iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/29/2018)

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 the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI).
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
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 October 29th is How Can I Resolve Difficult Situations in the Classroom? 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 https://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/how-can-i-resolve-difficult-situations-in-the-classroom-15163-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-minute-mentor-online-faculty.html. 

Looking for transcripts of past Monday Morning Mentor sessions? Please email ctli@northshore.edu with the session title and we can provide you with the transcript and supplementary materials.   

Other Professional Development Opportunities

• (LS)^2 Fall 2018 Lecture. This semester’s Liberal Studies Lecture Series is “Sideshow : Metaphor : Art : Life” and will take place on Wednesday, October 31st at 10:30am in the Danvers Math & Science building, room DS119. Join Tony Gangi as he examines the relationship that exists between the sideshow and the creation of art and our search for human truth. There will be a costume contest at the end of the presentation. More information is available at http://news.northshore.edu/blog/sideshow-metaphor-art-life-ls2-fall-2018-lecture/. 
          

Resources

• Seven Bricks to Lay the Foundation for Productive Difficult Dialogues
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-classroom-management/seven-bricks-to-lay-the-foundation-for-productive-difficult-dialogues/ 
• Difficult Dialogues
  https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/difficult-dialogues/
• Managing Difficult Classroom Discussions
  https://citl.indiana.edu/teaching-resources/diversity-inclusion/managing-difficult-classroom-discussions/

  
Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities

If you have any teaching resources that you would like to share with other NSCC faculty or know of any other professional development opportunities that NSCC faculty might be interested in, please feel free to send them to ctli@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop.

We hope you have enjoyed 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,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation