2004- 2006 Seminars
February 2006
Reception and Open Faculty Forum
with
VCCS Vice Chancellor, Dr. Monty Sullivan
Friday, February 24, 2006
NVCC-Loudoun Campus
1:00pm-3:00pm
The Center for Teaching Excellence is happy to announce a spring forum for faculty on issues related to teaching and learning. Dr. Monty Sullivan, the new VCCS Vice Chancellor of Academic Services and Research, invite you to join him in an open dialogue with faculty from NVCC and the Northern Virginia Region. Dr. Sullivan is interested in hearing your concerns, issues, and ideas about teaching, learning and more.
Come out and meet Dr. Sullivan and participate in a lively interactive dialogue on issues and topics about teaching and learning of interest to you! Sullivan reports that he is most eager to meet many of you and to have this opportunity for open dialogue.
About Monty Sullivan:
Monty Sullivan has had nearly 12 years in higher education administration in community college settings. He was previously Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs at Louisian Delta Community College. He also served as director of the Center for Rural Development at Louisiana Tech University and Director of Continuing Education at Louisiana State University at Eunice. He also worked as a program coordinator for the Mobile Automated Learning Laboratory at Grambling State University. He has taught courses in education and educational foundations and in instructional technology, including web-based courses. He has made numerous professional presentations and authored professional and academic publications.
Registration is open. Please send an e-mail to roking@nvcc.edu. or contact your campus representative listed at the end of this e-mail.
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April 2006
CTE Spring Colloquy-Loudoun Campus
Sponsored by Tea and Pedagogy and the Loudoun Campus CTE Reps
"The Heart of a Teacher: Identity and Integrity in Teaching"
A Conversation with Dr. Parker J. Palmer
Friday, April 21, 2006
NVCC-Loudoun
1000 Harry Flood Byrd Highway
Sterling, Virginia 20164
Waddell Conference Room, Rm LW113
1:00pm-4:00pm
Please join us for the CTE campus spring colloquy cosponsored by the Humanities Division, Tea and Pedagogy Program. This colloquy for originally designed for Loudoun campus new faculty and we have now decided to extend an invitation to any interested faculty who wish to attend.
At this colloquy, we will be discussing key concepts about the heart of a teacher from Palmer's book, The Courage to Teach, and some of his other works.
We will spend an hour in dialogue and then Dr. Palmer will join us via teleconference to share his viewpoints and update us on his thinking about teaching. He will then entertain questions from the group.
At the conclusion of the teleconference, we will then regroup and conclude with a reflective summary discussion of lessons and tips learned.
Parker Palmer Articles Online:
(formerly the Center for Teacher Formation-click on the link that takes you to Palmer's articles.
Articles to be included in the discussion are listed below)
[Click on Related Resources from the homepage for the articles below.]
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ABOUT PARKER J. PALMER
Parker J. Palmer is a highly respected writer, teacher and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. His work speaks deeply to people in many walks of life, including public schools, college and universities, religious institutions, corporations, foundations, and grass-roots organizations.
Dr. Palmer served for fifteen years as Senior Associate of the American Association of Higher Education, and now serves as Senior Advisor to the Fetzer Institute. He founded the Center for Courage & Renewal, which oversees the “Courage to Teach” program for K-12 educators across the country and parallel programs for people in other professions, including medicine, law, ministry and philanthropy. (See www.CourageRenewal.org)
He has published a dozen poems, more than one hundred essays and seven books, including several best-selling and award-winning titles: A Hidden Wholeness, Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, The Active Life, To Know as We Are Known, The Company of Strangers, and The Promise of Paradox.
Dr. Palmer's work has been recognized with eight honorary doctorates, two Distinguished Achievement Awards from the National Educational Press Association, an Award of Excellence from the Associated Church Press, and major grants from the Danforth Foundation, the Lilly Endowment, and the Fetzer Institute.
• In 1993, Dr. Palmer won the national award of the Council of Independent Colleges for Outstanding Contributions to
Higher Education.
