless welcome" at GHC.
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Floyd: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 12-1 pm | Three Rivers Room in Library, Floyd | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
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Marietta: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 12-1 pm | 15016, Marietta | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
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Online: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 | 12-1 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
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Cartersville: Thursday, August 10, 2023 | 12-1 pm | A-135, Cartersville | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
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Paulding: Thursday, August 10, 2023 | 12-1 pm | B-306, Paulding | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
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Online Dinner & Development: Thursday, August 10, 2023 | 6-7 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
Strong Start: New Part-Time Instructor Orientation
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 6-8 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
All part-time instructors new to GHC should join to meet with their division chairs, network with instructors, learn more about GHC, explore necessary teaching practices and strategies to support their success.
Strong Start: D2L for New and Returning Instructors
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm | C-170 & C-180, Cartersville
New Instructors: C-170, Facilitator: Josie Baudier | Returning Instructors: C-180, Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Join us for hands-on assistance setting up or updating quizzes, assignments, discussions, gradebook, and more in D2L for all your classes. Bring your questions and leave ready for a Strong Start to the fall semester!
Strong Start Lab: What can Perusall do for you?
Monday, August 7 - Friday, August 11, 2023 | D2L | Facilitators: Susanna Smith & Rachel Rupprecht
Perusall will engage your students in reading, video, and audio assignments. But don't take our word for it; experience it for yourself! Join us during Strong Start week to discuss with your GHC colleagues in Perusall their short videos about how they use Perusall in their GHC courses. Log in at your convenience all week.
Simple Syllabus at GHC (10/18)
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | 12-1:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Simple Syllabus
In Spring 2024 all GHC faculty will use Simple Syllabus to create their syllabi. Join us to explore how to do so, GHC syllabus policy guidelines, and learner-centered syllabus language. (This workshop will also be offered on November 14 and December 7.)
Simple Syllabus at GHC (11/14)
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | 3-4:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
In Spring 2024 all GHC faculty will use Simple Syllabus to create their syllabi. Join us to explore how to do so, GHC syllabus policy guidelines, and learner-centered syllabus language. (This workshop will also be offered on October 18 and December 7.)
Templates are your Friends
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Teresa Hutchins
Would you love to have a template help streamline your online course and assure quality and accessibility? Join us on November 15 at 2:00 pm for an exploration ofthe USG's Online Course Design Template. The webinar will show you what is available for utilization. All participants will then be added to the USG Online Course Design Template section in D2L so that they can apply the templates to their own online courses.
Simple Syllabus at GHC (12/7)
Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 1-2:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
In Spring 2024 all GHC faculty will use Simple Syllabus to create their syllabi. Join us to explore how to do so, GHC syllabus policy guidelines, and learner-centered syllabus language. (This workshop will also be offered on October 18 and November 14.)
AI Webinar
Friday, December 8, 2023 | 10:30-11:30 am | Zoom | Facilitators: ChatGPT Goes to College FLC Members
What is generative AI? What does it mean for how you teach? What does it mean for how and what your students should learn?
Book FLC: The Productive Online and Offline Professor
Sept. 6, Oct. 4, & Nov. 8, 2023 | 1:30-2:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Teresa Hutchins
"What does it mean to be a productive professor in higher education? What would it feel like to have more peace and productivity?" Free copies of The Productive Online and Offline Professor (bit.ly/poaop) available to the first ten registrants.
FLC: Part-Time Instructors
Second Thursdays, 11am-12pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Want to network with and learn from other part-time instructors at GHC? Join us to share tips, resources, ideas, struggles, and more.
FLC: ChatGPT Goes to College
Third Fridays | 10:30-11:30 am | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Generative AI like ChatGPT is here to stay. What does it mean for how you teach? What does it mean for how and what your students should learn? Join this FLC to hash it out in six monthly meetings for the 23-24 academic year. Free copies of "Why Students Resist Learning" (bit.ly/wsrlgr) available to the first ten registrants.
