iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (11/2/2015)

Welcome to iDevelop, a weekly eNewsletter providing faculty with information about professional development opportunities at NSCC. The intent of this eNewsletter is to spotlight the various professional development events for faculty in one convenient location as well as share best practices, resources and tips related to the teaching practice. iDevelop is being brought to you by Instructional Technology and Design and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment. 

20 Minute Online Professional Development: How Do I Get Started with Service-Learning?
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of November 2nd is How Do I Get Started with Service-Learning? The presentation is available Monday at 10:00am and is accessible through Sunday of that week. For information on accessing the presentation and supplemental materials, please view the Bulletin or the email version of iDevelop. 

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at http://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/how-do-i-get-started-with-service-learning-3132-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2015/08/20-minute-mentor-online-faculty.html. 

Other Professional Development Opportunities

• Complimentary Webinar. Academic Probation: Leveraging Technology To Develop Strategic Interventions For At-Risk Students. Monday, November 16 from 3:00-4:00pm (Eastern). Registration includes access to the recording for one year. More information is available at http://www.innovativeeducators.org/Academic-Probation-Technology-For-At-Risk-Students-p/3516.htm.

Resources
To learn more about the service learning program at NSCC, please visit http://www.northshore.edu/ctla/service_learning/ or contact the NSCC Service-Learning Coordinator.

• Service-Learning Course Design: What Faculty Need to Know http://www.grcc.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/_export_sites_magnapubs_01_data_media_pdfs_Service-Learning-Course-Design-What-Faculty-Need-to-Know-wp.pdf 
• Service-Learning Course Development
  http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/curriculum-development/service-learning-course-development/
• Six Steps to Designing Effective Service-Learning Courses http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/curriculum-development/six-steps-to-designing-effective-service-learning-courses/

Share your Teaching Strategies
Do your courses have a service learning component? What service learning activities do your students participate it? How has it enhanced the student learning experience? Send an email with your teaching strategies, best practices, resources, and tips to itd@northshore.edu and we will share them in the next few issues of iDevelop.

We hope you enjoy this weekly eNewsletter and would love your input. Please let us know if you have any feedback on the format, content, and resources or if there is anything else you would like to see in the eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Instructional Technology and Design and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment