Volume 2, Issue 1 | ELITE Digest | September 2022
Welcome to the start of the Fall semester!
As we begin the new academic year, ELITE invites you to explore the Multicultural Moments, Teaching and Tech Tips of the Month, @Work: Tip of the Month, MC Forward, and this month’s featured professional development opportunities for September.
ELITE kicked off the Fall semester by offering faculty and staff over 30 high-performance workshops and speed sessions during Professional Week. Over 650 faculty and staff reconnected in the spirit of Teaching and Learning Together. The day gave us an opportunity to create positive ― even amazing ― changes across the MC community and beyond!
As the Virtual Campus continues to take shape, ELITE would like to invite you to our Virtual Campus Lounge hours for September. The Lounge will be once a month for one hour 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
- send us a copy of your answers by 5 pm on Friday, September 9, 2022.
Winners will be selected at random and contacted via email. For an extra chance to win, “like” the September ELITE Digest post on the Montgomery Employees Facebook page by 5 pm on September 11, 2022.
Thank you for taking a moment to read this month’s Digest. The ELITE team looks forward to serving your professional development 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.
Tech-it-Out Returns
The popular Tech-it-Out committee returns for the Fall Semester! Attend a speed session offering short, targeted professional development on a specific tech topic.
ELITE After Dark
ELITE is pleased to announce the return of ELITE After Dark Professional Development programming to support your busy schedule. ELITE After Dark offers some of ELITE’s most popular workshops on the first Monday and Tuesday of each month between 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.
Learn more about ELITE After Dark.
29th Leadership Development Institute
A signature program of MC since 1992, the Leadership Development Institute (LDI) promotes the philosophy that people lead from where they are and, therefore, focuses on the participants’ self-awareness of personality, vision, influencing, building relationships, and interactions with others.
Be a part of the experience!
Learn more about the Leadership Development Institute.
Pedagogical Discussions: Critical Race Theory
The 2022-2023 Pedagogical Discussion Series comprises six thematically linked roundtable-style workshops. The theme for Academic Year 2022-2023 is Exploring Critical Race Theory for the Montgomery College Classroom.
Learn more about Pedagogical Discussions.
Crucial Conversations
Almost all of the problems we encounter at work and home involve another person: miscommunication or lack of communication. Learn how to have successful crucial conversations that meet the needs of both parties.
Learn more about Crucial Conversations.
Love of Teaching Half-Day Conference: Teaching Today for Tomorrow
The Love of Teaching conference celebrates our work, your love of teaching, and the power of being an unforgettable and impactful instructor. During this year’s conference, faculty will come together to network, share, discuss, learn, and celebrate their profession and remember the reasons for becoming an educator as we continue to Teaching Today for Tomorrow.
Learn more about the Love of Teaching Conference
Virtual Campus Lounge Hours
As the implementation of the virtual campus continues, ELITE would like to invite you to our virtual campus lounge hours for May.
Learn More about the Virtual Campus.
Celebrating Deaf Awareness Month
September is Deaf Awareness Month. This issue of Multicultural Moments will highlight information about the Deaf community and culture in addition to covering myths about deafness, Sign Language, and Deaf art.
Learn More about Multicultural Moment.
Getting to Know Students by Name
Tip 1: Remembering Names
Learning their names is one way to build community and relationships among your students. Learning students’ names is important for several reasons. For example, they feel more valued and invested in the course, more comfortable taking to the instructor and asking for help, and more likely to believe the instructor will write them a letter of recommendation
Learn More about Teaching Tip of the Month.
Teaching Tips with Examity
What is Examity?
Examity is an online remote proctoring tool for maintaining exam integrity. With examity, instructors can effectively detect and flag suspicious activities by students.
Learn More about Teaching Tips with Technology.
Questions to Ask During and After Setting Your Goals
It is September and time to finalize our personal and professional goals in Workday. As each of us sets goals for the FY23 year, we should ask ourselves several important questions during and after the process.
Learn More about @ Work Tip of the Month.
MC Forward
Dr. Michael Mills hosts a weekly podcast that focuses on Montgomery College individuals who are leading from where they are. Season 3 will begin on September 19, 2022.
Listen to Season 1 and Season 2 Podcasts.
HRSTM
Goal Setting: Live Zoom Workshops
Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 11:00 a.m–12:00 p.m. | Register
Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 2–3 p.m. | Register
A self-paced module has been designed to help support the goal-setting element of Montgomery College’s performance review process. The course Goal Setting is available through Workday.
Next Generation Wellness
The MC, Next Generation Wellness program, provides support for weight and fitness, health prevention, and mental health and offers live and pre‑recorded classes.
ENROLL
Learn more about MC Next Generation Wellness
The Office of Equity and Inclusion
Safe Zone is an informative and experiential full-day training. It runs for 6.5 hours. Participants will have an opportunity to explore their individual assumptions and understanding about 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.
Register for Safe Zone workshops