Book FLC: Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classrom
Meeting times TBD by participants beginning in late September | Zoom | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
Mental health is a challenge we face in the classroom and has been magnified since the pandemic. As an instructor, you are one of the people may turn to for support during the semester. “Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom (bit.ly/ilmhcc) provides practical tips that reduce unnecessary discouragement. It demonstrates how small improvements in teaching can have great impacts in the lives of students with mental health challenges, while simultaneously boosting learning for all students.” Free books available to the first ten registrants.
Paulding GIFT Exchange
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | 12:30-1:30 pm | W-107, Paulding | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
What's working in your classes? Join your Paulding colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
Marietta GIFT Exchange
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | 11am-12pm | 15009, Marietta | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
What's working in your classes? Join your Marietta colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
Cartersville GIFT Exchange
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | 2-3 pm | A-135, Cartersville | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
What's working in your classes? Join your Cartersville colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
Floyd GIFT Exchange
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | 2-3pm | Three Rivers Room in Library, Floyd | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
What's working in your classes? Join your Floyd colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
Online GIFT Exchange
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
What's working in your classes? Join your GHC colleagues online to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation via Zoom. You're welcome to bring your lunch to eat while we talk!
Grading Series: Improving Performance through Grading
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
Do you always get what you want from student projects? Do your students really understand your expectations on exams? Could anyone use your directions to complete an assignment based on your requirements? Join me to discuss what you can do to improve your grading practice and, therefore, student performance.
Grading Series: Lab: Authentic Assessment
Tuesday, September 12-Friday, September 15, 2023 | D2L | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Synchronous Wrap-up Meeting: Friday, September 15, 2023 | 12-12:30 pm | Zoom
How can you assess real learning rather than test-taking prowess? How can your course's assessments benefit your students after they finish your course? In 4 hours of work in this four-day asynchronous lab you'll explore these questions and create an authentic assessment for your GHC course(s).
Grading Series: Specifications Grading: Overview and Bundle Building
Thursday, September 21, 2023 | 2-3pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Michelle Abbott
Specifications grading, or spec grading, communicates high expectations, minimizes adversarial student-instructor grading relationships, and gives you more time to focus on providing individualized, meaningful feedback. Join us for the first 20 minutes to get a brief overview of spec grading and learn how some GHC students have responded to it. Stay for the full hour to dive deeper, and leave with your own customized token policy, grading bundles, and D2L Gradebook formulas.
Grading Series: Ungrading: Resisting Striation and Promoting Metacognition
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Charles Grimm
What is the motivation behind the Ungrading movement? How is ungrading practiced in the classroom? Registrants will receive readings which address these questions and encourage self-reflection on your own grading philosophy two weeks before the Zoom meeting. The synchronous meeting will be spent mostly reviewing ideas of how to implement ungrading practices into upcoming courses across levels and pathways.
Panel: Facilitating Great Discussions
Thursday, September 14, 2023 | 12:30-1:30 pm | Zoom | Moderator: Rachel Rupprecht
Marta Sanderson (Nursing), Ryan O'Connor (Chemistry), and Jacob Sullins (English) explain how they facilitate great face-to-face and online discussions. Bring your questions!
Panel: Fostering Motivation: How to Get 'Em to Care
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 | 11am-12pm | Zoom | Moderator: Rachel Rupprecht
Annette Maddox (Accounting), Rick Bombard (English), and Elizabeth Dose (Psychology) explain how they motivate GHC students in their courses. Bring your questions!
Panel: To Flex or Not to Flex: Missed Assignments, Late Work Policies, and Absenteeism
Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 11 am-12 pm | Zoom | Moderator: Rachel Rupprecht
Maurice Wilson (Mathematics), Jed Gillespie (Accounting), and Shea Walker (Nursing) explain how they determine how flexible to be with GHC students in their courses. Bring your questions!
Panel: Effective Online Teaching
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Moderator: Teresa Hutchins
How can you teach online effectively? Join panelists Annette Maddox (Accounting), Steve Blankenship (History), and Cindy Wheeler (English) to discuss what works, what doesn't, and how to make the most of your time while teaching online. Bring your questions!