• In 1998, The Leadership Project, a national survey of 10,000 administrators and faculty, named Dr. Palmer as one of the
thirty “most influential senior leaders” in higher education and one of the ten key “agenda-setters” of the past decade:
“He has inspired a generation of teachers and reformers with evocative visions of community, knowing, and spiritual
wholeness.”
• In 2001, Carleton College gave Dr. Palmer the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award.
• In 2002, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education created the “Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award”,
given annually to the directors of ten medical residency programs that exemplify patient-centered professionalism
in medical education.
• In 2003, the American College Personnel Association named Dr. Palmer a “Diamond Honoree” for outstanding
contributions to the field of student affairs.
• In 2005, Jossey-Bass published Living the Questions: Essays Inspired by the Work and Life of Parker J. Palmer,
written by notable practitioners in a variety of fields including medicine, law, philanthropy, politics, economic development,
K-12 and higher education.
Parker J. Palmer received the Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley. A member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), he lives with his wife, Sharon Palmer, in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Registration and Contact Information:
To register for these seminars, you can contact: Rosalyn M. King, Chair, CTE at roking@nvcc.edu. , or (703) 450-2629.
Contact your campus representative:
James Baer and Mary Hanrahan (NVCC-AL); Gerald Boyd and Barbara Howard (NVCC-AN);
Don Hayes and Chris Blake (NVCC-LO); Craig Cowden and Pat Lazzarino (NVCC-MA); Patricia Ottavio (NVCC-MEC); Cathleen Behan and Barbara Gershman (NVCC-WO);
Randy Beckham and David Fama (GCC); Nicole Martin and Curtis Morgan (LFCC).
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The Center for Teaching Excellence
Northern Virginia Region and the Loudoun Campus
Announces its Fall 2005
Professional Development Seminar
“INVITATIONS TO LEARN: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? HOW DO WE DO IT?”
“Students care deeply about learning when their teachers meet their need for affirmation,
contribution, purpose, power, and challenge.” C. Tomlinson
Presenter:
Dr. Carol Tomlinson, Professor of Leadership, Foundations and Policy
Curry School of Education, The University of Virginia at Charlottesville
Friday, October 14, 2005
Center for Innovative Technology, Briefing Room
2214 Rock Hill Road
Herndon, Virginia
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Dear Colleagues:
Please join us for the upcoming Fall seminar. The seminar presenter is one of the leading authorities on differentiation of curriculum and instruction for academically diverse learners. Come and listen to the latest research and strategies on learning invitations and leave with an enhanced perspective on creating academic success for community college students.
Registration is now open. You can register on the CTE website online, by contacting me directly or through your CTE representative listed below the seminar description and presenter biographical sketch.
Seminar Description:
In every classroom, a few students are drawn to school and to learning like metal to magnet. For many students, however, the process of learning in school is anything but natural. Such students may anticipate failure, fear negative peer consequences of buying into academic success, find academics irrelevant, doubt the role of school in shaping a future, or experience school as perpetual boredom. Teachers who accept responsibility for the success of each learner in their classrooms continue to seek ways to invite students to risk learning–and seek ways to make sure that students who take the risk find success in the classroom. This seminar will explore what it means to make classrooms successful for academically diverse populations, and the role of the student, the teacher, and curriculum and instruction in making learning invitational.
About the Presenter:
Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson, is Professor of Educational Leadership, Foundations & Policy at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. She has a multi disciplinary background in German, English, education, theological studies in youth education and drama, reading, speech pathology, gifted education, curriculum, qualitative research, organizational behavior, and policy analysis.
Tomlinson’s research and specialty areas are: differentiation of curriculum and instruction for academically diverse learners; school reform and gifted education, gifted education and middle school; and, curriculum and instruction for creative and critical thinking.
