Friday Professional Development Series
Below are the descriptions for a series of professional development presentations that are scheduled for Friday's during the fall semester. To register for any of these events, please fill in this Google Form.|
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Friday, Jan 7th from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
How to deliver a great presentation that wins over your audience This presentation is intended for people who have to present at a conference or out in the community.[Presenter: Beth Noel] |
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Friday, Nov 19th @ 2 pm-3:00 pm |
Introduction to MCC's Data Literacy Toolkit A presentation intended to introduce participants to the tools & resources available at MCC to promote data literacy and data presentation skills.[Presenter: Peter Shea] |
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Friday, Dec 3rd from 12:00-1:00 pm |
Equity-Minded Student Services Participants will explore principles and key questions that can move our work strategically towards equity-minded student services. Based on the work of Bensímon & Associates, the presenters share resources on how to delve into our practices through a race-conscious perspective as a means to close racial equity and opportunity gaps for our students. [Presenters: Pam Flaherty, Noreen McGuiness Olson] |
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Friday, Dec 3rd from 12:00-1:00 pm |
Digital Accessibility Design Making certain all documents are accessible has been recognized as an important step towards a more inclusive society. Ensuring your course documents are accessible is not only a good idea: it's the law. Join this session for an overview of what digital accessibility looks like at MCC and how you can make the jump to digital accessible content. [Presenters: Roxanne McCorry, Beth Noel, Barbara Ahern] |
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Friday, Dec 10th from 11:30-12:30 pm |
Black Feminist Pedagogy This summer, as part of a Humanities mini-grant project, faculty members formed a reading group to study and discuss radical texts in the Black Feminist and Black Studies traditions, including Barbara Omolade, Annette Henry, Fred Moten, and bell hooks. In this discussion-style presentation, the group will share inspirations and visions for a radical transformation of power hierarchies within the classroom and at the college. Also to be discussed: future plans to expand this reading group with other faculty, staff, and students [Presenters: Kerrianne Gamache, Willy Ramirez, Jonathan Bennett] |
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Friday, Dec 3rd from 12:00-1:00 pm |
Pedagogy of Real Talk Presenters will discuss the approach to inclusive pedagogy pioneered by Dr. Paul Hernandez, formerly of Mt. Wachusett’s Community College and currently with ATD. [Presenters: Sophia Kazanis and Vikram Sharma]
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