Working with Neurodiverse Student Populations
Thursday, September 21, 2023 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Laura Walton & Elizabeth Tanner
The advising department is excited to announce a one-hour training session focused on working with neurodiverse students. This training is designed to promote a culture of diversity and inclusion within our advising practices. By participating in this session, advisors will have the opportunity to learn valuable techniques that can significantly enhance the advising experience for neurodiverse students.
First-Generation College Students
Thursday, October 26, 2023 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Laura Walton & Charles Johnson
The advising department has collaborated with GHC's own students and staff to develop a training on advising First-Generation college students. This partnership aims to broaden our understanding of the unique experiences and challenges these students may face on their college journey. By working together, we hope to open our minds and gain insights that will enable us to provide more effective and empathetic guidance to First-Generation students.
Adult Learners
Thursday, February 15, 2024 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Laura Walton & Amy Wise
The advising department is collaborating with adult learners and GHC's Veteran Affairs Coordinator, Amy Wise, to explore how we can best support adult learners. Our goal is to gain a deeper understanding of their unique college journey and the distinct challenges they may face compared to traditional college students. By working closely with adult learners we aim to enhance our ability to provide tailored guidance and support that meets the specific needs of this student population.
Underrepresented Student Populations
Thursday, March 21, 2024 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Laura Walton, Charles Johnson, & Jalen Hudson
The advising department is teaming up with the Equality Alliance and the Brother2Brother President for an exciting one-hour conversation and training session. Our aim is to better support underrepresented college students by understanding their experiences and needs. Join us to gain insights and enhance our ability to provide effective guidance for a diverse student population. Together, let's create an inclusive and supportive college environment.
Schedule of Events by Modality
Strong Start: D2l for New and Returning Instructors
Wednesday, August 2, 2023 | 10:30 am - 12:30 pm | C-170 & C-180, Cartersville
New Instructors: C-170, Facilitator: Josie Baudier | Returning Instructors: C-180, Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Join us for hands-on assistance setting up or updating quizzes, assignments, discussions, gradebook, and more in D2L for all your classes. Bring your questions and leave ready for a Strong Start to the fall semester!
Strong Start: Brown Bag Lunch and Learns
You bring your lunch, we'll bring the dessert and practical principles and considerations for a Strong Start to the fall semester. You'll leave with Relationship-Rich Education inspired personalized action plan to provide a "relentless welcome" at GHC.
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Floyd: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 12-1 pm | Three Rivers Room in Library, Floyd | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
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Marietta: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 12-1 pm | 15016, Marietta | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
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Cartersville: Thursday, August 10, 2023 | 12-1 pm | A-135, Cartersville | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
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Paulding: Thursday, August 10, 2023 | 12-1 pm | B-306, Paulding | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Strong Start: New Part-Time Instructor Orientation
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 6-8 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
All part-time instructors new to GHC should join to meet with their division chairs, network with instructors, learn more about GHC, explore necessary teaching practices and strategies to support their success.
Paulding GIFT Exchange
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | 12:30-1:30 pm | W-107, Paulding | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
What's working in your classes? Join your Paulding colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
Marietta GIFT Exchange
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | 11am-12pm | 15009, Marietta | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
What's working in your classes? Join your Marietta colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
Cartersville GIFT Exchange
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | 2-3 pm | A-135, Cartersville | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
What's working in your classes? Join your Cartersville colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
Floyd GIFT Exchange
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 | 2-3pm | Three Rivers Room in Library, Floyd | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
What's working in your classes? Join your Floyd colleagues to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation. You're welcome to bring your lunch! Dessert will be provided.
Strong Start: Brown Bag Lunch and Learns
You bring your lunch, we'll bring the dessert and practical principles and considerations for a Strong Start to the fall semester. You'll leave with Relationship-Rich Education inspired personalized action plan to provide a "relentless welcome" at GHC.
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Online: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 | 12-1 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
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Online Dinner & Development: Thursday, August 10, 2023 | 6-7 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
Grading Series: Improving Performance through Grading
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
Do you always get what you want from student projects? Do your students really understand your expectations on exams? Could anyone use your directions to complete an assignment based on your requirements? Join me to discuss what you can do to improve your grading practice and, therefore, student performance.