She is currently staff member and principal investigator at the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented; and, co-director and program area coordinator of the University of Virginia’s Summer Institute on Academic Diversity. She is a special project writer for the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Programs for the Gifted and The Council for Exceptional Children. She has served as consultant for various organizations, including Harcourt-Brace Publishers. She is author of more than 100 juried articles, book chapters, monographs and other publications, on differentiation of instruction in mixed ability classrooms, innovations in gifted and talented education, and leadership. Her books have been translated in French, Spanish, Portugese, Chinese, Greek, Korean, and Arabic. She has made presentations in over 100 schools and school districts in Virginia.
Among her many honors and awards, she is recipient of the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Continuing Education; award for paper of the year and distinguished research (1999) presented by the American Educational Research Association; award for service to gifted education in Virginia, presented by the Virginia Advisory Committee on Gifted Education; honorary membership in the Colorado Academy of Educators for the Gifted, Talented and Creative (2000); and, outstanding professor award from the Curry School (2004).
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Registration and Contact Information:
To register for this seminar, contact: Rosalyn M. King, Chair, CTE at roking@nvcc.edu, or 703-450-2629. Or, you can contact your campus representative.
Campus representatives are:
James Baer and Mary Hanrahan (NVCC-AL); Gerald Boyd and Barbara Howard (NVCC-AN);
Don Hayes and Chris Blake (NVCC-LO); Craig Cowden and Pat Lazzarino (NVCC-MA); Patricia Ottavio (NVCC-MEC); Cathleen Behan and Barbara Gershman (NVCC-WO);
Randy Beckham and David Fama (GCC); Nicole Martin and Curtis Morgan (LFCC).
Friday, December 3, 2004
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"Varieties of the Creative Experience"
Dr. David Henry Feldman, Developmental Psychologist and
Professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development and Director, Developmental Science Group
College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering
Tufts University
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Tentative Location: Briefing Room
Center for Innovative Technology
2214 Rock Hill Road
Herndon, Virginia
Program Overview
This program will provide you with an exploration of the theoretical and practical notions of the creative experience and how these notions and practices may be used in our teaching in the college classroom; and, in the products generated by our students.
The Program will include three parts:
A brief history of the field of creativity studies with an emphasis on contemporary approaches.
A discussion of recent differentiations in notions of creativity, including "teaching for creativity" vs. "teaching creatively" vs. "teaching creativity;" High C, Middle C and Low C representations of creative outcomes; Sternberg's categories of creative contribution; Gardner's varieties of creative products, and possibly others.
An opportunity to use available distinctions to categorize examples from known cases and from cases generated by the group.
Participants are asked to bring to the seminar examples of creativity gathered from their students, colleagues, or themselves. Selected readings also will be assigned.
About the Presenter:
David Henry Feldman has been studying creativity and extreme giftedness for his entire professional career. His other areas of expertise include: cognitive development and developmental theories and transitions. Feldman received degrees from Stanford & Harvard University, and the University of Rochester.
Among his honors include: recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship, award for the Distinguished Scholar of the Year, and, award from the National Association of Gifted Children. Feldman has also participated in media events, such as appearances on NOVA, the Today Show,
48 Hours, PBS In Search of Mind, TV and Video series, and CNN's Future Watch. Feldman served as a member of the
U.S. Department of Education's Panel on National Policy for Gifted Education.
Feldman currently serves on the national advisory board of the Institute for the Mind of the Child, Society for Research in Child Development, and the Cognitive Development Society. Past Board affiliations include: the Jean Piaget Society, Smithsonian Institution's National Committee for the Mozart Bicentennial, Social Science Research Council's Committee on Development, Giftedness and the Learning Process; The Advisory Board of "Arthur" at WGBH TV in Boston; the Study Group on School Reform for the Javits Program at the U.S, Department of Education, and more.
Feldman has served on a variety of editorial boards including: Behavioral and Brain Science, Child Development, Creativity Research Journal, the International Journal of Thinking Skills and Creativity, and more. Feldman has produced many books, journal articles and publications in the field of cognitive and developmental science, creativity and extreme giftedness.
