ELITE Digest – March 2024

Volume 3, Issue 6   |   ELITE Digest   |   March 2024

As we navigate the semester, witnessing the dedication and passion each of you brings to our academic community is inspiring. As we reach a pivotal moment in our academic journey, we recognize the hard work you’ve been investing in guiding our students towards their goals. Now is the perfect opportunity to pause, reflect, and rejuvenate as we prepare for the upcoming challenges that the final weeks of the semester hold beyond spring break.

We encourage you to take this time to reconnect with your personal and professional aspirations. Whether it’s through a well-deserved vacation, quality time with family and friends, or engaging in hobbies that refresh your spirit, we hope you find the perfect way to recharge.

This month, we’re excited to offer a range of events and resources designed to enrich your experience and foster our community’s growth, including:

  • Special workshops and seminars focused on enhancing teaching strategies and student engagement. Explore more.

Furthermore, we’re thrilled to announce this month’s H5P Interactive Challenge, a fun and rewarding way to engage with innovative teaching tools. Here’s how you can participate:

  1. Dive into this month’s ELITE Interactive Game, designed to test your skills and provide valuable insights (details below).
  2. Submit your completed game responses by 5 pm on Friday, March 8, 2024, for a chance to win.

Two lucky winners will receive an exclusive selection of MC gear, adding an extra touch of excitement to your March. For an additional opportunity to win, don’t forget to “like” and engage with our March ELITE Digest post on the Montgomery Employees Facebook page by the deadline.

We appreciate your commitment to excellence and contributions to creating a vibrant learning environment. The ELITE Professional Development Team is here to support your professional development journey, offering resources and opportunities to further our collective mission of fostering student success.

Should you have questions or wish to share feedback on the ELITE Digest or our initiatives, we invite you to reach out through our ASK ELITE channels.

Thank you for your unwavering dedication and for making a difference in the lives of our students. Let’s continue to inspire, innovate, and impact as we move forward together.

featured professional development

At-a-Glance – November

Lifelong Learning: Continuous with Coursera and LinkedIn Learning

At MC, we are privileged with opportunities to receive top-rated internal professional development and continuous learning support for a wide range of needs, services, and interests.

In addition to ELITE workshops and classes, HUB and library resources are external online sources that provide free-of-charge learning and development classes and courses for MC faculty, staff, and students.

Learn more and register

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Open Education Week: Empowering Access and Innovation

During the first week of March, Montgomery College joins the global celebration of Open Education Week, an initiative aimed at raising awareness and promoting the benefits of open education. We come together to recognize the transformative power of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy practices in higher education.

Learn more

For more information, please contact Dr. Shinta Hernandez, Dean of the Virtual Campus

multicultural moment

Exploring Matriarchal Societies

In honor of Women’s History Month, this issue of Multicultural Moments will focus on societies with strong matriarchal traditions, including those in Indigenous communities.

Learn More about Multicultural Moment.

teaching tip of the month

Theme: Reflective Observation

Experiential Learning is learning through experience or learning by doing. Kolb’s Cycle of Experiential Learning presents four components: Concrete Experience, Reflective Observation, Abstract Conceptualization, and Active Experimentation (Institute for Experiential Learning, 2024). Each issue of Teaching Tips of the Month for Spring 2024 will focus on one of these components.

Learn More about Teaching Tip of the Month.

teaching technology tip of the month

TechSmith Audiate

What is Audiate? TechSmith Audiate is a new software solution designed to seamlessly convert your spoken words into editable transcripts, allowing you to effortlessly modify the tone and style of your narration.

Learn more

return to work tip of the month

Customer Service – Learning Pathway FY24

You belong here. But do you make others—internal and external customers—feel like they belong? This month’s focus showcases ELITE’s Customer Service Learning Pathway. As a pathway, you can take one class or more. If you complete all the classes, you will receive a certificate of learning in customer service and have sharpened your skills in helping others feel like they belong.
Learn More

Four Means of Giving Feedback

Feedback is not just a lever for improving performance—it’s a vital component for building a workplace where everyone feels they truly belong. Effective feedback models do more than correct behaviors; they affirm individual worth and promote inclusivity.
Learn More

highlights from our partners

HRSTM

Nominate Yourself or Others to become a Governance Member!

The nomination process starts Monday, February 26, 2024, and ends March 8, 2024. Become engaged and develop a renewed sense of belonging at MC by becoming a part of governance. You can nominate yourself or any member of the College community. Learn more

Classification and Compensation: Come Learn About Our New Job Profile

As we near the end of the job documentation phase of the Classification and Compensation study, the Office of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management (HRSTM) invites the College community to attend a Job Profile Overview session. Learn more

MC Wellness 

Looking to improve your health and wellbeing? Join us for these upcoming wellness activities! Learn more

Office of Equity and Inclusion

Safe Zone

Safe Zone is an informative and experiential full-day training. It runs for 6.5 hours. Participants will be able to explore their assumptions and understanding of LGBTQ+ people. Core concepts about LGBTQ+ identity development, stereotypes and stigmas, homophobia and heterosexism, the coming out process, respectful vocabulary, common LGBTQI+ student needs and concerns, and resources for continued learning and sharing will be presented. How to be an ally–how to support LGBTQ+ staff and students who may seek your support and how to respond to incidents of discrimination and harassment will be explored through various activities.

If you have taken Safe Zone training before, you are encouraged to enroll in this workshop, which contains newly updated information. Sponsored by MC Pride and Allies, Office of Equity and Inclusion, and Office of E-Learning, Innovation, and Teaching Excellence. Register for Safe Zone workshops

Understanding Belonging and Mattering

Join us April 15 – 19, 2024 for Equity Week! We anticipate another successful week and invite students and employees from the MC community to submit proposals related to the theme, “Understanding Belonging and Mattering.” Learn more.

ELITE H5P Activity

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