Book FLC: The Productive Online and Offline Professor
Sept. 6, Oct. 4, & Nov. 8, 2023 | 1:30-2:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Teresa Hutchins
"What does it mean to be a productive professor in higher education? What would it feel like to have more peace and productivity?" bit.ly/poaop Free books available to the first ten registrants.
FLC: Part-Time Instructors
Second Thursdays, 11am-12pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Want to network with and learn from other part-time instructors at GHC? Join us to share tips, resources, ideas, struggles, and more.
Panel: Facilitating Great Discussions
Thursday, September 14, 2023 | 12:30-1:30 pm | Zoom | Moderator: Rachel Rupprecht
Marta Sanderson (Nursing), Ryan O'Connor (Chemistry), and Jacob Sullins (English) explain how they facilitate great face-to-face and online discussions. Bring your questions!
Grading Series: Specifications Grading: Overview and Bundle Building
Thursday, September 21, 2023 | 2-3pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Michelle Abbott
Specifications grading, or spec grading, communicates high expectations, minimizes adversarial student-instructor grading relationships, and gives you more time to focus on providing individualized, meaningful feedback. Join us for the first 20 minutes to get a brief overview of spec grading and learn how some GHC students have responded to it. Stay for the full hour to dive deeper, and leave with your own customized token policy, grading bundles, and D2L Gradebook formulas.
Working with Neurodiverse Student Populations
Thursday, September 21, 2023 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Laura Walton & Elizabeth Tanner
The advising department is excited to announce a one-hour training session focused on working with neurodiverse students. This training is designed to promote a culture of diversity and inclusion within our advising practices. By participating in this session, advisors will have the opportunity to learn valuable techniques that can significantly enhance the advising experience for neurodiverse students.
Panel: Fostering Motivation: How to Get 'Em to Care
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 | 11am-12pm | Zoom | Moderator: Rachel Rupprecht
Annette Maddox (Accounting), Rick Bombard (English), and Elizabeth Dose (Psychology) explain how they motivate GHC students in their courses. Bring your questions!
FLC: ChatGPT Goes to College
6 Monthly Meetings Fall 2023-Spring 2024 | Zoom | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Generative AI like ChatGPT is here to stay. What does it mean for how you teach? What does it mean for how and what your students should learn? Join this FLC to hash it out in six monthly meetings for the 23-24 academic year. Free copies of "Why Students Resist Learning" (bit.ly/wsrlgr) available to the first ten registrants.
Book FLC: Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classrom
Meeting times TBD by participants beginning in late September | Zoom | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
Mental health is a challenge we face in the classroom and has been magnified since the pandemic. As an instructor, you are one of the people may turn to for support during the semester. “Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom (bit.ly/ilmhcc) provides practical tips that reduce unnecessary discouragement. It demonstrates how small improvements in teaching can have great impacts in the lives of students with mental health challenges, while simultaneously boosting learning for all students.” Free books available to the first ten registrants.
Online GIFT Exchange
Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
What's working in your classes? Join your GHC colleagues online to give and get GIFTs (Great Ideas for Teaching). No prep, no tech. Just informal roundtable conversation via Zoom. You're welcome to bring your lunch to eat while we talk!
Simple Syllabus at GHC (10/18)
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 | 12-1:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Simple Syllabus
In Spring 2024 all GHC faculty will use Simple Syllabus to create their syllabi. Join us to explore how to do so, GHC syllabus policy guidelines, and learner-centered syllabus language. (This workshop will also be offered on November 14 and December 7.)
Panel: To Flex or Not to Flex: Missed Assignments, Late Work Policies, and Absenteeism
Thursday, October 19, 2023 | 11 am-12 pm | Zoom | Moderator: Rachel Rupprecht
Maurice Wilson (Mathematics), Jed Gillespie (Accounting), and Shea Walker (Nursing) explain how they determine how flexible to be with GHC students in their courses. Bring your questions!