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Registration and Contact Information:
To register for these seminars, you can contact: Rosalyn M. King, Chair, CTE at roking@nvcc.edu,
Or, you can contact your campus representative.
Campus representatives are: James Baer and Mary Hanrahan (NVCC-AL); Gerald Boyd and Barbara Howard (NVCC-AN); Don Hayes and Chris Blake (NVCC-LO); Vacant (NVCC-MA); Vacant (NVCC-WO); Patricia Ottavio (NVCC-MEC); David Fama and Randy Beckham (GCC); and Nicole Martin and Curtis Morgan (LFF).
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CENTER FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE
Northern Virginia Region and the Loudoun Campus
“Optimizing Student Success in the Community College”
--With the Other Three R’s: Reasoning Resilience and Responsibility—
“Our research has shown that teaching for leadership—teaching for analytical, creative, practical, and wise thinking as well as for memory—improves student achievement for all students, especially those who do not learn best in traditional ways.” Robert Sternberg
Dr. Robert Sternberg, Presenter
Dean, School of Arts and Sciences,
Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
Former IBM Professor of Psychology and Education, Yale School of Management
Book Sales and Signing During Break and After Seminar!
Friday, October 6, 2006--1:00pm to 4:00pm
Center for Innovative Technology
2214 Rock Hill Road
Herndon, Virginia 20170
Dear Colleagues:
Please join us for our upcoming fall seminar featuring Dr. Robert Sternberg, a leading authority in cognitive developmental psychology, including the areas of thinking, intelligence, creativity and other cognitive dimensions. Dr. Sternberg is the developer of the world renown triarchic theory of intelligence, insights on gifted education, a new paradigm on educating the gifted and talented, and other related subjects. He has authored many books and publications, including a recent book on optimizing student success.
It is a great honor, pleasure and opportunity for us to have the opportunity to dialogue with Dr. Robert Sternberg as he shares his insights and findings from his research and study, and aid in our ability to translate theory and research into workable strategies appropriate to community college teaching and learning. Please join us for what promises to be an informative and interactive session. I look forward to seeing you on October 6th.
ROSALYN M. KING, CTE CHAIR
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Description of Seminar:
“When we teach, we often teach the way our teachers taught us, as they are the role models we have. But such teaching may (a) tend to favor some kinds of learners over other kinds and not fully take into account learning differences, (b) may overemphasize the importance of transmission of knowledge in teaching and underemphasize other important kinds of transmissions, such as of senses of resilience in the face of life's challenges and responsibility to and for others, and (c) may not fully enough emphasize the active components of learning most associated with long-term retention and incorporation of information, not only in school, but on the job. I will describe a model for teaching that is broad in its focus and that attempts to reach all students; to teach them skills of reasoning, resilience, responsibility, and leadership; and also will emphasize active learning” Robert Sternberg
About the Presenter:
Robert Sternberg was appointed as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University in 2006. Of the total number of Tufts students on the Medford-Somerville campus, approximately 4,300 are undergraduates and 1,200 are graduate students. Most of these students study under the largest division of the University, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. This division comprises the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Engineering, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and the College of Special Studies. Dr. Sternberg also is a senior scholar at Harvard University‘s, Kennedy School of Government, Center for Public Leadership.
Sternberg is former professor of management and IBM professor of psychology and education at Yale University; and, former chair of the department. He also served as Director of the Yale Center for the Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise (PACE), which is now being transitioned to Tufts University.
His research interests include the areas of: leadership, human intelligence, thinking styles, creativity, wisdom, intellectual development, social and practical competence, love and close relationships, hate, applications of psychology to education, reasoning, and problem solving. As mentioned earlier, Sternberg is the founder of the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence and a leading authority on intelligence, thinking, the gifted, creativity and the other areas of interests aforementioned.
