ELITE Digest – October 2021

Volume 1, Issue 1 | ELITE Digest | October 2021

Welcome to the latest edition of the ELITE Digest.

This month’s Digest features not only Multicultural Moments, Teaching Tip of the Month, Returning to Work: Tip of the Month, and a Personal is Pedagogical Faculty Showcase, but also highlights multiple professional development opportunities, including the launch of ELITE After Dark, MC Forward, and a monthly competition to win exclusive MC goodies!

ELITE After Dark offers you professional development programming around your busy schedule. Beginning this evening with Engaging Students through Digital Storytelling, ELITE After Dark provides some of our most popular workshops between the hours of 5 pm and 9 pm on the first Monday and Tuesday of each month.

MC Forward delivers a weekly leadership podcast hosted by Dr. Michael Mills focusing on MC individuals leading from where they are. We invite you to listen to the first two podcasts where Dr. Mills sits down with Mr. Ken Nelson and Dr. Kevin Long to discuss why leadership is hard, what makes a good leader, and the different characteristics of an effective leader, respectively. A new podcast will be released each Monday.

October means changing leaves, cooler temperatures, and of course, Halloween! In the spirit of the season, we are thrilled to begin a new monthly competition to share various treats with two lucky members of the MC community. To enter, all you have to do is:

1. complete this month’s ELITE Interactive Game (see below); and
2. send us a copy of your answers by 5 pm on Friday, October 8, 2021.

Winners will be selected at random and contacted via email on October 11, 2021. For an extra chance to win, “like” the October ELITE Digest post on the Montgomery Employees Facebook page by 5 pm on October 8, 2021.

Thank you for taking a moment to read this month’s Digest. ELITE remains steadfast in our commitment to transforming how MC provides you with high-quality professional development as we continue to evolve and transform in response to MC’s needs.

If you have any questions or feedback about our latest edition of the ELITE Digest, please let us know or contact us through the various ASK ELITE channels.

ELITE After Dark

ELITE is pleased to announce ELITE After Dark, professional development programming to support your busy schedule. Now offering some of ELITE’s most popular workshops the first Monday and Tuesday of each month between 5:00-9:00 pm.
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Pedagogical Discussions

The 2021-2022 Pedagogical Discussions Series is a series of eight thematically linked roundtable-style workshops. The theme for Academic Year 2021-2022 is Inclusive Pedagogies.
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Hypothes.is

Hypothesis allows your students to comment on statements made in web-accessible content or electronic PDF documents and develop digital skills through page annotation and highlighting.
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Getting Things Done

Gain greater control over your work, find more focus on each task, and feel a lot less stress with Getting Things Done, or GTD, habits taught in this certificate class.
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Focus on the Humanities

So, what are the Humanities? Why are they important? How is diversity represented in the Humanities? This issue of Multicultural Moment will help to answer these questions.
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Connecting with Your Students

Tip 1: Manage Time. As we approach the mid-semester mark, some students prepare for midterms while others prepare for final exams in seven-week courses.
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Coaching at Work – Less is More

When someone comes to you with a problem, we tend to go into problem-solving or advice-giving mode. ‘Coaching at Work’ is the opposite of giving advice and offering our opinion.
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Personal is Pedagogical

Michele Knight sits down with Takoma Park Nursing Faculty Arneshuia Bilal to discuss how she became interested in the path of nursing, and how she uses her varied military service background to serve MC’s diverse student population.
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MC Forward

Dr. Mills sits down with Mr. Ken Nelson, Director of Business and Outreach for WDCE, to discuss why leadership is hard and what makes a good leader. Listen to Podcast

Dr. Mills sits down with Dr. Kevin Long, Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning and Policy, to discuss some of the best traits of a leader. Listen to Podcast

ELITE Digest – October 2021