Grading Series: Ungrading: Resisting Striation and Promoting Metacognition
Tuesday, October 24, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Charles Grimm
What is the motivation behind the Ungrading movement? How is ungrading practiced in the classroom? Registrants will receive readings which address these questions and encourage self-reflection on your own grading philosophy two weeks before the Zoom meeting. The synchronous meeting will be spent mostly reviewing ideas of how to implement ungrading practices into upcoming courses across levels and pathways.
Panel: Effective Online Teaching
Wednesday, October 25, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Moderator: Teresa Hutchins
How can you teach online effectively? Join panelists Annette Maddox (Accounting), Steve Blankenship (History), and Cindy Wheeler (English) to discuss what works, what doesn't, and how to make the most of your time while teaching online. Bring your questions!
First-Generation College Students
Thursday, October 26, 2023 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Laura Walton & Charles Johnson
The advising department has collaborated with GHC's own students and staff to develop a training on advising First-Generation college students. This partnership aims to broaden our understanding of the unique experiences and challenges these students may face on their college journey. By working together, we hope to open our minds and gain insights that will enable us to provide more effective and empathetic guidance to First-Generation students.
Simple Syllabus at GHC (11/14)
Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | 3-4:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Josie Baudier
In Spring 2024 all GHC faculty will use Simple Syllabus to create their syllabi. Join us to explore how to do so, GHC syllabus policy guidelines, and learner-centered syllabus language. (This workshop will also be offered on October 18 and December 7.)
Templates are your Friends
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | 2-3 pm | Zoom | Facilitator: Teresa Hutchins
Would you love to have a template help streamline your online course and assure quality and accessibility? Join us on November 15 at 2:00 pm for an exploration ofthe USG's Online Course Design Template. The webinar will show you what is available for utilization. All participants will then be added to the USG Online Course Design Template section in D2L so that they can apply the templates to their own online courses.
Simple Syllabus at GHC (12/7)
Thursday, December 7, 2023 | 1-2:30 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Josie Baudier & Rachel Rupprecht
In Spring 2024 all GHC faculty will use Simple Syllabus to create their syllabi. Join us to explore how to do so, GHC syllabus policy guidelines, and learner-centered syllabus language. (This workshop will also be offered on October 18 and November 14.)
AI Webinar
Friday, December 8, 2023 | 10:30-11:30 am | Zoom | Facilitators: ChatGPT Goes to College FLC Members
What is generative AI? What does it mean for how you teach? What does it mean for how and what your students should learn?
Adult Learners
Thursday, February 15, 2024 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Laura Walton & Amy Wise
The advising department is collaborating with adult learners and GHC's Veteran Affairs Coordinator, Amy Wise, to explore how we can best support adult learners. Our goal is to gain a deeper understanding of their unique college journey and the distinct challenges they may face compared to traditional college students. By working closely with adult learners we aim to enhance our ability to provide tailored guidance and support that meets the specific needs of this student population.
Underrepresented Student Populations
Thursday, March 21, 2024 | 3-4 pm | Zoom | Facilitators: Laura Walton, Charles Johnson, & Jalen Hudson
The advising department is teaming up with the Equality Alliance and the Brother2Brother President for an exciting one-hour conversation and training session. Our aim is to better support underrepresented college students by understanding their experiences and needs. Join us to gain insights and enhance our ability to provide effective guidance for a diverse student population. Together, let's create an inclusive and supportive college environment.
Strong Start Lab: What can Perusall do for you?
Monday, August 7 - Friday, August 11, 2023 | D2L | Facilitators: Susanna Smith & Rachel Rupprecht
Perusall will engage your students in reading, video, and audio assignments. But don't take our word for it; experience it for yourself! Join us during Strong Start week to discuss with your GHC colleagues in Perusall their short videos about how they use Perusall in their GHC courses. Log in at your convenience all week.
Grading Series: Lab: Authentic Assessment
Tuesday, September 12-Friday, September 15, 2023 | D2L | Facilitator: Rachel Rupprecht
Synchronous Wrap-up Meeting: Friday, September 15, 2023 | 12-12:30 pm | Zoom
How can you assess real learning rather than test-taking prowess? How can your course's assessments benefit your students after they finish your course? In 4 hours of work in this four-day asynchronous lab you'll explore these questions and create an authentic assessment for your GHC course(s).