He is author of more than a thousand publications, articles and reports on a variety of topics in cognitive developmental psychology, leadership and management. Further, he has authored many manuals such as the handbook for preparing for the Miller Analogies Test, the Handbook of cognitive, social, and neuropsychological aspects of learning disabilities, International Handbook of Intelligence, Handbook of Wisdom, International Handbook of Creativity, and more.
He has earned 7 honorary doctorates from universities in Russia, England, Slovakia, Belgium, Cyprus, France and Spain. He has been awarded many scholarly prizes and awards including the Torrance Award from the National Association for Gifted Children, the Arnheim Award from the American Psychological Association, the Anton Jurovsky Award from the Slovak Psychological Society and more.
Sternberg was awarded the Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellowship to Slovakia in 2005; served as a visiting Scholar with Fellowship to Russia in 2000; an Honored Visitor Fellowship by the Taiwan National Science Council in 1998; and, was a visiting professor at City University of Hong Kong in December 1997.
He is a member of many elective societies, including: Psi Chi, Kappa Delta Pi, Society of Experimental Psychologists, Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Phi Beta Kappa and more.
Sternberg has served as editor or on the editorial boards of more than 41 scholarly and scientific journals. He is listed in various who’s who listings.
He is a graduate of Stanford and Yale University. He has been awarded many millions in grants and contracts by the Federal government, Foundations, the Military, and Private Industry.
See Full Curriculum Vitae:
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We hope you will join the CTE and Robert Sternberg in dialogue.
Registration is now open.
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Registration and Contact Information:
To register, contact: Rosalyn M. King, Chair, CTE at roking@nvcc.edu or at 703-450-2629.
Contact your campus representative:
James Baer and Mary Hanrahan (NVCC-AL); Gerald Boyd , Trudy Gillevet, and Nan Peck (NVCC-AN); Chris Blake (NVCC-LO); Pat Lazzarino (NVCC-MA); Patricia Ottavio (NVCC-MEC); Cathleen Behan and Barbara Gershman (NVCC-WO); Joan Trabandt (ELI); Cheryl Huff, Terry Rooker & Mike Shirazi (GCC-Fredericksburg); Randy Beckham and David Fama (GCC-Locust Grove); Nicole Martin and Curtis Morgan (LFCC).
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"WriteType Seminar"
Dr. Steve Gladis, Presenter
Former Director, University of Virginia, Northern VA Center
Currently, President and CEO, Steve Gladis Communications LLC
Friday, March 2, 2007
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Center for Innovative Technology
2214 Rock Hill Road
Herndon, Virginia 20170
Seminar Overview
Learn how personality types affect writing styles. Personality has a strong influence not only on how we write, but also on what we view as good writing. As teachers, we should enjoy and invite diversity of writing styles. In the seminar, participants will learn their writing type (understand its strengths and challenges), observe and appreciate different writing styles among our students, and learn the value of collaborative writing in our classrooms. Also, basic editing tips will be taught that will help teachers, regardless of their disciplines, teach their students simple ways to dramatically improve their writing.
About the Presenter
Steve Gladis, Ph.D.
Steve Gladis is former Director and faculty member at the University of Virginia and currently teaches at George Mason University. Dr. Gladis is also the president and CEO of his own executive development firm focused on helping leaders communicate for success. He accomplishes this objective through executive coaching, professional development programs, and consulting. He also is a teacher consultant for the Northern Virginia Writing Project at George Mason University.
In his capacity as president and CEO of Steve Gladis Communications (SGC), an executive communications firm focused on helping leaders communicate for success, he offers professional development and training programs, executive coaching and advising, and corporate consulting. SGC abides by one basic value—respect for their clients and strategic partners. Dr. Gladis has taught hundreds of clients from a host of companies in the Northern Virginia Region, including Cox, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, Anteon, FBI, Justice, DEA, Labor, EPA, The Washington Post, Gannett News, and many others.
