Professional Development

PD Day Spring 2024 was held on January 12.

Session 1 (9:00 – 9:50 am)
Captions for Accessibility
William Crowell

• Captioning media is a powerful tool in the classroom, not just for students who require accommodation, but for everyone. In this session, William will go over the fundamentals of providing captions on your visual media, and how it can improve engagement across the board. While there will be an instructor focus, these fundamentals can be applied to public-facing and internal media as well, making the session ideal for staff who want to learn more about media production.

Talk Saves Lives: Suicide Prevention
Holli Witherington

• Learn the warning signs and risk factors, and how together, we can help prevent it.

Session 2 (10:00 – 10:50 am)
Create Accessible Documents in MS Word
Sarah Peters

• This session will teach you how to use Styles in Word to design documents for clarity and compatibility with assistive technology. We will also learn how to check documents and online classes for accessibility and make a better learning and working environment for everyone.

Blackboard Ultra Course Experience: Pilot Faculty Panel Discussion
Wendy McKibben & the Ultra Pilot Faculty

• This session on Blackboard Ultra Course View will be led by a panel of faculty members who have experience using the new platform. We will begin with an overview of factors that led to the changes, the ECU roll-out timeline, and the benefits of the new platform for both the faculty and students.

What the Library Offers to Enhance Your Learning Experience: Library Services for You
Brandi Schur

• This session will go over all of the highlights the library offers from their librarians to their fresh coffee and hot chocolate. Linscheid Library’s Assistant Director, Brandi Schur, will cover the library’s spaces and technology as well as their goals and mission.

Session 3 (11:00 – 11:50 am)
Advising Training
Academic Success Center

• This session offers suggestions for how you can help advisers who are struggling to find their next step. Learn about campus resources and ways to frame conversations so you can best support your students.

How to Excel in Outlook
Dani McClellan

• Do you ever wonder if you could leverage Outlook better? Not sure how to schedule an appointment with students/faculty/staff? Wondering if there is a better way to manage your inbox so that you don’t miss anything important? Well, we are going to answer those questions and more!

Special Session (12:00 - 12:50 pm)
Advising Fireside
Susan Ingram, Dani McClellan, Jessica Brumley, and Jennifer Lancaster
Moderator: Sarah Peters

• Members of the Academic Advising Committee will lead an open discussion about excellence in advising. What challenges do students and advisors face, and how can we meet them? Bring your lunch and come ready to connect with colleagues and learn from each other!

PD Day Spring 2023 was held on January 6.

Session Block 1 - 9:00-9:50am

Fireside Chat: Academic Advising

Sarah Peters (she/her)

In Person – Admin 211

Please join us for one of four "fireside chats" to discuss your experiences and perceptions of academic advising at ECU. This is part of the Excellence in Academic Advising project, a self-study that will lead to a university-wide action plan for effective advising.

Clarifying Assignment Expectations through Rubrics

Darcy Tessman (she/her)

In Person – CETL Lab (Admin 214-A)

Do you have an assignment that you struggle to grade, or you feel you make the same comments on multiple papers? In this hands-on workshop, we will take your assignment and build a rubric as well as show you how to load into Blackboard to speed up grading.

Academic Advising: It's More than Just Clicking a Button

Haley Matlock (she/her)

Virtual - Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91321096806?pwd=SmVlbERmOTBPMGM5aGNhRWhKTGhLZz09

Learn how to build advisor-student relationships that will help students reach their goals. Many students are used to being told what to do and simply want advisors to plan their classes and click a button to grant them enrollment clearance. In this session, we'll discuss strategies for engaging with students and the ways that we can work together to improve advising outcomes at ECU.

Student Mental Health and Motivation

Robin Roberson (she/her)

Virtual - Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/99572748863?pwd=R0k5TlQxWmZIeGZPZkZCdGsySnBWZz09

A discussion of common mental health issues students struggle with, how these may present in the academic setting, how mental health issues affect student motivation, and strategies for faculty to use as they interact with students.

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Session Block 2 - 10:00-10:50am

Fireside Chat: Academic Advising

Sarah Peters (she/her)

In Person – Admin 211

Please join us for one of four "fireside chats" to discuss your experiences and perceptions of academic advising at ECU. This is part of the Excellence in Academic Advising project, a self-study that will lead to a university-wide action plan for effective advising.

