Volume 1, Issue 5 | ELITE Digest | February 2022
Welcome to the start of the Spring semester! Through this month’s Digest, ELITE invites you to explore the Multicultural Moments, Teaching and Tech Tips of the Month, Returning to Work: Tip of the Month, Season 2 of MC Forward, February’s featured professional development opportunities, and learn about our work and impact over the last quarter and our most recent newsletter.
ELITE kicked off the Spring semester by offering faculty and staff over 30 high-performance workshops and speed sessions during Professional Week. Each event was designed to offer tips and advice as we continue our journey of evolving and transforming the MC community. By request, we recorded many of the sessions, which are now available to support your professional development needs.
As the Virtual Campus begins to take shape, ELITE would like to invite you to our Virtual Campus Lounge hours for February. The Lounge will be held three times per week for 1.5 hours each session and offered during the day, evening, and weekend via Zoom (Meeting ID: 936 0253 9486, Passcode: 716431). Feel free to “drop-in” and ask questions, brainstorm ideas, or provide suggestions on anything related to the virtual campus.
To help kick off the semester with a bit of fun, we have more MC gear than ever to give to two lucky winners of our monthly H5P challenge. To enter, all you must do is:
- complete this month’s ELITE Interactive Game (see below); and
2. send us a copyof your answers by 5 pm on Friday, February 11, 2021.
Winners will be selected at random and contacted via email on February 14, 2022. For an extra chance to win, “like” the February ELITE Digest post on the Montgomery Employees Facebook page by 5 pm on February 11, 2022.
Thank you for taking a moment to read this month’s Digest. The ELITE team is grateful to you for choosing us to support your professional development needs and grow together to support our students’ success.
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 pleased to announce the return of 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.
Visit the ELITE After Dark webpage to view the schedule of workshops and to register.
Academy for Teaching Transformation
The Academy for Teaching Transformation (Academy) is a program specifically designed to support new faculty and instructional staff members at Montgomery College. Through a series of three interconnected sessions, each Academy program is designed to provide opportunities for faculty and instructional staff to become actively involved in meaningful discussions, content planning, and learning activities that support collaboration, problem-solving, and knowledge sharing.
Learn more about the five different workshop series being offered this semester.
Virtual Campus Lounge Hours
As the Virtual Campus begins to take shape, ELITE would like to invite you to our Virtual Campus Lounge hours for February.
Quilts Used as Codes for the Underground Railroad: Truth or Tale?
African American History month is a time to reflect, commemorate, and celebrate the history of African Americans in the United States. The Underground Railroad (a secret system enabling enslaved people to escape to the north) is a widely discussed and celebrated event in African American history.
Collaborative and Group Learning
Tip 1: Connect Group Work to Real-World Tasks
Having students work collaboratively in small groups has several benefits. For example, it breaks complex tasks into parts and steps, helps students develop time management, and promotes stronger communication and discussion skills.
What is Padlet?
Padlet is a free online tool that works like a digital bulletin board. Padlet works very well for posting notes on a common page that both students and instructors can use.
Covid and Stress – Sleep on it!
Everyone needs high-quality sleep. Since the release of a 2017 study that demonstrated the link between sleep and stress, there has been growing recognition of the restorative power of sleep to improve mental and physical health.
MC Forward
Dr. Michael Mills hosts a weekly podcast that focuses on Montgomery College individuals who are leading from where they are.