A former member of the University of Virginia’s faculty, Dr. Gladis served as an Associate Dean in the School of Professional Studies and the Director of the University’s Northern Virginia Center. In a previous career as an FBI special agent, he taught at the FBI Academy, was the editor of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, and the chief of speechwriting for the director of the FBI, and held a number of both headquarters and field-agent assignments around the country. Dr. Gladis has published numerous magazine and journal articles as well as eleven books; his most recent book is Survival Writing for Business. A regular lecturer and speaker, Dr. Gladis consults with corporations and organizations in the area of training and development.
A committed civic and academic leader, Dr. Gladis serves on the Executive Board of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Directors for the Northern Virginia Community Foundation, serves on the School of Professional Studies Advisory Board at the University of Virginia, is chairman emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Washington Math Science Technology Public Charter High School, and is a former member of the University of Virginia’s Faculty Senate. He is also a former U.S. Marine Corps officer and a Vietnam Veteran.
You can find many of Steve's books at: www.amazon.co, including his aforementioned recent book, Survival Writing for Business.
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Registration and Contact Information:
To register, contact: Rosalyn M. King, Chair, CTE at roking@nvcc.edu or at 703-450-2629.
Contact your campus representative:
James Baer and Mary Hanrahan (NVCC-AL); Gerald Boyd , Trudy Gillevet, and Nan Peck (NVCC-AN); Chris Blake (NVCC-LO); Pat Lazzarino (NVCC-MA); Patricia Ottavio (NVCC-MEC); Cathleen Behan and Barbara Gershman (NVCC-WO); Joan Trabandt (ELI); Cheryl Huff, Terry Rooker & Mike Shirazi (GCC-Fredericksburg); Randy Beckham and David Fama (GCC-Locust Grove); Nicole Martin and Curtis Morgan (LFCC).
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Spring Colloquy On Reflection and Renewal
"Continuing the Dialogue: Teaching From the Heart--Seeking Identity and Integrity in Teaching"
Dr. Rosalyn M. King, CTE Chair, Facilitator
Friday, April 6, 2007
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Loudoun Campus
"We become teachers for reasons of the heart. But many of us lose heart as time goes by.
How can we take heart, alone and together, so we can give heart to our students and our world--
which is what good teachers do. Parker J. Palmer
This colloquy will be a continuation of the seminar and teleconference begun last Spring with Dr. Parker Palmer and discussion of his book, The Courage to Teach. There was insufficient time to effectively engage in dialogue at the seminar, due to extended dialogue with Parker Palmer. Faculty participants requested a follow-up session. This session will be facilitated by CTE Chair, Dr. Rosalyn M. King and will provide faculty with the opportunity to engage in dialogue and reflection about teaching using Parker Palmer's book and excerpts from his philosophy as a guide.
Faculty participants will be led through a set of reflective practices and dialogue, with the major question being, "who is the self that teaches?" Hopefully, faculty will leave this seminar with clarity and renewal. Any interested faculty are invited to participate. Excerpts of Parker Palmer's work, along with the discussion guide are attached for your review and preparation for the seminar. You are encouraged also to visit the related links identified below that would be helpful to your reflective study in preparation for the seminar.
Parker Palmer Articles Online:
(formerly the Center for Teacher Formation-click on the link that takes you to Palmer's articles.
Articles to be included in the discussion are listed below)
[Click on Related Resources from the homepage for the articles below.]
About the Presenter:
Rosalyn M. King, is Professor of Psychology and Chair, Center for Teaching Excellence. King has been Chair of the Center for approximately 10 years. She is an educational and research psychologist, with training in teaching and learning, with a special focus on creating effective learning environments throughout the lifespan. She has conducted numerous local, state, national and international research studies in education, development, labor market analysis and other public policy research issues.
Her areas of specialization include:
Psychology/Allied Sciences, Learning Environments & Educational Psychology; Administration, Planning and Social Policy; Counseling; Research Design and Methodology, Ethnography; and, Process and Impact Evaluation. She has directed/conducted major national research studies in education, labor market studies and other related areas.
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