Building Skills to Battle the Semester's Stressors: Emotional Regulation Skills

Donna Autrey (she/her)

In Person – CETL Lab (Admin 214-A)

The principles of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) can help you develop tools to address the stress and frustration that life brings. Build emotional regulation skills for yourself and learn how to model those skills for the students that you serve.

Linscheid Library: Help Us Help You!

Shawna Bishop (she/her), Brandi Schur (she/her), Vivian Eldridge (she/her), Megan Hasler (she/her)

Virtual - Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93340410921?pwd=V21FK05jc1pGWXJGMWdpTGtuSVFKdz09

Learn how the library helps students in their classes and in life through information and media literacy. We can assist in preventing academic integrity violations and set students up for success!

Media Strategies for the Classroom

William Crowell (he/him)

Virtual - Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93340410921?pwd=V21FK05jc1pGWXJGMWdpTGtuSVFKdz09

Education has, in recent years, trended towards online learning. This can leave students feeling isolated from the rest of their class. In this session, we will explore strategies for how online (and even in-person) courses can benefit from consciously crafted media content, both from educators and students, and how to integrate media strategies into your classroom.

Submit feedback to the PD Committee using this form: https://ecok.libwizard.com/f/PD_Feedback

Session Block 3 - 11:00-11:50am

Fireside Chat: Academic Advising

Sarah Peters (she/her)

In Person – Admin 211

Please join us for one of four "fireside chats" to discuss your experiences and perceptions of academic advising at ECU. This is part of the Excellence in Academic Advising project, a self-study that will lead to a university-wide action plan for effective advising.

Basic Conversational Signs in ASL

Anthony Isaacs (he/him)

In Person – CETL Lab (Admin 214-A)

Develop some basic American Sign Language (ASL) skills to be able to sign with Deaf people. When a Deaf person comes to you on campus asking for help, you will be able to help them by signing ASL instead of using a pen and paper.

What Can Blackboard Do for Me?

Mary Harper (she/her)

Virtual - Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/98351685152?pwd=cEt4bFppWjYzR3BDM0FEL2V2aG91dz09

This session will deal with a variety of topics surrounding the use of Blackboard in your classroom, including (but not limited to) the following: saving time, organizing content logically for students, making grading more accessible, and enabling faster and clearer feedback.

Session Block 4 - 12:00-12:50pm

Fireside Chat: Academic Advising

Sarah Peters (she/her)

In Person – Admin 211

Feel free to bring your lunch with you to this session!

Submit feedback to the PD Committee using this form: https://ecok.libwizard.com/f/PD_Feedback

PD Day 2022 was held on January 7.

Session Block 1: 9:00-9:50am

• Using Teams to Calm the Chaos ~Dana Belcher
• Strategies to Amplify Your Students' Learning ~Mark Jones Supporting
• First Gen Students: Lessons from the PACE Project ~Sarah Peters & Jamie Worthley

Session Block 2: 10:00-10:50am

• Assessment in Non-Academic Settings ~Robin Roberson
• Programs Students Use (Microsoft, Google, and Apple) ~Jessica Koch
• Alignments and Lesson Design ~William Crowell

Session Block 3: 11:00-11:50am

• Reaching Gen Z ~Haley Vickers & Wendy McKibben
• Assessing Student Learning in the Classroom ~Robin Roberson
• What Can Linscheid Library Do for You?: Library Services for Staff ~Shawna Bishop

PD Day Fall 2021 was held on August 13.

Session Block 1: 9:00-9:50am

• From "Not" to "Not Yet": Specifications Grading to Shift Student Mindsets ~Sarah Peters
• Procurement of Goods & Services: Navigating the Purchasing Process ~Chandra Miller
• Intermediate/Advanced Office 365 ~Stacey Bolin

Session Block 2: 10:00-10:50am

• Handshake: Student Employment and Beyond ~Susan Younblood
• Program Assessment: Creating/Updating Plans and Report Completion ~Robin Roberson
• Top Tips from Records ~ADeidra Simmons

Session Block 3: 11:00-11:50am

• "You're Such an Inspiration" and Other Things Not to Say: The ABC's of Ableism ~Kim Rogers
• VidGrid and Interactive Media as Pedagogical Tools ~William Crowell
  • Note: This session was replaced with a last-minute Colleague session hosted by Jason Prather that was not recorded. A VidGrid workshop was held at a later date and recorded separately.
• Math Pathways and Math Remediation ~Andrew Wells

Keynote Session: 1:00-2:00pm

Examining Our Unexamined Assumptions ~Rev. Deborah L. Johnson